Episode 4710: Live Special Coverage Of Trump/Putin Summit; Preventing WW3

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Episode 4710: Live Special Coverage Of Trump/Putin Summit; Preventing WW3

Date: August 16, 2025
Host: Steve Bannon
Notable Guests/Panel: Eric Bolling, Jack Posobec, Brian Glenn, Cleo Pascal, John Solomon

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Episode Overview

This episode delivers real-time, in-depth coverage and analysis of the historic Trump-Putin summit in Anchorage, Alaska. The discussion revolves around the diplomatic spectacle, the role of the media, America's geopolitical posture, and the prospects (and perils) of brokering a peace deal to end the Ukraine war and avert a potential World War III. Bannon and his correspondents critique the media’s framing, dissect the summit’s symbolism, and provide behind-the-scenes insights from on the ground.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Media Coverage of the Summit

• Media Bias and Attitude:

  • Bannon and guests repeatedly call out the “corporate media” (MSNBC, CNN, Fox) for acting like “partisans” rather than reporters, framing their questions aggressively and allegedly working to undermine peace efforts.
  • Quote (Eric Bolling, 00:32):
    “They're trying to continue what they've done for the last four years. Being basically spokesman the comms department for the Democrat…They don't want to see a confident Trump, a strong America first Trump...”

• Press Room Dynamics:

  • Jack Posobec describes chaos and lack of decorum in the press tent, with the Russian delegation surprised by the aggressive American press (“not used to that level of disrespect to a president, that level of disrespect to a peace process like this.” – 19:18).
  • Bannon and Posobec argue reporters hurled “invective” rather than legitimate questions (20:45-21:58), suggesting the press bloc is “the enemy of the people” intent on “stopping peace.”

2. The Summit as Diplomatic Theater

• Arrival and Staging:

  • Extensive focus on Trump’s “alpha male” posture versus a “beta” Putin, with the optics (physical dominance, warmth in greeting, handshake) meticulously dissected.
    Quote (Eric Bolling, paraphrased by Bannon, 29:44):
    “President Trump was the alpha male and that Putin was the beta male.”
  • Jack Posobec notes the dominance Trump projects in stature and presence (30:41).

• Symbolism and Pageantry:

  • The joint ride in “the Beast” (presidential limousine) – described as almost unprecedented for visiting leaders (“very, very rare for any leader…let alone the former KGB leader.” – Brian Glenn, 07:31).
  • Military flyover with a B2 stealth bomber is interpreted as a deliberate power display meant to project US strength and subtly intimidate (“President Trump opening his jacket up and showing him the handle of the business end of his revolver…” – Posobec, 33:08).

3. Content and Substance: Ukraine and Broader Geopolitics

• Goals and Hopes for the Talks:

  • Panel is cautiously optimistic a peace “framework” may emerge, reading the inclusion of businessmen (Steve Witkoff) and political figures (Marco Rubio) as signals (“…some framework of a deal that they're going to, maybe they won't announce it…” – Eric Bolling, 01:50).
  • There’s speculation about possible mineral or territorial deals, but admission that details remain undisclosed.

• Exclusion of Zelensky:

  • Guest approval for Trump’s decision not to include Ukrainian President Zelensky at this stage:
    Quote (Bolling, 01:50):
    “The most brilliant move is not inviting Zelensky because he would have ruined this whole thing.”

• America’s New Posture:

  • John Solomon contrasts this “Trump’s America” summit with Biden-era summits, declaring, “It's on Donald Trump's terms, on Donald Trump's turf. And it's Vladimir Putin who needs Donald Trump in America more than Donald Trump needs him.” (50:35)

• Historical Parallels:

  • Bannon and guests repeatedly parallel current efforts with WWII alliances, referencing the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender and historic US-Russia cooperation (e.g., Lend Lease program via Alaska – Posobec, 34:30).

4. Critiquing the Opposition

• Globalist/Atlanticist Axis:
  • A recurring theme is the alleged effort by “globalists,” neocons, and the “Atlanticist axis” to sabotage US-Russia rapprochement for profit and power (“…the primal scream of a dying regime…” – Posobec, 38:34).
    • Critique includes condemnation of officials like Vindman, McFaul, Bolton, and Victoria Nuland as agents of “bloodshed” and failed interventions.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

| Timestamp | Speaker | Quote/Content | |-----------|---------|--------------| | 00:32 | Eric Bolling | “They're trying to continue what they've done for the last four years. Being basically spokesman the comms department for the Democrat or the left party or the anti Trump faction in America.” | | 01:50 | Eric Bolling | “The most brilliant move is not inviting Zelensky because he would have ruined this whole thing. He would have just mucked that whole thing up.” | | 07:31 | Brian Glenn | “This is very, very rare for any leader, any allied leader, any democratically elected leader, let alone the…former KGB leader.” | | 18:18 | Jack Posobec | “Why wouldn't you expect that they wouldn't fight some type of arrangement to get peace between these two countries...I agree with you, it is toxic and it's actually detrimental to this country.” | | 19:18 | Jack Posobec | “I was in that room when the press spray happened and that just cacophony of questions and sounds really became overwhelming. And you could see that the Russian Side…was very off put by this.” | | 33:08 | Jack Posobec | (On the B2 bomber flyover) “That's President Trump opening his jacket up and showing him the handle of the business end of his revolver, saying, all right, let's sit down and talk.” | | 36:44 | Brian Glenn | (On Trump’s negotiating style) “I think he's calling him out for the bs. He's calling out his failures in the past. He's calling out the times that he might have promised something but did the opposite.” | | 38:34 | Jack Posobec | “…what you're…seeing here is if I can borrow a phrase, the primal scream of a dying regime. Because the core focus point of the power of the Atlanticist axis, the globalist Atlanticist axis is of course pitting America and Russia against each other…” | | 41:28 | Brian Glenn | (On Trump’s humanity) “…he doesn't care about that. He cares about the people and even mentions there's no Americans involved in this killing. This is just Russians and this is Ukraine's…and that's what he cares about the most.” | | 50:35 | John Solomon | “It's on Donald Trump's terms, on Donald Trump's turf. And it's Vladimir Putin who needs Donald Trump in America more than Donald Trump needs him. The idea that America's reasserted itself on the world stage, I think it's even more remarkable compared to the last time we had a major summit on Alaskan soil.” |

