Episode 4728: Trump's Maximalist Strategy; Pause To Ukraine Peace Efforts

Summary

Podcast Summary: Bannon’s War Room, Episode 4728

Date: August 23, 2025
Host: Steve Bannon (with Dan Bongino, Jack Posobiec, Taj Gill, and others)
Main Theme:
This episode analyzes President Trump’s “maximalist strategy,” with a focus on his intensified approach toward political retribution, law enforcement actions, electoral maneuvers, and international conflicts, especially Ukraine. The discussion includes recent governmental and law enforcement tactics, public corruption allegations (notably surrounding John Bolton), realpolitik in Ukraine and Gaza, and broader cultural-political currents within Trump-era America.

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1. Overview of Trump’s Maximalist Strategy

• Purpose: To break down President Trump’s apparent “maximalist” approach: aggressive political maneuvers against enemies, electoral engineering, and bold foreign policy posturing.
• Episode Focus: Dramatic escalations—deployment of law enforcement, prosecution of political opponents, heightened retribution, and international power plays (notably in Ukraine, Gaza, and domestic urban centers).

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2. Key Discussion Points and Insights

A. Trump’s Retribution Campaign & State Security Apparatus

[00:00–03:00]

• Political enemies facing state pressure:
  • Bannon and guests speculate on a new era where the FBI/DOJ is openly used as a tool against opponents:
    • “They have a secret police force that is scooping people up, that is demanding people's ID. They have an enemies list. They have the state security apparatus targeting political opponents.” — Steve Bannon [00:32]
  • Notable example: John Bolton’s home and office raided by the FBI, seen not only as a legal act but also as a warning to critics.
  • Suspicion about motives: while overtly about classified documents, it’s perceived as broader intimidation and political retaliation.
    • “If you, as a very powerful politician, talk about ongoing investigations and what you want done to your enemies, when stuff is done to them, people tend to think you are behind it.” — Dan Bongino [05:16]
  • Shift in norms: The once-extraordinary has become routine—cabinet secretaries publicly aligning themselves on social media with state actions.

B. Elections, Gerrymandering, and the Strategic Map

[07:08–08:53]

• State-level electoral battles:
  • Texas legislature pushes new Republican-favoring congressional maps (potential for 5 more GOP seats).
  • California counters with its own redistricting.
  • Bannon: “We got some cleanups to do. John Bolton, Jack Bosobic, you have been all over this situation... The mainstream media, as much as it hurts them, are calling out your reporting and analysis.” [11:45]

C. John Bolton, Classified Information, and Public Corruption

[12:17–18:42]

• Allegations beyond classified documents:

  • New DOJ/FBI raid on John Bolton's property linked to possible public corruption, not just books or leaks.
    • “What's interesting about that tweet is...he's referencing actions that were taken beyond the scope of John Bolton's official duty, possibly for monetary gain.” — Jack Posobiec [12:17]
  • Bolton’s old associates (Matthew Friedman and Charles Kupperman) alleged to have monetized inside access for foreign and domestic clients.
  • Implication: Bolton’s role compared to Hillary Clinton’s at State Dept.— leveraging office for influence and gain.

• Severity of Charges:

  • Multiple guests agree: If evidence holds, Bolton could face a “couple of decades of hard time.”
    • “John Bolton could be looking for a couple of decades of hard time, essentially could die in prison.” — Dan Bongino [23:56]

D. Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein, and Intelligence Links

[24:10–31:10]

• Maxwell’s admissions during interview:
  • Claimed her father, Robert Maxwell, was a Mossad asset.
  • Reiterated belief Jeffrey Epstein did not commit suicide.
  • Exonerated Trump, noting he was always a “gentleman” at public events.
    • “She also admitted for the first time...that her father was associated with, was an intelligence asset of the Mossad.” — Dan Bongino [30:50]
  • Maxwell’s alleged connections linked to larger webs of intelligence intrigue, Israeli state funerals, and the use/misuse of high-end surveillance technology.

E. Ukraine: Dwindling Support and Strategic Pause

[35:21–37:35]

• US, European fatigue, and Zelensky’s predicament:
  • Washington Post reporting hints at US pressure on Ukraine for peace, lack of long-term financial/military support.
    • “Zelensky is being threatened that there will be no longer financial support or intelligence support...no one will defend him.” — Jack Posobiec [35:21]
  • European military weakness: German army colonel calls European nations “military dwarves.”
    • “He says this is ridiculous. This is a bluff and prey strategy. We don't have the manpower, we don't have the arms.” — Steve Bannon [34:26]

F. Gaza & Urban Warfare—Military Realities

[37:00–52:28]

• Imminent ground operations in Gaza:
  • 60,000 Israeli reservists called, but lacking intensity/urgency.
  • “Gaza City…one of the most densely populated strips…going door to door...is going to be some of the hardest fighting you’ve ever seen. This is Battle of Fallujah level on steroids.” — Jack Posobiec [37:35]
  • Taj Gill outlines urban warfare horrors: booby-trapped buildings, machine gun nests, need to bulldoze/bomb rather than risk lives clearing rooms.
    • Detailed breakdown of new IDF tactics, airstrike precision, and lessons from US battles in Fallujah.

