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Episode 5232: President Trump Participates In Commander In Chief Trophy Ceremony; SC MAGA Is Coming For Lindsey Graham Episode 5232: President Trump Participates In Commander In Chief Trophy Ceremony; SC MAGA Is Coming For Lindsey Graham
Episode 5232: President Trump Participates In Commander In Chief Trophy Ceremony; SC MAGA Is Coming For Lindsey Graham ...
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Donald J. Trump
War Room, here's your host, Stephen K. Ban.
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Stephen K. Bannon
Okay, welcome back, Bradley. Lindsey Graham, who thinks it's Charlie Wilson's war. Just for our audience as they take your piece, we're pushing it out and I want them to chew on it over the weekend. What would be the couple of highlights that you would point them to, sir?
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Bradley A.J.
Well, just one example. There's a group, and this is the way these NGOs work. There's an NGO in Gaza called the Bayadir association for Environment or something. That's how they are structured or named so that they seem not so nefarious. But since 2016, there was almost a million dollars in USAID fund that we know about that went to them. Even though they're openly hosting and throwing parties with leading figures of Hamas, that money is going to Hamas. Meanwhile, what's Hamas doing? Just this week, they're urging Iran to activate all fronts against the United States and our allies. They are urging terrorist organizations, others, to activate against America and its interest. They're helping to embolden Iran, knowing that Iran has allies in the region. And what's Iran doing? Just as recently as today, they're saying that they need to bring this fight across the globe and expand it beyond the Middle East. Sure sounds like terrorism to me. Meanwhile, they're continuing to attempt to stockpile these missiles and they're all doing this with American taxpayer money coming from groups that were advocated for by Lindsey Graham. Meanwhile, I asked his office if they could point to any instances of Lindsey Graham cheerleading or trying to generate any oversight at all over usaid, particularly as it related to their money going to these terrorist groups. And I didn't get a response. That's not a good sign.
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Stephen K. Bannon
Bradley, where did they go to get this piece over at Breitbart. Great reporting. And where they follow you on social media because I'm sure this is a story that's, as we say in the business developing.
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Bradley A.J.
Steve, I think we've just scratched the surface with it. You can find me on X or Twitter. Bradley, A.J. we'll tag that story up at the top. We'll pin it at the top. It's on Breitbart.com we're going to stay on this because not only is it big as it relates to this story, but again, I think that this tells us a lot about what kind of advice the president is getting from his stable of Senate advisors. Maybe we should all be putting the pressure on some of them. And let's hope that President Trump is listening to the right people.
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Donald J. Trump
Amen.
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Stephen K. Bannon
Sir, brilliantly said. Thank you so much for taking time to come with us. Okay, President Trump's gonna walk in a minute. Gotta get Noel Frisch joins us from the national file.
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Donald J. Trump
Now.
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Stephen K. Bannon
Noel, you also work for very, I would say this very conservative candidates. We can assume that Noel is on the right side of the political spectrum. Nashville File, a great site. The laws of political physics. Because I keep sitting here going, the folks in South Carolina, some of the best folks in the world. And they're super maga. I don't.
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Noel Frisch
And they're Patriots.
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Stephen K. Bannon
So many have served in the military. You got military bases all over the place down there. Mo lived there at one time on one of the. One of the bases. Oh, I tell you what, President's coming out. Noel, I just gave you a great tee up. We're gonna get to it right after we finish with the president. President United States, Donald J. Trump.
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Donald J. Trump
Thank you very much. Please. Thank you. I want to begin by just saying we're doing extremely well in Iran. The difference between them and us is they had a navy two weeks ago. They have no navy anymore. It's all at the bottom of the sea. 58 ships knocked down in two days. And we have the greatest Navy anywhere in the world. It's not even close. So. But we are doing really well. We're not going to let them have nuclear weapons because if they had them, they'd use them. And we're not going to let that happen. Should have been done a long time ago by other presidents. So it's an honor to be here. This is fun. And these are great athletes standing behind me. Great coaches, general managers, great people, and a great superintendent. Hello, Superintendent. We only put our finest as the superintendents for these great schools. Schools. Because we don't want to have somebody that they don't look up to. We take our best and they're really amazing. For the second year in a row, it's my great honor to officially present the Commander in Chief's trophy to the one and only Navy midshipman football team with 11 wins and two losses playing the best teams in football. I used to always think of the military service as they played like a little step below. It's not true. They played a big team and they beat them. These players achieved one of the most impressive seasons in Navy football history and any football history, frankly. And I just want to congratulate the midshipmen. I met them backstage and they're great. Thank you. Congratulations, everybody. You know, when I mentioned the. The Navy that we just destroyed, I said Are they good ships? Yeah, they're great ships. Then I said, why didn't we save them? We could have used them ourselves. They said the difference was they didn't. They didn't know how to use them. Right, General? They didn't know how to use them. They had no idea. But I want to recognize Navy athletic director Michael Kelly, who has just done an incredible job. Thank you very much. He looks like a Kelly. He's definitely a Kelly. Along with head coach Brian Newberry. Fantastic coach Brian. He's off to the second best start for any football coach in school history. What's second? Who's first? It's pretty good. That must have been a Roger Starbeck year maybe or something. Because I tell you what, I got to watch Roger Starbuck and he was something. It was like, I have to