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Media Assessment/Introduction: 00:00 – 01:26
• Next Steps, Predictions for the Press Conference: 01:26 – 02:52
• Summit Symbolism, Optics: 07:18 – 08:56
• Press Tent/Behind the Scenes: 11:21 – 12:43
• B2 Bomber Flyover as Signal: 32:18 – 35:54
• On Negotiations and Trump’s Manner: 36:44 – 37:50
• Geopolitical Context (“Primal Scream of a Dying Regime”): 38:34 – 41:01
• Reflections on Trump’s Personal Motivations: 41:28 – 43:23
• WWII Parallels, Alaska Symbolism: 45:05 – 50:21
• Contrast with Biden-era Diplomacy: 50:35 – 51:25

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Tone & Language

• Defiant, combative, and deeply skeptical of establishment media and globalist elites.
• Exalts Trump, painting him as singularly motivated by a desire to “end the killing” and bring peace, with a focus on his authenticity and humanity.
• Uses war metaphors and historical analogies liberally; language is vivid (“enemy of the people”, “opening his jacket to show the revolver”, “primal scream of a dying regime”).
• At times, almost theatrical in describing the event’s symbolism and suggesting the future import of the summit.

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Conclusion

This episode positions the Trump-Putin Anchorage summit as a pivotal attempt to secure peace in Ukraine and reshape global alignments. The War Room team sees the event as a historic, American-led push for peace, with Trump as a decisive, strategically astute leader. Meanwhile, they cast the mainstream media as obstructionist and politically compromised, more comfortable with conflict than conciliation.

Listeners gain vivid on-the-ground color, pointed critique of the opposition, and a sense of the stakes—framed not just as diplomatic maneuvering, but as a reflection of fundamental divides about America’s role in the world and the nature of power in the 21st century.

Transcript

[Steve Bannon]

Look, the Ukrainians have between 4,000, a million casualties, dead and wounded. They're now allowing 60 year olds to come into their military. I mean, what is your assessment as you've watched MSNBC and CNN frame it all throughout the afternoon and seen the live conduct, I would say conduct both at the initial walk up on the podium and then in that little room. What is your assessment of the, of the corporate media here as actually just reporting instead of trying to become a.

[Eric Bolling]

Participant, they're trying to continue what they've done for the last four years. Being basically spokesman the comms department for the Democrat or the left party or the anti Trump faction in America. They don't want to see a confident Trump, a strong America first Trump on his red carpet waiting for the Russian leader to come to him. They hated seeing the two of them getting into the beast. Can you imagine? Putin's getting into the beast. Trump doesn't speak Russian, Putin can't. There's, there's no one in there that speaks Russian that, that signals to me, especially when you bring Witkoff and Rubio into the meeting, that there is going to be a deal on the table at some point, some form of a deal will come out of this. And the media, the legacy media and I include Fox in that, hate that idea. They don't want any part of peace between Russia and Ukraine right now.

[Steve Bannon]

Last thing, Eric, after the meetings, there's going to be a historic joint press conference in Anchorage at the joint base Elmendorf Richardson with President Putin and President Trump. What is your, give us your best guess at how you think that's going to roll out. Given the confrontational nature we've seen from most of the corporate media so far.

[Eric Bolling]

I would say the biggest, I would call it a win. If they come out and Trump says, look, we've spoken, we've hashed out some details, we will now, I think the most brilliant move is not inviting Zelensky because he would have ruined this whole thing. He would have just mucked that whole thing up. Not inviting, but maybe Trump says something like Mr. Putin and I have agreed to speak with Zelensky and the Ukrainians to see if we can finalize some of these deals. I, I don't know if there's Russian minerals on the table or mineral deals on the table we're taking from Ukraine and we give them to Russia territory, who knows? But I think bringing Steve Witkoff in and Marco Rubio tells me that there is some framework of a deal that they're going to, maybe they won't announce it, but they'll at least tell us that there is some sort of framework that they will bring in Ukraine and possibly, you know, the EU as well. I'm not sure you need them, but maybe them as well. So I'm very optimistic on something being another meeting happening.

[Steve Bannon]

Fantastic. Eric, where do people get you over the weekend? What's your social media handle? I know you're gonna have a lot to say historic weekend coming off of this trip.

[Jack Posobec]

But where do people go at Eric Bolling?

[Eric Bolling]

Just everywhere. On YouTube, on X Instagram, Facebook, at Eric Bolling. And I'm available to you guys at all, all time. STEVE bannon, War Room and just really fortunate we were able to watch this historic moment together.

[Steve Bannon]

Thank you, brother.

[Brian Glenn]

Appreciate you.

[Steve Bannon]

Eric Bolling, the Eric Bolling show that precedes us with a vast audience. Thank you. I want to welcome all the folks in Eric's audience to stick around for the war room. Now we've got two of our correspondents there. We've got Brian Glenn and Jack Bosobic. I want to give a concise cold open for these two gentlemen and then we're going to go live to Anchorage.

[Jack Bosobic]

So if you were to paint a picture of what perfect looks like coming out of Alaska today, what does that look like in your mind?

[Steve Bannon]

Look, it's not for me to negotiate a deal for Ukraine, but I can certainly set the table to negotiate the deal. And our next meeting will have President Zelensky and President Putin and probably me. I'd like to focus on doing our country, but you know, I get these interruptions. We've, I've solved six wars in six months when you think about it, and that's from Pakistan to India. That was going to be a terrible one. Planes being shot down, that was getting ready to flare in their nuclear powers and so Many others and 123 other.

