
Episode 4600: Trump Visits Alligator Alcatraz ...
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Donald Trump
Okay.
Steve Bannon
President of the United States, Secretary of Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem and the Governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida. Getting into the, getting into the vehicle with the President. They're going to go over together. I understand they have quite a ride from where they could actually land Air Force One. We are going to be I think in the caravan. Our own Brian Glenn is there. He was in the pool right there. Brian is with them. And we're going to get at least a video of the trek over there. I think you're going to see a lot of Everglades, think you're going to see a lot of, a lot of Florida swamp. Not D.C. swamp, but the Florida swamp. As we go over, we're going to have continual coverage of this as, as President Trump, because this is what we voted for. This is a state. Remember the big fight we had down in Texas a couple of weeks ago during the legislature. But was it 287G and the local police, the folks in Texas, Abbott and these guys really were not pushing for their local police to be working with the federal authorities in Florida. They've kind of worked this out. And here you're seeing the culmination of it and we hope it inspires other states. We President just said Louisiana, Alabama, many others. Okay, as soon as we get up on the, as soon as we get up in the caravan, we're going to go and put a box in there. We also have the vote of the great big beautiful bill. So Joe, you're saying with a supply side cut with things to energy, with deregulation, with the trade policy now having it looks like I think you guys are calculating or CEA is calculating $3 trillion over 10 years, which is roughly 300 billion a year. And I think this year is actually projected to be 400 billion. When you add all this together and you have a growth rate that the Secretary of Treasury and the President have been focused on and is the historic growth rate of President Trump had in the first term. So this is just not saying, oh, it's some pie in the sky I think is the growth rate and the economy GDP growth was, was 2, was 2.8% I think in 4Q19 is actually broke 3%. So Joe, is this all this combined is what gets the set of numbers that you guys feel very comfortable with? Correct, Steve?
Joe Lavornia
The most important thing is growth. And we saw when we had good policies in the 90s, we were able to grow significantly and bring deficits actually even became surpluses in this Environment, we're starting from a much worse point because the prior administration, which goose spending at an unprecedented pace, put us in a very bad position. Having said that, we can institute these policies that make us grow at a very quick rate, much faster than what we've seen. And the 2.8 is to me, conservative. It could be much faster than that. It should be much faster than that because it was 2.8 in the first three years of President Trump. Now you've got the AI boom. This tax package does even more than what the 2017 bill did, especially on the small business side, which is where 40% of job growth is. And again on the plant and the factory expensing. That's really, really important. That will create a tremendous amount of capital. It's capital ultimately drives productivity, profit margins and higher wages. Dovetailed with what's happening on the deportation front and this blue collar boom we've been talking about, which in the first five months of President Trump's terms have seen the fastest growth in real wages we've had on record. Those should continue when the bill is passed. So this makes us very optimistic on the future. And these deficits are going to come from, From a near 7% handle, as Secretary Bessen has suggested. Something with perhaps much lower the three handle on at some point.
Steve Bannon
I just want to take a second and go through that because these attacks by Elon Musk on the president, there actually is a plan. And the plan is, as Secretary Bessen has said, including on the show for a year before he was, before he was nominated or selected by the president, nominated and then confirmed by the Senate, he talked about kind of the 333. But the big point was that say, hey, under Biden, we're at six and a half to seven percent of deficit to gdp and that's not sustainable. We have to get a plan on a. Because he kept saying this is the last chance we're going to get to really have a supply side solution if we get too far down this path. The supply side elements of this. Right. Are focused on taking that, you know, six and a half or 7% over time, down to 3% of deficits to GDP. Correct. That's what this plan is set up to do, right?
Joe Lavornia
That's exactly right. And not only is it going to help raise revenues, Steve, but when you have supply side policies, it also brings down inflation. Because President Trump's first term wasn't just about strong growth. It was also low and stable prices, something we did not have under the Biden administration. So that itself is very important but also the people who are dooming about the debt, I would just simply say the following. What is the alternative to not pass this bill and have the largest tax hike in history and not pass all the great things that the bill has related to supply side growth? Like there is no alternative. So either you have a very, very good policy or you have an unmitigated disaster where taxes for middle and lower income people are going to go through the roof next year and, and likely lead to a recession. So you know, there's no, there's no alternative.
Steve Bannon
I want to go to that because I don't, I wouldn't say worms doomers when it comes to debt but we're, let's say we're, we're closer to that than others. We're very concerned about the debt, we're very concerned about the interest payments and the deficits. But I want to go back the markets today. I mean it seems like the bond market is not. There was a story in the, in the FT about having a difficult time selling long term bonds but the 10 year bond, the bond market seems to be accepting of this and understanding what the real plan is. The stock market once again is now under Trump and over the last couple of days is breaking all time highs, particularly the S&P 500. So is it your belief in Treasury's belief that you've laid out this plan and the more you guys and CEA articulate what the real model is all in not just the CBO static model but the dynamic model that you guys can do and, and put forward that capital markets are starting to understand this and they're breathing a little bit of sigh relief because if the bond, if the capital markets thought there was a problem here, the 10 year treasury might be going crazy, right? Or gold might be going crazy right now. Seems like you have a little bit of stability and the equity market's on fire. Is that the way you guys look at the world?
Joe Lavornia
Yes, the, I've seen some of those FT pieces, I don't think those numbers that they've shown are consistent at all. With what, with what we've seen the Treasury's own official data, among other sources, even a lot of private industry work. But yes, we've I think articulated the benefits of this bill and certainly the capital markets are voting with their shares or their feet, so to speak. You've seen an equity boom. You've seen equity surged all time highs, you've seen credit spreads are very tight, meaning there's virtually no Recession, risk. The corporate market's very comfortable with corporate cash flows and you've seen interest rates come down significantly, which will ultimately be a boon to U.S. households. So you've not seen the playbook that so many argued that was going to happen back in April. You've seen quite the exact opposite. Surging equities, falling yields, a very strong dollar, especially when you look at it in a broad sense, not just focused on the euro. That's something else the press unfortunately mistakenly markets is that somehow the dollar is weak. It's not the dollar strong. The treasury has a strong dollar policy. The dollar is the reserve currency. We've got the deepest and most liquid capital markets in the world and the markets, as said Steve, are accurately reflecting that.
