Episode 4713: Brace For Impact The Ukraine Summit; The Fight Continues In Texas

Summary

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Bannon's War Room: Episode 4713

Airdate: August 18, 2025
Title: Brace For Impact: The Ukraine Summit; The Fight Continues In Texas

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Episode Overview

This episode of "Bannon’s War Room" centers on two high-stakes political battles:

1. The historic Ukraine Summit in Washington, where Western leaders converge amid contentious debate over U.S. security guarantees, Ukraine’s future, and negotiations with Russia.
2. The heated struggle within Texas over congressional redistricting and the larger implications for the MAGA movement and GOP tactics nationwide.

Host Stephen K. Bannon is joined by Ben Harnwell, Dave Brat, Brian Harrison, and a range of commentators. The tone is combative, populist, and skeptical of establishment narratives—particularly regarding U.S. commitments abroad and Republican weakness at home.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Ukraine Summit: Pressure, Guarantees, and the Chaperones

A. Trump & Zelensky’s Public Exchange

• Opening with Trump’s Truth Social post, the conversation highlights Trump telling Zelensky Ukraine can end the war “almost immediately,” suggesting the U.S. will not support Ukrainian efforts to retake Crimea or NATO accession. Zelensky rebuts, arguing for “lasting peace” and warning against repeating failed security guarantees from the past.

“Peace must be lasting, not like it was years ago when Ukraine was forced to give up Crimea…and Putin simply used it as a springboard for a new attack...” — Zelensky, paraphrased by News Anchor (00:40)

B. Unprecedented Summit Attendance

• The gathering of European leaders in D.C.—presidents, prime ministers, NATO chief—signals to Bannon and his team an orchestrated “chaperoning” of both Zelensky and the American president.

"I have not seen...a delegation like this from Europe...to make Europe’s case for peace and security." — Narrator/Anchor (01:13)

C. Security Guarantees vs. NATO Article 5

• Debate centers on whether proposed U.S. security guarantees mirror NATO’s Article 5 or, in fact, bind the U.S. even tighter to potential conflict.

"Security guarantees are far more weighing on the U.S. administration…because they bind you into doing something." — Ben Harnwell (21:45)

• The political analyst and ex-ambassador argue Article 5’s “holy grail” status and see precedent in South Korea/Germany, while Bannon and Harnwell see dangerous entanglement.

“Once you go down this path…this is where things go from regional conflicts to world wars. That’s what happened in World War II in Poland.” — Stephen K. Bannon (22:56)

D. What Would Ukraine Give Up for Security?

• Discussion about Ukraine trading land for rock-solid Western security guarantees. Could “selling” a painful peace be viable domestically?

"...it depends in how this is phrased. If the appearance is of the Western countries…marching together with Ukraine, even as it makes this terrible concession of land, that may be something Zelensky can take home.” — Political Analyst (04:35)

E. Skepticism Toward European Commitment

• Bannon and Harnwell see the summit as a maneuver by European leaders to shirk responsibility and pass financial, military, and political costs onto the U.S.

“These Europeans can’t be trusted…the European elite are untrustworthy. They weren’t worth us in World War II.” — Stephen K. Bannon (23:51)

“They gave up on [security guarantees] until now it’s resurrected like Frankenstein...security guarantees is the same shit sandwich a year ago as it is today.” — Ben Harnwell (19:59)

F. Insistence on Congress & American Interest

• Continued calls for clear articulation of U.S. national interest.

“When is he going to come to Congress and outline what America’s interests are in Ukraine? That argument was never made.” — Ben Harnwell (31:23)

2. Economic, Military, and Geopolitical Consequences

A. Cost of U.S. Involvement

• Economic burden falls on American taxpayers, argues Dave Brat.

“Who paid all the bills for this war? …the United States of America and you, you, the base and the taxpayers…” — Dave Brat (47:25)

• The dead and wounded in Ukraine and Russia are highlighted as moral costs ignored by the European elite.

B. BRICS & De-dollarization

• Brief mention of the BRICS summit and fears about the U.S. dollar losing reserve currency status—framed as another blow to American prosperity and sovereignty.

3. The Texas Redistricting Battle: GOP Must Go "Maximalist"

A. Democrats’ Aggressive Tactics vs. GOP Passivity

• Comparison of aggressive Democratic redistricting in California, Illinois, and New England to Texas Republicans’ “beanbag” approach.

“Democrats coast to coast play hardball. Texas Republicans aren’t even playing beanbag.” — Brian Harrison (35:19)

B. Call for a “Maximalist” GOP Response

• Bannon insists Texas GOP leaders must secure 9–10 conservative congressional seats (“Texas Nine”) in response to Democratic moves elsewhere.

“We want nine. We want maximalist positions in every state—in Ohio, Missouri, Indiana, Texas, Florida.… The country’s on the line right here.” — Stephen K. Bannon (38:40)

C. Accusations of GOP Cowardice

• Host and guests accuse Texas leaders of lacking willpower.