[Brian Glenn]

Countries Signatories of the International Criminal Court Convention. This man would be arrested as soon as he lands here. He's being welcomed for a conversation. So the expectations are pretty high for that gift ready to Vladimir Putin. I, I think the participation of not a one on one now, but a kind of multilateral between the security chiefs indicates that Donald Trump really wants to see if there's anything to be had on this critical topic of a Ukraine peace deal before anything, a broader conversation occurs, before a conversation occurs on economic issues, maybe there's some tangential issues, maybe some arms control could be discussed. But by and large this is a conversation about Ukraine, seeing if there's anything to be had There. Maybe this conversation doesn't go forward if there's not some sort of ground to close there.

[Reporter]

Mr. Putin, did you underestimate Ukraine?

[Steve Bannon]

President Putin, will you stop killing civilians?

[Reporter]

President Putin, how can the US Trust your word?

[Steve Bannon]

Thank you, Press. Thank you, Press. Thank you, Press. Thank you.

[Studio Commentator]

They are both getting into the beast? It appears so. They're going to be riding together to their meeting. It is unclear if Vladimir Putin or President Trump could hear the questions that were shouted out. But one reporter did ask Vladimir Putin if he would stop killing civilians. And at that moment, you saw him kind of shrug. Again, we don't know if he heard the question, but, boy, what timing. Considering that just last night there was a deadly strike in Ukraine. I believe it killed and injured 17 civilians, if I have my numbers correct. So that killing is still happening. Donald Trump keeps talking about wanting to end the killing that he claims it's first and foremost for him. But again, he's welcoming Vladimir Putin to the United States. I know the US Is not a signatory to the International Criminal Court, but he has been indicted by the ice. This is not a man that would be welcomed pretty much anywhere else in the Western world.

[Brian Glenn]

Correct. And you know, I've organized these meetings before when I worked for President Obama. This is extraordinary that any president or prime minister gets into the presidency.

[Studio Commentator]

Yeah, I was going to say, has anyone gotten into the beast before?

[Brian Glenn]

There was one time President Medvedev went and got hamburgers with Barack Obama in 2010. I remember that. But this is very, very rare for any leader, any allied leader, any democratically elected leader, let alone the. This imperial, the former KGB leader. And worse, it's worse. He's the first guy since Hitler to launch a full scale invasion and occupation in Europe. That is the person who has been greeted this way, that the president just clapped as he walked up. And I want to be clear. I support President Trump in trying to end this war. Lots of my Ukrainian friends applaud him, too. I support even engagement with President Putin, even though that's controversial.

[Studio Commentator]

And look at that image. Vladimir Putin smiling ear to ear, looking almost giddy inside the presidential limousine.

[Brian Glenn]

But I don't support that. Just to be clear, this is beyond the call of duty. And I think it raises the stakes for Trump. If he's doing all this, he better get something more than just a future.

[Studio Commentator]

Meeting, treating him in a friendlier tone than he treats most of our allies.

[Brian Glenn]

Yeah, that's what it seemed like. I mean, those images of him just standing there waiting and then clapping. Even before Putin had come up to him and then the hearty handshake. I think the world has just seen.

[Steve Bannon]

Two Americas right now.

[Brian Glenn]

One America that welcomed a war criminal and another America that has a free press in which journalists stand there and get to ask questions that Putin never hears anywhere else he goes.

[Steve Bannon]

Investor Bolton, you're actually surprised that they are having this kind of a photo op with these aircraft?

[Jack Posobec]

Yeah, these are very sensitive stealth aircraft. Everybody on the Russian party is a suspected spy. This whole base is now available to them, at least to some extent. I don't think it should have been held on the base. We just had a flyover with a Stealth bomber as well.

[Ambassador McFaul]

I mean, it's so embarrassing. You're waiting for him to say, and he looks so nice in his suit and his abs are cut. There's a six pack under there, if you get to see it. Like, I mean, it's disgusting. And again, Ambassador McFaul, I wonder if you are any closer today than you were that day in Helsinki to understanding why. Why all the public adoration this carefully, Carefully. I mean, I worked on presidential events for six years. This is a lot of stagecraft. My understanding, our reporting, is that they timed their arrivals. There was a car there. We understand from our bureaus around the world for Putin, Trump put him in the beast. There's a lot of touching. I don't know that we always see him touching Melania as much as he touched Putin today. The handshake and then the hand on top of the hand. I mean, everything that over nine years we've learned about Trump, this is as fawning as he can be with any public figure he's ever photographed with.

[Steve Bannon]

Friday the 15th of August, in the year of our Lord 2025, a historic day. And boy, broken by Nicole Wallace. What is she doing? She fantasizing about Putin's guns? And I don't know, man. It's got very strange. Over at MSNBC today, Jack Posobec and our own Brian Glenn are in Anchorage live. Guys, let's start with you. Jack, you were an Air Force One. Tell us a frame. Oh, Brian. Okay, fine. Brian Glenn.

[Jack Posobec]

Brother.

[Steve Bannon]

What? Tell me what's gone on so far. Frame it for me.

[Jack Bosobic]

Okay. Hey, guys, the IFB just was crackling, but let me set the scene for you. Steve, I think that's. I think that's where you were going with this. I'm in the press tent. This is the tent that's set up just outside the building or the staging area where President Trump and President Putin will meet. Now, this is a 1 10, but it is absolutely divided in two. Let me show you what I'm talking about. I'm on the US side, this is the US Media side here. And you've got people all day long since you've, since the last time I've talked to you we were in the security buses. We're now at the security, at the press tent. On the other side of this tent is the Russian media and they are set up, filing their stories, doing all their stand ups and all the, all that good stuff. Inside the where they the meeting will take place there is a press riser, it's a three tiered press riser. And Steve, it is absolutely packed with both US media in Russia and world media at that. And of course we've been monitoring some of, some of the things that you guys have been talking about and kind of asking our colleagues, getting their thoughts on what they anticipate this meeting might be about or what the results can come. But I tell you the stage is set here in Alaska and we'll find that out here at about 3:30 local, 7:30 your time. Steve.