G. Domestic Law-and-Order Push: Cleaning Up Inner Cities

[39:43–41:15]

• Federalized National Guard in D.C., potential expansion:
  • Trump’s administration pleased with results, signals intent to expand similar operations to Chicago, New York (with Philadelphia advocated by Posobiec as next).
    • “We need to bukele every single major city in this country. It is time.” — Jack Posobiec [40:57]

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3. Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On state power and enemies lists:
  • “It is also very real and exactly what it looks like. It's not just a show or a distraction. It's the real thing.” — Steve Bannon [00:32]
• On retributive justice:
  • “This is the primal scream of a dying regime... We're going medieval on these people.” — Dan Bongino [10:08]
• On government corruption:
  • “Monetizing your office and in this case, monetizing access to the president or essentially monetizing policy or leverage.” — Jack Posobiec [18:42]
• On US and European military exhaustion:
  • “Nothing's going to happen. Europe has nothing to offer in Ukraine.” — Steve Bannon [34:26]
• On urban warfare in Gaza:
  • “They're actually going to be using bulldozers and just bulldozing over these buildings.” — Taj Gill [49:42]

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4. Important Segment Timestamps

• 00:00–03:00: Trump’s retributive strategy, state security use against political enemies
• 07:08–08:53: Texas and California redistricting, the electoral map as a strategic battlefield
• 12:17–23:56: John Bolton’s raid, public corruption investigation, and implication of associates
• 24:10–31:10: Ghislaine Maxwell interview: intelligence links, Epstein, and implications for Trump
• 35:21–37:00: Washington Post revelations on Ukraine peace efforts, cracks in Western resolve
• 37:00–39:43: Gaza, urban warfare, Israeli reservist mobilization, and military tactics
• 39:43–41:15: Federal law-and-order deployments, ambitions to expand to other major US cities
• 49:42–52:28: IDF tactics, fighting in Gaza—detailed urban warfare breakdown

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5. Tone and Style

• Style: Urgent, combative, conspiratorial, with a focus on high-stakes developments and “insider” information.
• Language: Direct, militant, colored by skepticism toward official narratives and institutions. Frequent references to “going medieval,” “enemies lists,” and “medieval” tactics.

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6. Conclusion / Takeaways

• The episode continually returns to the Trump administration’s willingness to use the levers of power, both at home (against political foes and in troubled cities) and abroad (with uncompromising pressure in Ukraine and elsewhere).
• The maxim of the moment: maximize pressure, maximize gains—both retaliatory and preventive.
• Listeners are left with a sense of ongoing, hard-edged political warfare—legal, electoral, and even on the battlefield—under the banner of Trump’s “maximalist” MAGA strategy.

Transcript

[Steve Bannon]

Before you go, we're about to talk about Trump's retribution campaign. We're seeing at the FBI and the Justice Department. You're obviously on his enemies list, at least Cash Patel's enemies list. Are you worried that they're going to come after you in some way? I mean, he's hinted at it before. Well, I think he's already come after me and several others in withdrawing the.

[Dan Bongino]

Protection that we had for Iranians from.

[Steve Bannon]

The Iranians for the attack on Qasem Soleimani.

[Dan Bongino]

So I think, and I said in.

[Jack Posobiec]

The new forward of the paperback edition.

[Dan Bongino]

Of, in my book, I think it.

[Steve Bannon]

Is a retribution presidency, aid for TV attempt at an authoritarian takeover just so happens to be consuming the news cycle after news cycle. But here's the thing. It is also very real and exactly what it looks like. It's not just a show or a distraction. It's the real thing. They are sending troops into the streets. They are occupying the Capitol. They have a secret police force that is scooping people up, that is demanding people's id. They have an enemies list. They have the state security apparatus targeting political opponents. In fact, we're being told the FBI search on John Bolton's home and office was part of a, quote, national security investigation in search of classified records, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to NBC News. But since his time in the first Trump administration, Bolton has come out as a vocal critic of the President. Chris, if you're the Attorney General of New York or the junior senator from the state of California, two other sort of high profile perceived political enemies of the President of the United States, makes pretty clear, doesn't it, what the President thinks about his political enemies and what might happen to them next? Yeah, I think that should be a real concern for them and for all Americans. I don't think there's a limit necessarily to what this administration is planning on doing against the enemies list. You know, just a couple of weeks ago, you know, there was an AI generated video of President Obama being arrested in the Oval Office. And, you know, then this opening of this broad investigation by the odni. So I think anything they consider anything fair game here, and we should be concerned about, you know, the utilization of the FBI as a tool in this political witch hunt. So today could have been just, you know, the first, first shot in this, this campaign. So we should see how this unfolds. Listen, you know, my, my emotions have vacillated all day. First of all, you know, I have complete confidence in the integrity and professionalism of the FBI. So if the investigators found new information, part of a investigation into Ambassador Bolton, that indicated that he was involved in a crime and then sought a search warrant, that would be one thing. But the timing was very suspicious. Now it looks like that information was provided to them by the Director of the CIA, a fierce loyalist to the President. And it really, you know, gives me pause.

[Jack Posobiec]

I don't recall ever seeing him in.

[Dan Bongino]

His house, for instance.

[Jack Posobiec]

I actually never saw the President in any type of massage setting. I never witnessed the President in any inappropriate setting in any way. The President was never inappropriate with anybody in the times that I was with him. He was a gentleman in all respects. Are you saying there's a real possibility.

[Steve Bannon]

Then, that you do nothing?

[Dan Bongino]

If Putin doesn't come to the table for ceasefire, I'll see whose fault it is. If their reason is why, I'll understand that. I know exactly what I'm doing. We're going to see whether or not they have a meeting. That'll be interesting to see. And if they don't, why didn't they have a meeting? Because I told them to have a meeting. But I'll know in two weeks what, what I'm going to do. I'm pretty good. So, bottom line, bottom line, there's no meeting plan.

[Taj Gill]

President Putin said clearly that he is ready to meet, provided this meeting is really going to have an agenda, presidential agenda.