“They’re cowards. They’re cowards …if we don’t get nine in Texas [it’s] because of gutless cowards at the head of the Texas government.” — Stephen K. Bannon (41:11)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

The Ukraine Summit & U.S. Security Commitments

• “Article 5, the fact that Witkoff and Rubio...are talking about it, is truly the crux of a deal that the Ukrainians could buy into...this has been a terribly bloody war…” — Former Ambassador (06:32)
• “Security guarantees are...tripwires…where things go from regional conflicts to world wars.” — Stephen K. Bannon (22:56)
• “All you are obliged to do [under NATO Article 5] is take whatever steps you deem necessary… Security guarantees...bind you into doing something.” — Ben Harnwell (21:45)

U.S. (and MAGA) Skepticism

• “I think we have 25,000 combat troops in South Korea and I think we have...30 or 35,000 still in Germany after the most destructive war in mankind's history…There's no analogy at all with Ukraine.” — Stephen K. Bannon (09:13)
• “With regards to Ukraine, it is 100% against supporting Zelensky and his regime. That is why I’m somewhat mystified that President Trump is investing himself…and his credibility and his authority to this degree.” — Ben Harnwell (31:14)

Texas & GOP Strategy

• “If the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker...want more than five Republican seats...we will have seven, eight, nine seats. If we do not…it’s for one reason: the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker...did not want it to happen.” — Brian Harrison (39:57)
• “One thing you can’t say about [Gavin Newsom]...is he’s not a coward. He’s up in our grill...he’s telling Trump, ‘I’m doing this to impeach you.’” — Stephen K. Bannon (41:11)
• “Do your civic service. Piss off a rhino today...” — Brian Harrison (42:13)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [00:00–01:19] - Recap of Trump and Zelensky’s latest statements, preview of the Ukraine Summit.
• [01:19–03:45] - Analysis of U.S. guarantees and the West’s posture toward Ukraine.
• [05:36–06:26] - Specifics of the security guarantees; comparison to NATO Article 5.
• [19:43–22:56] - Ben Harnwell on “the chaperones,” skepticism of security guarantees, and historical analogies.
• [22:56–25:58] - Bannon on how guarantees escalate regional wars into global ones, WWII comparisons.
• [35:07–42:13] - In-depth with Brian Harrison on Texas GOP's battles, redistricting, and the need to fight like Democrats.

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Episode Takeaways

• The Ukraine Summit is portrayed as both a potential trap for the U.S. and an occasion for European leaders to offload burdens onto America, with "security guarantees" cast as an unacceptable risk for entanglement and American lives.
• Skepticism reigns regarding European resolve, the mainstream media narrative, and the willingness of establishment Republicans to defend U.S. interests.
• Texas redistricting becomes a metaphor for the larger fight within the GOP—Bannon’s call is for maximalism, hardball tactics, and a refusal to settle for less than total victory.
• Moral outrage is a recurring undercurrent, both over the loss of life in Ukraine and Russia and over perceived betrayal by American and European elites.

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Final Thoughts

This episode encapsulates "War Room’s" brand of populist, anti-globalist skepticism, blending strategic analysis, historical analogy, and blunt exhortations for grassroots activism and political toughness.

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Transcript

[Narrator/News Anchor]

Last night on Truth Social, Trump ramped up the pressure on Ukraine, writing that Zelensky can end the war with Russia almost immediately if he wants to, or he can continue to fight. Trump also suggested that Ukraine should not retake the Russian occupied territory of Crimea, nor should it join NATO. Zelensky responded to that in a social media post of his own, writing in part, quote, peace must be lasting, not like it was years ago when Ukraine was forced to give up Crimea and, and part of our east, part of Donbass and Putin simply used it as a springboard for a new attack or when Ukraine was given so called security guarantees in 1994, but they didn't work. Now, several European and NATO leaders are expected to attend today's meeting in Washington. As we said, they include the president of the European Commission, the Chancellor of Germany, the prime ministers of the United Kingdom and of Italy, the presidents of France and of Finland and course of, and the NATO Secretary General. Joe. So I mean, this is, I've not seen in all the years that I have covered American politics, I have not seen a delegation like this from Europe, not even at the outbreak of the Iraq war come to Washington, come to the White House to make Europe's case for peace and security.

[Political Analyst]

One way to think about what's happening today and in the succeeding days is this war has been about whether Ukraine can become a Western country. That's been the aspiration of the Ukrainian people and it was intolerable to Putin and to Russia. And Russia really fought a war to prevent Ukraine from becoming European. If the United States today, by offering security guarantees to whatever part of Ukraine emerges from the war intact so that that country can, can be as South Korea became, as West Germany became a part of the west with, with our guarantees of security behind them, then that's an outcome that's going to make for a more prosperous Ukraine in the long run. I can't imagine that the rest of Ukraine won't move as East Germany moved with West West Germany. That's down the road. But the key thing is whether the United States really will stand behind Ukraine's sovereignty against Putin. And if that happens today, then I think there's some reason for optimism. If it doesn't, it's a cave into Putin's power.

[White House Official/Spokesperson]

Well, first of all, the Russians are already facing very severe consequences. There's not a single sanction that's been lifted and not one. I mean, they're facing all the same sanctions that have been in place today. All the American support continues for Ukraine and ultimately look if we're not going to be able to reach an agreement here at any point, then there are going to be consequences, not only the consequences of the war continuing, but the consequences of all those sanctions continuing and potentially new sanctions on top of it as well. But what we're trying to do right now is end the war. And in order to end the war, you've got to give every opportunity that exists. You have to, you have to be open to any opportunity that exists to bring it about. And here's the thing to remind everybody. And when the President says, this is not our war, but let's be frank, this is not our war, the United States is not in a war, Ukraine is in a war. And we've been supporting Ukraine. We happen to be in the role of the only country in the world with the only leader in the world that can actually bring Putin to a table to even discuss these things. Now, the President has traveled all the way to Alaska, all the way back, has dedicated months and months of work, him, our entire team on this matter, because we want to see an end to the war. But if tomorrow the war continues, life in America will not be fundamentally altered. So I think that what we have to understand is that this has been a priority for this president because he wants to promote peace. He wants to promote the end of a war. And I think we should be happy that we have a president that's trying to promote peace and bring a war to an end.