[Steve Bannon]

Yeah, it seems like, look, the very cordial way that President Trump and kind of the business like way he met very warm Putin and then they immediately, you know, there hasn't been any, no wasting time getting down to it very quickly. One of the things that's grabbed the attention of US monitoring this is the complete unacceptability. I tell you what, we're going to hold you, let's hold you to the break. We're going to go to commercial break here. Brian Glenn, I'll ask you this question, I want the answer on the other side. The corporate, the global corporatist media, the globalist media have been absolutely unacceptable. Their performance today, their behavior, this is not asking questions of what a free press does. This was throwing invective at a foreign leader that President Trump is there trying to make sure that not just a ceasefire and not just a peace deal in Ukraine to stop the war, but actually the beginning of a rapprochement with Russia. Remember 80 years ago today the imperial high command of Japan came back and accepted the terms of unconditional surrender. The emperor accepted unconditional surrender. They signed that instrument I think the 2nd of September. We're going to cover all that. It closed the bloodiest war in mankind's history in the two major participants that defeated the fascists, that defeated the imperialists with the United States of America and the Russian people in the Red Army. That is just a fact for the media to treat President Putin and President Trump like that. They do not want peace. What they want is continuation of the forever war and they don't care how many Ukrainians get killed in the process. Professor Mearsheimer was absolutely dead. Spot on. We have Brian Glenn, we have Jack Posobuk. Obviously there's going to be a few technical problems throughout the day. The entire world's media is there, but just absolutely extraordinary short commercial break we're going to return to Anchorage in this incredible summit to bring peace to Ukraine in a rapprochement between the United States of America and the Russians. This July there is a global summit of BRICS nations. In Rio de Janeiro, the block of emerging superpowers including China, Russia, India and Persia are meeting with the goal of displacing the United States dollar as the global currency. They're calling this the Rio Reset. As BRICS nations push forward with their plans, global demand for US Dollars will decrease, bringing down the value of the dollar in your savings. While this transition won't not happen overnight, but trust me, it's going to start in Rio. The Rio Reset in July marks a pivotal moment when BRICS objectives move decisively from a theoretical possibility towards inevitable reality. Learn if diversifying your savings into gold is right for you. Birch Gold Group can help you move your hard earned savings into a tax sheltered IRA and precious metals claim. Your free info kit on gold by texting my name Bannon. That's B A N N O N to 989-898 with an A plus rating with the Better Business Bureau and tens of thousands of happy customers led Birchgold army with a free no obligation info kit on owning gold before July and the Rio Reset. Text Bannon B A N N O N to 9898. 98. Do it today. That's the Rio Reset. Text Bannon at 989-898 and do it today. America's Voice Family. Are you on Getter yet? No. What are you waiting for?

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[Jack Bosobic]

Yeah, well, it started with, you know, when he talked about deportations, they fought that. You talked about tariff talk, they fought that. You Talked about making D.C. safe and getting crime off the streets, they fought that. So why wouldn't you expect that they wouldn't fight some type of arrangement to get peace between these two countries. So they're just going straight in line of what they've been doing since day one on this administration. So unfortunately that's the situation. I agree with you, it is toxic and it's actually detrimental to this country. But what President Trump is trying to do right now is historic and all these things that he's been doing is extort. But it to fall in line and just, and push up against everything, Steve, it's just going, that's the, that's their playbook right now.

[Steve Bannon]

Jack Bosobik, you've been there since earliest morning. Put us in the room. Tell us about the Air Force One trip, your observations, what happened and how do you believe this? The talks are progressing right now?

[Jack Posobec]

Well, Steve, actually if I could just mention that, you know, what you just said there, respond to that. So I was in that room when the press spray happened and that just cacophony of questions and sounds really became overwhelming. And you could see that the Russian Side, the Russian delegation was very off put by this because they're not used to that level of disrespect to a president, that level of disrespect to a peace process like this. Even me, myself, having come up there, you go into a situation like that, you're standing five feet away from the president, United States, the president, Russia, the two most powerful people on the planet combined in one room, and you. You'd expect to show a little bit of decorum. Maybe it's my military background from being in the Navy, but it would never occur to me to just start screaming at them. And then Putin, as, as we were being pushed out, and in fact, the security started, you know, rushing everyone out the room. Get out of here. Clear the room. Clearly a line had been crossed. And I think Putin at one point said something someone was telling me, he said, enough, enough, like in Russia. And so that was really, was something that, that, that being said, though, President Trump turned it into something they could laugh about because. Because he says, he said, look, you see what I have to deal with.

[Jack Bosobic]

Another day at work. For me, it's another day at the office for President Trump.

[Steve Bannon]

Right, right.

[Jack Posobec]

Brian knows more than anyone.

[Steve Bannon]

You know, but Brian, the. At least the way we saw it in this screaming, it was like hectoring. This was invective. They were not questions. When are you going to stop killing? I mean, this was pure unbridled hatred is what came through. And then you saw the framing device of the studio and, and all these experts that have been wrong on everything. They have the same crowd, you know, Vindman and McFaul, all these losers that have been wrong on this and actually goaded the Ukrainian people onto their demise. So it's not questions. And that's why I think it's an insult on American soil for us to allow this to happen. They are the enemy of the people. They don't want peace. They want to sit right there and demonize and demonize Putin. President Trump is trying to make in a very difficult situation with, quite frankly, the Russians winning militarily, and if it wasn't for our money and the potential threat of our troops, this thing had been over even worse a long time ago. So, Brian, this is. I want to make sure the audience understands these were not questions. This was invective that was hurled at a world leader at the beginning of a peace conference. These people don't want peace. They want to be an active participant in stopping peace, sir.