[Dan Bongino]

So that's a big if.

[Jack Posobiec]

There's no meeting planned, Mr. Foreign Minister.

[Dan Bongino]

That's a big if.

[Jack Posobiec]

There's. You're saying there's no meeting planned right.

[Taj Gill]

Now, Christian, I am awfully sorry. You're not listening. There is no meeting planned and I'm not challenging this.

[Steve Bannon]

But you, you cannot, cannot, I think, understand what I am saying.

[Taj Gill]

Putin is ready to meet with Zelensky when the agenda would be ready for a summit, and this agenda is not ready at all.

[Jack Posobiec]

Do you have any knowledge about that? I think. Well, certainly my father had a background in intelligence drilling, because he was, I believe he did in the Second World War. He was a British intelligence officer.

[Dan Bongino]

My sort of belief is that once.

[Jack Posobiec]

You'Ve been an intelligence officer, you're kind of always. It doesn't mean that you're formally employed. So I don't think my dad in any formal sense was, you know, employed by the, any agency. But when you are very significant, Dan.

[Dan Bongino]

Bongino, what you have in the background as you, as you laid out, is a series of moves that we have seen over the past seven months and an extraordinary, unprecedented use of presidential power to, to achieve the political goals and to exact retribution. When you see all of that conduct and you see Bolton's home being raided, you're then forced to say, okay, how are we supposed to look at this? Should we accept this on face value? Should we accept that this was done for the right reasons and we don't know why it was done yet? We will learn that, you know, in the coming days and if there is court papers in this and such, and if there's a prosecution, we will learn what is actually here. But for the moment, you have to kind of look at it and say, okay, maybe there is, there is something serious here, but there's also a retribution campaign going on. And you have to say, well, what's really happening here? And it gets back to that simple, simple principle that if you, as a very powerful politician, the president, states, talk about ongoing investigations and what you want done to your enemies, when stuff is done to them, people tend to think you are behind it.

[Steve Bannon]

It's the norm now.

[Dan Bongino]

As soon as something happens in any.

[Steve Bannon]

Incident I've been on the news about.

[Dan Bongino]

It'S like the cabinet secretaries are racing to get it on X to show their favoritism.

[Steve Bannon]

Like, I got there first, I talked about it. So I'd say it was singular in this one as troubling. But that's just the norm now between.

[Dan Bongino]

Homeland Defense and FBI. That never happened before.

[Steve Bannon]

I mean, Jim Comey got a ton.

[Dan Bongino]

Of it for what he started to do when he talked about something, but.

[Steve Bannon]

He was backed into a corner.

[Taj Gill]

But now it's just, it's the norm.

[Steve Bannon]

As soon as it happens. And then the leak to the Post today on this.

[Dan Bongino]

So it definitely is, it's going to continue. It's unbelievable.

[Steve Bannon]

Early this morning, the Texas Senate approved new congressional maps. They're designed to give Republicans up to five more seats in next year's midterms. And now that the vote has cleared the final legislative hurdle, heads to Governor Greg Abbott's desk. And Democrats are vowing to fight back in court. In California, Governor Gavin Newsom and state Democrats are there pushing their own maps to offset GOP gains. The voters will have the next say here in November when they'll decide whether to override the state's independent commission and adopt the new lines. Yeah, I mean, I was told this morning by a senior FBI official that this was definitely not just about the book, that it was about a kind of drip, drip, drip of leaks by bolton, including after 2020. There was also a report by Jack Posobiek this morning who said that the CIA Director John Radcliffe had actually given FBI Director Kash Patel information that might have pertained to this raid. I mean, I think what's important. I went back and reread John Bolton's book today, and I mean, you have to put this in some context, which is that we're in the midst of an administration that is genuinely appearing to prosecute Russiagate. The longor. The Russiagate hoax, I should say, the long, ongoing conspiracy to remove Trump from office. Bolton was directly involved in the 2019 impeachment. And afterwards, he said that he thought that the impeachment inquiry, the impeachment process by the Democrats, wasn't broad enough, that it needed to include Trump's decisions that he said were made for political purposes, which is so far outlined, so far out of bounds of the Constitution. So you've got somebody here that was actively involved in trying to remove Trump from power and scheming in ways to remove Trump from power in 2019 and in 2020.

[Dan Bongino]

Do you think this is a prelude to Brennan, Clapper, Comey, a lot of the other rapscallions who conspired to sabotage the presiden.

[Steve Bannon]

I mean, look, I've been told, and I'm sure you've heard this, too, is that the Trump administration is serious. The Department of Justice is serious. The FBI is serious about prosecuting the Russia collusion hoax. That is what it looks like. And when you kind of look at the whole thing, I mean, to some extent, they're making it up as they go along, but, I mean, we had emailswe had intelligence released a couple of weeks ago that suggested that Adam Schiff, a conversation with Adam Schiff where he said that they were looking for, you know, maybe not criminal prosecution, but possibly impeachment. That was way back in 2017. Get to 2019, they get that first impeachment. And you see Bolton again saying he's being very creative in his book, describing all the ways in which he thought that Trump should have been charged with impeachment or the impeachment process should have gone in criticizing the Democrats for making their scope too narrow. He wanted it to just be around a whole set of decisions that John Bolton happened to disagree with and make that the basis of impeaching the president.

[Dan Bongino]

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.

[Jack Posobiec]

And where do people like that go to share the big lie? MAGA media I wish in my soul, I wish that any of these people had a conscience.

[Dan Bongino]

Ask yourself, what is my task and what is my purpose? If that answer is to save my country, this country will be saved.