Steve Bannon
Is this because now you guys have gone, treasury particularly, you guys have gone on the offensive to actually explain this? Because the all in model, when you look at every element of it and these are not wishing, this is action that's being taken now. The trade deals, the commercial realignment with the world's happening now. The tariff money is coming in now. The new tariff deals are happening now. The investment not by sovereign wealth funds but by publicly traded massive global corporations, including many domiciled in the United States, but a lot internationally are making investment commitments of plant and equipment here that you're, you know, addressing the bond market almost daily of what the plan is. So you get equities on fire. You have tightening spreads in the credit market. Gold seems to have stabilized, although look, it's much higher than it was a couple of years ago. You still have the BRICS nations they're meeting this week in Rio. There's still going to be a problem. They got a lot of issues, I think geopolitically, maybe more than even financially with the dollar they want to. The Global south is trying to form a bloc, but in every aspect, the more you get out and tell the story, the more the capital market seemed to me to be saying, okay, I understand it right now and I'm going to give these guys a shot. Joe, your thoughts?
Joe Lavornia
So, I mean, I think the only person that probably sleeps less than President Trump is Secretary Besson. And it's trade deals, it's peace deals and it's tax policy and economic deals. You're correct. They don't, people don't understand that. They don't understand the tariff because the tariff was combined with deregulation, energy independence and low tax rates that was going to create revenues, re industrialize and rebalance trade deficits. That's ultimately additive and positive for the US Economy and we're going to continue to generate those type of policies with the results that we had under Trump 1.0 and even better. So you're exactly right and I appreciate you, Steve, for highlighting that. You certainly have to get the message out because unfortunately, I think very often the narrative gets co opted in a way that's not accurate or truthful. And we're trying to do our best and I think the secretary's done a phenomenal job in that. And of course President Trump is the best marketer in the world.
Steve Bannon
No, I think adding you and some others, like I tell people, it's not, you can't do these in, in 90 second sound bites. There's a, there's a, there's a sophisticated plan here that's been thought through by the President with the assistance of the Secretary of Treasury. And you have two very, you know, President Trump's the most sophisticated international businessman in the world, plus a great marketer and knows how to communicate to people. Scott is someone that knows capital markets, you know, as good as anybody that's ever been Secretary of the Treasury. Those two combined in a complicated model can articulate it. And once people hear it and understand, they go, yeah, I see it. It's just not everything that, that it appears on the surface when Ellen puts up a chart and says I'm going to start a new political party if you don't vote for this. It's not that. And particularly as Secretary Besson be the first, I think to, to lay witness to this guy promised $1 trillion of waste, fraud and abuse that never materialize, I think because they didn't do their job. And then he quit and left really the House and the Senate with this situation of finding cost cuts. But that's something for another day. Joe, one more time, where do people get you on social media? Because I think now more than ever, the more transparency, the more information, the more communication that cea, that NEC and the treasury have, not just to the markets, but to the MAGA base and the American people really, I think is to make things so much easier. Can people understand, hey, there is a big idea in back of this. The supply side tax cut. It's about productivity, it's about growth, it's about our opportunity for growth is vastly important and people are hungry to understand it. Sir.
Joe Lavornia
Thank you, Steven. And again, as you said earlier, the markets understand what we're trying to do and are reflective of the policies we're going to put in place. I could be found Steve, at LAVORIA nomics at Lavorianomics. So thank you very much.
Steve Bannon
Thank you, brother. Let's get that up there. Joe Lavornia, what a great pickup for the President. I got to give a hat tip to Alexander Priet that's built an extraordinary team. Our former comms director here at the War Room. You know, I don't know if pre 8 worked as hard at War Room as she's working at treasury and doing. If she did half as good as job for us as she did as Treasury, I don't know, maybe we'd be four times the size of Joe Rogan. Just kidding. Alexandra's done a tremendous job and the team they've put together. And so I think this is the. Is the takeaway. There's risk to this plan, like there's risk to any plan. But the country had gotten so wrapped around this idea of just no growth. If you're going to have an American economy and you're talking under 2% growth, you're talking 1 1/2% growth. And by the way, there we go right there. We finally got my phone. Oh, baby, look at that. If you're watching War Room live or on our podcast, you're getting the video play right there. We have. That is Brian Glenn, I take it. And it is. That's Brian Glenn's shot. We can't do audio because once you're in that. Once you're in the. Yeah, once you're in the. Once you're in the motorcade. Once you're in the motorcade, you can't do audio, but there's a visual right there. And of course, I guess they're getting ready to leave and to take off. Everybody's ready because they're not there yet. You told me it's an hour to get there. I don't think it's that long, but. Oh, fine. Okay, fine. So the President's going to go and. And address people in a medical tent and then maybe come back to the sticks, as, you know, the President. There we have. The other there we have inside the medical tent where the President will talk. We're going to take all of these. We're going to take all of these. Yeah, well, if the President comes out, we're going to blow the brake. If not, we'll go and take the break. So I'm just tell. I'm doing some producing, directing as we go. Let's. Can we take those smaller box and bring it up inside the tent for a second? I want to see where the President's going To be doing this right there. There we go. President's going to be making some remarks right there. He was very much. He was very excited about, about taking this trip and here's why. Florida has done a really excellent job of working with local law enforcement, National Guard, all of that with federal authorities. This is the way it has to be done. And this is what I keep telling people and talking to people about this situation in la, in Chicago and soon to be in New York. New York's bad, but soon to be worse that the main front of the Third World War of which we are in, and particularly in the kinetic piece, is the front here in the United States of America. And that is the 10 million illegal aliens that are here and have to be. Can we put the President's other part in a small box in the middle? I'll do some more directing here. Let's put it in a small box. The other. Yeah, right there. Let's get that. Or maybe we can take the whole picture of the President right there. He's outside the. Okay, guys, I can both host, I can talk and I can direct at the same time. There we go. There's the President of the United States, President Trump. You know he's loving this, right? That's with Governor DeSantis. There's Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. That shot's gonna come in and out as we have bandwidth to take it. They're outside the tent. President Trump's gonna come in and say some remarks. We're gonna blow as many brakes as we have. Wanna thank Birch Gold. By the way, Philip Patrick and the team left yesterday from lax. We covered that live. They're gonna be in Brazil for the BRICS nations. Remember, the BRICS nations are throwing down hard about an alternative to the US Dollar, how that affects your life, how gold is a hedge against all that. I believe Joe's absolutely correct. A lot of that has, not a lot. Much of it has been blunted by President Trump and Scott Bessant getting their hands around this situation, particularly