[Jack Bosobic]

Yeah, that's a great observation. Those are. They're just statements they're launching statements and accusations and labeling with, with those, with those words. And you know what, you're right. They don't necessarily want peace. But at least we can all agree that today's press conference, if it does go to a two person press conference, it could just be President Trump, who knows if Putin will make it. But we do know that the questions will be on topic today. We're not going to get any Gaza questions. We're not going to get any deportation questions. I don't think it's all going to be at least on one topic today. And I think that's one thing we all look forward to.

[Steve Bannon]

Jack, put us in the room. Tell us about Air Force One. What was the trip like, you guys? It was a pre dawn launch, a long trip, big headwinds. What was it like being on the plane?

[Jack Posobec]

Well, Steve, that's exactly right. Long trip, you know, but what's interesting about Air Force One is that it can fly at about 45,000ft. So it's 10,000ft higher than your typical commercial flight. It also flies a lot faster. So your airspeed is much, much higher. Your run, your total time in air is going to be much shorter than any other trip that you're taking. So we got way up there, extremely cold on the plane, you know, so for anyone who thinks that, you know, it's a cushy ride up there, it was colder on the plane then I don't know if it was Trump turned it down or what, but it was colder on the plane than it is here on the ground right now in Alaska. So maybe he was just acclimating us. But what was interesting, Steve, is that the president came back and spoke with us right at the beginning of the trip. So once we had taken off, this was not on the schedule and we'd been working with the press team with Caroline Levitt and the incredible team, Stephen Chung and all the staff that are here. Ambassador Crowley, who's done an incredible job protocol wise, she was on the trip. And then you have the various advisers, the secretary's cabinet members that are there as well. Scott Bessant but the key, Steve, is that President Trump came back and he was cautiously optimistic. And I say cautiously optimistic like this because he mentioned a perhaps 25% chance that the meeting ends early. However, I would say that it seems that we've gone beyond that 25% chance at least as we sit right now, as we're racking and stacking it. But he also said we want a cease fire. I don't know if we'll get a deal today. And so it's certainly hedging as he went in. But you could tell that there was a sense of optimism from him. It seemed as though he knew what he was doing and of course he knew that. This is a historic accords right here, the Anchorage Accords that are taking place. This is something that he's wanted for a long time. Not just an end to a war, by the way, an overall framework, an agreement with Russia. And I was talking with Steve Gruber about this as well. Look what President Trump has done. He's working his way through the BRICS nations to get to China, Brazil, India, South Africa, now Russia. The last letter B R I C S would be China. So you can see him working this way to affect a reverse Kissinger if you will to engineer a Sino Soviet be its split in our favor. A guest against the ccp.

[Steve Bannon]

I want to, I want to stay on the topic of Air Force One for a second. People don't realize it's really a military command post that then has enough space. So the president has a small office, there's a small boardroom for four meetings. And then you've got very cramped seating, but it's always cold. It's always uncomfortable even for everybody but the president and the president. It's a tiny office and he's got a cabin up forward if he wants to catch some sleep, although I don't think I've ever seen President Trump use it. Talk to me a minute about that. It's essentially a flying command post. It's almost like the West Wing, which is a old office sitting on top of a military command post, sir.

[Jack Posobec]

So there's, there's three decks to Air Force One. The highest deck, of course, that's your flight deck as well as a military command center. You've got your intelligence there, sensitive equipment. So anything that's going on in the world, anything that could happen, that's all coming in in real time. Obviously, CIA Director Ratcliffe is with us. So he's directly keeping an eye on the fact what's Russia? Is Russia doing something on the battlefield? He would know that in real time, given the level of connectivity that Air Force One has. Then on the second deck, the main deck, that of course, as you mentioned, the president has his cabin, his quarters. There's also a small gym, by the way. He has a place where he can, he can sleep, of course, then his office plus a full situation room, which is an almost identical one to one, though a little bit smaller to your point, size of the situation room that's in the White House. So effectively and of course, everyone remembers Bush having done this on 9 11, that plane, because it has air to air refueling, it can stay in air indefinitely. If he wants to make an address to the American people, he can do so because there's a full suite of communications, two phones on board, one white phone for unclassified calls, a yellow phone for anything that's classified. At a higher level. He's got full connective tissue. So it's a working plane, it's a working environment. This is not something where you're sitting back and relaxing at all.

[Steve Bannon]

We're going to take a short commercial break. Brian Glenn, when we get back, my brother Eric Bollinger made the observation of President Trump coming off the plane with Putin, that President Trump was the alpha male, that Putin was the beta male. I want your answer when we get back. We're gonna take a short commercial break here in a moment. Want to thank our sponsor, Birch Gold. Jack Basoba just talked about the BRICS nations. What if the ccp, she and Lula now, I don't know. India's been pretty good so far, but they're, you know, they're talking about it whether they what are they talking about? De dollarization to get off the US Dollar as the prime reserve currency. If you don't understand this, you need to how do you do that? Go to birchgold.com ban and the end of the Dollar Empire talks about all the concepts that you need to know, all the nomenclature. You need to know the process of how the US Economy works, how debt and deficit works. All of it seven free installments put together over the last four years with two more combination coming after Rio. The end of the dollar empire birchgold.com Bannon is totally free. And you get a relationship with Philip Patrick and the team at Birch Gold. Short commercial break we're going back to Anchorage with Brian Glenn and Jack Posic. Just a moment. According to the Department of Energy, blackouts could increase by 10,000% over the next few years. It's because of massive energy demand from artificial intelligence data centers. We talk about that all the time here in the war room. And we have a fragile power grid. It just cannot keep up with that demand. I don't know about you, but I don't like the idea of being without power even for a day. That's why I got the grid Dr. 3300 from my patriot supply. It's a powerful solar generator that runs refrigerators, AC Units, medical devices, power tools, anything you need to write out a blackout. And right now, for their Christmas in July event, they're including over $1,000 in free survival gear with your generator, including emergency food supply, water, filtration, survival tools and more. You heard that, right. Over a thousand bucks in free gear for a limited time. Head to my patriotsupply.com Bannon. That's my patriotsupply.combannon. and grab the Christmas in July bundle before it's gone. Blackouts are coming. Go to mypatronsupply.com Bannon and get prepared today.

