Episode 5489: Removal Of The Deep State In Our Elections

Summary

Bannon’s War Room Episode 5489: Removal Of The Deep State In Our Elections

Date: July 2, 2026
Host: Steve Bannon
Key Guests: Eric (co-host/contributor), Mike Lindell, John Solomon, Katie (investigative reporter), Donnie, Philip Patrick, Oscar Blue Ramirez
Theme: The ongoing battle to purge “deep state” influences from the U.S. electoral system, the challenge posed by rising leftist movements, and the framing of the 2024 and upcoming 2026 elections amid allegations of fraud and establishment resistance.

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Episode Overview

This episode of "Bannon's War Room" centers on what Bannon and his guests see as efforts to expose and remove entrenched “deep state” power within U.S. elections. The discussion spans several core topics: the rise of left-wing “Marxist jihadist” movements and their strategy, investigations into the 2020 election and ongoing FBI actions in Georgia, the debate within the Republican party and criticism of establishment leaders, speculation about foreign interference, and broader economic and social trends impacting working-class Americans. Throughout, Bannon urges doubling down on populist nationalist strategies and scrutinizing both GOP elites and left-wing political surges.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Rise of Left-Wing Grassroots Power

• Canvassing Success:
  • Bannon notes the success of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and Working Families Party in door-to-door organization, particularly in Texas and Colorado.
  • "They're a major power...people should stop thinking of them as just a New York City phenomenon." (Bannon, [00:16])
• Eric Mandami's National Ambition:
  • Discussion of Eric Mandami as a rising left-wing leader, giving counter-programming to Trump's Mount Rushmore speech, positioning himself as a national power.
  • Quote: “He’s viewing himself as equal to the President of the United States right now as a political power and political force in this country and people better wake up.” (Bannon, [00:41])
• Comparison to the Tea Party:
  • Eric (co-host) draws parallels to the Tea Party movement as a grassroots force that reshaped the GOP, suggesting the left is using similar tactics.
  • Quote: "They're winning by almost like the Tea Party did. It laid the groundwork for Steve Bannon and Andrew Breitbart." (Eric, [01:18])

2. Republican Party Divide and Strategy for 2026

• Populist Nationalism Needed:
  • Bannon criticizes the Republican establishment for complacency, calling for renewed focus on battleground districts and for “doubling down” on populist economics.
  • Quote: "We have to go to the sources of funding...we have to go to the puppet masters that are pulling the strings here. And it's urgent, urgent, urgent." (Bannon, [03:13])
• Midterm Stakes & Republican Convention:
  • The significance of the location and timing of the Republican National Convention is discussed, expressing concern it may detract from grassroots campaign efforts in key districts.
  • Attention to upcoming Senate races in states like Ohio, Maine, Alaska, and Iowa.
• Leadership Critiques:
  • Bannon bemoans Senate inaction on the Save America Act and calls for a leadership fight among Senate Republicans.
  • Quote: "If you don't have a leadership fight, if nobody's prepared to step up and fight for it, then that tells you everything you need to know about the United States Senate." (Bannon, [23:45])

3. Ongoing FBI & DOJ Investigations into 2020 Election

• Resource Surge in Georgia:
  • John Solomon and investigative reporter Katie detail an intensified FBI investigation in Georgia under Director Cash Patel, including large-scale resource allocation and the seizing of ballots.
  • Quote: "They are ordering 260 FBI intelligence analysts...Each one is supposed to make 708 records checks." (Katie, [07:30])
• Political Motivation Assertions:
  • Analysts and Bannon suggest the Trump administration is using federal power to pursue disproven fraud claims as “revenge” for previous indictments and to lay groundwork for future claims of illegitimacy if Republicans lose.
  • Quote: "They're trying to put a narrative out that if and when they lose...there was something that was going on that was criminal or wrong." (Unidentified Political Analyst, [09:50])
• Concerns of National Security Misallocation:
  • Critics fear diverting intelligence resources from genuine threats (terrorism, white-collar crime) to focus on elections, calling it detrimental to safety.

4. Narrative on the “Deep State” and National Emergency

• Media Matters Article Discussion:
  • Bannon references a Media Matters piece claiming right-wing media is laying the narrative for declaring a national emergency to curb voting rights, allegedly using China/Venezuela interference as justification.
  • Quote: "Right Wing media figures...appear to be weaving together a narrative about interference by China in US Elections to justify a national emergency..." (Media Matters, [20:42])
• Foreign Interference Claims:
  • Hints at soon-to-drop revelations on China and Venezuela’s alleged involvement in US elections as a possible predicate for drastic executive action.

5. Economic Critique & Populist Muscle

• Cost of Living & Populist Messaging:
  • Bannon argues establishment Republicans are failing to meet voters' needs, especially on affordable housing and living costs, allowing leftists to capitalize.
  • Quote: "You can't just run against Mandami as a boogeyman. You have to give people an alternative." (Politico Reporter summing Bannon, [34:02])
  • Stress on the need for concrete populist economic solutions, not just rhetoric or labels.
• Oligarchy vs. True Capitalism:
  • Concerns raised about wealth concentration; Bannon: “We have a capitalist system with very few capitalists. That's called an oligarchy.” ([42:46])
  • Suggestion of "allocation/reallocation" of equity stakes for regular Americans, not redistribution or UBI.

6. International Context & Economic Volatility

• European Housing Parallels:
  • Guest Philip Patrick highlights international trends—rising home costs, fading opportunities—which fuel populist and socialist frustrations.
• Warning of Economic “Crash”:
  • Patrick forecasts volatility and a potential crash fueled by policy missteps, market bubbles, and a “road to perdition” for working families if current trends persist.