the way that they're going to handle reinvigorating the American economy with growth. We've got a chance to grow our way out of here. That's the bet you're making with President Trump. It's a supply side tax cut is about growing your way out of here. You've seen gold, although gold is still banging around a little more stability than you've seen before. The BRICS nations are looking and it's geopolitical as much as financial. Now the BRICS nations particularly with Russia and China and Iran. The Persians are hell bent for leather from breaking the American's grip on kind of the global financial system. Hey, and maybe we want to have that grip broken over time at a time and place of our choosing that's going to be the American people's choosing. You just can't have it. You can't have it go from, from a dollar based system to something else overnight. That would kind of be catastrophic for the American economy, particularly for our debt. You think you got a problem now, wait till you have to. The people don't have to take it. You know, looking, not looking for dollar denominated bonds. Then you got a real problem. Then you could be Argentina. That's what the whole reason we started into the dollar empire with Birchgold. Make sure you go to birchgold.com promo code Bannon. You get all that information you can be and I've always told you we didn't do this to make you the smartest person at the backyard barbecue. But since 4th of July is coming up, here's the motorcade right now with the president and the governor. They're leaving. Okay. On to hopefully the medical tent and the, and President Trump to make his, to make his comments and his remarks. We're going to cover all that that's in the lower box. President Trump, like I said, he's been, this was put up in eight days. I think Governor Sanchez is very proud of that. That's a big part of what, the big part of what the, of what the tour is going to be is how they did it in eight days, how it can be expanded, etc. So there you have, we're going to cover this nonstop all the way into I'm sure Charlie Kirk show President Trump down there and alligator Alcatraz is very, he really wanted to say there we go. There's the press corps running over for a shot. Your favorite, the fake news. Getting in, getting in position. Folks, if you talk about the pool, the press pool, what they rotate groups of all the, you know, hundreds of White House correspondents. There you see it right now. Our own Brian Glenn is moving right there with his camera. It's a very tough, it's a tough gig because you got to be on the move constantly. You try to get in position to get, get a comment from the president, be able to toss out a question, particularly get photographs there. Do we have any audio? If we have audio, I want to go to. Do we have audio? If we do, let's go ahead and try to Pick it up. Try to pick up. There's what's called the wrangler, the press corps. There we are. There's the press corps, the White House comm staff which are always, you know, cutting edge. And the com staff over there right now is fantastic under Steven Chung and Taylor Bodowich just do an amazing job. What you have is what's called a wrangler. The wrangler is who basically wrangles the press and gets them into all those shots like you're doing the motorcade and you see right there, right up to the door, looks like the President, the governor will walk out. They'll be perfectly positioned after doing a little tour of this space of which they're not letting people in. They'll come out and they'll have the opportunity to both get a photograph of the President and a. And a comment. And that's what makes you so trips. And this is why we've dedicated ourselves at War Room in real America's voice to make sure we cover these nonstop. Because the press, the president's kind of disintermediated what is called the dis intermediated the mainstream media from blocking him from talking to the American people. What he's done in these press avails in the Oval Office or press avail today, like he came right off the plane, walks right up to the press, have at it. Throw a bunch of questions out there. He on the way to I think Marine One to actually go to Andrews Air Force Base. They asked him a bunch of questions about Elon Musk had. Had been tweeting some stuff. There we go. And they're right there. Have been treating as soon as they get good around discipline, they let him go in good order and discipline. The he had been. Elon Musk had been really lighting the President Trump up overnight. And President Trump came out and said hey. They asked him hey, you think about deporting? I think his question. Well, we're looking into it. Elon Musk tweeted later. Oh, well, you know, it's not. I don't want to. I don't want to continue this. I don't want to take it next level. After the president kind of threw some. Here comes the President down with the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis. Go ahead and cut the audio. See if we can pick up anything the president has to say.
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Donald Trump
I thought this was so professional and so we. Well done that you should come and look at it as opposed to standing around and not knowing where we are. And we're just taking tours through the areas where they stay and the areas where the medical is and all. And they've really done between Christy and Ron and the whole group, it's really government working together and congratulations. But I want you to see it as opposed to waiting for us and then say how was it? Right. It really is pretty amazing. Did they take the vote yet? How's the vote doing? I would normally be home waiting for the vote. Yes, we would be in Congress but I wanted to come down. I, I hear the vote's going to be good. So you'll let me know? You'll let me know? I will let. I don't think they're technical yet I concluded but they are. Boy, wouldn't that be an upset, huh?
Joe Lavornia
Are you confident that this can get through the House?
Donald Trump
It's a great. It's the greatest tax cut in the history of our country and if it doesn't pass, it's the biggest tax increase in the history of our country. That alone 68% increase as opposed to a massive cut. It's the biggest tax cut in the history of our country and Everybody gets it. Mr. President and the dam secretary. CNN yesterday pushed an app that lets you track where ICE agencies are. Tom Holman was saying that perhaps the CNN should be prosecuted for that. It's okay with the block. Your response?
Scott Bessent
Yeah, we're working with the Department of Justice to see if we can prosecute them for that because what they're doing is actively encouraging people to avoid law enforcement activities operations. And we're going to actually go after them and prosecute them with the partnership of Pam if we can because what they're doing we believe is illegal and.
Donald Trump
They may be prosecuted also for having given false reports on the attack in Iran. They were given totally false reports. It was totally obliterated. And our people have to be celebrated, not come home and say, what do you mean we didn't hit the target? You know, the pilots came home, they said we hit the target. So they may be very well prosecuted, but what they did there, we think is totally illegal. Okay, let's go. Follow us.
Steve Bannon
You got it.
Donald Trump
Hi, Brian.
Steve Bannon
How you doing, man?
Donald Trump
Doing all right. Brian, this is the boyfriend, very lucky, of Marjorie Kelly Green.
Steve Bannon
Oh, really?
Ron DeSantis
Works for who?
Donald Trump
He works for real America's wife.
Ron DeSantis
Okay, good, good.
Donald Trump
You think it's easy being with Mar.
Scott Bessent
She was working out pretty hard this weekend.
Steve Bannon
She was, wasn't she? Yeah, she was.
Donald Trump
All right. So again, I got a hold right here, if you don't mind.
Scott Bessent
It's a vaccine for it. Yeah. So we're actually going to have problem with that here.
Steve Bannon
Better.
Donald Trump
Better giving us like 15 or 16 than when they're one, though, right? Right. One in 20,600.
Scott Bessent
They actually did all the work.
Donald Trump
Nice to meet.
Scott Bessent
Nice to meet you, too. Thank you guys for doing this.
Ron DeSantis
Thank you for your part to do it.
Scott Bessent
This is 24 hours.
Donald Trump
I was really. This is like a mono.
Scott Bessent
Yes, sir.
Steve Bannon
We did the mono. Thank you.
Scott Bessent
They actually did all the work.
Joe Lavornia
Good job with this.