[Jack Posobiec]

War Room.

[Dan Bongino]

Here's your host, Stephen K. Ban. It's Saturday, the 23rd of August, year of our Lord 2025. Welcome to the War Room. We've got a lot to talk about today on the maximalist strategy of maximizing everything President Trump's doing right now in the MAGA movement to sort this mess out in the country. Everything from taking on the cartels to shutting down these sanctuary democratic cities and cleaning them up, to making sure that we get, we start on the process now of the hundred seats President Trump feels is right there for the MAGA movement if we get our act together, including places like Texas. Big win last night, but not a maximalist win. Big win. Senate voted for the five seats. Hopefully Governor Abbott signs that thing quickly. I would like to see them sign it over the weekend, but maybe they wait till Monday to have some sort of little ceremony. But we got clean. We got some cleanups to do. John Bolton, Jack Bosobic, you have been all over this situation. And now the mainstream media, as much as it hurts them, are calling out, you know, your reporting and analysis. We got a couple of minutes on this side. I'll hold you through the break. John Bolton, the book in the classified documents just may be one small aspect of this. Sir, your thoughts?

[Jack Posobiec]

Well, Steve, thanks so much. And I broke that story here on the War Room yesterday. We got the piece [e-mail] I was able to put that into greater detail regarding some of the intelligence that was shared by John Ratcliffe to FBI Director Patel. Also receiving, as we're continuing to dig into this case and my reporting, the next place we're going is there's that tweet from Dan Bongino saying that public corruption will not be tolerated. Now, what's interesting about that tweet is, of course, he's not referencing classified material or mishandling classified material. He's referencing actions that were taken beyond the scope of John Bolton's official duty, possibly for monetary gain. This, of course, being the public corruption portfolio of the FBI and a lot of questions about lobbyists that John Bolton may have been working with while he was in office in the president's White House.

[Dan Bongino]

Well, it's about we'll get into as we come through the break. It's about selling of access and I think this makes sense when you connect the dot of what Ratcliffe said about the CIA is providing intelligence. A lot of people think that's backup to things that were in the book. It may be that it may also be intercepts etc about people that Bolton was working with and how he was monetizing access. Blockbuster news here in the war room this morning as we connect some dots. The great Jack Bosobic is with us. Ben Harnwell, big developments in Ukraine. Wait for it. What do we tell you? President Trump the two week break. Washington Post now reporting is Jack Bosobic. Highlights to me that Zelinsky's on the clock. Yes, you know Putin they're talking about maybe terrorists, maybe this, maybe tariffs against the CCP people from financing. But Zelensky better show up with some partners because President Trump ain't buying it that the guys that came over and hung out the chaperones when they got back home. President Trump's has got three questions. How much cash, how many arms and weapons and how many troops, particularly troops. The colonel in charge of the union for the German troops. Yes, the German army has a has a union brutally goes out and gives an interview and says the mil all the European nations are military dwarves. They don't have any finances, no resources, only manpower and that it is a a bluff and prey strategy that will not work in the Ukraine. Short commercial break Jack Bosobic Ben Harnwell also going to go to Jenny Beth Martin later and the Tea Party Patriots on a Saturday in world the more room. 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 and 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 donewithdebt.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.

[Jack Posobiec]

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[Dan Bongino]

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[Steve Bannon]

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[Dan Bongino]

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[Jack Posobiec]

Lot of reaction from Manga World?

[Dan Bongino]

Because we're looking and we have, you.

[Jack Posobiec]

Know, some stuff from, from Laura Loomer.

[Dan Bongino]

But it's not much. We're not seeing a whole lot.

[Steve Bannon]

I have a list that I keep.

[Dan Bongino]

I'm not gonna put the name of.

[Jack Posobiec]

It and then just private.

[Steve Bannon]

I can do that on live tv.

[Dan Bongino]

I'm not seeing the usual suspects come in real, real hot and heavy here just yet. Other than Jack Posobic, who sort of.

[Steve Bannon]

Took the, the role as kind of the heir to being the next Rush Limbaugh, he's been blasting out the thing about Maxwell saying that Epstein, she believes, didn't kill himself.

[Jack Posobiec]

Wow.

[Dan Bongino]

The heir to Rush Limbaugh. Jack, that's a pretty big mantle. I think that's Jake Lahut. That's Jake Lahood. He's pretty, pretty sophisticated reporter. What say you, sir? Before we get back into this, what say you, sir? Are you, are you taking the mantle of Rush Limbaugh?

[Jack Posobiec]

Steve, there's only one Rush Limbaugh. The harmless little fuzzball and all around good guy, the Maha Rushi, the most dangerous man in America. However. However, I will say that for many years I was a student of the Limbaugh Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies and the Excellence in Broadcasting Network. So great.

[Dan Bongino]

Let's go back to Bolton. You broke some big news. Let's explain to the audience what's going on. When Bongino sends this thing out, says public corruption, your antenna went up. This is deeper. Just in the book in the, in the classified, in the yellow legal pads and all that. That may be part of it. I was pretty surprised how many boxes they took out of his house yesterday. What are we talking about here? Because it sounds like, when you say public corruption, it sounds like Bolton in some way was potentially monetizing access. Is that what we're talking about?