[Interviewer/Host]

How much do you think Ukraine will be willing to give up if in fact they get a rock solid security guarantee? Where the European countries and Donald Trump say, we're going to be in Ukraine, the US Is going to be supporting us, we're all going to be rebuilding your country, and we're going to tell Vladimir Putin in no uncertain terms that an attack against Ukraine is attack against the United States and Great Britain and France and Germany and Italy and the eu at that point, when he gets that rock solid assurance, if he gets that rock solid assurance at that point, do you think the land deal can be made?

[Political Analyst]

So, Joe, he has to be able to sell this to the Ukrainian people. And they have suffered in this war so much. Just think about bombardment every night, every night, spending much of that night awake, which has been the case for much of this year for Ukrainians in Kyiv and elsewhere. You have to sell it to this war weary people and say, we got something, we're giving up this land and it's a dagger in our heart, but what we got was security, our ability to be A free European country. So I think it depends in how this is phrased. If the appearance at the end of today is of the Western countries, the United States and Europe marching together with Ukraine, even as it makes this terrible concession of land that may be something that Zelensky can take home. And the Ukrainians would say it was worth the sacrifices we made.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

So President Trump called this an extremely productive meeting and said many points were agreed to. You're in the room.

[Ben Harnwell]

Can you give us two specific points.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

That were agreed to?

[Jake (Interviewer)]

We agreed. Jake, first of all, thank you for having me and good morning. We agreed to robust security guarantees that I would describe as game changing. We didn't think that we were anywhere close to agreeing to Article 5 protection from the United States. Legislative enshrinement within the Russian Federation, not to go after any other territory when the peace deal is codified, legislative enshrinement in the Russian Federation, not to go after any other European countries and violate their sovereignty. So we agreed to, and there was plenty more.

[Former Ambassador]

American security guarantees are the holy grail in all this. And I say this having served as ambassador in Poland, which literally was in the crosshairs of Putin because it was delivering the weapons to the Ukrainians, the Ukrainians that were using to defend themselves against Russia. Security guarantee. The Article 5 commitment here in Poland worked. Without that Article 5 guarantee, I can only imagine what Poland and the Baltic states and Romania would have faced. So Article 5, the fact that Witkoff and Rubio, negotiator Witkoff and Secretary Rubio are talking about it, is truly the crux of a deal that the Ukrainians could buy into and a significant security guarantee. We'll have to keep the peace on both sides. This has been a terribly bloody war with casualties massive on both sides and years over the next few years, there will be feelings of retribution and passion for retribution on both sides. The Russia, Ukraine conflict has historical dimensions that if President Trump can broker a ceasefire very soon, would be worthy of celebration because it is so historically rooted and so recently bloody. And to put something in place that stops that would be worthy of accolades.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

This is the primal scream of a dying regime. Pray for our enemies because we're going medieval on these people. I got a free shot. All these networks lying about. The people. The people have had a belly full of it. I know you don't like hearing that. I know you try to do everything in the world to stop that, but you're not going to stop it. It's going to happen. And where do people like that go.

[White House Official/Spokesperson]

To share the Big lie. Maga Media.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

I wish in my soul, I wish that any of these people had a conscience. Ask yourself, what is my task and what is my purpose? If that answer is to save my country, this country will be saved.

[Commentator/Guest]

War Room.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Here's your host, Stephen K. Bann. It's Monday 18th August, year of our Lord 2025. We are set and getting ready for a historic day at the White House as Zelensky arrives for his, I think his first meeting since the blow up. Six months or so, plus the chaperones. He's got chaperones. But right there you saw it in all its glory. And of course you heard it on War Room first on Friday morning, even before the planes landed in Alaska. This will all come down to two things. American security guarantees and American commitment. Massive amount of money for redevelopment. I, I am lost. And maybe Witkoff and Rubio. I'll explain it today. I'm just lost. How a game. How US how the United States offering an Article 5 commitment for, for a security guarantee to Ukraine is a win for the United States. I mean, this war started because of the globalists at the eu, the European Union and NATO forcing the hand of the Russians over years and years and years about Ukraine's joining the EU and joining NATO. And with these two, what they're talking about, I mean, the reality of it, let's not, let's take away the rhetoric and the Kant back and forth is joining the EU because the economic integration of American capital under the Larry Finks of the world, who by the way, took over the World Economic Forum. As we reported over the weekend. Larry Fink's now in charge of the World Economic Forum, the Party of Davos, officially Klaus Schwab is out and won't be charged with any crimes. And then the Article 5, David Ignatius dares to make an analogy to Germany and South Korea. I think we have 25,000 combat troops in South Korea and I think we have, I don't know, 30 or 35,000 still in Germany after that was after the most destructive war in mankind's history of which we want to have it happen again. So we stopped. I mean, there's no analogy at all with Ukraine. The very first David Ignatius as Ben Harnwell, who will join me momentarily from Rome. I've also got Dave Brat here this morning. We'll get Brian Glenn and Jack Posovic from the White House later. You know, he said this is all about the point of this. And by the way, my team, my crack team on the cold open and the guys in Denver, just extraordinary. That explained it all to you. You didn't need to watch any of the shows, you didn't need to do anything. Just watch that seven or eight minutes right there. You got it all, baby. All the important stuff curated. He said the whole purpose of this war was whether Ukraine becomes a Western country or not. Well, that's fine. And that's the Ukrainians fight and the Europeans fight and Germany's fight and Italy's fight and all these big talkers. Meloni's got the gall to get on a plane and come over here where she hasn't even made a serious attempt at getting to even 2% on their defense spending. And all those countries are still allowing mass migration, mass invasion, I might add, from Muslim countries and are collapsing. And we have a British officer over the weekend give an interview where he says what I've been saying for years, that if there's not, if the political class, and this includes Nigel Farage and the team over reform, don't confront the mass immigration from invasion of radical Islamists in this merger of Marxism, neo Marxism, the hard left with radical Islamists, there's going to be a civil war in England. His words basically copying mind. I've been saying for years and years and years. Those are the issues. If the Europe, if it's, if the war is about it becoming a Western nation and a European nation, then fine. That's what a million Ukrainians gave up their lives for in their destruction of the country and he wounded the casualties, that's fine. That's for the guys in Brussels to figure out. They should do the redevelopment and they should provide the article 5. They haven't even come close to defending themselves. America pulled in to the bloodlands on an Article 5. That's a tripwire for a war. And I don't know if we got the segment in there. I don't know if I heard that about the vengeance factor of the Ukrainians. As I said the other day, I said on Saturday, this is worse than Northern Ireland. This is worse than the West Bank. There you had, yes, you had horrible things happen to individuals and tough things happen and people killed and torn over many decades, actually thousands of years. Let's say here you've had outright brutality on both sides and particularly the Russians. They play smash mode. That's how their army rolls. There's a ton of Ukrainians, as human nature says they should, that want vengeance. And now you're going to put the United States in the middle of this. It's very simple. Tell the chaperones it's your baby. Tell Zelensky, hey, this is your issue. Deal with it. You guys initiated this. You pushed the Russians and the Russians punch back. And hey, they're not guiltless. The KGB that runs them are bad hombres. Very bad hombres. Inexorably. We can't get sucked in here. They even talk about a commitment like in Germany and South Korea, which were still there 80 years later. Short break. Back in the worm in a moment. 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. 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[Ben Harnwell]