7. Boots-on-the-Ground Crisis Reporting

• Rescue Operations in Venezuela:
  • Oscar Blue Ramirez reports live from Venezuela on a major earthquake and search-and-rescue efforts, illustrating U.S. aid and international coordination.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Left-Wing Door-to-Door Success:

  • “[DSA] have huge power. They're in Texas, they won in Colorado big...people should stop thinking of them as just a New York City phenomenon.” — Bannon, [00:16]

• On Establishment GOP:

  • “The Republican establishment is just going to get...That was going to be that was...” — Bannon, [00:58]
  • “If you don't have a leadership fight...that tells you everything you need to know about the United States Senate.” — Bannon, [23:45]

• On the FBI Investigation:

  • "They're using the extraordinary powers of the FBI and its intrusive investigative powers to conduct a criminal investigation to try to essentially stand up false claims..." — Katie, [07:52]

• On the “Deep State” Narrative:

  • "They're so freaked out. We're going to show the evidence...if not co-conspirators then certainly look the other way or suppress the information." — Bannon, [13:40]
  • "If you can't cheat and you can't steal, Democrats can't win." — Bannon, [27:04]

• On Populist Policy:

  • “You can't just call them socialists and think that's going to do it. That ain't going to do it.” — Bannon, [35:50]

• On Capitalism/Oligarchy:

  • “We have a capitalist system with very few capitalists. That's called an oligarchy.” — Bannon, [42:46]

• Philip Patrick on America:

  • “This country has given me honestly everything I have. So I couldn't be prouder than to be an American.” — Philip Patrick, [45:07]

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Key Timestamps

• 00:00-01:52 | Introduction, DSA/left-wing organizing, Eric Mandami’s rise, populist left as Tea Party parallel
• 03:46-05:21 | Republican Convention strategy, September electoral priorities
• 06:26-11:53 | FBI surges resources into Georgia investigation, concerns over resource allocation
• 13:40-20:00 | Bannon attacks Deep State narrative, calls to expose foreign interference, critiques on Senate inaction
• 31:47-36:00 | Politico reporter on Bannon’s view of the populist left and the Republican response
• 38:15-42:46 | Economic volatility, the “crash” warning, international comparisons
• 50:01-51:30 | Oscar Blue Ramirez live from Venezuela on earthquake rescue efforts

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Conclusion & Takeaways

• Bannon’s central theme: Intense scrutiny and activism are needed to counter both a resurgent populist left and to expose what he frames as anti-democratic deep state actors willing to subvert elections for establishment interests.
• Populist recommendations: Only aggressive grassroots organizing and bold, tangible economic policies will compete with rising leftist energies; establishment rhetoric and “boogeyman” tactics won’t suffice.
• Right-wing movement at a crossroads: Calls for leadership changes, Senate confrontations, and preparing for direct action—up to national emergencies—should “foreign interference” narratives gain traction.
• Economic anxiety: Both American and European working classes struggle with cost-of-living crises, making them ripe for populist appeals—whether left or right.
• Continued messaging: The episode’s tenor is combative, conspiratorial, and urgent—framing 2026 as a historical inflection point both against the “deep state” and for the future of American populism.

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For full context and more nuanced analysis, listeners are recommended to engage the full episode.

Transcript

[Steve Bannon]

Game and that's because of people going door to door in canvassing. The the DSA and the Working Family Party have copied that. This is one of the reasons we took the show to Texas. They're making big inroads in Texas by going door to door. They're a major power. The dark money behind them, which I hopefully the DOJ, the Treasury Department, FBI, etc. Are investigating. They're a major, they're not a populist left. They're really a Marxist jihadist group, but they have huge power. They're in Texas, they won in Colorado big. I think they're going to win the primary. Michigan people should stop thinking of them as just a New York City phenomenon. Now, this is how arrogant arrogant they're getting. Eric Mandami has just announced that he's going to give a counter he's going to give counter programming to President Trump's speech in Mount Rushmore. I think it's tomorrow. Right now we're tracking in the morning, probably during our show, 10am and in fact that we would love to be able, if we cover it, we'd love to get you on here for your commentary, but he, he's viewing himself as equal to the president. United States right now is a political power and political force in this country and people better wake up. The Democratic elite have been caught asleep. They're getting wiped out. And I got to tell you, the MAGA movement has got to double and triple down on the principles of populist nationalism because the Republican establishment is just going to get. That was going to be that was

[Eric]

the essence of what I took from the articles of great, great articles. They gave you plenty of time to answer. I loved what you said. They said, oh, is this a response, this massive socialist left, far left progressive wing sprouting up because of an anti Trump of vision. And you said, no, they're not even mentioning Trump. They're winning by almost like the Tea Party did. It laid the groundwork for Steve Bannon and Andrew Breitbart. We're talking America first populist way before anyone else was. It's a smart strategy. Will it be effective and how do you compete?

[Steve Bannon]

Hang on for a sec. Here's what they're doing. When we in particular, when Andrew first came to D.C. back in 2011, when we got the Breitbart embassy, we made an assessment that we were going to have very little impact against Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama and that crowd at first that we had to where we would really have leverage with the Tea Party is to force the hand of the Republican establishment. Remember, it was young guns and Mitch McConnell. Force their hands to become more populous, forced their hand to become more nationalistic. Force their hands on things like immigration. This is why Dave Brat was the forerunner. His victory, amazing victory, was a forerunner to President Trump's victory. Brexit was also things we worked on. What they're doing is quite interesting. Unlike, you know, AOC and Bernie that went off their oligarchs thing. That kind of, as I said, didn't stick the landing and flop. They want to mail immediately to Trump and no kings. When Mandami and those guys are doing, I think is very interesting. They are obviously talking about Trump and they hate this Trump derangement syndrome. But their primary focus is to eviscerate and decapitate the Democratic leadership in the Democratic Party. And look, Michael Bennett, who, as you know, is a darling of the kind of liberal set in the US Senate as Colorado got beat in the primary, they're going after. They're going after, you know, these governorships. They're going after city council seats. They're looking to take out the Democratic leadership. They're using the leverage where they have it now, and they're building a political movement we're going to have to address. People just can't dismiss it as this guy gets bigger and bigger, more powerful. And we have to go to the sources of funding. There's tons of dark money. We saw that in Texas. There is tons of dark money in back of this. We have to go to the puppet masters that are pulling the strings here. And it's an urgent, urgent, urgent. And it's going to play. It's going to play, Eric, in this midterm big league.