say, I've said it and some people were insulted by it, but it was like a man playing with children. He would single handedly win those games. It was incredible. Thanks as well to your superintendent, Lieutenant General Michael Borg Schulte, who is an accomplished Navy linebacker, a very good one back in the day. We're also pleased to be joined by Secretary of War Pete Hagg. Said, no, I don't know if he's here because they actually told him he had an be in the sit room, you know, the famous situation, or be up here. And if it's okay, I told him. But I think he has two very beautiful sons up here. To the best. Boone and Jackson. Are you two guys? Well, I told your father, just be in this situation room. We're okay with that, right? I think so. Right, Coach? Coach, I think you're okay. So Boone and Jackson, someday you'll be on this team maybe, right? Would you be a Navy, Army, Air Force, which one? Take Navy. Just say Navy, okay? I don't want to get them in trouble. And your father is doing a fantastic job. And also the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Kaine. So Dan is unbelievable. And I picked him for a reason because I was told it would take five years to be at ISIS by our television generals. You know, there's a big difference between generals, just like there is between coaches and everything else. They said, sir, five years. And I went to Iraq because I didn't understand why five years. And I met this general and his name was Dan Kane. I said, what's your name? He said, raisin, sir. I said, really? Raisin? What is that, Raisin? Oh, it's just my nickname, sir. What's your last name? Kane. I said, Your name's Raisin Cain. I love you. You're the guy I'm looking for. And it turned out to be right. So they told me it was going to take four to five years to knock out isis. And now I'm in Iraq. I come down, I meet him, some other generals. He was the boss. And I said, how long would it take for you to knock out isis? He said, four weeks, sir. I said, four weeks? They tell me four years, maybe five. He said, well, whatever they want, sir. They're the boss. I'm just here. But you can do it in four weeks, sir, and you have time left over. I said, you got to be kidding. And he explained. And we went through a whole big thing. I won't. Well, nobody in this room would be bored by it, actually. You'd like to hear every word. I'll tell you every word of it. But bottom line, I said, let me go back. But as I'm leaving, they actually. It was very interesting. I'm walking down the stairs. Long fight. I had to turn off the lights. After spending trillions of dollars, you had to turn the lights off in the plane because you didn't want to be spotted by the enemy. This was something. So we land, and he said, sir, would you like to rest for a while before we have a meeting? I said, I don't have to rest. My name is not Biden. I don't want to. I'm not resting. And we had great meetings. And then I got back on the plane, I said to him, so, General, you say four weeks. We mean that, right? Four weeks, sir. And you'll have time left over. He said, I'll call you on Monday when. When I get back. And I called him, I said, you still feel that way, General? He said, yes, sir. And I let him do it. He did it in less than four weeks. He defeated isis. It was amazing. What a difference. You know, I always say, what a difference a president makes. The border, they said, it can't be done without Congress. It will take years. We did it in about three weeks. We have a border that's now nine months in a row. Nobody has come into our country illegally. I'm not even sure if that could be right. But the Democrats keep the stats, so they say. I mean, they have zero people came in through our border. You see it, right? And I said, the president makes a big difference. Well, the generals make a big difference, too. But I told him, I said, dan, if you don't mind, stay in the Situation room and you watch all those Attacks that we're hitting those guys with and they don't know what's happening. Their Navy's gone. Their Air Force is gone. Their anti aircraft is all gone. It's all gone. Their radar is all gone. Their leaders are all gone. The next set of leaders are all gone. And the next set of leaders are mostly gone. And now nobody wants to be a leader over there anymore. We're having a hard time. We want to talk to them and there's nobody to talk to. We have nobody to talk to. And you know what? We like it that way. And we have many other distinguished members of the United States military. But I want to tell you, HECSETH is doing a great job. And Raisin Cain is doing a great job. As good as anybody has ever seen. Don't forget we had Venezuela. That was the beginning where people started to see the talent I built. I rebuilt the military and built it, frankly, including Space Force, but I rebuilt the military in my first term. I didn't think I'd be using it this much, but I'm glad I rebuilt it because we can't let these lunatics have nuclear weapons. Because they were going to use them, they'd use them fast. One of the ways, you know, that is when this whole thing started, they started shooting missiles all over the Middle east at countries that were basically not involved because they wanted to take over the Middle East. And if they had a nuclear weapon, they would have used it. The only question would have been the first hour of the first day. That's the only question. They would have used it. And if they could use a nuclear weapon, the world would have been in big trouble. We had to stop it should have been done long ago. I also want to thank FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, perhaps the most powerful man in this room. You are doing some job. He's trying to keep the fake news. He's trying to make the fake news real and respect it again. Which is not an easy job. But you're doing a really amazing job. First time that's happened in 25 years. So I congratulate you and everybody in the room. Everybody in this whole country is watching what you're doing. And we appreciate it when a man can get elected in a landslide, winning every. Think of it, seven swing states. Win them all. We win the popular vote. We win the Electoral college by tremendous amount. We win the counties by 82 or 84%. And I got no good press. Think of it. Only one thing. That only means one thing. These people are not respected. They're just not respected. And we have to have a press that's respected. When you can win an election where they say that I got 94% bad press, think of it, the other side got 94% good press. When they can get 94% and you win in a landslide, that means the press is not respected. People have no confidence in. So you're doing a fantastic job. Senators Todd Young and Dan Sullivan, great senators, wherever you may be. You're here someplace. Where are you? Hello, fellas. Good senators, great guys. And Representatives Ronny Jackson, White House doctor, he was. He served three presidents. He said, you had Barack