Good morning, Steve. No, of course you weren't off base. You were absolutely on point. And that's really, I think, what I'm going to be, the theme of what I'm going to be saying today. You started off in your intro paying tribute to the war room posse and the power of this audience. And I'm going to do exactly the same right now on something specific, because it was really the power of the war room audience that stopped the decrepit Biden regime from being able to get away with this security guarantees hoax. A year ago, we were the only show on air pushing this point. Day after day after day, after, the globalists tried their very subtle pivot from not talking about NATO membership and they started to talk about security guarantees. There's no press release, There was no grand statement to say they're going to be changing their international position on this. They pushed it out subtly and slightly. Fortunately, however, everybody involved in this show has more or less beady, cynical eyes, including everyone at the International Bureau. And we followed this rigorously, and I think we moved the needle on this and they gave up on that pitch. Until now it's resurrected like Frankenstein or something from a B list horror movie. Steve, forgive me for saying this, but security guarantees is the same shit sandwich a year ago as it is today. The war room audience, American taxpaying public, deserves a Chateaubriand stake. That is why they elected Donald J. Trump. That's what they want. And they've gone into the diner and then the plastic vinyl tablecloth has been taken away. They've got people admiring the pressed ironed starch tablecloth. You don't go up to the bar, the waiter comes all dressed up and removes the silver dome dish. And you're looking, then you're thinking, wait a minute, wait a minute, that's not my Chateaubriand steak I ordered. You just pick it up and then, yep, yep, it's the same shit sandwich that they tried to serve up a year ago. Their point here, Steve, about these security guarantees, which, by the way, are not the same as Article 5 assurances. Article 5 of NATO commits you to absolutely nothing. All you are obliged to do is take whatever steps you deem necessary if a NATO ally is invaded, and you can say, we are monitoring the situation and that fulfills your NATO 5 obligations. Security guarantees are and this is a point only the war room has been making. Right? Security guarantees are far more weighing on the, on the U.S. administration and its taxpaying public because they bind you into doing something. They are guarantees. A better analogy of a security guarantee is what the UK provided for Poland in the Second World War. We said to the Germans, if you invade Poland, Germany and Britain will be at a state of war. Germany invaded Poland and therefore on the next day, we declared war against Germany. That is a guarantee that binds you into doing something.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on. Both World War I and World War II. World War I was. Scott, when the Germans came across the Low Countries, they had security guarantees. I think it was in Belgium. That triggers it then they had security guarantees. All these King, you know, all in, you know, between Austria, Hungary, Empire and the Russians, you have these security guarantees. These are tripwires. This is where things go from regional conflicts to world wars. That's what happened in World War II in Poland. The British woke up and they said, oh my, you know, hey, we've got this guarantee in Poland. The Germans went in, Hitler went in. And this thing went from a, from a European war to, to, to, from a local expansion of Germany to a European war. And then it went from a European war to a global war. When the, when the Japanese attacked us. And why did that, why did Germany then announce, announced war against the United States, declared war on us? We didn't declare war on them. Guess. Wait for it. A security guarantee, a deal with the, between the Germans and the Japanese. And then all of a sudden you had World War II security guarantees. And they're making the analogy now. This is like Germany or like South Korea. Well, I think South Korea, we still got 25,000 combat troops. And Germany I think still have 30 or 35,000. Right. I mean, these are massive commitments of American troops. This is what they're, they're going for our money on the redevelopment. They're also going for much more long term commitment on arms and refinancing that Zelensky messenger of that government. But now they actually want our active engagement in securing this. And they're not stepping up. They're saying, yeah, you know, as long as he's saying, yeah, we get the Americans and then some other guys, the chaperones will come in and kick in what they will, because you can't trust them. The European elite are untrustworthy. They weren't worth us in World War II. They were not. We have to understand history here. The Russian peasants, the Russian people, the Russian serfs, okay, they're the ones that broke the Wehrmacht, right, With I don't know, 25 or 30 million casualties. Okay? They broke them the old fashioned way. Those are our allies, the elites, except for the British, you Brits, and let's be blunt, that was about saving the empire. Everything from what happened, you know, Asia all the way to North Africa. So, no, this is. Once you go down this path and hopefully President Trump's presenting this as I've offered you guys this, and you still can't get to a deal because Zelensky wants more. They always want more. I think it's an insult to the President of the United States and the American people that the chaperones, immediately after President Trump's done everything he possibly can do, has got the weight of the world on his shoulders. He just wants to stop the killing that the chaperones feel they're entitled to get on a plane and kind of come over here to have this, to have this, to have, you know, to chaperone Zelensky and to force a bigger and broader deal. Am I off on that or. The chaperones are here for a reason and the reason is not to help America or help the America first movement, sir.