[Eric]

Very quickly, Steve, I know I'm eating into your time. Apologize. Rnc, Republican convention midterm, first time they're going to do that. It's going to be in Dallas now strikes me as that would be a great place if you're really concerned about Paxton Tellarico, quick thoughts on that.

[Steve Bannon]

Well, I think they've decided to do it. I mean, there's a lot of controversy. Should we spend the money? Real America's Voices. We're planning on being there. You'll be there, you know, just like we did cpac. I think a lot of people are playing on. We just want to make sure it doesn't divert attention and resources at the very moment. There's two things in September that I would say concern me right now. One is the convention is that we're going to pull that off and do you need that national spotlight when maybe you should be back in These districts, particularly the 10 to 12 districts in battleground states are going to make the difference here that have to be won. The other is President Xi is scheduled to come for a state visit in the last week of September. My just I would very much from Labor Day on 1000% be maniacally focused on those districts to hold serve in the House and to do what we can do to support these senators and make sure that we win in these Senate seats, particularly in places like Ohio, Maine, Alaska, Iowa. I think North Carolina is gone, but I think these other ones could be quite competitive and we're going to have to Michigan. We're going to have to really throw our shoulder to the wheel, Eric. But look, if, if, if, if the convention comes off, real America's voice will be there and bowling and Bannon will be down there and maybe, maybe even do a joint appearance. How about that?

[Eric]

That's what I'm talking about. Stephen K. Bannon, good to have you and, but if you want me tomorrow, I'll absolutely be there. We'll talk about. I'd love to see and compete with Trump that, that, that's if there's no better, no better metaphor for what, what's right and what's wrong with this country.

[Mike Lindell]

Exactly.

[Steve Bannon]

No, this is what I'm saying. This is what I'm saying. He's throwing President Trump had him in the Oval and I thought treated him very well. Posovic asked the toughest question. Tomorrow you see this guy's a. Is President Trump. Say he's a wise guy. This guy is a wise guy. Tomorrow they're already saying this is his counter programming. On the 250th commemoration of our revolution and the revolutionary generation, we're going to have a Ugandan Marxist jihadist lecture the American people on our revolution. So it's going to be quite interesting. Sir, I'd love to have you on. We'll break it all down.

[Eric]

See you tomorrow, Steve. Have a great show.

[Steve Bannon]

Thank you, brother. Now, how long is my, is my cold over? Oh, let's. Okay, we got a cold open. That's amazing, Baboon. We're going to hit it right now in the war room.

[John Solomon]

The FBI is now surging resources into what it is calling a priority investigation. Two officials tell Ms. Now it is related to to the 2020 election in Georgia. That means the nation's most prominent law enforcement agency is now working overtime to find evidence that supports the president's darkest election fraud conspiracy theories in a state he lost to President Biden.

[Katie]

Hey, good morning, Steph. Look, the bottom line up front here is that the Trump administration cannot let go of its obsession with bogus claims of fraud in the 2020 election. And it's enlisted the FBI to try to substantiate those claims. And we learned about this FBI investigation, obviously, when the FBI raided, pursuant to a court order, Fulton county election facilities and seized 600 boxes of ballots and election records back in January. But this shows that this investigation is very much ongoing. And I obtained some documents that show that on orders of FBI Director Cash Patel, the bureau is surging resources right now into this investigation. The documents I got show that they are ordering 260 FBI intelligence analysts from around the country and every field office to devote a number of hours to this investigation. And each one is supposed to make 708 records checks. And I'm told that could be examining social media phone records, looking for connections between subjects of this investigation. We don't know exactly what they're looking at and what they have, but we do know that the affidavit in support of that search warrant was based on largely debunked claims, things that have been already debunked by Republican led investigations in Georgia. And somehow they convinced a magistrate judge to grant them that warrant. And they're still investigating. This is extraordinary. They're using the extraordinary powers of the FBI and its intrusive investigative powers to conduct a criminal investigation to try to essentially stand up false claims that have been debunked by, by Republicans.

[John Solomon]

When you went to the FBI or the DOJ to get comments on this reporting, what do they say about it?

[Katie]

They just flatly declined to comment, which is pretty standard. You're talking about a pending investigation. No, they're not disputing. And in fact, I have, I have internal documents from the FBI and then sources who are explaining to me what these documents mean.

[Donnie]

How far does it appear they're willing to go to find this evidence to make Donald Trump's big lie appear true?

[Unidentified Political Commentator]

As far as they can. And it's not just a passion project. It's a passion revenge project because remember, the Fulton County, Georgia DA indicted Donald Trump and several others for what? His alleged election fraud in Georgia. So this clearly is a payback. So is he investigating himself? Having the FBI investigate himself, but it's clearly a revenge because of the indictment in Fulton County.

[Unidentified Political Analyst]

I also think that incumbent on the administration and everyone involved is saying the Deep State is no longer a viable cop. Out because at this point, if you are still blamed, you know, the courts are going to knock stuff down. You know, the judges are rogue. So we need to evolve. Like, you don't win just by saying, oh, it was really difficult, so we couldn't do this. You need to change your strategy. You can't just sit there and keep blaming the same things. We know it's how it's, we know how it's going to go down. You need to shift the strategy.

[John Solomon]

What fears does this raise for you? I mean, the midterms are less than 150 days away.