[Jack Posobec]

Here's your host, Stephen K. Ban.

[Steve Bannon]

Okay, Brian Glenn and Jack Posoberg are both in Anchorage at the Joint base. They're right outside where the meeting's taking place between President Trump, some of his advisors. And they're having more advisors in some of the meetings, some of the advisors not in others. I think Witkoff and Secretary Marco Rubio are going to be in with Lavrov and another member of the Russian delegation with Trump, although they just with Putin. They already spent some time together by themselves. In fact, I revere Eric Bolling, his media savvy in his sense of people and just good old street smarts. He saw the footage, as you saw at live Brian Glenn, of the greeting of President Trump coming down the red carpet. And in greeting President Putin, he described it as President Trump was the alpha male and that Putin was the beta male. Your observations, sir?

[Jack Bosobic]

Yeah, I do think one looks more submissive than the other. And I think you can look at just the physical height of both these two individuals. One towers over the other. That has a certain prominence, a certain language to it just by itself. So I would agree with that. I think his President Trump, when he stands and we've seen him do this often when he meets leaders out at the West Wing, right there at the stakeout, when they come down to meet him, he has a very presence to him. He stands up straight. He's got his shoulders back, he's got his head high, he's got his chin up. And that, that is his stance. He has a very dominant stage stance. And so Eric Bolling is spot on on this. And I think if you then you just take the height differential that's there, that speaks volumes as well.

[Steve Bannon]

Okay. I think the word of Brian Glenn, too. So I'm outvoted 2 to 1 so far. Poso, you're an intelligence officer. I said, hey, doesn't matter about height that matter about high. Putin's kgb. And I've always said Listen, our ally, the Russian people, they've been horribly led first by the Bolsheviks, then by the Soviets, and now by the kgb. I mean, they're far from being free. Great, great, great people and great allies, but they've gone through and before that, the Romanov. So they've had a bad run for, I don't know, a couple thousand years. Jack Posobec, your observations. By the way, you got a big shout out from Captain Fennell and part of the military engine room who said poso is dead. Spot on about the brics, the Chinese Communist Party, all of it. But tell me about first, Putin. Was he the beta male today?

[Jack Posobec]

Well, Steve, here's what was really interesting. And I don't know if the war room engine room has got this or maybe ask Denver one of the grundoons to pull it. I got the video of I'm standing there on the tarmac as. And I can see Putin come down. President Trump comes down. They meet, they come together. And I had heard earlier on that this was going to happen, that all of a sudden, sudden, out of nowhere comes screaming in a B2 bomber with F22 escort. So I've got the video, and it's millions and millions of views around the world now of I look up from that moment, but I think I'm the only person who actually went back and caught the expression on Putin's face and actually saw his reaction to the B2 bomber. And he certainly did a different double take. You know, I'm sure Russian intelligence being what it is, they obviously knew the B2s were going to be in the area. But when you see and feel the sheer force of one of those bombers, like, like when we were here on the war room on the 4th of July and they flew over the White House, it's really something that absolutely takes your breath away. You feel it in your bones. You feel it in every single part of your body. And there's no question that that was President Trump kind of. We were joking a little earlier. That's President Trump opening his jacket up and showing him in the handle of the business end of his revolver, saying, all right, let's sit down and talk.

[Steve Bannon]

I think that's a long gun, Jack. You had no inside baseball. But you and I talked about this last night. You said, look, knowing Trump, I think, and because at the time you're saying, hey, I think the Russians are coming in with, you know, they're bringing all these different flights. As a ton of Russian, I think business executives, other types have come in for This a really a huge contingent, not just of Russian media, but really a broader and bigger delegation from Russia. You said, hey, you know, no one Trump, I think, because you had been to the July 4th, you know, we were on the rooftop of the Willard Hotel, and it rattled everybody's teeth when the B2 went through, went past. You said, you know, I think he might bring out some of the big armor in an air show, a short air show. How did you, how did you guess that?

[Jack Posobec]

Well, you know, Steve, I, it just kind of made sense from all of the events that we've been going to. Like you just mentioned that he's been bringing the B2 out more and more and more lately. And so it just made sense that here you'd come, you're going to be at an Air Force base. Why not bring the B2s back again? And also, Steve, part of it is the history, history of, of US Air operations here in Alaska as pertains to the US And Russia. So not far from where Brian and I are standing right now on this very base, if you go to the cemetery, there's actually a plot here where there's Russian pilots from World War II who are buried. How is that possible? Well, it's because in the Lend Lease program, because they couldn't fly planes across Europe, that that's where World War II was taking place. They would go around the back door across the Bering Strait. They would have Russian pilot crews fly into Alaska, then take custody of the American planes that were flown up here from the lower 48, and then pilot those back to Russia across Siberia, given the conditions, worries about Japanese Navy incursions. There were a lot of deaths in this program. And so this, this is something that Russian diplomats have brought up a number of times. And so I've really been thinking a lot about how that Lend Lease program, The World War II partnership between the United States and Russia really was forged right here in Alaska.

[Steve Bannon]

We were the arsenal of democracy. Remember great towns like Detroit, Wichita, Kansas, all the way across. Rosie the Riveter the entire nation turned out to make sure that we could supply enough material not just for the Americans and the British, also for the Russian and the Chinese. Brian Glenn, you've had an opportunity. I think unlike virtually anybody, you've been in the ovalt now for dozens and dozens of meetings with world leaders from President Trump's trying to put together deals, trying to put together relationships, strategic partnerships. What do you think? How should we think about what's going on in the room right now? You know, him up close and personal. And you've seen with world leaders, of course, Putin being a KGB colonel is a different. He's cut, you know, his cut of his jibs, a little different than some of the folks you've seen, but you've seen President Trump and the way he rolls. What do you think's going on right now?

