
WarRoom Battleground EP 791: History Of Bunker Hill; Adjudicating The CCP Steal In 2020; What Is The CCP Involvement In Iran ...
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Stephen K. Bannon
On the right, we have a big difference of opinion here, but unlike the left, we're not afraid to show it. And, you know, all the players involved. So I guess I got to ask you, I want to talk about that thing. Should it matter that the mood of America, they voted for a guy who wanted to concentrate on America. First we got the guy in and now we're here almost participating in a war. How do you explain that? Say to your MAGA friends, you know, the Tuckers and the Bannons, you know, or then you have the other side, the Rubio's and the Mike Waltzes. How do you, what do you say?
Steve Cortez
So I observed America first up front and personal in term one. And what I learned about President Trump, he's a man of action, not words. He's not a novel Chamberlain. He is a Churchill. He is not someone who sits in a beach chair and lets history happen to him. He makes history. He acts strategically. He acts when it's in our interest. When he took out Soleimani, when he took out Al Baghdadi, when he acted in Syria, when they used chemical weapons on their own people, every dictator in the world observed that. And you know what happened? Putin, for the first time in four presidencies, did not invade a sovereign country the last and final year of his presidency. Not a single American troop died in Afghanistan. You look ISIS dismantled. He's not words, he is action. How is Bannon and the folks that you mentioned and the people advocating for just sitting back and taking it easy? How are they any different than Biden's foreign policy? Biden's foreign policy was I say don't and Putin does. I say don't and the Taliban takes over Afghanistan. I say don't and two global wars start on my watch. That is the Biden foreign policy. That is by no definition America first. Iran has had five decades, five decades, almost half a century to talk. And what they've done instead, kill 609American troops in Iraq? What they've done is put an assassination plot on President Trump's head. What they've done is take American hostages and wreak havoc on the world. America first is not sitting in a beach chair and using words. It's taking decisive action when we can take out Fordeaux, the one swoop of an airplane.
Kayleigh McEnany
This is the primal scream of a dying regime. Pray for our enemies because we're going medieval on these people. There's not got a free shot. All these networks lying about the people. The people have had a belly full of it. I know you don't like hearing that. I know you try to do everything in the world to stop that, but you're not going to stop it. It's going to happen.
Stephen K. Bannon
And where do people like that go.
Kayleigh McEnany
To share the big lie?
Stephen K. Bannon
MAGA MEDIA I wish in my soul, I wish that any of these people had a conscience.
Kayleigh McEnany
Ask yourself, what is my task and what is my purpose? If that answer is to save my country, this country will be saved.
Stephen K. Bannon
War ROOM here's your host, Stephen k. Band.
Kayleigh McEnany
Tuesday, 17 June. Your Valor 2025 I think you just saw there and I think it's perfectly laid out. That's the type of infantile thinking that get you into, get you into situations like Iraq for 20 years, Afghanistan for 20 years and to be sucked in here. Certainly we support President Trump's actions, but the actions don't always have to be with the Israeli military. There's many form of actions and President Trump's been taking action. He's an action, action, action guy. He does not sit around a beach chair. But to sit there and say all the action has got to be kinetic and have to be something that's, let's be blunt, we haven't been dealt straight with. You've got, you've got amazing reporting coming out of the Wall Street Journal today, the New York Times, other places that are multi source and have not been refuted by the, by the White House talking about this difference in intelligence information, what came on, how this process went down. And you get kinetic in this situation because what the Israelis are looking for is regime change. Let's be blunt, this is not about the nuclear program. Let's have an adult conversation, not sit there and rattle off talking points. And I think Greg Gutfeld set that thing up perfectly. There is a big difference of opinion here. It's not that people don't, don't support the president and say this is America first, the president doing that. No, everybody supports the president. He's got the toughest job in the world, particularly with all the craziness going on. And you know, we do think you've got to triage what the important things are. We don't think inasmuch as Fox News wants to beat the toxins exactly like they did in Afghanistan, exactly like they did in Iraq. This is just a replay. Now. They got to play some catch up ball. They got, play some, some, some quick catch up because people, they haven't had a chance to just beat the drums over a couple of years like they did leading up to March 19th March of 2003, shock and awe, which they were all beating themselves, pounding on the chest, how great it was. And then you saw how he got sucked in there day after day, week after week for what, 10, 15, 20 years, $7 trillion. If you look at the debt that our country has 9 trillion of us associated with Iraq and Afghanistan, that may be able to be avoided. President Trump and JD's got a good post up. If Grace you would put