[Unidentified Political Analyst]

Well, the fears are, is two part here. One, they are exercising what the president wants to prove to everybody because he's obsessed with saying he was not beaten and that he was robbed. And his ego and his fragile sense of his self worth, even though he's president, is that he's got to try to turn that around. That's what 2020 was about. That's what Rudy Giuliani was sued and almost bankrupt about. But the other part of that is they're trying to put a narrative out that if and when they lose to the Democrats in the midterms, there was something that was going on that was criminal or wrong. We told you they've been lying all along and they've done it again. So they're setting up a scenario for people to not believe in whatever the outcomes will be in November.

[John Solomon]

Then DNI head Tulsi Gabbard was in Fulton county when the FBI first conducted a search a few months ago. Are you hearing whether or not Bill Pulte is involved in this one now? And again, I'm guessing held to the. Yeah, yeah.

[Katie]

My sources believe that the whole purpose of installing Bill Pulte in that job is to focus on election related efforts. And to Donnie's point, why should the American public care about this? Because there are hundreds of FBI analysts devoted to this feckless project who normally should be looking at, for example, connections between terrorist organizations or possible domestic threats or white, large white collar fraud or drug cartels. It's what the FBI isn't doing when they're doing this. And my sources say it's making America more, much less safe because they're devoted not only to this, but dozens of other priorities of the Trump administration that are normally not FBI priorities, including immigration enforcement and other things. And so. But yes, Pulte is absolutely involved, my sources believe, in looking at election issues and they worry a lot about what could happen in these upcoming midterms.

[Donnie]

Steph, can you really Tell me, I mean, are Republicans really just putting their heads in the sand on this? Can you really tell me they're not uncomfortable with the way the Justice Department is going after Donald Trump's political enemies or the way. Way the Justice Department or the dni DNI appears to be trying to uncover all the evidence of a stolen election when the election was not stolen. I mean it seems insane to me to not be concerned about it.

[Unidentified Political Analyst]

Yeah, I think there are some who are and there are others who say, well listen, the Biden justice.

[Donnie]

How can they equate it?

[Unidentified Political Analyst]

Honestly defending it.

[Donnie]

I know, I know. I'm just asking how can they honestly look in the mirror and equate that?

[Unidentified Political Analyst]

They can't. They can't with a straight face at least. Right? I mean, listen, any measure of any honest analysis is that fraud is either non existent or minimal and certainly not impactful in the election. You know, I think there are those who are uncomfortable but are not willing to say it publicly because that's not where the President is. I mean, listen, this is where we are right now as a country and as a, as a legislative body. It ain't pretty. Katie. I don't know what to tell you. It's not pretty. But you know, sometimes you want to shake these people and say, do you believe what you're saying? And I don't physically do that because I might be arrested. But some of them do, many of them don't. And many of them say privately the opposite of what they say publicly.

[Steve Bannon]