Scott Bessent
Thank you, guys for.
Ron DeSantis
You got how many days to do it? This is 24 hours.
Donald Trump
We did.
Steve Bannon
Watch your step, please. There you see the wrangler? See her? She's wrangling now. The media moves down. President's inside media moves down. They'll get him, I guess, on the coming out. So the wranglers take it. Real America's voice. Brian Glenn. Absolutely amazing. President getting a full briefing right there. As you remember, President Trump's a builder. He loves the details. Was telling me when he went to the. And in fact, when I went to the. No, I still want to get. Yeah, let's get as good a shot as possible we can. The Grinnell told us. And then we went over to the Kennedy center itself. The staff said, President Trump is the first president of the United States to go to the Kennedy Center. And he spent hours. He gave a building tour like it was a building that he had built. And he was talking about maintenance, talking about things had to be done. This is why President Trump loves doing this. This was put up in eight days by Governor DeSantis and the team down in Florida. And you're seeing the president asking tons of questions about the flow of people, how it's going to go. And look, Ron DeSantis said, hey, we got another one in I think in northeast Florida. That's 2,000. And they said, we'll build these as we need them to accommodate the deportations. One of the points of the big beautiful bill, which is not perfect, far from perfect. One of the aspects of this, as you heard Joe say, besides the supply side tax cut, you need this money now to actually expedite the deportations of 10 million people. And the deportations of the 10 million people are absolutely essential for stopping what is, I think, the most dangerous front on the Third World War. And that is the invasion of the United States of America. And if the Israeli first crowd and the globalists don't understand that, that's their problem. This should be the center of gravity and the focus. And you're seeing. Let's see if we can cut. Let's get audio again, see if we can get close enough to. Do we have anything. Let's go, let's go ahead and ramp the audio. Let's see what we're doing. What the President always does. There's going to go meet the first responders. This is, I can tell you, first responders love this. Let's, let's keep the audio going, see if we get anything. Let's get up there. So we hear the President. The first responders love this. The President, acknowledging their work, says a few words to him. Normally, if there's time, he goes by and does a personal greeting. Okay, there's the, there's the wrangler. They're angling. Okay, as soon as we get a shot back. I love this. This is real live television, folks. I love it. This is what real America's voice in the worm. We've dedicated ourselves now in President Trump's second term to make sure we get as much of this as possible. So you can see it. Nobody else covers it, nor the channel, nor the network covers this like we cover President Trump's presidency. Why are we doing that? This is history in the making. Not only do you see where the rubber meets the roads on the important issues of the day, because remember, they're talking, it's theoretical, and they're debating in the Senate. You hear all this. You hear the cable pundits all the time. I think our belief here is if you see it yourself, see what you see if we show it to you in sometimes all its grittiness and imperfection because it's live, you get a better sense of what reality is when you talk about the mass deportations and you talk about how do we get this country set up again from the coverage we did in the streets of Los Angeles and that battle they had a couple of weeks ago to this deportation center in Florida. And the deportation center speaks a lot about the MAGA movement in Florida. People down there want and remember, we have such a large community of Hispanic Americans, Hispanics and Latinos in Florida. These folks want the illegal aliens out of here. They want the criminals out of here. They want the bad hombres out of there. They want the mass deportations. And so Governor DeSantis and the legislature responding to that and Governor Santos taking executive action, has taking initiative and this initiative President Trump wants to see because we should have these in Texas. You should have these booming, blowing, you know, all over the country, particularly in red states, as President Trump just said there a moment ago, Louisiana, Alabama, I would love to see Arizona step up and do this. California, probably not going to see that because of the politics of it. This whole controversy about the big beautiful bill, the most controversial piece that. And they're doing the other votes right now. One of the, and hopefully the. In the wraparound, we don't let it sneak back in on the AI. One of the most controversial pieces about illegal aliens in Medicaid, in cuts to American citizens. Medicaid and maybe the parliamentarian, because, hey, I'm just saying she's a Harry Reid appointee. The, the parliamentarian, I think, ruled out the ability to cut Medicaid for illegal aliens. That is going to be a big bone of contention. And clearly that has to get sorted before anything gets done. Right here you see the, you see the media and the press. We have Brian Glenn right there. Eric Bolling's also somewhere on the property. As soon as we can get Eric Bolling, we'll also get. Yeah, we're working to get Eric Bolling up. I think they're coming there. They see what the wrangler does is pre position the press. So you get the best shots of the president and the entourage coming around and viewing it. And here they come right here. And they'll get the president asking questions. Of course, the president's always prepared. They get. If the press throws a question out, you never know when the president's going to throw you a bomb like he did this morning going to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House. He just dropped a dime. Are you thinking of deporting Mr. President? You think of deporting Elon Musk? Well, you know, we're looking into that. That rattled you notice that the President Trump had a couple of comebacks. Elon's tweets. Elon was singing a very different song. Well, I don't want to escalate this. I don't want to do it. There's members of right there, the, the print media, the photographers coming in. You're going to have now here we come right now. There's the President, there's a Secretary Kristi Noem and of course, one of the local supervisors explaining everything they're doing to put this up in eight days. President getting a very detailed tour. Governor DeSantis right in back of him, the president. Let's as soon as we can go audio. Let's go audio. I want to get everything the president's saying, but, man, I will tell you, there's nothing Donald Trump loves better than doing something like this, taking a tour. Something that's been manifested, something's been built to execute a policy that he understands is one of his core policies. So this is fantastic. He's changed his schedule around today to do it. He's going to do a, I think on Thursday. We're going to Thursday in Des Moines, Iowa, we're going to have a kickoff of the 250th and a birthday of the United States of America with a rally in Des Moines. We're going to cover that wall to wall. But as much as President Trump loves rallies, and he loves rallies, I think this is the thing he loves the most, to go around and see things that are actually been built, actually been manifested on his policies to help the citizens of the United States. Because this is where it's action, action, action. And he realizes, I think this, I think this opens up in a couple of days and then they're going to have thousands of illegal aliens in here ready to be deported back to their home countries, which is what the, you know, one of the, all the rallies, all the speeches, all the debates, all the polling, everything gets down to this is where the rubber meets the road. It's actually happening on a mass scale. Let's go and go to audience.
Donald Trump
See what I mean? Mr. President, Mr. Governor, what's your message to Governor Gavin Newsom inside of this facility? Well, the first thing you should do is come here and learn something because they don't do this. They don't know. They wouldn't know where to begin. And if they did it, it would cost a 100 times more. So I would say he should call the governor Christie and I'm sure you give him a lot. His state is a disaster and he doesn't do this.