[Jack Bosobic]

I think he's playing all his cards. I mean, to use one of his terms, I mean, I really think he is. I think he's calling him out for the bs. He's calling out his failures in the past. He's calling out the times that he might have promised something but did the opposite. I don't think President Trump at all is playing games with Putin. And he's made it perfectly clear if this does not work out and it goes south, he's done. He's done with this. And so he's going to look him in the eye, just like I've saw him look the South African president in the eye. And he told him exactly what it was. He said, oh, there was no, we're not, we're not killing white farmers. And actually, I roll a videotape and showed it lower the lights, showed it right in front of him. I think he's doing that right now. I think he's absolutely being very transparent. It's not, it's not. It is personal to him, the fact that he wants to save lives, but he's, he's willing to just say it if it's, if it's on his mind, he's going to say it. He's not going to hold back. And then, of course, during the press conference, he's going to do the same. I mean, whatever we didn't hear in that bilateral meeting, we're going to hear it during the press conference.

[Steve Bannon]

So, Jack, if you hear that, it's kind of refreshing because if you listen to the corporate media all day long and Bolton and Vindman and all these guys, they bring, all the, all the losers from the past, they bring up, they're saying the exact opposite, that just even having it in the United States is a huge defeat for Trump. And it shows he's submissive and that, and that, you know, all this has been a huge victory so far for Putin. And as you could tell, walking on the plane, Putin had the Cheshire cat smile, that Trump is a submissive one here. He's already given up so much. The most he can hope for is maybe another meeting. Give me your assessment. Drafting off, Brian, of where do you think we are in starting this. And where do you think we're going today?

[Jack Posobec]

Well, Steve, I do think that President Trump is not coming into this with rose colored glasses. He talked about just when we were on the plane with him this morning at eight in the morning when he came back for that gaggle, the first thing he talked about was the killing. And you know, you and I both know that even during the transition team he would come in to these meetings and he would talk about after receiving the intelligence reports of the deaths on both sides, Russian and Ukrainian, and how this really weighed on him was something he took very personally, that he really and truly wants to stop this war and wishes that it is had never happened, a war on the European continent. But when it comes to this idea that he's just going to capitulate. Look, there's no way that President Trump's going to walk out of any deal looking like he capitulated. It's just not in his nature. It's not anything he's ever done before. And he would easily be the first person to walk away if it looked like a bad deal. But what I would say to the Vindmans and to the Michael McFaul and the John Bolton's and all the rest. Look Steve, what you're doing seeing here is if I can borrow a phrase, the primal scream of a dying regime. Because the core focus point of the power of the Atlanticist axis, the globalist Atlanticist axis is of course pitting America and Russia against each other and trying to foment a war between them. This is where they brought in censorship. This is where they brought in Russiagate. This is where they brought in, in the first impeachment which, oh by the way, that was who Adam Schiff and Eric Veneman yet again. And so we see these same forces over and over and over. And what did it lead us to? It led us to Victoria Newland's bloodshed. Victoria Newland's quagmire there in Ukraine right now. The Maidan revolution to all of this that's come down to. So this is absolutely been something that this small group of powerful people, Steve, the Atlanticists, these neoliberals and the neo cons have put together because they don't care about starting World War three. That means high ratings, that means money for the military industrial complex and that means demonization of a nation, which by the way is again the other most powerful nation in the world. These are the two most powerful men on the planet planet right now sitting down. And I think that for all of our Sakes, it's as President Trump has always said, it makes a lot of sense for them to have a good relationship.

[Steve Bannon]

Brian Glenn, you've been so close to the president and covering this in the White House, in the Oval Office over the last six months or so. Give us the thing about Trump, the man and his humanity. I mean, every time I'm around him or talk to him, the first thing he brings up is the killing in Ukraine, the bloodshed in Ukraine, how the terrain of Ukraine being so flat that the bullets are stopped by human bodies. I mean, when he talks about the casualty rates, he does it very personally. Your thoughts, sir?

[Jack Bosobic]

No, absolutely. He does that all the time. Always leads with the killing. It's not about money, that, that the military might be selling weapons to NATO. He doesn't care about that. He cares about the people and even mentions there's no Americans involved in this killing. This is just Russians and this is Ukraine's and there may be a few others in there, but we're not talking about saving American lives, we're talking about saving humans. And that's what he cares about the most. But I will extend that over to this as well, Steve. Anybody that's affected by a flood, a hurricane, a fire, a natural disaster, he cares about people. He cares about the displacement of people, people that are suffering, people that have gone through some rough times. He cares about victims, people, victims of assault, violent crimes on the city streets of America. That's what he cares about. But people seem to pit this thing that. He only cares about the elites, the elites in business and Wall street and all. No, he doesn't. He cares about the American people. He cares about humans in general, and that's why he's here. He doesn't need to be doing this. Where's any other world leader right now? They're not here in Alaska trying to get a peace deal. Trump is. That's what Trump cares about. He cares about people. And hopefully today we can make progress to that. I don't think any of us are going to think this is going to happen today. Could be not going to roll that off the table. But, Steve, he cares about people and we see it every single day. I'll give you another quick example, if I could. When he leaves on the South Lawn, on his departures, on Marine One, he often will walk out, go through the press line, answer a bunch of questions. But then if there's anybody on the other side that might be interns, staff, people that are just touring the White House, he will go down the line and talk to every single person. It'll be 10, 15 minutes. He's going down, taking selfies and talking to people. That means he cares about people. He's not doing it just for clicks or for shows. He cares about the American people and you see it every day.

[Steve Bannon]

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[Historic Narrator]

Day of days for America and her allies. Crowds before the White House await the announcement from the President that the Japs have surrendered unconditionally.