that up and answer trying to, trying to answer some questions about the intelligence, particularly what Tulsi Gabbard said a while ago. The president has been very consistent and we've been consistent on the show that the Persians cannot have a nuclear weapon. Right. The mullahs are too crazy. That is a given. Now there's certain ways to get to your objective. What we find very disturbing is this looks like, and I'll just say it bluntly, it looks like a way that Netanyahu to save his, to save his, to save his, his prime ministership over there. And we had people go back and look at last night, Yoram Hazani kind of corrected me. He said no, he wasn't at 30%, he's 51%. We went back and did the research and sounded like before he started this bo, he had like 60 or 70 of the people wanting toss out. He's clearly been in political problems. He saw this as a solution. And it's not to say that the Persians are not a solution and it's not a problem. It's not to say their nuclear weapons program was not a big problem, but was. He even said the other night on Fox News that It would be 12 to 13 months before they had a weapon. Okay, 12 to 13 months. Did you have to go last Thursday? Did that have to happen? That question still hasn't been answered us and now President Trump's got to work through all the alternatives. And we are pre positioning assets, major assets, naval and air assets in the region to give the President an option, a potential military option also. I think it puts enormous leverage and allows him to negotiate even better. And President Trump said the whole beginning of this that he didn't want to get into any more foreign wars. He didn't get more forever wars. But he was very precise when he took the, in the campaign trail, but even more when he took the presidency. This is what the engagement with the Russians to try to have a stand down in Ukraine. This is why he cut the economic deal with Ukraine. This is why he's been on Gaza as much as he doesn't like it as much as he told Bibi time and again, you got to get this thing done. You can't just drag it out as much as he said, hey, with the Persians, with the Iranians, I'm going to negotiate. And they've been and I think he feels that they were trying to tap him along. He's not going to be tapped along. So this is quite complex. But we just can't put which a lot of Fox is doing. And clearly Gutfeld's not one of the he laid it out pretty well, I think. But you know, we don't watch a lot of Fox, but we've been watching it non stop for the last couple days because our crank Frank, our production crew is amazed by Lindsey Graham. He's like a character out of the Simpsons. He's just up there like a little dog yammering all the time, just putting this vitriol that you've got to go tonight. You have to go today first. I'm not so sure how much of their nuclear program I realize for Dura has not been taken down, but I'm not so sure how much of their military infrastructure even exists. The Israelis have air supremacy over Tehran right now, air supremacy. And the Iranians keep talking about these ballistic missile assaults. They're going to do well, maybe they, maybe they are. But at least the ones it looks like they are declining over time. The Israelis have said that they've got air, air superiority, I think air supremacy over the airspace in Persia, which I think is a big shock to the people in Tehran. Right. So I'm not even sure when you negotiate on the nuclear side. I'm not even sure how much is left. I think it looks like they're pushing now for regime change, which is this unconditional surrender. Just remember, we don't want to be drawn in to Persia for the next 20 years, particularly when President Trump is making so just at the very moment you're winning. This is why we had so much economic news in the first hour. Look, there are really good things coming out of President Trump's policies. You can see it in the math. Scott Best and the team over treasury working with the nac, working with President Trump, working with Peter Navarro. The the deals are coming together. You're starting to see some manufacturing come back. You're seeing the growth in wages. Everything President Trump did in the first term when the CCP determined they didn't want to do a deal with him to be subservient, that's what they viewed. And to come after him and take him out first with the pandemic starting in late 2019 and into the 2020. And now we know, and we've got Ava on here. In a little while, he's going to talk about how John Solomon. And there's more breaking news on that. John Solomon has Cassius put out where the CCP was trying to get directly involved into the mail in ballot situation, because they saw, just like we saw in the show, the simplest way to do this through the mail in ballots. Yes, you could have machines. We're just not a machine guy. For the simple reason is the machines have always struck me as way too complicated for what they're supposed to do. So there probably is something there. But there was such a simple solution in the mail in ballots. And you saw what the CCP thought, the same thing. Why? To take out President Trump. President Trump's on a roll again. And plus, it's so much different than the first term. Remember, in the first term we ran, it was about securing the border and building a wall and everything that had to happen there. We had not had an invasion by the US government allowed it. That allowed, I don't know, 10 to 20 million illegal alien invaders here in the country. And you see what happens when ICE tries to go and to try to