[Jack Posobiec]

Well, see, I mean, that's the definition of public corruption. Monetizing your office and in this case, monetizing access to the president or essentially monetizing policy or leverage. And if you go all the way back to 2018, when they talked about Bolton's time at the NSC, there is in fact an article from Politico that it pinged my memory, talking all about a longtime colleague and lobbyist of John Bolton named Matthew Friedman, a guy that he had brought in to be a consultant for staffing and a consultant on the outside, even while Bolton was working on the inside. And these individuals. So he had Friedman on the outside, Matthew Friedman, and then this other guy, Charles Kupperman. And it says in the political article right here, another Bolton friend has joined him at the NSC to help weigh job applications. And this, of course, is in the wake of HR McMaster being ousted following policy clashes with President Trump and others. And of course, the issue that they were talking about was this individual's business ties potentially to foreign contacts and potentially to other influences that were coming in. As Bolton was the current national security adviser for President Trump there in the White House.

[Dan Bongino]

Friedman was on the transition team initially for the first couple of weeks and then was fired for some screw ups. I think it was told some screw ups, but disturbing. And Kupperman I think tried to. Yeah, I think Kupperman came in for. I think Kupperman one time was either the deputy or the assistant to the deputy or chief of staff.

[Jack Posobiec]

Right.

[Dan Bongino]

He had a very prominent role. Friedman is also alleged, very tight with Mossad. Do you think the law of unintended consequences are going to play in here? That you're going to see a lot of Bolton's direct contacts with Ukraine intelligence and with the Mossad? Jack Bosovic.

[Jack Posobiec]

Well, Steve, this is going to call it all into question. Whatever foreign contacts were, we're applying for access to the White House, potentially domestic contacts as well. It's very simple. When we give our elected officials and our public officials this power and this access and this influence, one of the great dangers, and whether you're Republican or a Democrat, is that you will, instead of working for the good and the betterment of The American people, you'll be working for your own personal gain and your own personal interests. And of course, if they can find a direct link between any of this lobbying that was going on, which again was reported at the time. So this is, this is Politico that I'm relying on here and some other stuff that people have been pointing me to, that article again from last night that they're saying that I think this is probably what the big thing is on Bolton when it comes to public corruption.

[Dan Bongino]

Well, and just explain to the audience, I think Friedman was his business partner that ran a consulting business that our advisory business. A lot of people have, and this is one of the reasons President Trump takes away their security clearance. Because the way they monetize things is use that security clearance going forward. It looks like potentially, and we don't know this for a fact, but you can kind of see the convergence here if you're sophisticated and can read between the lines that Bolton, look, national security advisor is taking so many meetings and meeting with so many other national security advisors, heads of state particularly, you know, if it's not a major power, many heads of state will come in with their, with their defense secretary and actually meet with the national security advisors because just not time to get on the President's schedule. It, the political article leaves open the fact that actually Friedman is, is monetizing and maybe even Kupperman or monetizing access to Bolton to actually people to take meetings and maybe sign advisory agreements with them, either post or pre. Is that what, is that what this looks like it's trending towards?

[Jack Posobiec]

That's certainly what the implication is that they're on the table for, for this public corruption, which again, Dan Bongino is the one who posted that originally. And so when, when we look at this, Steve, a lot of people in the audience were always asking why. Why is the United States of America so focused on this foreign country or that foreign country? Why are we pushing for this when, you know, it's, it's, it seems out of nowhere and unfortunately, the, the dirty little secret is that Washington, D.C. just like every other industry, runs on money. And there are times where John Bolton potentially given his access to the President, he's got the President's ear, he's in there. And as he said himself in the room where it happened, the question is, was he, was there some deal set up where this guy was taking money on the outside? This is similar to what we saw Hillary Clinton doing when she was Secretary of State with the Clinton Foundation. Not quite on that scale, but a very similar formula to what you would have seen there. That's what the political article lays out.

[Dan Bongino]

Yeah, the Mike Davis, the great, the viceroy, who's taking a couple days off, I think, has a tweet up that basically. And Jesse Waters talked about it last night, right before they talked about your psych, about your input. Mike had something that a lot of the people that just think it happens to deal with the classified information in the book, the room where it happened, are going to be embarrassed because it's going to be much broader than that. And I think people should understand that if any of this is backed up by evidence, and I think they would have the evidence before they went and got the. Or at least had a indication of where the evidence was. Since Ratcliffe's part of this also is John Bolton could be looking for a couple of decades of hard time, essentially could die in prison. I mean, these are pretty. These are very, very, very serious charges and not just about a book that he was doing. Jack. Along those lines, in the Maxwell interview, she admitted that she and Epstein were at the beginning of helping the Clinton stand up. The Clinton foundation just mentioned that. She also said that she doesn't think Epstein committed suicide. She also admitted for the first time, I think, in any public record that her father was associated with, was an intelligence asset of the Mossad. And also she exonerated President Trump, said he barely knew the, you know, he knew the guy, but it was all public, hanging out in public places and never saw anything inappropriate. Your assessment of Todd Blanche's questioning of Maxwell and some of these nuggets that came out of there?

[Jack Posobiec]

Well, Steve, I think it was interesting. This is something that I have a little bit of background with, having been served by the York Guantanamo Bay, conducting these types of interviews, conducting these types of debriefs as an analyst and being able to look in through all this type of information. What I would say here is coming in, in the capacity that he did is the same thing I would say to anyone when I was down there working in the interrogation cell at Guantanamo is good first meeting. Right? Because there seems to be a lot more. There's also times where there is information that's contradictory, and there's also information where you got to go. You can't take a detainee or in this case, a prisoner's word at its face value. You've got to go back and do the process of source validation. And people say, how do you validate a source? How do you know they're telling you the truth source validation is an ongoing process. So any good investigator is going to take the word of their source, but then go match that up with. What other data do you have out there? Do you have other informants? You have other sources of information? View other data points using SIGINT or communications intelligence, whatever else, Documentary intelligence. Docx like we've seen, of course, these questions about the files. Other. Some of the girls that they've come out and said various things that contradict what Ghislaine Maxwell said here. So it really is a. I think it's a great start. I think it's a great start. The fact that it happened. I think the top. Blanche did a fantastic job. And we'll see. We'll see. I think there's a lot of nuggets in there, but this is nowhere. This is just scraping the tip of the iceberg.