[Ben Harnwell]

A thousand percent, Steve. Look, I have never seen in my lifetime, I don't think it's ever happened before, that a guest of the White House invited over, a head of state invited over, unilaterally decides for himself he's going to bring along all of his mates into a bilateral with potus. Never seen that before. It is a massive slap in the face, 1,000%. Look, I know we're heading to a break. Let me just make this point about the unreliability of your so called European allies. That is 1,000% on point. One example, who do you have going over today in the, in the gaggle of hacks and second raters? Phony Meloni herself. If she really thought that Russia represented a threat to the interests of western continental Europe, that she wouldn't be spending 60, the equivalent of $16 billion on building a bridge between Sicily and the Italian peninsula. She'd be putting that money into tanks.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Right?

[Ben Harnwell]

But she's not doing.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Why?

[Ben Harnwell]

Because she knows it's a hoax. It is a hoax. And by the way, what I would gently encourage the President, President Trump to focus on is precisely this point about the Europeans and their so called 5% spending commitment. This 16 billion bridge between Sicily and the Italian peninsula, they're going to mark that off on their. They're saying this is now an element of national security for Italy. They're going to count this off against their 5%. That shows you in that brief illustration, Steve, to the nature of the people that you are dealing with that are coming over to chaperone Zelinsky.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Yeah, hang on one second. The chaperone. So we get on the day. Brad is with us. We're also going to go to Texas. Want to thank Jim Rickards. In the middle of the night on Saturday. He was in Australia so it was like two in the morning. Want to thank Jim. He's coming back this week. Going to join us. What a sharp brain that is. So glad to have him as a contributor. Go check it out right now. Rickards war room.com we have a landing page for you to get access to to Strategic intelligence. You can find out what it's about. The short pitch is that it's for C suites chairman and CEOs throughout the world. Read this. It's inside Baseball. Strategic Intelligence is his newsletter. You get access to it and it throws in a free book. Money, GPT. I bet Fiat currency and artificial intelligence. Short break back in the world. 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.com Bannon and grab the Christmas in July bundle before it's gone. Blackouts are coming. Go to my patronsupply.com Bannon and get prepared today, here's your host, Stephen K. Band. Okay, we're gonna go to Texas in a moment, but I, I want to set the stage here for the War in Posse because it's all about you. You are one of the most powerful political instruments in the history of this country. Always Remember that? It's the reason we do this show. We spend so much time to make sure you get the right information. Because when the American people have the right information, in their righteous indignation, they will do the right thing and then the country will do the right thing. It's pretty, you know, it's a. It's pattern recognition of American history. Ben, you told me it was a month or so ago in the middle, all kind of different things happening. You said, hey, I want you to understand because, Ben, you're very selective about putting stuff up on getter and you've got a huge following, but you're very particular about doing it. And you said, hey, I'm telling you, man, the thing that gets people's blood boiling more than anything is this Ukraine situation. And this is a time, you know, in the ebb and flow of what's happening, Ukraine wasn't on the top of mind at the time. You're seeing it again. And this is why the American people and the patriot movement understands exactly what's at stake. Your thoughts, sir?

[Ben Harnwell]

Steve, I remember that conversation. And the reason I'm able to make those analyses is because since I've been on Geta for nearly four years now, I have read every single comment that's ever been posted to anything I've posted on there. So I have a good feeling of what the sentiment is. I remember that conversation with you. It was, I think, at the time of, of when President Trump bombed Iran. And I said, look, there's a difference here between in MAGA with the America first movement with regards to Israel. I admit, I mean, look, I have the same view to Israel as I have to Ukraine, but I don't need to go into that in this point. I recognize that there's the half of MAGA splits down the middle on supporting Israel. With regards to Ukraine, it is 100% against supporting Zelensky and his regime. That is why I'm somewhat mystified that President Trump is investing himself and his credibility and his authority to this degree. What I would like to see, Steve, and I'll hand back over to you on this point, is something that you first asked three years ago of decrepit President Magoo, when is he going to come to Congress and outline what America's interests are in Ukraine? That argument was never made. So before Steve Witkoff or anybody else in the administration starts calling these security guarantees, what was that expression used? Like a concession that they won in negotiation, can someone please explain to the American public what the American interests are that These security guarantees are supposed to defend and protect.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Yeah, yeah. Okay, hang on for a second. We're going to get to all that. You're right. What's the we say that's a big win, a game changing win. That's got to be explained. Please explain that. We want to be supportive. Remember, we're supportive of this. But here's the situation is that these Europeans can't be trusted and the mainstream media is pushing you to do this. All the, all the corporate interests, all the war and the arms manufacturers, big tech, they all want this. You know why their kids are not going to be. When you hear security guarantee, you know what you do? You look at the table of your sons and daughters, you look at those grandchildren. That's a security guarantee. What's a security guarantee in Korea? Combat troops. What's security guarantee in Germany? Combat troops. They want your blood and they want your treasure. Yours are you at the table. They want yours somewhere else of the posse has made a huge difference. And it's a top priority is this entire situation of getting the House of Representatives properly structured to reflect the demographic reality of the United States mid decade after a atrocious census was done by the Commerce Department, which they admit and massive demographic changes after the pandemic and quite frankly, people looking for more freedom in red states, also within states. But Brian Harrison joins us now from Texas. Here's what's got me more upset than anything. Gavin Newsom plays smash mouth. This brother's putting forward a plan to quick march, I think in less than 90 days going to the biggest state. We got the seventh largest economy in the world, a 52 seat, 52 seats. People in the House of Representatives, in Congress, 52 seats, which I think we have nine right now. And the state breaks down probably 55, 45. Right on votes 55, 45 or let's say something with a four handle in front of it. They're going to take it down to four. That is smash mouth. And they've got to get. They got so many hurdles they got to go, but they're rolling and they're up in your face about what they're going to do and how they're going to do it. In Texas it's all performance art by the leadership. It was not for the grassroots, the grassroots leaders, the MAGA movement, Brian Harrison and one or two others. This thing, first of all, they would have never come forward. The five. Brian, please tell me today we're getting a big nine. It's the Texas nine, is it not? We get Nine seats down there, sir.