make these rage right now. First off, ICE is too much in its old mindset. And I get that from people that are working with them, saying, hey, they're great people, but they kind of got this old mindset that you've got, you know, you got to get an order, you got to go to the House three or four times. You have to take photographs. It takes forever. And 20 agents to get one, one guy out. You can't do that now when you got 10 to 20 million, you have to have mass deportations. You got to go round them up, roll. We're winning on that. This civil war, they've decided in the streets, they're not winning politically. You saw Steve Cortez's numbers. That is one of the most important polls that's been done. And it's a good poll. It's a solid poll. A very good poll, in fact. And the numbers blow you away. I mean, these are numbers with sixes in front of it of support from Hispanics, from middle class, from the working class, right? From young voters, from old voters. Boom. They support mass deportations. And we can't. We can't take our eye off that at the very moment we're winning on the most important front, which is here in the United States to make sure we repel the invaders. On top of it, we have this whole complexity on this bill that's going to come up. And obviously there's a couple of speed bumps in this thing that have to be addressed. You can't divert your attention people. The public only have so much, you know, the. And it's not any one individual in the public. The public collectively can only deal with so many major things at one time. And now you're adding a lot of complexity. So. And the president's looking at alternatives. People should know that. But they're just not down on this is people sitting at the beach and it's action, action, action. Let's go bomb. That's kind of. Kaylee, no offense, and I realize you went to Harvard, so we won't hold it against you. Kaylee's. A lot of people don't know as a graduate of Harvard Law School, it's just not let's go bomb some stuff because we want action. You have to think it through and you have to think it downrage. The last thing this country wants, the last thing President Trump wants is to be dealing with a massive humanitarian crisis on another failed Middle east regime like in Syria. This one will be. This is 10x what Syria is, that collapses. And all of a sudden they're calling for the United States humanitarian. Look what's happening in Gaza. When they're calling the United States to do something that is 1/100th of what Persia will be. Right? What will. Persia will be. And so we have to be very, very, very. You have to really think this thing through. And that's what President Trump has spent so much time on it. That's why he's going to the National Security Council. That's why he flew back. President Trump is not. He ain't going to jump into this. He's going to think it through. And even when he takes an action, he's going to want optionality off that action, other options. That's the way he negotiates. That's the way he rolls. Today is very important. I've got one of my favorite people here, Patrick K. O' Donnell. It's the 250th anniversary of one of the most important days in our history, the Battle of Bunker Hill. Let's go. We got a cold open for Patrick K. O' Donnell and then we'll bring him in. Let's rip.
Steve Cortez
150Th anniversary of the founding of America is just a year away. The battle for independence began right here in Massachusetts. And this weekend marks 250 years since the Battle of Bunker Hill. And we're going to introduce you to.
Kayleigh McEnany
The reenactors set to bring the battle to life in present day.
Patrick K. O'Donnell
We're in the 250th, obviously, of the American Revolution right now. And it all started right here. I'm Israel Putnam and I will be commanding the provincial forces here in the colony. They called him Old putt. He was 57 at the time. Israel Putnam was an experienced soldier. He was born up on the north shore, moved to Connecticut, but he had served during the French and Indian War. So he was an experienced officer when the revolution happened. Now at the Battle of Bunker Hill, he technically was in charge at the actual battle.
Kayleigh McEnany
Company will advance.
Patrick K. O'Donnell
My name's Eric Chetwin. I've been a reenactor for about 49 years. My father actually started during the bicentennial, when all the. All the towns around here had militia groups and were celebrating, obviously, the 200 and so he made it a family thing.
Kayleigh McEnany
Fire.
Patrick K. O'Donnell
If you think of Boston in 1775, it's under occupation by the British Army. So there's actually a siege, right? We've had Lexington and Concord, the shot heard around the world, and the militia from all the surrounding colonies have come together and formed a siege line around Boston, trapping the British in the city.
Kayleigh McEnany
Shoulder your firelux.
Patrick K. O'Donnell
Artemus Ward, overall provincial commander, ordered Israel Putnam and several groups, including William Prescott's regiment, to go to Bunker Hill, build a redoubt, fortify the place so that the British could not just come and easily take it. The British don't realize they're there yet. In the morning, as the sun rises, the harbor is filled with British ships, and the lively HMS Lively is one of them. Suddenly see the fort and start opening fire on the fort. From there, a general cannonade starts to form on the British side, where they're now firing at the fort. So that's sort of the opening battle of Bunker Hill.
Kayleigh McEnany
Ceasefire. Ceasefire.