Hussein Obama. Have you heard of Barack Hussein Obama? You had Obama. I don't even want to talk about Biden. But he said, and you had Bush. You had Young Bush. I call him Young, Young Bush. I was not a fan, but that's all right. But they asked, the press, asked him, who was the healthiest of the three? Dr. Ronnie, stand up. Dr. Ronnie, this is a big deal. Took a lot of heat for this. They said most guys would say, well, we don't want to talk about that. They said, who's the healthiest of the three? He said, president Donald J. Trump, by far. If he didn't eat junk food, he'd live to 200 years old. And I love this guy. And he then left and he ran. He was an admiral and he then left. And he was a White House doctor, a very respected one. He saved a lot of lives. He was a great doctor. People don't realize that. And he then left and he said, sir, I'd like to run for Congress. I said, you've never done it before. You won't be able to pull it off. In a very, very all Trump district. There were 28 people running. Man was retiring. He's been there for years. And I said, ron, I don't know. It's going to be tough, but we'll try it, right? And we got. We got him in. He blew him away. There was one man that was favored. He was a rhino. He was favored to win easily. And we wiped him out. Right, Ron? And he's been a congressman. He's one of the most popular people in Congress. But I don't care about that. I just care that he was my doctor. And he said, I'm the healthiest human being he's ever. Ronnie, am I healthier than these guys back here? Yes, sir. Oh, thank you. All right. See, this is why I like him. Also with Ronnie is Derek Van Orden, a fantastic guy. And members of the Naval Academy's board of visitors, Sean Spicer has gone on to great things. And Walt Noda. Walt. Where's Walt? Walt has become a very famous guy. He works with me and he does a great job. Great, loyal, incredible person. And Sean Spicer. Where's Sean? Where's Sean? Great job. And he's got a very successful television career going. What the hell do I get out of it? Well, you know what? I get nice statements. That's what I get out of it, right? Yes, sir, 100%. It's great. You've done great. Thank you very much. Congratulations. Those are really the people that are very much in charge of making everything work at the academy and the other academies separately, separate groups. A very important position for the Navy. Midshipman 2025 was truly a season for the ages. You didn't just win the Commander in Chief's trophy, you made history as one of the greatest teams to ever wear the proud uniform of Navy football. Some uniform. The teams have gotten so good and the schools that I was able to get, and we're pushing it very hard to make it permanent. A military academy deferment policy. So because you have some people here, you know, when I went on the field and I threw up a coin, I'm standing next to these guys. They were monsters. I said, look at the size of these guys. I thought they were supposed to be small. I thought you had. I thought you had so much sort of restrictions on size. You know, we got rid of that because some of these guys were extremely large. And I, you know, and I. We. We have the NFL teams here also, when whoever wins the super bowl, they come the baseball teams. We had the Dodgers. We have. We have them all. But I saw the size of these guys, so I got used to it. And I said, these guys are as big as the NFL. And at one of the visits a while ago, first term, they asked me, they said, sir, we have a hard time recruiting because a player, if he's really good, he can't do the four or five years in the military service. Could you ask, would like to do a military academy deferment policy? I immediately knew what he meant. And we got it done. And it allows you to defer your service until after your career. So if you go into the NFL for 10 years, so now everyone wants to join. So do I get credit for this successful team? Then? The superintendent is going to say yes. I don't know about the coach, I don't know about Kelly, but the coach, I think, is. It made your life a Little bit easier. It was tough. It was tough for the teams when they used to have to play guys that were twice their size. Right. So they did good. They had better heart. They have the best heart in the business. But size does matter. And so what we did is. We got that. So you have a deferment. So a lot of people. People are able to join now and they do their service later. They're great patriots, but that would be a lot to ask, and I think it's helped your teams really compete at the highest, highest level. The team was led by your incredible senior class, and that includes the co captain and star quarterback, Blake Horvath, who is fantastic. Where are you, Blake? Wait a minute. You don't play. I was at that game. He's a playoff. You can run it. You can throw it. What do you think? NFL material. Thank you. Stay up here if you want. Look at this guy. He walks up most of. Just stay there. Just, you know, they don't want it. Very good. That's. Look at him. I can't get rid of them. I can't get. Stay there. Stay there if you want. Come on. Stay there. He's a quarterback. What the hell? But he ends his college career as one of the most accurate Navy quarterbacks of all time with an astounding almost 60% completion rate, second only to the man we just spoke about, Roger Stoback, who was unbelievable. He was unbelievable. He served five years and then he came in and he was. Came in at like 27 or something. And he was phenomenal as an NFL player. Likewise, senior wide receiver Eli Hayden Reich scorched opposing defenses. All year long. They've been writing about him, a lot of stories, setting a school record for receiving touchdowns, and you do need a quarterback for that. Where's Eli? Where's Eli? Come here, Eli. Get over here. Look at this guy. They're all saying he's got. Got NFL pretty good. I see by the size of those hands, you have no trouble catching them. Beautiful. And we're going to bring them down to the Oval Office. Nobody else. We don't have room for none of all these big shots that we have here. None of the Senators, none of all these people. We're going to bring them down. We're giving them a special medal, a beautiful medal, a very expensive medal that if I see it on ebay tonight, I'll be extremely upset. All right? So we're going to all march down there later. Congratulations. Thank you very much. That's great. It's very nice that you say that the whole team is pointing at you. Are you looking to go NFL again?
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Bradley A.J.
Yes, sir, I'm looking to.
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Donald J. Trump
Okay, good, Good. That's great. I'll bet you make it. So we have Eli in setting all the school records for receiving touchdowns, earning a spot at the NFL combine, and cementing himself as, without a doubt, the greatest wide receiver in Navy history. That is not bad. Did you do the combine?