[Brian Harrison]

Well, we. Look, we sure as hell got need to get more than five. I mean, you hit the nail on the head. The Democrats all across the country, Pritzker in Illinois, Gavin Newsom in California. Democrats coast to coast play hardball. Texas Republicans aren't even playing beanbag. And I mean, what's the point of election integrity if Republicans, once they get elected, just turn around and give the Democrats all their power? And that's what's been happening in the great state of Texas for year after year after year. Voters go to the ballot box, do their job, elect Republicans, and then these voters do the bidding of the liberal Democrats and act like they're half helpless to stop it. The reality is they're complicit with the Democrats. So to catch folks up on what's going on, I'm pulled over so I can't be with you on video. Pulled over on the side of i35 driving to the Capitol for the special session number two, because for folks keeping track at home, the Texas Republican leadership allowed the Democrats, allowed the Democrats, assisted the Democrats to completely derail 100% of the first special session we passed nothing. No redistricting, no property taxes, nothing. Okay. And no punishment for the Democrats. So we're coming back now. First day of special session number two was last Friday. Democrats did not show up. The expectation is the Democrats will come back today. But here's the reality. Democrats are coming back on their terms. Democrats are coming back on their timeline after the Democrats have had their success of spending two or three weeks galvanizing the country in opposition to our much needed redistricting effort. They've raised money, they've raised awareness. They've got blue states now, California going to redistrict their maps. And what have we done in Texas? I expect we're going to have some bad performance theater of some fake punishments we'll get meted out on these Democrats. Punishments that, by the way, will have been negotiated with the Democrats that won't really hurt them. Here's what we need to do. Play hardball. Gavin Newsom said, fight fire with fire. I mean, move past the irony that he's probably the biggest arsonist in the country when it comes to redistricting. Hit the Democrats where it hurts. Don't redraw the map and just get five Republican seats. We need at least seven. One for every week they were gone. So at least seven. But the governor was even copying Steve, the posse, your rhetoric, my rhetoric for the last week saying, oh, well, we may be able to get nine or ten. Well, then we need to do that. Anything. And here's the bad. We're off to a bad start here because the Texas House and the Texas Senate on Friday, day one of special session number two, they refiled their maps, but they only still had just five Republican seats. So as far as I'm concerned, if we're passing a map and it's only got five seats on it, that's the equivalent of raving, raising the white flag of surrender and saying to Gavin Newsom, okay, you and the Democrats are going to beat us again, and we're just fine with it. But that's not what the Texas, that's not what the voters of Texas want. They deserve better than this.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

So the Warren Posse, they're ready to call. We got the number up there on the screen and Grace and Mo will put it out in all, all the chats. We need nine. We need to go maximalist here. Okay, let's just put all the. Look for the uninitiated, the people that don't pay attention, the low information voices are great. Your neighbors, they're fantastic. They're your friends, your neighbors. But in politics, it takes a vanguard of fighters, and they got them, too. They got them, too. So now it's between the two vanguards. Okay, so let's just be blunt. We want nine. We want, we want maximalist positions in every state in Ohio, Missouri, Indiana, Texas, Florida. If you, if, if Abbott says he can get 9 or 10, we want 9 or 10. And let the Democrats deal with it because Newsom is coming for 48 out of 52. I want you to absorb. You have not one Republican in all of New England. Not one. I think they have a 25 seat delegation. Not one. I think you aggregate up New England. It's something high 30s, low 40s. It ain't zero. It's zero right now in California, which is the seventh biggest or fifth biggest economy in the world. They're about to take total representation away from everybody. That's how they roll. And I have no problem with that. That's how they roll. But we got to roll the same way. We got to get nine. And we got a. Light a fire under Abbott. He is so weak and feckless and hapless that if you don't put, you don't nudge him along with the tip of the bayonet in the back, he won't do anything. He'll go on fox and bluster and then nothing happened. Just like on the border. All this crap on the border. That was happening. Abbott sat there. I'll send the National Guard. But all they're there is would be a concierge service. Harrison, how do we do this, brother?