Okay, Thursday the 2nd of July, year of our Lord 2026. Ken Delaney in Did he say Think about this for a second folks. So Cash is there investigating. You got Solomon declassifying, you got Pulte doing things. They're all in total freakout mode. You ever seen a freak out like this? Why? Because it's getting to the railhead of the stolen 2020 election of working with foreign interference where these Democrats and establishment Democrats were treasonous to the country. Treasonous. They're so freaked out. They're so freaked out we're going to show the evidence of they knew and if not co conspirators then certainly look the other way or suppress the information. Kendelaney. And they're trying to suck you. They're not doing. It's an opportunity cost. They could be doing all the things that FBI should be doing like immigration enforcement. Screw you dude. How dumb do you think people are? You're a clown. Mouthpiece for the deep state Kandelanean. It's unbelievable. 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But we need you also prioritize the work that is at hand today. So I want to go at least quickly. Media Matters. And they seem to be back on top of things. Madeline Peltz, the great marketing director for the War Room, she left and she's out. I think she's writing a book, right? So she's gone. So we don't get the kind of. Although the new president over there. Forget his name. I think he's doing a great job. He's on msnbcl time. Very smart guy. Of course, he's completely screwed up in his politics, but a very smart guy. But they've got a guy, John Neffel. He's done a really long piece. And remember, when they do these pieces, they're doing it with pure Trump derangement syndrome and hate War Room and hate Maga and you're the worst. But when they do it right, they don't even realize how they're putting things together and connecting dots that are very powerful. This is a long piece. It's not just a clip, which Media Matters normally does. It's called the plot to subvert the midterms is getting stranger and more dangerous. Right Wing in the subheadings, right wing media figures including Steve Bannon, John Solomon and Cleta Mitchell appear to be weaving together a narrative about interference by China in US Elections to justify a national emergency, to curtail voting rights. And then they go through and they really weave what's been going on in War Room over the last couple weeks. And they do it in a very sophisticated way. I strongly recommend everybody read this and I recommend you be a force multiplier and get it out to everybody to read and to understand the. And just to reiterate, you do have multiple angles of attack that's going on to the situation of the stolen elections. Now, clearly we have the Save America Act. The question has gotten to be, is it too late to actually implement if it's passed, and we are very uncertain whether it could get passed. This is how important that the House and the Senate felt that. This is how important they feel it is. They're on vacation again. And yes, I'm all for these people going back to their districts. If they actually went back to their districts or their states to get back with their voters and their citizens and do town halls and get feedback and also the small town parades, all that. I think that's all fantastic. I'm not sure that's what most of these folks do. Right? So, and then, by the way, he should be back at work. Hell, President Trump's on a plane on Tuesday to go to NATO, to go to Turkey for a NATO conference. And you know, he's going to be briefing books and all that on Sunday, Monday. So this guy's working 24 7. They have no interest, in fact, they have counterinterest in passing the Save America act. Zero interest. And they keep talking about how hard it is and how tough it is. Cornyn's out, just, you know, he's dumping on Paxton, he's dumping on Save America, these guys. The Senate has no interest in passing it. And this is why I've said, hey, whether you want to deal with it or not, if you want to hold the Senate and get people motivated, you have to have a leadership fight. Now when you get back, like the 16th of July or after back a couple days, you got to have a leadership fight. And if you don't have a leadership fight, if nobody's prepared to step up and fight for it, then that tells you everything you need to know about the United States Senate. They've done nothing. You've had individuals, the Eric Schmidt's of the worlds and the Hawleys and Mike Lees. You've had some individuals, Marino, you've had certain individuals, right, that Jim Banks, others, you know, a couple handful, half a dozen that have stood up and just been real warriors, but clearly not enough. And as an institution you have to say, hey, look, why are we handling it? They are the human resources department. I mean really what the Senate was basically set up for is be the human resources department. In other words, the confirmation of the executive branch's nominees. As I said, There's 4,000 people that essentially go in and run the government, whether it's Obama or Biden or Trump. Three thousand of those can go in day one with a security clearance and a background check, etc. You don't need any confirmation. Just go in and hit it, get on as long as you pass the vetting. And then you have a thousand essentially that have to go through confirmation. Look, Dave Brat has been one of the reasons Dave hasn't been on the show. I think it's from last summer. I think it was around. It was from last summer that Dave, Brad got tapped to go to be an ambassador and now he's going to be ambassador Australia. His group confirmation doesn't come up, I don't believe until the end of July. I think it'll be almost a year. And you've got many, many people like that. They prioritize judges. But since they haven't given President Trump a recess, an official recess, you don't get a recess appointment. And look, I don't understand why JD and these people are not all over this. They got to be some way, they got to be some way to make the Senate work as an institution and to make it work in conjunction with the executive branch so that we actually have. When you control all three houses or both houses and the White House and the executive branch, you should. Bethat's not divided Government, it's running like divided government because they're treating him like a. They're treating him like a lame duck, if not worse. But the Save America act is a big issue about. Even if passed with the court challenges, et cetera, would you be able to implement it between now and election day? That's why people are talking about this national security emergency of which you would have an executive order. And it would be based upon a predicate of actually finding information, finding evidence that there was a foreign interference, let's say this foreign interference in the 2020 election, in my understanding, and I have not seen the classified information, but my understanding is that there's information coming out about Venezuela and this information coming out about China. Now, when is that going to be presented? Is it next week or the week after, or maybe the week after that? I don't know. But I know people are working on it now today. So you got Pulte, of which they're totally freaked out about. They're trying to get Jay Clayton back up here. I would just have Tom Cotton and all these paragons of national security. Are we going to delve into Clayton's leaving Sullivan and Cromwell in being the general counsel for Alibaba, of which we warned at the time that Alibaba was a part of the military technology infrastructure of the pla, the People's Liberation army and the Chinese Communist Party. And now it's been designated, I think, by the technology group over the Pentagon, over the Department of War to be exactly that. Well, he was general counsel. He stepped out of Asalan Cromwell to go to Alibaba to take it public to do its initial public offering in US Capital markets. Let me repeat this. US Capital markets. Do we know. Can you get that information between now? Because I know that you want to quick march his confirmation. Why do you want to quick march his confirmation? Because he was the managing partner at Sullivan and Cromwell. And yes, President Trump likes him quite a bit. He's a likable guy. He's very competent. But, you know, that's the law firm of John Foster Dulles, and we know he met with thousands of foreign international businessmen as managing director. All those have got to be documented. Are people going through. Do we see where the conflicts are?

[Katie]

No.

[Steve Bannon]

But the heads of national security that say Pulte is the worst thing in human history. The reason they say Pulte's the worst thing in human history, they understand Bill Pulte's over there right now working 22 hours a day, okay, chopping through their BS to get down to the basics. And my understanding, I think people are going to be kind of shocked of what the security, what the deep state kind of held from everybody. You know, why is this information? Why is John Solomon, a very sophisticated guy, very savvy guy, one of the top investigative reporters in town and arguably the top in this area? Why is he. Why is he leading up a task force and finding this information? Why didn't this naturally come out? Why didn't it naturally come out? Who suppressed it? It's not simply the act, but who suppressed the information about the act? I think all that's coming out now, Cash, because they had FBI. The FBI led the raid down in Fulton County, Fulton County, a festering sore. Fulton county, where we did not change the congressman. We didn't do the redistricting. Why Brian Kemp and these guys think it's appropriate. The Republican establishment in Georgia think is just fine. The good old boys down there got a system and they just like keeping that system rolling. Keeps getting them in the. The Georgia legislature. They kind of get their guys in and the executive branch and hey, all outsiders, you know, take it down the road. They got their system and they're going to run it. And you saw how corrupt it is. You saw how crooked it is. So Cash has got a team at the FBI that's actually going through the evidence, going through the ballots. Now, remember, they've sent their biggest people down there. Abby Lowell, right, Norm Isom, they've been fighting to get that evidence back. And they've actually said once they get the evidence back, they're going to burn it. Now, why is that? If Rachel Madden. These people are so confident, why are they. They should be leading the effort to help us go through the information because we know that they are all about free and fair elections. Because isn't that democracy? They don't care about it. You know, they don't care about it. This is the way. If the Democrats can't steal, they can't win. Whether it's machines or phony mail in ballots or illegal aliens on the voter rolls, they can't. Why did they fight the most common sense thing, like voter id, like paper ballots, why did they fight that? Let me repeat. And they hate when I say this, and that's why I love saying it. If you can't cheat and you can't steal, Democrats can't win. Now why is that? Because their policies are so radical and they're kind of a freak show anyway. One Nation under God's gonna take us out. This song is on Fire folks. Now number two in the nation, bracketed by Terrell Swift and Ella Langley. You can get it right now on Apple with the download. Back in a moment. We honor the fallen soldiers who have

[Donnie]

fought and given all 250 years.