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Bradley A.J.
Yes, sir.
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Donald J. Trump
How did you find it? Were you impressed by the athletes?
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Bradley A.J.
I was. Yes, sir.
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Donald J. Trump
Were you as good as them? I like the. Were you better? They're all saying they like you. They all say he's better. Good. I can see it. We're going to watch. Okay? We're watching all you guys. And let's not forget one of the strongest athletes the Navy has ever seen. Oh, this is the guy I want to meet who was named a first team All American. He. You can't do better than that on five different organizations. So five groups named them. First team All American. Senior lineman and co captain Landon Robertson. Where's Landon? Where is. His arms are like steel. It just hurt my head. I hit his muscle. It's like steel. You think I can take it for a bite like Ronnie? Thank you. Congratulations. That's fantastic. So listen to this about landon with a 665 pound squat and a 465 pound bench press. What about women playing in men's sports? Think we could have a woman take your position? Is there a woman out there? I don't think so. You know, we're trying to end that. No men. Think of it. No men in women's sports. Maybe I'll put Landon into women's sports for a little while. How ridiculous. I mean, you know they say that's an 8020 issue. No, no, that's a 99% issue. It's amazing. Thank goodness the Democrats keep pushing these things. Open borders. Transgender for everybody. And they want to have men playing women's sports. So Landon has some really big records and he's so strong that the team had to special order a longer barbell. I see. Because the barbell would break. That's crazy. Is he the strongest one on the team? Huh? No doubt. With all you big, strong. Let's pat him again. What do you think, man? So, thank you very much. We have a lot of fun at these things. I hope you. I love sports and I love athletics and I love competition. I love competition, and these guys are champions. But perhaps no single player better represents the heart and soul of this team than you are. 5 foot 9, 174. I love those guys, those guys that are a little smaller than you're supposed to be, but they have a bigger heart than everybody on the team, right? And the other team too. 174 pound playmaker who delivered key knockouts and blocks on opponents almost twice his size, senior Brandon Chapman. Brandon plays selfless, relentless football. I got this from his coach, as he likes to say, quote, here's a quote. The way I look at it, the fight's not over until I win. That's a great. That's it, right? Just keep going. And that's really the spirit of the Navy and our great sailors. Where are you, Brandon? They love them. Boy, I tell you, you don't have, you don't have players like that. You don't win, you just can't win. You need people like Brandon and they all have that big heart. It's very tough when you get into that elite group, when you beat those schools that are big, big and powerful. It's a pretty amazing thing. This group of winners opposed and opened the 2025 season with seven straight victories, including a thrilling win over one of your top rivals. It's always tough too. Air Force, coach. Air Force is always tough. What is that? I mean, they're always tough, you beat them. But they, they always seem to have a good, they have a good record and they always seem to do well, right? But no problem with this team, right? What was the score you won by, coach? Was it a close game or not that close?
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Coach Brian Newberry
One by three.
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Donald J. Trump
One by three. You won a couple of close ones, but you won. Doesn't really matter. So, so that's great, coach. But as every Navy football player knows, you don't make it to the White House unless you also triumph over army on that second Saturday of December, which is the whole deal. I was at that game. It was amazing. It was an amazing game. The spirit and I have to say, they introduced Trump. The place went crazy. There were no, like, let's give a little boo. There wasn't a boo in the house. Even the fake news couldn't say, I've gone to games where I, I've got, I would say I got 97%. But there might be one person. Boo. Boo. They cover that person, they interview that person, that person becomes a star. But they couldn't find any person at that game. That was some game. It was some scene in the historic 126 Army Navy Football game. And again, something I really enjoyed. I love being there. I'll be there, coach. I'll Be there. You got to be back, Coach. We can't ever lose you. You'll be back, right? You better be back. Do whatever you do. Whatever you do, Kelly, get him signed. Right? Speaking of that. And you get him signed. All right. But you battle back from a two score deficit to drill within six points in the fourth quarter. I was there. It was looking not great. It was not looking great. Fellas. You know, I can't say I was rooting for you, but I did want to see that Commander in Chief deal was a big deal. Right? And it only happens if you win. And it wasn't looking great. With time slipping away, Navy mounted one final drive. And you marched downfield nearing the goal line after running back Alex Teska broke loose into the secondary, which was amazing, for a huge 24 yard gain. Okay, where's Alex? Where's Alex? I saw Alex before. Thank goodness. Thank goodness. That was fantastic. I watched that because it was not looking good. After you did that, the momentum shifted, right, Coach?
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Coach Brian Newberry
Yes, sir.