Ron DeSantis
Well, they have the original Alcatraz so you guys could approve him being able to set One of these up over there. I'm sure, I'm sure the secretary would be happy to do that and provide some. I, my, my sense is he's probably.
Kristi Noem
Not going to bite on that.
Ron DeSantis
But you know, but I don't know that they'd be able to come in at cost because, you know, they tried to do this high speed rail, they spent like 150 billion, no tracks. We've got a privately funded rail in Florida from Miami to Orlando. Cost the taxpayer zero. And it's very successful. So just a much different approach between states.
Steve Bannon
Hey, Mr. President, when's the first person.
Donald Trump
Checking in this beautiful Alcatraz? Really, he ought to come here and study this because when's the first person checking into the room, sir?
Scott Bessent
Tomorrow, hopefully. Yeah, hopefully tomorrow within the next 20 minutes.
Donald Trump
We have the doctors, all the professionals.
Ron DeSantis
There's going to be a security suite because there's been civilians here. So they will sweep this multiple times to make sure there's nothing can be used as weapons or any contraband. And then once that's cleared, then they'll do. So it's really up to secretary. I know it's got people in the queue and so they'll be ready to receive.
Donald Trump
I think our viewers at home, home should note that this is air conditioned facilities. So if any of the news claims are keeping them out in the hot, humid south Florida, that is wrong.
Ron DeSantis
It's probably 62 degrees in here or 72.
Donald Trump
Biden wanted me in here.
Steve Bannon
Okay?
Donald Trump
He wanted me. It didn't work out that way, but he wanted me in.
Steve Bannon
Mr. President, what's your expectation, what this will do for the speed and force of deportation?
Donald Trump
A lot of things. And they're both telling me that these people come in here, they want to go home and they, they want to go home. So we immediately send them home, you know, where it's appropriate. Now, if somebody's a real killer, killer, we have to hold somebody closer to maximum security. Look what we inherited from this guy, this incompetent man and his administration, which wasn't incompetent, it was radical left, lunatic, communist, whatever you want to say, I know most of them. What we inherited should never ever be forgotten. What they've made us do. This is all because of an open border policy where 25 million people flown in from all over, over the world, from prisons from all over the world that voted for no reason whatsoever. We had, you know, when I left, we had a very powerful border. We had no problem. He opened it up. Day one. He just opened the border People couldn't believe it. They were standing there. What are they doing? They said go in. That's it. If you look at the first day tapes, they opened it up and they said go. And that's where all of this began. But this is an amazing thing that they've done here.
Scott Bessent
But listen, they don't, people don't have to, they don't have to come here. If they self deport and go home, they can come back legally. We will let them come back legally.
Donald Trump
And there is a lot of self deportation.
Scott Bessent
But if you wait and we, we bring you to this facility, you don't ever get to come back to America. You don't get the chance to come back and be an American again and work here.
Ron DeSantis
So they weren't with us when the President and Secretary Kevin and I, we went through the intake. So right when you do the intake, they have the information about voluntary departure. They have. Obviously you guys are funding that because it's a lot cheaper to do it that way. So even if they get brought to the front doorstep here, they still have an opportunity to just go back voluntarily.
Donald Trump
And then this way, how fast does that take? From the minute that let's say they get in here, they're like, hey, I want to stay here, I want to go back.
Scott Bessent
We can put them on a plane that day and take them home. We'll buy their plane ticket, go home and then they get the chance to come back legally. If they wait and say they do.
Donald Trump
That, they can come back legally after. Mr. President, you've got talked recently about the idea of finding some way to.
Joe Lavornia
Get farm workforce and service sector workforce.
Donald Trump
And I think you've discussed somehow a program of people leaving on a sponsorship.
Joe Lavornia
And coming right back.
Donald Trump
Can you give us a little more detail about that and why in the view of some hardliners, it's not answered. We're going to take care of our farmers and hotel workers and various other people that we're working on it right now. And Ron's going to be involved and you were involved already. So we have have a case, a lot of cases where ICE will go into a farm and these are guys working there for 10, 15 years, no problem. The farmers know we're going to put, it's called farmer responsibility or owner responsibility. But they're going to be largely responsible for these people. And they know these people, they've worked at the farms for 15 years and all of a sudden. So I have a great, Ron does, Christy does. We have a great feeling for the farmer and for Others in the same position and we're going to give them responsibility for people and we're going to have a system of signing them up so they don't have to go. They can be here legally. They can pay taxes and everything. They're not getting citizenship, but they get other things and the farmers need them to do the work. Without those people, you're not going to be able to run your farm.
Steve Bannon
Mr. President, you and the governor tangled pretty hard in the 2024 election.
Donald Trump
You stand here now. I didn't notice. Yeah, you stand here now as partners on this effort. How would you describe the relationship and what future does discover? I would say it's a 10. Excuse me? I think it's a 10. Well, maybe 99. Cuz there might be a couple of little wounds. So maybe I think we have a 10. Do you think his wife should run for governor? We get along. Br. Casey DeSantis run for government you know.
Ron DeSantis
The thing about it is, you know, I endorsed him immediately in January 2024. I raised his, one of his packs, millions and millions of dollars and obviously we saved him a lot of money in Florida because Florida was a deep red state. He didn't even have to do a rally in Florida. Whereas 2016 and 20, this was like ground zero. And so we've been really happy to do that. And then we've worked very well on this and other issues with Florida. You can call him at any time and he wants to be helpful for governors. I mean I can tell you that we did Hurricane Helene last year. You didn't hear from the president at the time then.
Donald Trump
And then.
Ron DeSantis
But you know, with President Trump, you know, we know immediately just make.
Joe Lavornia
Can we ask a Gaza follow up question?
Donald Trump
I'm sorry, like another thing you inherited.
Joe Lavornia
How firm are you going to be.
Donald Trump
With Netanyahu about ending the war in Gaza? Very firm. But he wants it to, he's coming here next week. He wants to end it too. We had a tremendous success with Iran.
Steve Bannon
They weren't happy.
Donald Trump
Somebody said when are you going to sign? Said sign. They are so bombed out. Did you see the report issued this morning? The place was decimated. It'll be years before anybody even gets down there. So that's not a priority. But we'll have a report and we'll have whatever we want. We'll get whatever we want from Iran. And I think, and I hope they would have a good, you know, they have massive sanctions right now, biting sanctions. It's going to be very hard for them to do anything with those Sanctions. And I look forward to. Maybe there'll be a time when we get along with them and they can rebuild their country. But is there a point where you tell, where you tell Netanyahu, like, you gotta, you've got to end this now. You gotta strike a deal. Well, he wants to. I can tell you he wants to. And I think we'll have it. I think we'll have a deal next week.