Patrick K. O'Donnell
Israel survived, and he went on to do more things in the American Revolution. And to the right, shortly after Bunker Hill, George Washington arrives. The Continental Congress has decided that we don't need a New England army. We need a Continental or US Equivalent army. Washington takes charge of that, which leads to the kind of the birth of the modern American army. We're here to tell their story. If you can walk away with a little bit of the story and you go, oh, I didn't know that about that. That's our goal. We're representing those stories.
Kayleigh McEnany
Okay, one of your many areas of expertise. Patrick K. O' Donnell is initial of the formation of the United States Army. We commemorated the birth of it on Saturday, the 250th birthday. And now the Battle of Bunker Hill. Walk me through this, sir. What happened at Bunker Hill? The. The nascent American army took on one of the toughest armies in the world, the British army at the time. Walk us through what happened on this day.
Stephen K. Bannon
Members of my family were at Lexington and Concord, and they fought the militia, the Minutemen. They fight the, you know, the 750 men that General Gage sends to disarm the Americans, take their cannon and gunpowder away at Concord. And then what happens is there's a siege around Boston, and, you know, more than 10,000 patriots descend on Boston and siege it and cut off land access to Boston. And it's at this point in the summer that a stalemate takes place. And then it's on June 14, 1775, where Congress makes the extraordinary step of appointing a commander in chief. That's General George Washington, and then forms 10 rifle companies. These are the, you know, the greatest badasses in America. Ten, you know, these are men from the backwoods that can shoot and aim and put a, you know, put a ball in somebody's head at 200 and 300 yards. And they're coming from, you know, seven companies are coming from Pennsylvania, two are coming from Virginia, and one is coming from Maryland. Pennsylvania, this is called a rage military, where the, you know, basically there is a war fever that takes place and everybody is enlisting. And there are actually nine companies that form in Pennsylvania, and they have to make that. That, you know, nearly 300 mile march on foot up, you know, from Pennsylvania, from Virginia, all the way up to the siege of Boston. And, you know, as they're doing that, the Battle of Bunker, Bunker Hill takes place. And this is a situation where the British receive reinforcements. General Gage receives reinforcements in the form of General Howe and thousands of British regulars. And they're trying to, you know, basically improve their position around Boston and take the high ground. And one of those positions is Bunker Hill, because Charleston overlooks the. The city of Boston. And from there, they realize that the Patriots can. Can take artillery and actually bombard Boston itself. So on the 17th, they plan to attack. Patriots get word that that is going to happen, and they move in and start to fortify the high ground. They build a redoubt, and then they move in, you know, nearly 2,000, a little more than 2,000 men to hold off the British assault that takes place in the late in the morning of June 17, 1775.
Kayleigh McEnany
So talk to me about the 2000, because the Continental, the newly formed Continental Army. By the way, what's the French term for war fever? This is amazing. I'm still rage military. It's. It's called what?
Stephen K. Bannon
Rage militaire.
Kayleigh McEnany
Rage militaire. I'm stealing, I'm stealing one from Paso. Big day. I'm stealing one from Patrick K. O' Donnell. This is a situation I think a little bit of that's going around Washington, D.C. right now. Patrick K. O' Donnell never a little bit of rage.
Stephen K. Bannon
Better and easier than in, in the summer of 1775. And then it became a hell of a lot harder as you have eight years of long war with the, the American Revolution against the greatest power in the world. And it's, but it's at Bunker Hill you have, you know, Minutemen and basically militia companies that form that are, that are going to hold this high ground on the, on the morning of June 17th. And, you know, what happens is the British have, you know, the greatest navy in the world. They, they, they take their forges and they, they create hotshot with. They, they basically take their, their cannonballs and place them in forges and then they fire upon the town of Charleston, which is at the neck or before Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill, and they fire Charleston. So they, they are afraid of marksmen or snipers that could be in the building. So they torch that place. And then they, they begin to land. And it's how that, you know, says, look, this thing is only 100 and, you know, 10 yards high. This should be easy ground for trained regulars to be able to disperse the rabble of the American, you know, the American militia at the, at the time. And it's Henry Clinton, who's his subordinate commander, who suggests that they cut off the neck and, and basically, you know, basically envelop the Americans. But he's overruled. And they, they plan initially what looks like a frontal assault, but, but how is actually kind of planning to move towards the right in the mystic river and then flank the Americans and attack the redoubt that's on the top of the hill.