[Steve Bannon]

We're still standing tall. One nation under God. May we always be the home of the brave and the land of the people. Listen up patriots. President Trump is dropping a $100 trillion bomb on the globalist. Jerome Powell's term has come to a close and he's installing a real America first Fed chair who will, according to Jim Rickards, slash rates and supercharge our reindustrialization. This is what one man is calling Trump's gift on America's 250th anniversary, unleashing a historic super cycle in American mining rare earths, uranium and gold. The same forces that turned $5,000 into over a million in less than five years during China's booms are hitting here now. Jim Rickards, the former CIA, Pentagon and White House advisor, has the battle plan, the gold royalty stock that could skyrocket in the next few years and the uranium power for AI. Don't miss this. Go to rickardswarroom.com now for a risk free trial of Rickert's strategic intelligence. Get all five free reports for just 49 bucks. 90 days to test it. Love it, or keep the research and get your money back. This is your shot, patriots. America is rising. Make sure you participate once again, rickardswarroom.com for your risk free 90 day trial. Do it and do it today. Here's your host, Stephen K. Banff. Okay, I want to give the devil's due. I want to give this. Philip Patrick, freshly off the plane from London and continental Europe is with us. And he's going to give us some blinding insights. But I want to go the media matters, the headline, you know, the dangerous and strange think we're dangerous and strange. I want to quote from the piece, and this is about this effort we're doing to make sure that we get official details and facts on the 2020 election and then layer on top of that, call a national security emergency and layer on top of that, an executive order that is Save America. Plus plus plus okay, so you guys know you've been following this. The main players here come not only from the fever swamp backwaters of MAGA media. Thank you, head nod there. But also from the office of Director of National Intelligence and the White House. Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon is a central node attempting to advance the operation on His War Room podcast aired on the right wing network Real America's Voice, long a major source of misinformation about the 2020 election. Media Matters, thank you very much. Not a better way for us to roll into the weekend of commemorating the 250th anniversary of the revolution that won the freedom of our country on July 4th. Kicked it off with the birth of the nation. We're going to cover it all very closely. I want to thank you. Fantastic. That's why you got to read that. And please share it now. Politico, off the article this morning, did their own podcast. I'm gonna play the podcast. In fact, you open the mic, I'll tell you where to stop it. Just start it. And Philip Patrick is going to join us right after that.

[Politico Reporter]

Let's go ahead and grab Steve Bannon told me that, you know, he sees Colorado as proof essentially that the US Is in this, you know, transformational political moment. And he says neither party has totally caught on, though he said Republicans are starting to. So he told me, quote, we are facing a new politics. We're seeing the dying of the old politics before us. You're seeing it burn to the ground around you. Now, what I thought was really interesting, he described Mamdani and Democratic socialists as sort of a Tea Party moment for Democrats, obviously one he totally disagrees with ideologically. But he said that they've been really smart in not running against Trump, but the people who think that they should be stopping Trump and aren't, that is the Democratic establishment. So he described it as like this very sophisticated argument and told me that it's very clearly resonating with a fresh, frustrated Democratic base. And what he told me is the only way that Republicans can combat it is with massive and intense voter engagement. That is, they need to jit up the core of their base as well by leaning into populist economic principles. He told me that Republicans, you know, responses to Democrats here have just been totally insufficient. He said you can't take Democrats calls with free rent and just brush them off and say, no, you can't have free rent when the prices are, in his words, too damn high. And he also said that Republicans can't just run against Mamdani as a boogeyman. He said you have to give people an alternative.

[Republican Strategist]

That's so interesting because everything we've heard from the Republican machine so far and indeed from the opponents of some of these politicians is essentially, they're kind of delighted that this is happening. They see this when I say they I'm Talking about Republicans more broadly, certainly on the Hill, as an opportunity, they see this as Democrats making a major historic blunder, essentially giving them at least the opportunity, the Republicans, to frame the Democrats as moving much further to the left than people want. Being able to frame these people, as you say, is essentially boogeyman, Donald Trump, we've heard it nearly every day this week. They're a threat to the country, the United States is under siege, blah, blah, blah. Pearl harbor, he was quite ridiculously comparing it to. But you know, regardless, like, that is very much the unifying theme. Steve Bannon sees it totally different. He thinks these guys have a winning message and he thinks that Republicans and establishment Democrats, in fact, are way behind the curve in dealing with it.

[Politico Reporter]

This is the challenge for Republicans. You know, they passed this housing bill that has this institutional investor ban. But, you know, a lot of folks on sort of the conservative populist side think that's a great start, but it doesn't go nearly far enough to addressing voters real frustrations about the cost of living, about the cost of housing, you know, about the insufficiency of what they see as Washington's response. Now, I think it's worth noting that Bannon did tell me that he does think that this can be an opportunity for Republicans, but he says that sort of establishment Republicans have just failed to message this adequately and that that's the problem. He says, in you know, his words, the, the far right has done a good job of messaging this, but that is not being adopted by candidates right now. But by and exceptions like Ken Paxton, who he's been very supportive of. But by and large, he's not seeing the kind of, you know, anti establishment populist messaging from the sort of slate of establishment Republican candidates. And he said that, you know, Republican candidates ignore this Democratic enthusiasm at their own peril.