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Donald J. Trump
The coach was saying, I think. I don't know, I got a problem. And then he did that. We all felt good. That's great. Congratulations. That's beautiful. That's amazing. So Alex did his job, and he did a fantastic job. But every football player knows, every single one of them, that you don't have heart, you don't have that. You can have all the strength like Brandon. You can have all the strength you want, but if you don't have heart, that's exactly what Alex showed. And he's another one that's known for that. Then three times, the formidable army defense held the line, and they really held it, making it fourth and goal. Midshipman. So it's time to do or die, right, Coach? And with 6 minutes and 37 seconds left on the clock, other teams might have kicked an easy field goal, but that's not this. Coach. Coach, did you have a call? Did you call up the superintendent and talk to him? Like, what do I do? Or did you just say, let's go for it? I think you said go. I think you just go for it. Right, Coach? But not this team. With this coach. With the Commander in Chief's trophy on the line, which is a big deal, Blake dropped back in the pocket, surveyed the field, delivered a strike across the middle to Eli for a touchdown and secured victory over army in one of the most iconic moments in Navy football history. I wouldn't say in army football history. I guess it was iconic also, but not quite in the same manner, but I watched that. That was incredible. The annual Army Navy game is truly one of the most special occasions in all of sports. But in recent years, the College Football Playoff expansion has encroached on this sacred four hour time slot traditionally reserved for Army Navy. So what did I do? I went out. I don't know if I could have pulled it off. I have much more power in my second term, don't you think? What do you think, would you say, Brandon? Much more power first term. I don't know if I could have gotten away with this, but what did I do? I went out and said I'm going to sign an executive order to ensure that the second Saturday in December is preserved exclusively. Nobody is playing football, not Ohio State against Notre Dame, not LSU against Alabama. Nobody is going to play football for four hours during that very special time of the year in December. It's preserved forever for the Army Navy game. Now, if you don't want to watch football, you don't have to. But if you want to watch football, you're only watching one game. You're not watching 19 different games, all of them in many ways big. So, coach, that puts a little pressure because the whole world is going to be watching, so nobody else is going to be allowed. Of course, we'll probably get sued at some point. We always get sued. But we win those suits and we'll win this one, the only game that's going to be played. So we preserve that time no matter who it is. You're playing the Army Navy game, it keeps it, keeps it special. We like it. Right. Are you okay with it? And just simply we don't want other college football games over, over, you know, playing over us. And frankly, I'd always watch the Army Navy game anyway. But you don't know, you get some of these games, they're pretty tough, pretty good and they're pretty tough and they'll be able to play, but they'll play after 7 o'. Clock. I think we brought it all the way up to 7 o', clock, so that should give you plenty of time, even if you have a little overtime stuff. So it's great. It's just an honor to do because it's such an important tradition of our country. It's beyond football, actually. It's a tradition of our country. In two short months, the 28 seniors on this team will be commissioned as officers in the greatest military the world has ever seen. We have the greatest military in the world, the strongest, the greatest. And we're proving that when you can take Venezuela in a matter of minutes. Put somebody on a helicopter that was well guarded with thousands of people with iron doors. Those doors were like plastic. The United States Navy, the Marines, the whole military is. We have the greatest in the world. I was so proud of what I did. And I always loved Space Force because that was my baby. That has never happened. That hasn't happened in 81 years. A new force, and it hadn't happened. And I think we all agree that Space Force has become. You think? Right. Very important. Very important to the success that we're having. Even now. Over the past few weeks, the world has seen the true strength and might of our sailors and aviators as they fought in one of the most complex and successful military operations of all time against the Iranian regime. And it's amazing. It's not. I don't want to get too crazy here. Not a contest. It's not even a contest. They do whatever they want. They can't. They are. They had a lot of great equipment. Russian equipment, Chinese equipment, lot of. They had plenty of money. That equipment was useless against us. Useless. No force on earth can beat the American sailors or the American military. We're the strongest in the world by far. To those standing behind me who will soon be joining these missions, I say sail fast, stay strong and go Navy. And I just want to congratulate again this incredible team on this. The win of this trophy. It's not often that this trophy gets presented. You have to have a very special year to get it. And I'm going to sign the executive order right now and then invite Coach Newbery up to say a few words and talk about what a great team and what great individuals they are. So, Coach, I'll sign and then you take over. Okay? Thank you very much. This is not an auto pen. Imagine taking a. Say, would you please have this sign? Somehow I don't know how they got by that. It didn't work. Let's go. All right. It's a good one. We rate them. That's close to a 10. Maybe a 10. See, fellow, so you can see it first. That's pretty good, right? If you're going to get them down office. You didn't get that.
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Coach Brian Newberry
Good morning. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you for signing that executive order protecting the sanctity of the Army Navy game. It's a game with a soul and it deserves to be protected. Thank you very much. Thank you to you and your staff, your gracious hospitality and for making today's ceremony possible. Thank you to the distinguished guests and everyone in attendance for being here to recognize this team and this exceptional group of young men. On behalf of our players, our staff and their families, our superintendent, General, Michael Bug Schulte, and our athletic director, Michael Kelly. It is truly an honor to be here. We're grateful and humbled to be back again. As I shared last year, it's been our goal to return to this stage many times during your tenure, Mr. President. There's no higher honor in our program than standing here representing the Naval Academy, the entire brigade of midshipmen, the brotherhood, and all the men and women who serve and have served in our Navy and Marine Corps. These young men understand that wearing the Navy uniform comes with a responsibility greater than football. Each day, they strive to live up to the core values of honor, courage and commitment and the standards of those who came before them. Leaders of character who have gone on to serve our country with distinction. What they accomplished this season is a direct result of that ethos and mindset. The players here on stage and to my left in the audience are some of the very best our country has to offer. In just a little over two months, these 28 seniors standing behind me will graduate and commission as officers in our Navy and Marine Corps under your command, Mr. President. They will do so with character, discipline, and the values that define this institution. I also want to recognize our fellow service academies, the United States army and the United States Air Force. The rivalry we share is among the greatest traditions in college football, but it is grounded in deep and enduring respect because we know that one day, many of these young men may stand shoulder to shoulder in defense of our nation. The Commander in Chief's trophy represents the commitment, discipline, teamwork that define the future leaders and war fighters of our armed forces. Every day, our players balance the demands of Division 1 athletics with the responsibility of preparing to serve as officers. That challenge forges the character this trophy represents. In our view, it is the most meaningful and honorable trophy in all the college sports. To our families, alumni, and the countless people who support the Naval Academy, thank you. Your belief in these young men and what this institution stands for makes moments like this possible and special. Mr. President, thank you for hosting us today and for your continued support of the men and women who serve our great country. This time, I'd like to bring our two captains, Landon Robinson and Blake Horvath, up to present you with a couple of gifts.