Steve Bannon
Thank you, Mr. President.
Donald Trump
Did you intend to announce your pick for successor to Jay Powell earlier than than say, or as early as, say.
Steve Bannon
The summer or the fall?
Donald Trump
Will I do something about who it's going to be? Yes.
Steve Bannon
I don't know.
Donald Trump
He'd be a good candidate. I do. She'd be a good candidate. Anybody would be better than J. Pal. No, he's causing us a fortune because he keeps the rate way up. I think it struck derangements and Congress. But you know, we have a very strong country. We're the strongest country. Look, our country right now at a level that we haven't seen for 40, 50 years. What we're doing now is nobody's seen anything like it. I told you I was with in the Middle east. The king of Saudi Arabia said to me very strongly, he said, you know what? A year ago you had a dead country. Now you have the hottest country in the world. We do. We have the hottest country in the world. Thank you very much. Oh, looks like Syria. We'll be seeing it over the next. Those type of industries.
Steve Bannon
Right this way. You see right there, the President, the, the President. Can we keep the shot? I don't want to lose that shot unless he's got to take it down. President having these impromptu press avails is what they're called press avails. You see that wrangler, her job is to keep them, you know, pre positioned and of course right there, everything. And that's why presidents continue on the tour. What Governor DeSantis and Kristi Noem says is starting tomorrow morning, the facility will be open. And what Kristi Noem is saying is, hey, if you don't want to come to this facility, just do self deportation. Just leave. The only reason they're going to, you know, use this as a congregation facility is to make sure they can expedite your leaving the United States. Because guess what, you're here and you're not a citizen. And if you're here illegally, if you come for the phony amnesty that Biden tried to. Tried to set up, then you're going to go home. One of the key elements I don't want to bury the lead. Governor DeSantis says that they're going to federalize. They're preparing and studying. Federalizing the National Guard to be deportation judges. Remember, the phony scam of the Biden regime is, oh, we don't have. We don't have any of these deportation. You know, we can't run these deportation courts, we can't run these amnesty courts to have people have due process. And with the Sanderson, although I think the due process is grace. Grossly overstated, it ought to be get them on a plane and get them the hell out of here. Governor, Santa saying, we're going to stand up the National Guard and stand up the National Guard and, you know, have them as these deportation judges stamp it. Okay, we heard you. Move on. Gone. This facility is going to open tomorrow. It's going to be a model. You heard the president saying that Governor Newsom should come out here immediately and meet with Secretary Noem and Governor DeSantis and learn something. We need California to get with the program. And this is this huge fight against the neo confederates like Gavin Newsom. About this, about the. As soon as we get more audio, as soon as we get a better picture, more audio, we're going to go right to it. The president thinks actually going to have a step in and have a real facility. Not the best shot right there. Real America's Voice. We get that camera up the. The president's going to a facility and. And right there you're going to have. He's going to be actually addressed. You see right there, there at the bases. There's going to be a little press conference and some discussion right here. He's going to have officials present. Does this. It's a town. It's a meeting where he has. Where he has various officials. There's the president coming in. Let's cut to the audio, see what we got.
Donald Trump
They did a fantastic job. Even the microphone as well.
Joe Lavornia
That's good.
Donald Trump
Oh, well, I'd like to just thank everybody for the incredible job they've done. I love the state. As you know, Ron and I have had a really great relationship for a long time. We had a little off period for a couple of days, but it can last long. It didn't last long. A lot of respect for each other. And it's a great honor to be deep in Florida. The Florida Everglades open. America's newest migrant detention center is incredibly built. And you're seeing that yourself. That's why I said, let the press join us on our Walk so they can see Everglades to open America's newest migrant detention center. It's incredibly built and you're seeing that yourself. That's why I said, let the press join us on our walk so they can see what's happening. It's known as Florida Everglades to open America's newest migrant detention center. It's incredibly built and you're seeing that yourself. That's why I said, let the press join us on our walk so they can see what's happening. It's known as Alligator Alcatraz, which is very appropriate because I looked outside and it's not a place I want to go hiking anytime soon. But very soon, this facility will house some of the most menacing migrants, some of the most vicious people on the planet. We're surrounded by miles of treacherous swampland and the only way out is really deportation. And a lot of these people are self deporting back to their country where they came from. Quite a few were amazed at actually the number. We took the FEMA money that Joe Biden allocated to pay for the free luxury hotel rooms where he's paying hundreds of millions of dollars in New York City. And we used it to build this project. And Narana was just a little fraction of that money, the money they spent on that project. I happen to know the real estate developer. He's a very. He never would. He never really made that much, but he became very wealthy with luxury. He didn't do well with people that are not exactly luxury. He's made a fortune. I want to thank Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. In Florida, Attorney General James Uthmeyer. Where is James? Where is he? You do a very good job. I hear good things. I hear good things about you from Ron too, now. You really do. He's even a good looking guy. That guy's got a future, huh? Good job, James. I hear you did really, really fantastic. Worked hard. You're like in the construction business for a few days, right? Huh? Congratulations for all the hard work to make this facility possible. It's amazing. Thanks as well to Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson. Where is Wilton? Where are you? Hi, Wilton. It's been a long time. Thank you. Congressman Byron Donalds. Where's Byron? Hi, Byron. How are you? Good. Florida speaker of the House Daniel Perez. Daniel. Daniel. Thank you, Daniel. Boy, you didn't want to sit up here with us. Daniel. Executive Director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, Kevin Guthrie. Hi, Kevin. Good job. Acting Director of ice, Todd Lyons. Todd, great Job. And Senator Joe Grutters. He is a great guy. Where is Joe? We love Joe. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, Joe. Joe is great. With the help of those incredible border patrol agents, we now have the lowest level of daily border crossings ever recorded. As you know, last month, the month of May, just got released two days ago, the number of illegal aliens into the United States was 0. 0. Even I find that hard to believe. That somebody must have gotten in, I think. I don't know. But they say zero. And the people that count them are radical left Democrats. So when a radical left Democrat tells me it's zero, I believe them. But there's still much work to do. In the four years before I took office, Joe Biden allowed 21 million people. That's a minimum. I think it was much higher than that. Illegal aliens to invade our country. He invaded our country Just like a military would invade. It's tougher because they don't wear uniforms. You don't know who they are. More than the populations of New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix and Philadelphia combined. That's what came into our country from prisons, from mental institutions, from street gangs, drug dealers. Disgusting. This enormous country destroying invasion has swamped communities nationwide with massive crime, crippling costs, costs and burdens far beyond what any nation could withstand. No nation could withstand what we did. And we're in the process of doing it. But we have some great people doing it now, and you see them up here with me. But it's. I'd call it like an unforced era. It's sort of like men and women, sports. It's sort of like transgender for everybody. How could they have done this to our country? And we're never going to forget it. Last year, 15% of all the hotel rooms