[Steve Bannon]

It's like when they're on Kudlow in the afternoon, Larry's a good guy. But they're on Kudlow in the afternoon and they're screaming about the guy's offering free rent. Well, listen, for a lot of people who are not engaged in politics, that would be the critical voters you need to bring. Remember the low information, low propensity voter which is central to the Trump victories. When they're sitting on the TV and they're broke and they see guys that are worth a trillion dollars and the concentration of wealth and all this free rent sounds pretty good. Now, you can compete with that, but you have to get very focused and talk about what, as I said in the article, or said in the interview, we have a capitalist system with very few capitalists. And you're not going to take

[Unidentified Political Analyst]

a

[Steve Bannon]

copy of Milton Friedman and throw it at him or Ayn Rand Atlas shrug and throw it at him and think that that's going to deliver a victory. It ain't okay. It's not. You've got to be very creative and think through this and come at them and combat them with the populist policies on the right that work. And if you just sit back and you're gonna say, hey, he's a book. Look, Daily Mail's got it up from that interview and from what I said and we've said on the show. Daily Mail's headline and we'll put this up in a minute. One of their lead stories, Steve Bannon's chilling two word warning as Marxist jihadists revolt claims a new scalp out west. They are Marxist jihadists. They just have a thin veneer of populism on it. But that has to be exposed. But if people just sit there and think, oh, I can just call them socialists and that's going to do it. That ain't going to do it. It's not going to do it. Particularly when you have these generations come up that have been formed by Howard Zinn. And remember, higher up the food chain and education, you go, the more radical the kids are, the higher up to these, as I think they've proven in this New York City, the elite prep schools, it's so radical there. And then those are all feeder schools because the parents worked like hell to get them in, in pre K. And they go right to Brown and to Harvard and to Yale. And these people are so radicalized, they're not sitting here this weekend reading Eric Metaxas Revolution and sharing it with the family. Okay? So you have to deal with the situation you have and we have to understand you're here from Mondame to marry. They've got a very different vision of this country, the oppressed and the oppressors. And for all the working class and middle class people out there that hump it every day and work your fingers to the bone, they think you're the oppressors. Philip Patrick, just back from Europe. Talk to me about capital markets. Where do you think we are now? We're still running up these massive tabs. But right now you've had a shake at $2.3 trillion last week. Wiped off of the MAG7 on the equity markets, bond markets still a little shaky. Where do you think we are, sir? With the war still on Although President Trump's trying to bring it to its ultimate conclusion here, at least to open up the Strait or Hormuz, to work with the Persians to open up Hormuz. Your thoughts, sir?

[Philip Patrick]

Look, I think that we've been sort of in a speculative bubble for a long, long time. We have fueled capital markets through printed money, low interest rates for a large portion of the last 15 years. And it looks like we're coming to the tail end of that bubble. We've got AI giving GDP a boost, but we're going to have to see how that plays out. Inflation still persistent here in the United States. I think the Iran war will come to an end soon. How long that will last, we're going to have to wait and see. But listen, I think that we have a crash on the horizon that has been long overdue. And I think for a long time, policymakers have been kicking the can further down the road, juicing asset prices. A section of Americans are benefiting significantly from that, but the overwhelming majority, I think, are still struggling. And that's why, you know, headline numbers look very strong. Job numbers are good. GDP numbers are good. Inflation, I expect, will be coming down soon. But the lived reality for most Americans is very, very tough. Wealth is sort of splitting right. The wealthy are getting much, much wealthier. But I think most people are struggling in this climate. Wages aren't keeping pace with prices. And as long as that's happening, it's going to be very tough on households. So we'll have to see. The AI bubble or the AI thing is going to be a big test, but we're going to have to see. But I think we've got some volatility on the horizon. I think it's been due for a long, long, long time.

[Steve Bannon]

You said the C word crash. Let me go to this. Trump is a response to the 2008 financial collapse and the recovery and the bailouts caused the Federal Reserve and this is the Lords of Easy Money. Christopher Leonard walks through it from the minutes of the Fed. They knew they were bailing out the system. They were bailing out the elites, the elite investment banks, GE Capital, the commercial banks, the hedge funds. They were bailing it out on the back of the working class with zero interest rates. Right? They knew it at the time. And people in this audience didn't get a bailout. Heck, two thirds of the African Americans and Hispanics that had a chance to buy a home just got wiped out. Their equity got wiped out when they had these adjustable mortgage rate loans. So on the backs of the working class, middle class, they basically bailed out the elites. That led to the populist revolt. That was Donald Trump. To put America first again and put American citizens first. Mandami of these are kind of a reaction to the policies of the pandemic and the massive infusion of capital. And this inflation, the affordability is all under Biden. That's a natural response to that. And now you've got two sets of populist economics. Now, look, like I said in the Daily Mail, it's a Marxist jihadist revolt. But when you say crash, do you mean driven by the politics or just driven by the capital and financial markets?

[Philip Patrick]

I think driven by both. And by the way, I think you're absolutely correct. I mean, the left have lost their minds. And I think Trump is a response to that. But as somebody who grew up in Britain, I think the international warning, and I read your article, is very clear. I think the danger isn't simply that socialism has suddenly become fashionable. I think this is what happens when, as you said, capitalism stop producing capitalists. For generations, people were told, work hard, save your money, buy a home, build a business, and acquire a genuine stake in your country. But at least across Britain and Europe, that the ladder has been pulled sort of further and further out of reach. Across the European Union, for example, house prices have written risen roughly 65% in a decade. In much of England, the ordinary home costs six to eight times what an ordinary workers earns annually. And when somebody comes along like a Mandani type, promising free rent and price controls, you know, government ownership, people don't support them necessarily because they're fans of Karl Marx, right? It's because the existing system no longer offers them a chance to succeed. Now, the socialist cure, what they always offer, I think ultimately just makes the disease worse, right? Price controls discourage construction. Government promises require higher taxes and higher borrowings. And redistribution simply cannot be a substitute for production.