[Dan Bongino]

I want. I want to hold. I know you get stuff with the family. I just want to hold you.

[Jack Posobiec]

I get.

[Dan Bongino]

Get to Ukraine and Gaza for a second, But I get 60 seconds here. Pam Bondi did say, I think on February 21st, either. February. I think it's February 21st. On her desk was the clients list that they were going through. You guys went to the White House and got a document that you guys, you and DC Drain, etc. Were not happy with. Maxwell just said, there is no client list. How do you square that?

[Jack Posobiec]

Well, I would say the question is, you know, what is a list? How do you define list? So is a list something that they write down or is a list something that an investigator puts together? When you're tracking all of the money and you're tracking all of the people who. So I think that's. That's really something that. That people are playing semantic games with.

[Dan Bongino]

Let's take a short break. Jack was having this. I don't know. When the AG says, I'm going, it's on my desk, I got a list. You imagine it's like a grocery list, right? It's a list. Anyway, short break. Post on the other side. Harnwell, Jenny, Beth, Martin, all of it this morning in the war room. 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. Bannon. Want to thank our sponsors. Birch Gold. Take your phone out right now. Text Bannon B A N N O N at 989-898. Get the ultimate guide. It also happens to be the free ultimate guide to investing in gold and precious metals in the age, not the era, the age of Trump. You get all your questions answered, particularly about the ownership of physical gold. And you get access to Philip Patrick and the team over there. More about the Federal Reserve chair. That's the talk yesterday in Jackson Hole, which we streamed live on our alternative platforms as we had the worm in the morning. I'll get to that. But make sure you go to Birch Gold now more than ever. Find out where gold has been a hedgehog against times of financial turbulence for 5,000 years. Get the pattern recognition. Ain't the price of gold. It's how that price is driven every day by converging factors. Make sure you understand it. Jack Posobec. I know we're eating in. The worm is eating into Tanya Tay and the boys time. So I'm going to be quick about this. First off, I want to just go back to the Maxwell. You say it's the first. It's the tip of the iceberg. There's much more to come. It has to be much more to come. She finally identified, I think first time ever admitted her father was an intelligence asset. He's known as the Mossad super spy.

[Jack Posobiec]

Right.

[Dan Bongino]

A guy like him and source they come out of, you know, they cut post war they come out of, you know, Eastern Europe really as I think an informant to British intelligence sources. Informant to the Nazis. And then next thing you know, they got some money, they're buying things and they're bigger than life. Your observations on that? Because that's going to besides their thing about The Clinton, their association with Clinton, the Clinton foundation. Also, she doesn't think he was committed suicide. That means if he was murdered, he was murdered for a reason. What about her association and people will certain people would say that they are royalty when it comes to Israeli intelligence. Sir.

[Jack Posobiec]

Well, Steve, one of the interesting facts about Robert Maxwell, just right off the bat, that I don't think people realize that even though he was born at the time it was Czechoslovakia, but given the border shifts and the changes post World War II and then post Soviet Union, believe it or not, the town where Robert Maxwell was born is now in the territory of, wait for it, Ukraine. It's a lot. Ukraine is actually where Robert Maxwell was born. So it's right in this border region. Of course, I've talked many, many times about how the border region in this area have changed myself. Actually, not, not my family's not too far from there and right on the border with Poland. So he's right on the border today of Ukraine and Romania. But there really were these questions about his ties with the setting, the setting up of Mossad, the setting up of the state when the Israelis were really first getting involved and then even back to the 80s, talking about his ability for finance, his ability in the arms deal, tech transfers, surveillance, and the fact that when Robert Maxwell passed, he was actually given a state funeral on, yes, the Mount of Olives itself outside of Jerusalem, one of the most honored spots that traveled there many times, of course in Israel and of course in Christianity of the Mount of Olives being the area where Christ went to pray before he was buried and the where the Garden of Gethsemane is right there, etc. Etc. So being buried there is one of the highest honors that you can get in Israel.

[Dan Bongino]

Yes, yes. A state funeral. Also the only, I think, American does any statue or anything from. There are no statues for the boys that hit the beach at Normandy. There's no statues for the young men of the 8th Air Force. There's no statues for those that freed the camps. No statues. But the statue for Angleton of the CIA. Also, the interesting thing about Maxwell is the whole controversy about technology that they were able to get back in those days that gave them access to be able to look everywhere. And this gets to some of the big questions about Palantir and some of these other companies today, but the surveillance technology. Exactly. Who's financing it, who owns it, who controls it? All of it. Let me go to Ukraine, as you're speaking about Ukraine with Maxwell. Let's go to Ukraine. Finally, we're getting some reality checks. Jack bosovic, the Washington Post got a big story today, but it's a culmination of a couple of things that's happened is if you have been following the war and you get in the straight skinny, not the happy talk at fox, not the happy talk at NBC and cnn. The reality is that the chaperones, right, the chaperones, England, Italy, France and Germany had nothing to offer. It was all trying to entrap President Trump and stepping up for everything, the United States for everything on security guarantees, money, and they've got outed all over the place. As you know, Jack, every newspaper has been reporting how their military is saying we don't have the money to do this. You know, the weapons. The Germans said, hey, we sent a brigade to Lithuania. We're tapped out. The head of the union of the German army, yes, the German army actually has a union of their soldiers. This colonel, and he was as blunt as anybody. He says this is ridiculous. This is a bluff and praise strategy. We don't have the manpower, we don't have the arms. He called the European nations individually military dwarves and he said this is just a fantasy. Nothing's going to happen. Europe has nothing to offer in Ukraine. I think someone that understands that after you looked them in the eye, Jack Posobic is and the reason the polls did not come over, President Trump I think, fully appreciates now and the Washington Post story talks about that two weeks. What are we looking at?

