Episode Overview

Title: Crackdown Against Terrorists In The US
Date: November 29, 2025
Host: Steve Bannon
Key Guests: Donald Trump, General Mike Flynn, Jack Posobiec, Brian Cates, Steve Cortez

In this high-tension episode of Bannon’s War Room, Steve Bannon and guests analyze the fallout from a deadly Thanksgiving-week shooting in Washington, D.C., perpetrated by an Afghan national formerly employed by the CIA. The conversation navigates President Trump’s aggressive new immigration policies—in particular, halting asylum and visas for Afghans and considering mass deportations and denaturalizations—and the wider context of security, national identity, and alleged “color revolution” tactics undermining American sovereignty.

Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. The DC Shooting—Immigration Policy, Security Failures, and Vetting (00:00–08:17)

• The Incident: Steve Bannon begins by summarizing the tragedy: a 29-year-old Afghan national, admitted to the U.S. under humanitarian parole and vetted in 2021, is now accused of killing National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom and critically wounding Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolf.

  • “The suspect… worked with the CIA in Afghanistan and entered the United States under what's called humanitarian parole in 2021 and received asylum in April of this year.” (00:25, Bannon)

• Critique of Vetting: President Trump places blame squarely on the Biden-era immigration process, dismissing claims that vetting had been thorough.

  • “They came in on a plane along with thousands of other people that shouldn't be here… There was no checking. They just swamped the planes. They took off. We had no idea who they were.” (02:29, Trump)
  • When pressed about existing reports of vetting: “Are you stupid? … You just asking questions because you’re a stupid person. … There was a law passed that it’s almost impossible not to let them in.” (02:29, Trump)

• Community Impact: The conversation expands criticism to other refugee and immigrant groups, particularly Somalians in Minnesota, and targets political figures like Rep. Ilhan Omar, often blending the specifics of the Afghan case with wider anti-immigrant sentiments.

  • “If you look at Somalia, they're taking over Minnesota… We have a lot of problems with the gangs.” (05:30, Trump)
  • “What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy…?” (06:19, Posobiec)
  • “Nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble… We're not taking their people anymore, and we're getting a lot of their people out because they're nothing but trouble.” (06:23, Trump)

• Policy Announcements: Bannon details President Trump’s plans for:

  • A permanent pause on migration from select countries (not clearly defined).
  • Denaturalization and deportation of migrants deemed "non-compatible with Western civilization."
  • Swift halting of asylum decisions and visa processing for Afghans.
    • “Trump did not specify which countries he considers to fall under that label or how such a ban would work or hold up to legal scrutiny…” (07:08, Bannon)

2. “Color Revolution” and National Security: Expert Analysis (18:21–39:47)

General Mike Flynn's Perspective (18:21–23:22, 32:04–37:24)

• CIA-Trained Afghans as a Security Risk: Flynn provides an insider’s account, emphasizing that Afghan special operatives trained by the CIA were brought over in large numbers without sufficient controls.

  • “These are people that are so well trained… as our Special Forces… the fact that some of them… were brought over to the United States of America without handlers… is outrageous.” (18:22, Flynn)
  • “This isn't a one off… This is an intentional design… start basically an internal physical component of what I call this color revolution.” (18:47, Flynn)

• Color Revolution Framework: Flynn theorizes that the D.C. attack is not isolated, but part of an orchestrated campaign (“color revolution”) involving U.S. and foreign operatives to destabilize America:

  • “I think the operational commander on the battlefield here in the United States of America is John Brennan… I do think that Obama is a part of the command structure… There is an international component to this… communists… Islamists… narco cartels…” (23:22, Flynn)

• Immediate Solutions/Fight Back:

  • Urges President Trump to directly ensure his orders are executed.
  • Calls for the public to "act locally" and "guard our freedoms against this growing darkness."
  • Recommends that Trump address the nation about policy steps and citizen involvement.
    • “No more talk. … The President of the United States… needs to do an address to the nation…” (34:18, Flynn)
    • “I… would say shut the doors [at CIA]. It is no longer… It’s a dead organization because it’s an organization that is killing… it operates in the darkness.” (37:24, Flynn)

• Memorable Quotes:

  • “We pledge allegiance to the Republic, not to a democracy… The two key [words] are ‘under God’. … This is a two-sided fight.” (32:04, Flynn)

Panel Demands “Action, Action, Action” (09:51–17:23, 31:26–32:04, 37:24–38:46)

• Sentiment in the Trump Base: Brian Cates, Jack Posobiec, and others repeatedly demand that Trump’s directives be immediately and forcefully enacted—especially deportations and ending benefits for immigrants.