[Brian Harrison]

Yeah. No. So amen. And listen, Steve, here's how, just to put a fine point on this, the difference between the Democrats and Democrat states and their leadership versus Republicans in the state of Texas, Massachusetts, a Democrat state with a Democrat governor. They don't have even one single congressional map that goes to Republicans. And they're talking about doing even more redistricting when they've already gerrymandered every Republican seat out of the state. But in Texas. Let me make this super simple for everybody. If you haven't been following along for the past couple weeks, ignore the theater. Let's cut through the BS and slice through the spin. I'm going to make this as simple as I can. If the governor, lieutenant governor and speaker of the Texas government want more than five Republican seats, if they want seven, eight, nine, we will have seven, eight, nine seats. If we do not get seven more Republican seats, eight more Republican seats, or nine more Republican seats, I'll tell you why this for one reason, the governor, lieutenant governor and speaker of the, of the state of Texas did not want it to happen. Those three have enough power under the Constitution, rules and our statute. They can get it done.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

They're cowards. They're cowards. One thing you say, and by the way, I understand this audience can't stand the sight of Gavin Newsom. I got that. But one thing you can't say about that, brother, is he's not a coward. He's up in our grill and he's going to, he's got a very tough march to make this happen. They got some structural hurdles. He's all in. And he's, he's telling Trump, I'm doing this to impeach you. He's not shy about why he's doing it. He's saying, I'm doing it to impeach you. So all the, all the masks are off everywhere if this doesn't happen, if we don't get nine in Texas because of gutless cowards at the head of the Texas government. And the grassroots has got a belly full of this now. You did this on. On. You did this on the invasion. It took Trump winning again for the third time to make things right down there. You had every opportunity to defend your own state border. You refused to do it time and time again, and now you're doing the same thing. This audience is not going to accept Performance art. Brian, I know you got a bounce to get back on the road. Where do folks get you in that Twitter feed that they all hate?

[Brian Harrison]

The most hated Twitter feed in the Capitol. Do your civic service. Piss off a rhino today. Go to my X feed at Brian E. Harrison and follow me there at Brian E. Harrison. At Brian E. Harrison. Blow up the phone lines in the Texas Capitol. Tell them you're sick and tired of Democrats and Democrat states fighting harder for the future of our state and country than elected Republicans. It's time that elected Republicans fight like the future is on the line. You know why? Because it is.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Brian Harrison, you're a hero and a patriot. Thank you, sir.

[Political Analyst]

Appreciate.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

We don't want performance. If you just watch Fox, you watch them say, man, those guys in Texas that, those, that, that senior leadership, they're tough. They're, they haven't taken a parking spot. They're still going to pay these guys no fines, nothing. It's got to stop. Be as hard and tough as those Democrats or feel the wrath of the people. Patriot Mobile Glenn story. The Glenn, the Patriot Mobile guys on their pack, just extraordinary. Amazing. Best phone service in the country. Do this switch today called 972 Patriot. Talk to an American citizen probably in East Texas somewhere that their call centers to make the switch today. Do it. Patriot Mobile. Short break. There's a lot of talk about government debt, but after four years of inflation, the real crisis is personal debt. Seriously, you're working harder than ever and you're still drowning in credit card debt and overdue bills. You need Done With Debt and here's why you need it. The credit system is rigged to keep you trapped. Done With Debt has unique and frankly brilliant escape strategies to help end your debt fast so you keep more of your hard earned money. Done With Debt doesn't try to sell you a loan and they don't try to sell you a bankruptcy. They're tough negotiators that go one on one with your credit card and loan companies with one goal, to drastically reduce your bills and eliminate interest and erase penalties. Most clients end up with more money in their pocket month one. And they don't stop until they break you free from debt permanently. Look, take a couple of minutes and visit donewithdeck.com talk with one of their strategists. It's free, but listen up. Some of their solutions are time sensitive so you'll need to move quickly. Go to donewithdebt.com that's donewithdebt.com stop the anxiety, stop the angst, go to donewithdebt.Com and do it today. Here's your host, Stephen K. Band. Okay. Our own Dave Brad. Dave, thanks for sticking around. You see what's happening and let's get that during this. Let's also get that number up for the governor's office. Lieutenant governor's office. We want Texas 9 today. When you call up and say, hey, the governor said he could get nine seats down there. We want all nine full maximalists. They said, well, these guys are maximalist. You damn right we're maximalists. The country's on the line right here. Don't take it from me. Listen to them. Harrison just said, in Massachusetts, I think it's 10 nothing or 12. There's not one Republican in a state that I think has 42 or 43% Republican voters. And when you aggregate these things up, not one seat. And she does a press conference that says it's not gerrymandered enough. We're going to make sure they can never have a Republican all In New England, 25 to nothing. Suck on that. And look what they're going to do in a state with 52 seats. We've got nine right now. Nothing. They're going to take it down to Fort New York the same way they're going to do it there. Pritzker, it's 17 seats. We only get they only three Republicans. It's time to go full maximalist. The hour is late. Let's roll. Let's keep that up. We can split, but I want to see Dave. Brett's lovely visage. Dave Brat, thank you for hanging out as an economist. You're both a philosopher and you're a hard numbers economist. Let's put your hard numbers economist on this war the situation dumped. And President Trump, just remember it's not your war. Every second he let these guys, the chaperones coming over is to make it the biggest global TV event of the year, which it may be because you've never had these kind of people show up. It's to try to stick you with the tar baby of Ukraine. Dave Brat, help me out here, brother.