[Jack Posobiec]

JACK posobec, well, Steve, there's this buried way, way down in this new this new piece up at the Washington Post today. And people can see the headline is Land for Peace. Ukrainians way frozen frontline to placate Russia and way, way down. One of Zelensky's top advisors and a guy who's always talking in media is this individual, Timothy Milovanov. And Milovanov, he's the director of the Kiev School of Economics. He's also adviser to Zelensky directly and he says right to the Washington Post in print on the record, that Zelensky is being put under a lot of pressure. He is being threatened that there will be no longer financial support or intelligence support and in Ukraine, within Ukraine, no one will defend him. So it seems as though in one perspective he's getting the squeeze from the American side. But to and of course, we've seen the President Trump put pressure on both Ukraine and Russia to push this thing to a close. But also we have to look at the fact that he's getting that Winston's facing internal political pressure inside Ukraine. We saw that Gallup poll where 70% of the country now wants negotiation. You've seen protests break out in front of Zelensky's office. And the fact, of course, that's been brought up time and time again that once the war ends and martial law is ceased within Ukraine, they have to hold presidential elections. Because he's only currently in office, he'll have to stand for election immediately after the cessation of hostilities.

[Dan Bongino]

Real quickly, I want to get your thoughts and the audience does on three things. Number one, the they're calling up the reservists, 60,000 reservists to commence the military aspect of the Gaza war. Correct me if I'm wrong, it doesn't seem, I'm not getting the fact that the IDF's heart's in this. Am I missing this? I just don't see the, I don't see the intensity. I don't see the urgency of going after, going back to God's sake, not for an occupation. I mean, just for the mission of taking down the remaining, I think, I don't know, 20,000 plus Hamas combatants. Your thoughts?

[Jack Posobiec]

Well, Steve, Gaza City, I mean, this is one of the most densely populated strips of land on the entire planet. So if you're talking about going door to door, conducting close quarters combat for idf, whether you're reservist, even whether you're a special forces commando, this is going to be some of the hardest fighting you've ever seen. This is Battle of Fallujah level on steroids. Going in there against a populace that is increasingly hostile and incredibly hostile to any Israeli soldier that's going to be coming in and at a time where, as they say, you know, you don't know who's Hamas, you don't know who's not. So going in their boots on the ground the way that the United States did the Marines did in Fallujah and the Navy sealed, it's absolutely going to be a very high casualty environment. And they know that.

[Dan Bongino]

Just like in Fallujah, there's no, no air assets are going to help you. You're going to go door to door in this one. It's going to be tough. It's going to be as tough as Fallujah. Jack. We have a amphibious ready group, the Iwo Jima group and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Force has been assigned to SOUTHCOM. That's 4,000 Marines and sailors. Word has it that from Maduro in Venezuela all the way up to Central America, the cartels and in Mexico that Pete Hexis and the team are working through plans for actual military interdiction in the Western Hemisphere. Your thoughts?

[Jack Posobiec]

Well, Steve, look, you know, we've talked about the hemispheric defense here many times. When I was in the press briefing the other day, Caroline Levitt came out and said that the United States government does not recognize Maduro as the legitimate leader of Venezuela and was working hard to tie, you see this from the administration writ large where they are working to tie the cartel's operations directly to Maduro. So this seems as though it's a whole of government approach to pressure both the cartels and Maduro and obviously allowing a range of options, both militarily and economic. So we're seeing the president really ratchet the pressure up here in the Western Hemisphere.

[Dan Bongino]

Last but not least, the president's very pleased with what's happened in Washington, D.C. by cleaning up the city. Now, I think the 2000, they're going to be 2000 troops, they're going to be carrying weapons, is the latest. And also the President saying, hey, I'm looking at Chicago and New York City, which we've been a huge advocate, although we would say LA first, Chicago second, New York third. Your thoughts there as President Trump likes what he's seeing. He's out on patrol with the National Guard elements, the federalized National Guard elements. Your thoughts about the next steps there?

[Jack Posobiec]

All I would say is don't forget Philadelphia. Philadelphia is very close to my heart. Mr. President, Stephen Miller, everybody. Who's up there? Pete Hegsett. Please don't leave Philadelphia off the list. It is the birthplace of freedom. It's a great city. It needs to be cleaned up. They all do. Look, we need to bukele every single major city in this country. It is time. And I've been writing about this. It's been picked up all over about city cons versus royal cons and the rise of the city conservatives. The urban right, where this is people who come to politics a little bit differently than people who live in the small towns that want to conserve their way of life. But the people who come to conservatism, who come to politics from urban areas, they are fighting, I put myself in that category. We are fighting for our homes and our way of life that were stolen from us and it's time to get them back.

[Dan Bongino]

Jack, you're covering so many big stories. I want to make sure everybody gets access to your Twitter feed because you're like, you're like the Associated Press for the right and it's pretty extraordinary. And so as you're taking the mantle of Rush Limbaugh as a student of Rush Limbaugh, where do people go to get the voice of Jack Posobic over this weekend? Sir.