in New York City were used to house illegal aliens at costs that they never got for luxury. They never got. They never got this much for luxury. People coming in from. From the wealthiest places on earth, they made more money with the illegal immigrants. With many rooms costing more than $300 a night, six times the rent of a typical American family. In Denver, Colorado, the city was forced to cut $10 million from its police and fire department budget as part of a $90 million plan to house illegal aliens. And it's a population that's growing and growing and destroying Denver and growing. And again, it's destroying Denver and it's destroying many other cities, too. Likewise, one of the city's largest hospital system is drowning and unpaid medical bills unpaid in the billions. After Their emergency rooms were flooded with tens of thousands of illegals, leading to the closure of critical services. And these are really critical services. They can't even keep them open for American patients. The American patients were treated worse than any illegal immigrant in Los Angeles. One in every four students in the public school system is from a household headed by and illegal. And most of them don't speak English. So they're in a school system and they don't have interpreters. They don't have anything. They don't speak English. What a mess. What a mess. Unforced error. All these people allowed to come in. The United States is now spending $78 billion a year on translation. Okay, think of that. $78 billion a year on translation and smaller numbers on special education programs for non English speakers in our public schools. So $78 billion. I think that's not a mistake. I would say million dollars, maybe hundreds of thousands of dollars. $78 billion, Joe, on translators and non English speaking work. Federal government, the Justice Department. It's more than twice the cost of maintaining the United States Justice Department. What we're spending on translation and other things to help. In total, the average illegal alien costs American taxpayers an estimated $70,000. That's each $70,000. I think that number is even lower if you care about balancing the budget. The single most impactful step we can take is to fully reverse the Biden migration invasion. One of the worst invasions we've ever had. We've never had an invasion like this. We've had invasions, but we've taken care of them. We've never had invasions like this and is with us. And we have some very bad people out there looking to do big harm. That's why the one big beautiful bill includes funding for 3,000 new Border Patrol officers and 10,000 new ICE agents. And I've gotten to know the border patrol and ICE very well. Unlike Kamala, she was the border czar, but she never saw the border. She never made one phone call. She was some border czar. She would have been some president. Probably would have been slightly better than Biden, though. I had to run against both of them. You know, the one guy, it's like a fighter. You knock out the one guy who's doing badly. Then they put somebody else in. But fortunately she was a stiff ulcer. Otherwise, I would have been very angry. I would have been extremely angry. The heroes of ICE will also help round up and remove members of the savage drug cartels which are coming back into our country. And we are. We got them out now, some of them came back in. We just got them out again. And that's going to be a vicious cycle. But these are foreign gangs. They're horrendous people, killers that have infiltrated our territory, including eight which we have designated as foreign terrorist organizations, which gives us a lot more power for speed and getting them out much easier. And we had a great court victory, as you know, on Friday that allows us to do what we have to do from the Supreme Court of the United States. In five months, my administration has already arrested over 2,700 members of the murderous Venezuelan gang known as Trend Aragua, including a pack of these sadistic animals arrested last month with over 280 guns. And these are guns of the latest caliber. These are guns that were made over the last period of less than a year, getting brand new guns, the latest and the greatest. Every day, our brave law enforcement officers are hunting down and deporting migrant criminals who have committed heinous crimes, including more than 13,000 murderers. 11,888 to be exact. But I'd probably say the 13,000 is right also. Think of it. 11,888. And more than half of them, they committed more than one murder. So, Ron, many of them are out of here already, but it's still a hell of a number to be confronted with. Just this year, ICE agents in Miami have apprehended illegals with arrests for murder, kidnapping, rape, child sexual abuse, and arson. People of the worst order. We're getting these monsters out of the United States, out of Florida, out of all the places that they're in. And on January 20, I signed an executive order empowering governors and state police to be deputized to enforce federal immigration laws. And Ron has already taken advantage of it. It really. It's a tremendous advantage for the states. Most of them are doing it, actually. The blue states tend not to do it. Even a couple of them have, though. And I want to express my tremendous thanks to the state of Florida for embracing this opportunity and being a true partner. They've worked so well with the federal government. It's been just a beautiful, beautiful partnership. So, Ron, I'd like to thank you personally. You are my friend and you'll always be my friend. And we may have some skirmishes even in the future. I doubt it. But we'll always come back because we just seem to. We have blood that seems to match pretty well. We have. We have a relationship that's been a very strong one for a long period of time, and I appreciate it very Much appreciate it. And also, Secretary Noem, I'd like to say, have you say a few words? You have been unbelievable. The job you've done, you and our favorite person, Tom. Tom Homan have done and your whole staff, because it's a lot of people and Tom acknowledges it all the time. He. He respects you so much. He respects the staff that you both built. And you're really doing one of the great jobs. And it was great that you could work with Ron in Florida, so well built, such a great facility. So please say a few words. Thank you very much.
Scott Bessent
I don't know if this will work well. Thank you, Mr. President. First of all, I want to thank you for putting the safety and the security of the American people first and the way that you never lose focus on making sure that America is. Stays our priority and that the families that live here get the chance to grow up and to raise their children in communities that are safe. And they give them an opportunity to pursue the American dream. This facility here is a fantastic representation of what can happen when all of government works together and when it's accountable to the taxpayers and to the citizens that live here. The President signed an executive order that allowed us to build partnerships with states and with local law enforcement officers, which is exactly how things should function in this country. More power, more authority given to people locally so that they can take control of their own destiny. And so we have already been working under the 287 program to deputize law enforcement officers, whether they be State Highway Patrol, local sheriff's departments in all of our states, and allow them to go out with our ICE officers, our Border Patrol officers, and make sure that we're getting the worst of the worst off of the streets. We also recognize that as we've been doing that and returning people back to their home countries, that we need detention facilities, we need beds to put them in place so that they can have their due process before they return home. And this facility is exactly what I want every single governor in this country to consider doing with us. What happened to start this conversation, was that a young man named Jimmy Percival in my office, my general counsel, who came from Florida and used to work here, called up the Attorney General and the governor and said, hey, what do you think about partnering with us on a detention facility that we could put in place that would allow us to bring individuals there? There's an airstrip close by. You guys volunteered the assets that you have and the connections that you have and worked with Kevin extensively so that we could come here have their due process given and return them home to their countries. And in eight days this facility has been stood up. And I want everybody to recognize the detention facilities that ICE adheres to is a higher standard than is required at state level.