[Commentator/Guest]

Yeah, well, great show. Harnwell on fire. Love all of it. The economics is pretty simple. Xi Jinping in China is laughing his head off at us. Every missile we shoot off is 15 million minimum out of our taxpayers wallets and a waste in terms of our major geopolitical threat, which is China. And so we got to focus back on that. Number two, even Putin knows. And we don't trust Putin either, like Reagan said. But even Putin Knows he's not, you know, he doesn't trust Xi. He trusts Trump and us way more than them. And so rapprochement is in. In the cards, I hope. Which brings us up to point three. Larry Fink, new head of the World Economic Forum, over Klaus Schwab, who's recommending we clean up things after he uncleaned it. So there's two things you got to focus on, the economics here. Who paid all the bills for this war? I'm exaggerating slightly, but the answer is the United States of America and you, you, the base and the taxpayers in the United States. Second, who paid an even greater price for this war? All the war dead, all those boys bleeding over on the fields. It's a million in Ukraine and a million dead and injured in Russia. Both. Right. And the latest stats seem to show losses in Russia are just a trickle right in the single digits or a bit higher. Deaths per day. They're still taking it to Ukraine, right? Ukraine's recruiting 60 year olds. No one wants to calculate, right. The price of those dead boys into these calculations. The Europeans are chaperones, are disgusting morally for not mentioning the loss of life. And then at the end of the day, the World Economic Forum and all of our betters are going to go in and make a ton of money on the minerals and agriculture and et cetera in Ukraine. It is morally repugnant. Harnwell started alluding to this. I'm going to get to why I think the war room is, is still scratching their heads on this thing.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Trump.

[Commentator/Guest]

President Trump is the commander in chief. He's the CEO, he's the chief magistrate. And so why is this not done? Right? Everybody wants to. Why is it? I want it to be done. I make people's heads pop off. But I'm gonna give you three reasons, right? I'm gonna go back to David Hume, who made the great moral distinction what is and what ought to be. What ought to be is the kingdom of God on earth. What is the case is grotesque. And I'm going to. I'm going to give you three reasons why our chaperones will not let Trump pull us off. Number one reason is that the Euro Europeans and our globalists and our betters all know they caused this, right? We had a coup in 2014. They knocked out a democratically elected president of Ukraine. Putin, all the while, way back then, said after we already lied to him about 17 countries getting NATO status, this was the line in the sand. And so now Putin's saying nothing different. No, you're not going to do this. It's not going to be a NATO country. So, number one, our European betters know they caused this. Number two, they also know, and I got a few charts on this that'll solidify this point. But they're scared. And so are US Senators and the rhinos who were cheerleading and pumping up Zelensky before the last meeting when he not only slapped Trump in the face, he punched Trump in the face. And so the base is going, what in the world is going on here? Trump's the toughest guy we know of. He's the best fighter, the best negotiator, and why aren't we out of this mess? And then the third, of course, is just the money, right? It's just morally grotesque. Who's going to win? It's just like the 08 financial crisis, which lit the, the, the Tea Party and the grassroots on fire. And you've covered every bit of that. But let me, let me just give you a, a couple quick charts just to show you what's at stake here. Number one, the first chart just goes back to 2021. Here's the firepower. And the blue is Ukraine. The Reds, Russia. This is back when Politico and all of our lying mainstream media, all political views are my own, but it's, it's just a fact. Look at that chart. There's Ukraine on the left, there's Russia on the right. And Politico saying, they're winning, Ukraine's winning. Now they've lost. There's not a credible strategic analyst I know of that'll say they're winning. Second chart is even better.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Hold on, hang on, hold on. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on. Slow down, slow down. Professor, the kids in the back row. That would be me. I was a back row guy. Hang over a second. I want to make sure we're going to hold through the breaking room. Pick this up. And we got Poso and Brian Glenner at the White House. Historic day today. Obviously, the chaperones are coming. I don't think there's ever been a group, even in World War II. I don't think we ever had a group of the power. You know, you got Germany, you got France, you got Italy, you got the United Kingdom, you got all the ones that they think count over there coming. So, historic day. President Trump, he's got Zelensky. The weight of history's on him. So we're going to explain it all to you, exactly where we are. Remember when Dave Brad's talking about those charts. All of them said, remember how long you heard, oh, Ukraine's winning. The Russia's going to collapse. Russian economy is going to collapse. There's going to be a revolution. He's losing. He can't recruit any more people. It was all lies, all lies. 100% lies. We didn't buy this from the very beginning, from the night before, the evening before this fiasco started. What, back in February, March of 22, we told you exactly what was going to happen. Ben Harnwell, Dave Brat, Jack Posobic, Stephen K. Bannon and more of the war room said this exact Mersheimer's right. These guys are going to fight down to the last Ukrainian. Now they're getting close to the last Ukrainians are taking 60 year old folks. They want American combat troops. Short break. You missed the IRS tax deadline. You think it's just going to go away? Well, think again. The IRS doesn't mess around and they're applying pressure like we haven't seen in years. So if you haven't filed in a while, even if you can't pay, don't wait and don't face the IRS alone. You need the trusted experts by your side. Tax Network usa. Tax Network USA isn't like other tax relief companies. They have an edge, a preferred direct line to the irs. They know which agents to talk to and which ones to avoid. They use smart, aggressive strategies to settle your tax problems quickly and in your favor. Whether you owe $10,000 or $10 million, Tax Network USA has helped resolve over $1 billion in tax debt. And they can help you, too. Don't wait on this. It's only going to get worse. Call Tax Network USA right now. It's free. Talk with one of their strategists and put your IRS troubles behind you. Put it behind you today. Call Tax Network USA at 1-800-958-1000. That's 800-958-1000 or visit Tax Network USA tnusa.com Bannon do it today. Do not let this thing get ahead of you. Do it today.