[Jack Posobiec]

There'S only one Rush, but maybe, maybe I can be the first poso. So it's Human Events Daily. Make sure you go up there. We might have put up a special episode this weekend just to talk about all the developments this week to make sure everyone downloads Human Events Daily. Subscribe. That really helps us out with our metrics. And of course ACPIC, Twitter, get her TrueSocial and of course telegram.

[Dan Bongino]

Jack, thank you and thank Tanya Tay and the boys for letting the audience letting the War On Posse have access to to you for the first hour of the show.

[Jack Posobiec]

Nothing but love for the war Room Posse. And of course, Steve, thank you for all of your support as well.

[Dan Bongino]

Thank you, brother. Appreciate you. Extraordinary young man. We're going to figure out the time but we're going to have the great Aaron Rights is going to join us on Monday. He's running for the also for the attorney general down in Texas. In Texas, you know, losing Ken Paxton. Ken Paxton is going to go is in the Senate race. The attorney general's race down there is going to be a barn burner. It's absolutely central. As Texas goes, so goes the nation. As the nation goes, so goes the world. He will join us on Monday, hopefully Monday morning. If not, it'll be Monday afternoon. We'll figure it out, make an announcement. Very, very important race down there and a great guy, glad he's in the race. Want to thank also Patriot Mobile, all the team down there, 972 Patriot. Go there right now. You get to talk to a American citizen about making the switch today on the best phone service in the country. And without them we would not have the Texas 5. We're looking for the Texas 10 in the maximalist strategy because that's what we need. Short commercial break. Want to thank the team over at Patriot Mobile. 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. Here's your host, Stephen K. Band War Room. You go there now, we got a ton of films up there, but you get the Nixon give it put, put your email in, you get free. I think it's going to end this weekend or maybe by Monday or Tuesday to get the access to see the lawfare that took out President Nixon, the coup against President Nixon, the lawfare that did it. The real story, Jeff Shepard and Michael Patrick Leahy. Extraordinary. The feedback is, is second to none. And your reviews have been incredible. I think we're closing in now. 50,000 views of this thing, which is extraordinary. So make sure you go War Room. Get it for totally free. Taj Gil, second hour. We're going to get back into Ukraine. Also, the civil war. I tell you, if you want to see what could happen here, just look at the United Kingdom and look at London. Look at London, particularly vis a vis what's going on in New York. And this is why President Trump is so smart. And our strategy is a maximalist strategy. You've got D.C. you're getting that sorted out now. Chicago and New York City and Los Angeles have to do it. These sanctuary cities are not going to get cleaned up until you clean them up. They're not going to do it themselves. So we gotta get on top of that. President Trump is rolling down that path. Taj Gil, now more than ever, brother. I need a, I need a cup of coffee, sir. I need a cup of warpath coffee to kick my day off like I do with the dark roast every day of the week. What do you got for us, sir?

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[Dan Bongino]

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[Taj Gill]

That's what we call urban warfare. Steve. IDF is going to be fighting building to building. They're going to be clearing the buildings. A lot of these times when you go inside and clear these buildings with these guys with the enemy, it's, they're, they're just hornets nests. So they're actually going to be using bulldozers and just bulldozing over these buildings. They have, I've seen them on, the IDF's using them, the Marine Corps use them in Fallujah. They're big, huge D10 armored bulldozers. They just bulldoze these buildings in the IDF. One thing they're going to be doing different, the Marines didn't they, they're using airstrikes, they're dropping a, they call them small diameter bombs. They're 50 pound GPS guided bombs and then 250 pound GPS guided bombs and they can take down a single building or two buildings with those small bombs. So back then we didn't have those. We're using 500 pounders. It takes on a lot more, it's a lot less precise. So urban warfare, close quarters battle, it's a dirty game. It's very, very dangerous. Later, later on in the war we started developing different tactics. We actually, we started doing call outs where we stole those tactics from like LAPD and the NYPD where you actually call the people out and if they don't come out then you just blow up the whole building because it's so dangerous to go in these buildings. You're going to start losing operators and what's worth more, an enemy combatant or one of your own operators. So a lot of times you just, you just level the buildings with the people in it. If they don't come out. That's the best way to do it. That's the safest way for your side.

[Dan Bongino]

Yeah, because what people don't like in Fallujah and here, the folks are there as the combatants, the fighters. They're there for a reason. They're dead enders. They're not looking to have a of lot long life. They're there to, hey, if I can take as many Americans as many IDF guys, I'm gonna take them out. My reward, afterlife. But I'm not, I'm not backing off alone. Go ahead.

[Taj Gill]

Yeah, one more thing is actually in some of these buildings when you go in, you know, these guys are not just sleeping in their beds or hanging out in there. They actually, they build machine gun nests inside the building. So they're, they actually fill sandbags and build machine gun nests and they have the, a belt fed machine gun pointed.

[Jack Posobiec]

At the front door.

[Taj Gill]

They'll put plywood over the stairs so you can't go up the stairs. And they build machine gun nests on the second story landings facing the doorway. So when you go in there, it's nasty. That's, that's why I said sometimes just bulldoze the buildings, you just bomb the buildings. It's better, I mean, doing close quarters battle. When you enter a building and there's a machine gun that's pointed at you, you're screwed, basically. So in these situations.

[Dan Bongino]

Hang on for a second level, the buildings. All right, I'm gonna hold, I'll hold you through the break. Just hang on. Tage Gill, 16 deployments. Be back in the worm in 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 312 to 226, 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, Money GPT, 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 rickardswarroom.com that's all one word. Rickards War Rooms. Rickards with an S. Go now and claim your free book. That's rickardswarroom.com do it today.