[Steve Bannon]

I have received this afternoon a message from the Japanese government. In reply to the message forwarded to that government by the Secretary of State on August, I deem this reply a full acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration, which specifies the unconditional surrender of Japan. In the reply, there is no qualification.

[Historic Narrator]

Reporters rush out to relay the news to an anxious world and touch off celebrations throughout the country. Washington is jubilant. And in Chicago, more than a million sing and dance in the streets in the biggest celebration the Windy City has ever seen. Joy is unconfined. Greatest, wildest celebration of all was in New York's Times Square where 2 million people, by far the greatest in the city's history, fill the streets all day waiting for the official word. A hilarious happy throng. They cheered every rumor that it was all over. And when President Truman's announcement came at 7 o', clock, the lid really blew off. Tens of thousands of proud American flags dotted the square. And as the day wore on, hilarity reached a high peak far into the night. The happy crowd screamed their relief at the end of the greatest war in history. From early Tuesday morning, the celebration went on for 24 hours. New York never celebrated like this before, but never did they have a better reason.

[Steve Bannon]

Joy is unconfined, as they said. Never a better reason to celebrate the joy of having made it through the war. Cleo Pascal. They're in. Two leaders are trying to make peace a day on the Eurasian landmass of the most important strategic assets in the world. Alaska. You just come from the Pacific islands that bore the brunt of that horror 80 years ago. Your observations, ma', am, it's a very.

[Reporter]

Touching and fitting moment. And of course, this is. Alaska is a key part of the Pacific, As Billy Mitchell said in 1935, from an air perspective, which is why those flyovers were very apt from a naval perspective. It's the islands of the Pacific. And over 100,000Americans died getting across the Pacific. Japan had held a part of the central Pacific the size of the continental United States for 30 years. Had 30 years in place to build defenses, to scout out the absolute best positions for sniping off people as they came ashore. And those Americans that did that, that breached the reefs for the first time with the Amtraks in places like Tarawa and Macon, and then moving along the chain, were men of incredible courage, but also compassion. They encountered civilian populations along the way in places like Saipan. When they got to Saipan, that civilian population had lived under the Japanese for 30 years. They didn't speak English, but they were dealt with by the Americans with incredible compassion and warmth. Their wounded were treated along with the Americans and the Japanese wounded. And we are still bringing Americans home from the Pacific. Organizations like History Flight are in Tarawa now trying to find the Marines that are still there to bring them home. It's not just the relics of the war that you see on the beaches, the Zeros that are in the forest and in the lagoons. When I was reporting for you from Yap, where the Chinese are rebuilding that imperial Japanese Runway, you could still see the equipment that the Japanese used to build that Runway in the first place. But There are also still Americans left there in the ground that are slowly but being brought home with incredible persistence by Americans who care and who remember. So this is a part of the world where the blood of Americans and allies are soaked into the beaches. And as a result of that war, cnmi, Saipan, Tinian, became part of the United States. And that whole core, the Central Pacific, which was under the Japanese mandate, became independent countries, but then voted to join the US In a compact or free association for defense and security reasons. So this is the peace that was bought by the lives of those Americans and the ones who survived and then came home and just picked up tools and went back to work and got on with building America after they had saved the Pacific is still very much remembered and still a core part of the gift that they gave to the US in terms of peace in the Pacific that has lasted now for 80 years.

[Steve Bannon]

Cleo, hang on. I'm going to take you into the second hour. John Solomon, Amanda Head, join us. John, the symbolism of having this historic meeting today in Alaska on the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Your thoughts, sir?

[John Solomon]

Well, it's powerful for many reasons. And the flyover as the summit was beginning was a reminder that American military might is still the most powerful force in the world. But for me, the more, greater symbolism is the difference between the last time we had a summit in Alaska and now In March of 21, we had Joe Biden get steamrolled by China. I mean, an utter embarrassment of American superior superiority on the world stage. The Chinese laughed in our face, ridiculed us. We were wearing masks. What a difference this summit is. It's on Donald Trump's terms, on Donald Trump's turf. And it's Vladimir Putin who needs Donald Trump in America more than Donald Trump needs him. The idea that America's reasserted itself on the world stage, I think it's even more remarkable compared to the last time we had a major summit on Alaskan soil.

[Steve Bannon]

God, I remember that, John. So grateful you bring that up. The Japanese, the Chinese Communist Party sat there in front of the world and accused us of everything. And Blinken and these guys just accepted it. You could tell right then, not quite off on the right foot. That was not today. President Trump shows up. Okay, we're gonna take a short commercial break. We've got John Solomon, Amanda Head, Cleopascal in Anchorage. We have Jack Posobec and Brian Glenn. We're going to take a short commercial break. We're going to leave you with the right stuff. I don't think it could be a better way to end the first hour. The height of American power In the early 1960s, the test pilot program and then the Mercury astronauts. The right stuff of a book by Tom Wolfe, a classic movie by Philip Kaufman, an Academy Award winning score. Score by Bill Conti. The right stuff. We're going to take a short commercial break on Real America's Voice. We're going to continue. Just a moment. What if he had the brightest mind in the war room delivering critical financial research every month? Steve Bannon here. War Room listeners know Jim Rickards. I love this guy. He's our wise man. A former CIA, Pentagon and White House advisor with an unmatched grasp of geopolitics and capital markets, Jim predicted Trump's Electoral College victory exactly 3:12 to 2:26, down to the actual number itself. Now he's issuing a dire warning about April 11, a moment that could define Trump's presidency and your financial future. His latest book, MoneyGPT, exposes how AI is setting the stage for financial chaos. Bank runs at lightning speeds, algorithm driven crashes, and even threats to national security. Right now, War room members get a free copy of MoneyGPT when they sign up for Strategic Intelligence. This is Jim's flagship financial newsletter, Strategic Intelligence. I read it. You should read it. Time is running out. Go to Rickards War room dot com. That's all one word. Rickards War Room records with an S. Go now and claim your free book. That's rickardswarroom.com do it today.