Steve Bannon
That's Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, addressing the press at the media with President Trump. Governor DeSantis, we're going to turn it over now to Charlie Kirk, the Charlie Kirk Show. We're going to continue with this wall to wall coverage of the president's trip to Alligator Alcatraz in Florida. The war will be live back here at 5:00pm Eastern Daylight Time today. We will see you then.
Scott Bessent
I was to bring individuals across the country that we are bringing in and and incarcerating for violating our laws and immediately get them out of the country as soon as we possibly can. It's exactly what we need to be perpetuating in other states. And what I would say is I want all of you to notice these flyers that we've got is that everybody who sees these flyers or anybody who sees these news clips should know you can still go home on your own. You can self deport if you go on the cbp.
Podcast Summary: Bannon's War Room
Episode 4600: Trump Visits Alligator Alcatraz
Release Date: July 1, 2025
In Episode 4600 of Bannon's War Room, hosted by WarRoom.org, Stephen K. Bannon provides an in-depth look into President Donald Trump's visit to the newly established migrant detention facility, affectionately dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," located in the Florida Everglades. The episode intertwines discussions on economic policies, immigration reform, and geopolitical strategies, featuring key figures such as Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, and economic advisor Joe Lavornia.
Steve Bannon initiates the discussion by highlighting the collaborative efforts between President Trump, Secretary Noem, and Governor DeSantis in implementing robust economic policies. A significant portion of the conversation centers around the "big beautiful bill," which encompasses supply-side tax cuts, deregulation, and trade policies aimed at fostering substantial economic growth.
At [02:15], Joe Lavornia emphasizes the importance of growth, stating:
"The most important thing is growth. [...] We can institute these policies that make us grow at a very quick rate, much faster than what we've seen."
Lavornia outlines the expected economic benefits, projecting a growth rate of approximately 3% and a combined economic impact of $3 trillion over 10 years. He attributes this optimism to previous successes under President Trump's first term, particularly the AI boom and plant and factory expensing, which are anticipated to drive productivity and wage increases.
Bannon transitions the conversation to fiscal responsibility, addressing concerns about national debt and deficits. He references criticisms from figures like Elon Musk but underscores the administration's commitment to reducing deficits through strategic economic policies.
At [04:43], Lavornia clarifies the administration's plan:
"That's exactly right. [...] what we have to do on a supply side growth."
He articulates a clear pathway to decrease the deficit from 7% of GDP down to 3%, leveraging the projected economic growth and increased revenues from tax reforms. Lavornia asserts that failing to pass the bill would result in significant tax hikes, particularly impacting middle and lower-income Americans, potentially triggering a recession.
The episode delves into the positive reception of these economic policies by the financial markets. Bannon notes the stability and growth observed in the bond and stock markets, attributing this to effective communication and transparency from the Treasury and economic advisors.
At [06:44], Joe Lavornia responds to concerns raised by the Financial Times regarding long-term bonds:
"We've articulated the benefits of this bill and certainly the capital markets are voting with their shares or their feet."
He points out the surge in equity markets, tightening credit spreads, and a strong dollar as indicators of market confidence in the administration's economic strategies. Lavornia dismisses the negative reports, emphasizing that official Treasury data and private sector analyses are more aligned with their optimistic projections.
A significant portion of the discussion addresses the geopolitical challenge posed by the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) and their efforts to undermine the U.S. dollar as the global reserve currency. Bannon elaborates on how the administration's economic policies aim to counteract these moves.
At [09:24], Lavornia adds:
"The tariff was combined with deregulation, energy independence and low tax rates that was going to create revenues, re-industrialize and rebalance trade deficits."
He asserts that these measures not only strengthen the U.S. economy but also bolster the dollar's position in global markets. Bannon concurs, highlighting the sustained investment from both domestic and international corporations as a testament to capital markets' confidence in the U.S. economic model.
The core of the episode focuses on President Trump's visit to the migrant detention center, symbolizing the administration's stringent immigration policies. Bannon provides a real-time account of the motorcade, interactions with officials, and the operational aspects of the facility.
At [21:27], the transcript shifts to Kristi Noem delivering an advertisement, which is beyond the scope of content-focused summary and thus skipped.
Prior to the advertisement segment, significant discussions include:
Infrastructure and Collaboration: The rapid construction of the detention facility in eight days, showcasing efficient government collaboration, particularly among Florida's leadership.
Deportation Policies: Detailed explanations of the expedited deportation processes, emphasizing the administration's commitment to removing illegal immigrants swiftly.
Security Measures: Insights into the security protocols at the facility, ensuring that individuals housed are managed effectively to prevent any threats.
Donald Trump delivers a compelling endorsement of the facility at [50:22]:
"This facility here is a fantastic representation of what can happen when all of government works together and when it's accountable to the taxpayers and to the citizens that live here."
He further elaborates on the economic burdens posed by illegal immigration, citing exorbitant costs in public services, education, and healthcare, and lauds the new policies as a necessary step to reclaim national security and economic stability.
The episode also touches upon the relationships among key political figures and the future trajectory of the administration's policies. Trump and DeSantis discuss their collaborative efforts and mutual support, anticipating continued partnership in upcoming initiatives and elections.
At [44:27], Ron DeSantis remarks on his endorsement of Trump, reinforcing their strong alliance and shared vision for America's future.
Episode 4600 of Bannon's War Room serves as a comprehensive overview of the Trump administration's economic and immigration strategies, highlighted by an on-site visit to a pivotal detention facility. Through detailed discussions and firsthand accounts, Bannon provides listeners with a nuanced understanding of the administration's efforts to bolster economic growth, manage national debt, and enforce immigration laws, all while navigating complex geopolitical challenges.
Notable Quotes:
Joe Lavornia [02:15]:
"The most important thing is growth. [...] We can institute these policies that make us grow at a very quick rate, much faster than what we've seen."
Joe Lavornia [04:43]:
"That's exactly right. [...] what we have to do on a supply side growth."
Donald Trump [50:22]:
"This facility here is a fantastic representation of what can happen when all of government works together and when it's accountable to the taxpayers and to the citizens that live here."
Disclaimer: This summary is based on the provided transcript and aims to capture the key points and discussions from the podcast episode. It intentionally omits advertisements and non-content sections to maintain focus on the substantive topics covered.