  • “Action, action, action. It’s one thing to tweet, it’s another thing to get on with it.” (09:31, Bannon)
  • “Tear up the visa. Send them back. Send them all back.” (13:31, Cates)
  • “We need action, action, action today to counter this color revolution, or it’s gonna overwhelm President Trump in the White House.” (36:17, Posobiec)

• Critique of Intelligence Agencies: Broad consensus emerges to “gut” or abolish the CIA, FBI, and intelligence apparatus, blamed for repeated failures and alleged domestic subversion.

  • “All it’s done is get us in trouble… 50% of all these people, take CIA, DNI, FBI, cut it in half and get rid of them on Monday.” (36:17, Posobiec)
  • “Shut the doors. It is no longer. It’s a dead organization because… it is killing us.” (37:24, Flynn)

3. Broader Framing: Immigration, Political Strategy, and the “Green Color Revolution” (29:15–31:26, 40:28–41:57)

• Cultural and Political Vision: The panel argues that mass migration is a deliberate strategy by “globalists” and the left to undermine national unity and weaken the middle class.

  • “They are non compatible with Western civilization. … That is the specific reason that they are being imported to the United States…” (29:19, Cates)
  • “You build your coalition of these fringe groups… so you can diminish the power of… the middle class, the kulaks… That’s how Mandami won.” (30:49, Cates)

• Religious and Philosophical Critique: The episode closes with a discussion about the “pagan religion” of Beltway liberalism, painting the current political struggle in apocalyptic, civilization-scale terms.

  • “This is a pagan religion… The Bible of the Beltway is liberal hegemony… That’s the core… the brutal anti-human nature of Marxism.” (41:57, Cates/Posobiec)

• Memorable Quote:

  • “If you oppose liberal hegemony, this idea that the United States needs to be a world empire… If you oppose that, you will get a theocratic response… They will say, invade the world, invite the world…” (40:28, Cates)

4. Ukraine Segment: Corruption, U.S. Aid, and the Collapse of the Ukrainian Elite (08:17–08:27, 43:07–50:27)

• Ukrainian Corruption Updates: As news breaks of a major scandal involving President Zelensky’s former chief of staff, Andrei Yermak, the hosts connect Ukrainian corruption to the perceived failure of U.S. foreign policy.

  • “Yermak was like the Dick Cheney of Zelensky… he’s been the co-president of Ukraine… he’s the one who was running the office of the president.” (45:39, Cates)
  • “America, no more blank checks for crooks. It’s a middle finger to every single American.” (43:07, Cortez)

• Calls for U.S. Policy Change: Steve Cortez demands an end to U.S. aid until Ukrainian elections and anti-corruption reforms occur.

  • “It is time to end this war. It's time for Ukraine to have a long scheduled election, and it's time for Zelensky to lose that vote.” (46:47, Cortez)
  • “The detective, the honest cop who was investigating [Yermak] is sitting in a jail… He needs to be freed. That needs to happen immediately.” (48:50, Cortez)

• Republican Responsibility: The panel lambasts neoconservative Republicans like Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell both for funding the war and failing to expose or confront corruption.

  • “How much role did they have in exposing the corruption…?” —“Zero. Zero. They had every role in sending billions. No role in accountability.” (49:57–50:14, Posobiec/Cortez)

Notable Quotes & Timestamps

• “There was no vetting or anything… they go cuckoo, something happens to them.”
  — Donald Trump (01:54 & 02:29)

• “It’s an unfortunate pattern of using immigrants as scapegoats, particularly Muslim people.”
  — Jack Posobiec (04:59)

• “The date was chosen very precisely… This is a really serious situation.”
  — General Mike Flynn (21:40)

• “You build your coalition of these fringe groups… so that you can diminish the power of… the middle.”
  — Brian Cates (30:49)

• “Shut the doors [of the CIA]. It is no longer. It’s a dead organization because it’s an organization that is killing us.”
  — General Mike Flynn (37:24)

Action Steps and Recommendations

• For Government:

  • Immediate enforcement of Trump’s immigration directives, including deportations and denaturalizations.
  • Dismantle or drastically reduce intelligence agencies like the CIA and FBI.
  • Broad moratorium on all immigration (not just from “third world”) until the existing population is “sorted.”

• For Citizens:

  • Get involved at the local level: run for school boards, local government, and elected offices.
  • Defend the Republic: Recognize the ideological battle and push back against perceived apathy.
  • Support Trump: But don’t rely solely on him—“local action, national impact.”

Conclusion

This episode merges immediate crisis response to the D.C. shooting with broad ideologically driven narratives about immigration, national identity, and “deep state” subversion. Panelists call for forceful action, institutional overhauls, and local citizen engagement, framing the moment as existential for American sovereignty.

The mood: urgent, combative, and apocalyptic. The hosts and guests argue that only decisive action at the federal and grassroots level can stave off disaster, prevent further violence, and restore American civilization.