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Landon Robertson
Well, first, Mr. President, it's just an honor to be here.
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Donald J. Trump
Football is very heavy. I know. Strong neck, like you said.
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Landon Robertson
Well, you're the healthiest guy here, so you got the neck to do it.
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Coach Brian Newberry
Yes, sir.
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Landon Robertson
So just want to say thank you so much for having us here. Absolute honor. And last year I was hesitant to say it's a once in a lifetime experience.
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Donald J. Trump
Right.
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Landon Robertson
Because I knew we'd be back this year. So I'm glad I can now say it's a twice in a lifetime experience and just couldn't have done it without our whole team here. Right. Our support staff, from the strength and the trainers to all these guys and all the guys who are still at school right now in class. Thanks to all them and just for everybody for supporting us and, you know, go Navy. Beat everybody.
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Blake Horvath
Absolutely. You know, first off, thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to be here. Blake said it said most of it, but I'm just so thankful to all my teammates and all my coaches for all the hard work they've put in. It's very hard to go 11 and 2 in a season, but I couldn't be more proud to play for Navy football and I couldn't be more proud to represent the United States Naval Academy. So go Navy. Beat army forever.
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Donald J. Trump
Thank you. We're going to see you at the Oval Office now. Anybody does not want to go to the Oval, please raise your hand. Thank you.
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Blake Horvath
Everybody.
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Stephen K. Bannon
You move. Commander in Chief. What a great little ceremony. The Commander in Chief trophy, of course, goes to the team that has the best record amongst the Air Force Academy, West Point and the United States Naval Academy. Just a tremendous look at that right there. Great kids. Those are the young men that you have manning these carriers. Many pilots, officers, surface warfare officers, intelligence officers on the submarines, and of course, the United States Marine Corps. Very ironic today with a Marine Expeditionary Unit leaving San Diego, heading to the North Arabian Sea. But that's what they do right there. What a great little ceremony. Always honored to cover it every year. And the president at the top of his game today. So they're going to go now to the Oval Office. If you go see the president, you'll get a trip to the Oval Office. And then right next to the Oval Office between the Oval Office and. And the little dining room he has that he works out of a lot. There's a space now that he's got. He keeps all the ball caps and he keeps some of the merch and memorabilia. And everybody gets to stop there and pick up a ball cap or pick up something. Anchors Away, the traditional song of the United States Navy and the United States Naval Academy. Absolutely incredible. Great service today, Noel. Fresh as we're playing the as we're going out on this segment with with Anchors Away, you have a. Just talk about serendipity. You actually have a.
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Noel Frisch
We have you on here.
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Stephen K. Bannon
Talk about Lindsey Graham, but you actually have a connection with the United States Naval Academy. Sir.
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Mark Lynch
Yes, sir. My father was the starting center, the offensive lineman for the Naval Academy back in the 70s, his sophomore through senior year under George Welsh, who then went to coach in your home state at the University of Virginia.
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Stephen K. Bannon
Yeah, that was a step down. George Welsh at Naval Guy. He actually. George Welsh actually did a great job at that program and I think built that program. You're a legendary.
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Wynton Hall
They won.
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Mark Lynch
They won a title and.
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Stephen K. Bannon
Yes.
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Mark Lynch
Yeah, they won a title.
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Stephen K. Bannon
Unbelievable. Your father must have been quite a football player because George Welsh was known as a what we refer to as a taskmaster. We also have the Naval Academy's fantastic. I just want to do ADD before I go to Noel. Talk about Lindsey Graham. Mo as I think seven zero against Navy as a volleyball player. Seven and oh, of course at West Point they really the 112 record they talked about today, they really gauge you as an athlete of how you do if you're at Naval Academy, how many times you beat army, and if you're at army, how you beat Navy. That is really the intensity of that rivalry. No, I want to talk about Samantha, I want to talk about the law of political physics.
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Noel Frisch
I, I have been.
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Stephen K. Bannon
And you work for one of the candidates. In fact, I think we had the candidate on when he first started his campaign. And I want to say it was in the spring of 2024. It's been a while. Yeah, that was because I keep it. Yes. In 25, 2025. I, I keep asking for the folks in South Carolina, particularly as Lindsay Graham gets more and more out of control and quite frankly, more and more offensive as he goes on in his personal behavior. And he's, he's trying to, he's trying to make it like Charlie Wilson's war. And as I said, Charlie Wilson's war is nothing to laugh at. I know the, the movie was turned into something like a, I don't want to say a light comedy, but it had a comedic tones to it. What Charlie Wilson was doing was very serious. And Charlie Wilson did do a lot of good, but he also did a lot of damage. And this is why we got to think about this. And Lindsey Graham, just this kind of all this time he spends in the Middle east and he comes out with these things like two weeks ago that he would offer Saudi Arabia the kingdom of Saudi Arabia in perpetuity defense pact if they quit stabbing us in the back and got to the gun line of going against Iran. It was just things like this all the time. And I kept asking, I said, I see these numbers, he's got these huge numbers and President Trump has endorsed him and President Trump's beloved Down with the MAGA base. But I said, there's gotta be some time that the folks in South Carolina who are as strong a patriots as possible, and particularly patriots that serve their country, it's a history of, of service to the nation. I said, at some point in time. I said, unless I'm missing it at some point in time, there's gotta be an awakening here and a reckoning with Lindsey Graham and really have a real conversation and debate about this race. And then I saw that Rasmussen and Mark Mitchell and the team over there have been doing some polling. Can you just walk people? Which I think is kind of blockbuster, stunning polling for a guy that's an incumbent, that's got the Senate Leadership Fund, unlimited amount of money and the endorsement of President Trump. Can you walk us through the math of what's happening in South Carolina, sir?