[Steve Bannon]

Yeah, that's the road to perdition. Hang on for a second. That's the road to perdition. But when you're sitting there and you're one of the 39.5%, particularly working age men, that are not part of the labor force, right? And you're going full Lebowski, right? The big Lebowski. You're sitting there, a guy talking about free rent. Hey, why not? The oligarchs are taking everything else. We have a capitalist system with very few capitalists. That's called an oligarchy. This is the problem. I've got a solution, or at least one of the solutions is not universal basic income. I don't it's not a redistribution. Let's let's say a allocation reallocation. By the way, they're already talking open air given the government 5%. We don't want the government to get 5%. Elon Musk is mentioning because they fear my solution, government. We don't want government ownership of intel. We don't own 10%. We want the American citizens people, the citizens of this nation to have equity stake, particularly when it's based upon government contracts and government research. Folks, come on, man, you're the ones doing it. You're making it happen every day. Short commercial break the Philip Patrick is with us from Birch Gold. Short break War Room here's your host, Stephen K. Banner. Birch Gold Take your phone out, text Bannon B A N N O N 989898, get access to my man Philip Patrick, his entire team and you can talk to him about for a qualifying purchase right now and he'll walk you through the logic of that. You get a free 1 oz silver round, not a coin around. By the way, the book Revolution's number three this week, New York Times bestseller, been on a run, Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the Earth. So Philip Patrick only got a couple minutes. And by the way, I'm going to hold all of Philip Patrick's amazing analysis. We're going to get back to him Monday or Tuesday of next week. Philip Patrick, you were an Englishman, now you're an American. Like most revolutionary generation all started as Englishmen and ended up Americans. And so this weekend, are you torn? I mean, how does an Englishman that's now an American, like our revolutionary generation, how do you handle it?

[Philip Patrick]

It's a little awkward in my household, but all joking aside, I'm very happy for 4th of July. This country has given me honestly everything I have. So I couldn't be prouder than to be an American. My accent says otherwise, but I'll be celebrating, I'll be barbecuing and I'll be doing all the American stuff this weekend. So I'm very excited and I love it.

[Steve Bannon]

Philip where do people go?

[Philip Patrick]

Very simple. Birchgold.com Bannon they can text Bannon to 989-898, get access to a lot of free information. End of the Dollar Empire reports how and why to invest in precious metals under a Trump administration. So Bannon to 989-898 or birchgold.com Bannon

[Steve Bannon]

thank you, Philip Patrick, appreciate you taking time away. Just when you got Back to join us. Look forward to seeing you next week.

[Philip Patrick]

Happy 4th for the weekend to you and everyone.

[Steve Bannon]

Thank you, brother. Go. They get tons of information. There's no, no obligation. Now, we do have Oscar Blue Ramirez. We don't. Okay. We're trying to get Oscar Blue Ramirez. Oscar's on assignment down in Venezuela. Mike Lindell, let's get you on. We'll go to Oscar before we go and toss over the. John Solomon, are you back? You're now officially back. You're on the campaign trail. You're not in North Dakota today.

[Mike Lindell]

I'm delivering signs today, Steve, all over the state of Minnesota with my teams. We're delivering over 3,000 signs today and 17,000 more to go.

[Steve Bannon]

Okay, so are you having. What are you doing over the 4th of July? I know you're celebrating the country's birth, but you're also running for office. Are you tying those together over the weekend?

[Mike Lindell]

Yeah, we're doing. It's Minnesota's biggest parade we have in Delano, Minnesota, and we're doing the parade there, giving out the little pillows we did a couple weeks ago and campaigning all through Delano for two days.

[Steve Bannon]

Okay, so talk to us about deals, people going into the 4th of July. 4th of July is also known because this is the United States of America. Besides the commemoration, also known for great Fourth of July deals. What do you got for us? What do you got for the Warren Posse who love you and have your back?

[Mike Lindell]

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[Steve Bannon]

Take care. Take advantage of it. Okay, Mike, tomorrow, Mandami, I think it's gonna be in the morning, is going to have a counter a pre bottle of President Trump's historic speech out of Mount Rushmore. I'm gonna get you a couple of clips and in the morning we're gonna talk to you. So thank you so much for coming on. We look forward to seeing you tomorrow morning.

[Mike Lindell]

We'll see you in the morning. See you.

[Steve Bannon]

Thank you, brother. Okay, we have a developing situation, we have a team of Javier and we've got the great Oscar Blue Ramirez. He's been in Venezuela reporting on our Hispanic channel. This horrible tragedy down there with the earthquake. We now have Oscar Blue Ramirez. Oscar, I understand you're in front of. There's an ongoing tragedy in Venezuela in a building I think I've heard there's a thousand people trapped.

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

Yes, the tragedy is catastrophic, Steve. The thousands of people that they have reported to be dead, thousands of people that they are still underneath the rubble, underneath the concrete, underneath this collapsed buildings. And it is rescue groups from the United States and help from the United States of America have arrived like this, sir that has been with you on the War Room. And he wants to just explain the epicenter and what is, how, what is. Does he see as he arrived right here.

[Search and Rescue Team Leader]

Steve, good to see you. Always, always nice to see a familiar face. Ran into one of your guys here. Can you hear me clearly?

[Steve Bannon]

Sure, yes, heard perfectly. Just tell us what's going on. Give us your assessment, sir.

[Search and Rescue Team Leader]

So obviously the, the way this, these buildings are built, the, the steel's not there, unreinforced masonry, boom that they built really poorly. And so with this type of earthquake, everything gets exposed engineering wise. We've been on search and rescue since several days. Right behind it had, it had some major issues as to getting into the country. I reached out to General Flynn. He did an incredible job of reaching out to Mark Rubio to get our visas permits so rescue team can push in. All our guys are CERT and SAR certified, you know, with the task force. And right now we're, we're on a developing one that we've been on for the last two days. There's a supermarket, multi story and it collapsed on top of that supermarket. And from the last confirmed information we got, there's 13 people that are trapped in that building. So we got heavy equipment out there with the hoist, the rigging crew. We also got the bucket trucks working. And Max here is one of the top surgical search and rescue guys right here leading the entire incident command, managing the, the hoist, the bucket trucks and all the crew. And we have a team that we worked with in Hurricane Otis. I, I think he reported on that when we were down there with search and rescue Mexico. Mexico. So it's srp, the SAR team in search and rescue Mexico. And then we have a team coming in right now from Israel. They're on their way here and we're putting all our assets in.