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Mark Lynch
Yes, thanks, Steve. And, yeah, full disclosure, I do work for Mark Lynch. Mark lynch is a businessman in the upstate of South Carolina. And he's putting it all in, pushing all the chips in to get rid of this weirdo, Lindsey Graham. And so the numbers going back to last May, there was another Rasmussen poll that showed that Lindsey was very vulnerable there. That's very consistent with other, there are a lot of other polls out there showing that Lindsey Graham is, is very vulnerable. And this cycle, we have just the guy to do it. We have a successful businessman in Mark lynch, and he's been up on air on TV for many months last year and all this year. And, and Lindsey is deathly afraid. That's why he's on Fox News every day.
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Noel Frisch
When you say, when you say, when
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Stephen K. Bannon
you say he's afraid, just walk through the math. If an incumbent's below 50%, that's a, that's a, that's a flashing red light that most incumbents should be able to blow. These, particularly where you've been around an incumbent for a couple times and you're very close to the leadership in the Senate, so they'll pour unlimited money in you. What is the basic math that shows when you say he's in trouble? Give me some math to prove that. What is actually the trouble that he's in?
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Mark Lynch
So that that survey back last May showed that 50, fully 57% of the primary electorate, the Republican primary electorate in South Carolina, is not going to vote for Lindsey. So that's a horrendous number for Lindsey. Usually, like you say, these incumbents, they get scared if they get, you know, if their approvals are anywhere near 50. But now you have more than just the approval. You say you have 57, a big majority, saying they're just not going to vote for the guy. And, and again, that's, with that strength of incumbency, you're supposed to have been helping your constituency for, you know, decades on end and buying all these favors. Well, whatever Lindsey has done, he hasn't bought any favor in South Carolina, and the folks are done with him.
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Stephen K. Bannon
What, what does the math show us right now? Because I was kind of shocked. And look, this is, this is, this is a serious poll. I think it's expected voters. It's not just the whole thing of everybody down there. It's not even, I think it's likely voters. Correct. It's not just registered voters. It's likely voters. So as you get closer, this thing is pretty serious. And it's a big poll and it's done by somebody the Rasmussen group is known as somebody that really has, you know, along with Richard Barris and probably Trafalgar, really has their hands on the pulse of the MAGA movement and Trump aligned grassroots people. So what does it show? What type of trouble does it show Lindsey Graham in?
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Mark Lynch
Yeah, so 1,000 completes on the poll. So it's a very sizable sample and a pretty low margin of error. And it's got Lindsey Graham at 41, which is nine points below that 50% number that we mentioned earlier, and then lynch at 21 and then all others rounding it out. And so that anti Lindsay number adds up to about 33%. And so it's 4133 with like roughly almost 30% undecided, Steve. And so, as you know, what happens is as people start to wake up and look at the election, not everybody's looking at the election all year long. Like, you know, you and I are, and you know, the war room posse is a lot of times. And so. But the voters are gonna start to wake up here over the next 11 weeks as we go to June 9th for this primary. And they're gonna say, I got Lindsey and I got a business guy outsider. And those are gonna break 2 to 1 for the business guy outsider, Mark Lynch. And so, and then the key part is this. On the informed ballot, the pollsters and the guys who run these surveys, they're statisticians and their data guys, they call it the informed ballot. That's after you've been told about Lindsey and you know now about Lindsey, that he's backed usa, that he backed all the Ukraine wars, that he backed amnesty, that now as you reported earlier today, that he's funding literal terrorists that are closing the Strait of Hormuz with that great report from Breitbart News. When they learn all of this, his support is so soft, Steve, it falls off the table. And lynch leads, okay? And it's an inversion. It's 34, and then Lynch's Lynch 34. And then Lindsey Graham is down in the 20s. Okay? So Lindsey Graham support is baby soft in. It's funny. It's like the only place he's pulling really well is like Dupont Circle in San Francisco. Steve, the poofters love Lindsay. The poofters love Lindsay.
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Stephen K. Bannon
Real quickly, how do you. With Lindsay's amount of money in the Senate leadership fund, how do you get to that in a forum? Because what they're going to do is swamp you with ads for the folks that don't pay attention. So what's, what's the strategy for your candidate in the next 11 weeks?
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Mark Lynch
So we're going to be everywhere and Mark lynch has a big war chest. He's getting ready to drop a bunch of it onto Lindsey Graham's head. And we obviously need all the help we can to still break through. But millions of dollars Mr. Mark lynch is investing in the country, in the republic, in the future of the republic. And he would ask that you go to lynch4senate.com to help. This poll is proof of a going concern. We finally have a candidate in South Carolina. A lot of people ask Steve, how does Lindsay keep on getting elected? I'll give the answer. He's never been credibly challenged. Unfortunately, there's a good couple of good guys who have. Nancy Mace ran a challenge in 2014, but she didn't have any money, a couple hundred grand. Another guy, Lee Bright, really good guy, maybe got close to a million bucks raised, but it wasn't quite enough. Mark lynch has the resources. He's a strong Christian conservative guy, lifelong South Carolinian. You got a really credible candidate against Lindsey Graham at this time where Lindsey just happens to be, you know, crapping the bed every day on FOX News.
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Stephen K. Bannon
Yeah. Okay, we got a bolt. I want to I'm reach out to you after. I think we want you on the Saturday or Sunday show to break this down some more so we get a better reality. What's happening. No, in the interim, where they go to see your candidate, where they go to get this poll and what's your social media?
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Noel Frisch
You come in a little hot every
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Stephen K. Bannon
now and again on social media. Where do people go?
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Coach Brian Newberry
Yeah.
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Mark Lynch
Yep. So lynch4senate.com for Mark lynch at Mark Lynch SC on all of the Mark lynch socials. And I'm unfortunately, Elon won't let me tweet right now, Steve, because of that right after we did that interview about the Ashley Biden diary with Ms. London, Hunter Biden's girlfriend. I can't tweet. My personal Twitter's gone. So I'm appealing to Elon Musk. Please allow me to tweet.
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Donald J. Trump
Elon, no.
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Stephen K. Bannon
He's a First Amendment free speech absolutist. Okay. Thank you, brother. Appreciate you. See you over the weekend. No Frisch National File, Wynton Hall, Code Red. The long awaited two things happening. First off, Winton, about your book. Directly the Left, the right, the China and Control and the Race to Control AI Blockbuster News Overnight, an industrial concern, a great company. Now senior executives arrested by the FBI for. What is this? They're shipping behind the scenes in fake servers Nvidia chips to the Chinese Communist Party so the Chinese Communist Party can keep up with artificial intelligence. Can you break that down for us, sir? I think you warn about that in your book, don't you?
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Wynton Hall
No, I absolutely do. And it's something that you've been very strong on. There's nobody that's stronger on the CCP and understanding the 5D chess game that they're playing. And it really is going to be a game over compute, right? The GPUs, the graphic processing units. We've seen this debate over export chip controls. We've seen what the debate with the H2 hundreds. Yeah, this is just another example of the end runs that are being done and how you can sneak around, you know, any regulation or any, any kind of control. But obviously China's determined drive here. And so, you know, Nvidia, this is a real problem because you're talking about not just the current, you know, Blackwell chips, you're talking about the Vera Rubin chips and getting these advanced chips into the hands of the ccp. These are the same kinds of efforts that, you know, the CCP has set out in 2017 to dominate the AI race by 2030. We got four years, okay? They've been very focused. Everybody needs to understand something. China imports more semiconductors than it does oil. That's their national priority because they understand both the economic upside of this issue and the power that will accrue to it. But also the military applications and in addition to that, the CCP techno surveillance state, and specifically on that, things like supremacy and encryption is supremacy in hacking of weapons systems. Supremacy and being able to hack infrastructure. So, so this is real. And you know, this is why this whole export chip control is so important. And I'm so glad that you and you know, Joe Allen and a handful of others, look, a lot of people don't want to get in the weeds on this stuff. And they say, well, we just want to play, you know, with the cotton candy stuff and the bread and circus stuff. This is where the rubber hits the road, okay? Because whoever has the most advanced chips and whoever's been able to do that, you're going to be able to see these issues that we've talked about, the choke points. This is only, the only thing holding this thing back are these choke points, okay? There's very few places that you can really apply pressure. And when you're talking to Most experts, you're talking about a six month to three year lead maybe. And again, we know the hidden hand strategy of the CCP and Xi Jinping to be able to, you know, flashbang grenade over here and actually have something information and movement over here. So people got to lock in and they got to dial in on this. And this, this, you know, you know, espionage issue and handing off chips is exactly why we've been talking about all this stuff for so long. And I'm glad finally, you know, unfortunately in this situation. But we've got to get some attention on this right away.
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Donald J. Trump
Okay? Okay.
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Stephen K. Bannon
So for this audience, because it is very important on this issue and all the issues related to artificial intelligence that you use your agency and come to your own individual conclusions. Nobody's going to tell you guys how to think on this, but we are going to set a framework so you can get the information to kind of think it through. Because it's a very complex topic. That's why Code Red is the book you need and you need now. Why do I say you need it now? Because as we were on this show and watching the Commander in Chief there with the United States Naval Academy's football team, the White House released this long awaited kind of federal framework, this huge fight with Ron DeSantis and everybody at these states. This federal framework is four pages long. It's gonna be controversial, but you need to have the background. The power of this book is that he walks you through what you need to know about artificial intelligence, but then gets into the power and influence and politics of it so that you have a framework on how to think this through. And that's why Code Red is so important. So you got to go to a bookstore or go to Amazon and get it delivered to Mark. Because I think this weekend, this, let's say Firestorm debate that's going to come over this framework is going to be quite intense. And it is going to do more than anything to kind of drive the direction of this country and our number one existential threat, the competitor of the Chinese Communist Party in this regard.
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Noel Frisch
Wynton, I'm gonna hold you through the break.
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Stephen K. Bannon
I want two minutes. We're gonna get you back over the weekend to break down Code Red because Code Red's the book. The White House just put out its guidance. It's cut David Sacks and the White House is cut at the framework for a federal regulatory apparatus over the development of artificial intelligence. It's important as a save act and all these other things are, which are so important in the war, everything important.
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This may be the first among equals importance.
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