Kayleigh McEnany
They had dug in pretty well. The 2000. Give me a makeup. We got a couple of minutes. Or give me the makeup of the 2000 that have been put together. These are the ones that trained down in Cambridge, right in the.
Stephen K. Bannon
That's Cambridge, but you've got Connecticut, you've got Connecticut. You've got people from New Hampshire, you've got people from the colonies. In the north, primarily the Southern, the southern men from the riflemen that I mentioned that are part of the continental army, those 10 plus companies, they won't arrive until the first week of August. But the rest of these men are New Englanders and they're hardy men. And most of them are. Many of the commanding officers are experienced. They had been in the French and Indian War. They had fought in the provincial forces. Many of them had actually been Rogers Rangers. John Stark, for instance, been a member of Rogers Rangers. So they're, they're familiar with bush fighting and just, and just fighting on their own. And they're just tough, tough, you know, tough company commanders or you know, some cases battalion commanders.
Kayleigh McEnany
When you talk about company and battalion commanders, remember these people, like in the Civil War, these people had never really fought this type of complexity and next thing you know, they're thrown into and they perform pretty well. Walk off. You're a combat historian, you don't do a lot of happy talk, you know, grand strategy. You're a combat historian. How intense was the British assault upon this redoubt?
Stephen K. Bannon
Sir, this was a, this was a situation where the British completely thought it was going to be a cakewalk at the beginning of the battle, that they were going to be able to overwhelm these Americans, these hicks that didn't, weren't able to fight is what they thought. But they were soon given a taste of really bitter reality. When, you know, how makes his first attack and he loses a tremendous number of, of his officers and men. They are just mowed down and he's continuing to pivot to the right. It fails again and they make one last charge.
Kayleigh McEnany
Well, hang on. The reason the pivot, reason the pivot. The reason the pivot did. The reason the pivot didn't work. I want the audience understand this. There was like a hail of gunfire. I mean the Americans, one thing they knew how to do was shoot and reload. And I don't think the British were quite ready for that because they thought in combat that these farmers and you know, these hicks would panic. They didn't panic. In fact, they were pretty steely eyed. That's what caught the British on the way.
Stephen K. Bannon
The British maneuvers and John Stark tells his men to aim for the gators, to aim for their feet and their lower, you know, extremities because they are on the high ground and they have to fire down. There's a real danger in most cases where if you fire for the whites of their eyes, which may have been honored, but you will typically fire over their heads. So they're aiming low and they're hitting their mark. They're also aiming for the men with the epaulets. The officers are taking out leadership positions. But the real problem that they have, Steve, is a lack of gunpowder. And this is something that George Washington is horrified when he arrives in Cambridge only a week or so later that there are, you know, several weeks later, that there are there's only nine rounds per man that the army has. They run out of gunpowder on the top of a breed's hill and they're, they're able to repulse each one of these attacks, but they are running, they run out of powder and it's the, the lack of powder, the lack of supplies that will change the course of the battle.
Kayleigh McEnany
Hang on for one second, Patrick. I'm gonna hold you through the break. And we've also got a very discussion we need to have at the Chinese Communist Party and what's happening in Persia. Also evidence now that the CCP, as we have said on this show from 2020, tried to step in and steal the election from President Trump because they looked at him as the singular worse figure to come up and take down that brutal dictatorship. Taxes you see with these deficits, what's going to happen? The big beautiful bill we'll be talking about this week, these deficits. 800-958-1000, Tax Network USA they've already solved a billion dollars of tax issues for folks just like yourself. We got a letter from the irs. If you're late filing all of it, don't panic, call the experts. 800-958-1000 or go to tnusa.com promo code Bannon. Get a free analysis, a free assessment of where you stand on your taxes with the irs, because the IRS needs every penny they can get. Make sure that every penny they get from you is what you actually owe. Short commercial break 800-958-1000, Tax Network USAShort commercial break Patrick K. O' Donnell, the Other Side this July, there is a global summit of BRICS nations in Rio de Janeiro. The block of emerging superpowers including China, Russia, India and Persia are meeting with the goal of displacing the United States dollar as the global currency. They're calling this the Rio Reset. As BRICS nations push forward with their plans, global demand for US Dollars will decrease, bringing down the value of the dollar and your savings. While this transition won't not happen overnight, but trust me, it's going to start in Rio, the Rio Reset in July marks a pivotal moment when BRICS objectives move decisively from a theoretical possibility towards inevitable reality. Learn if diversifying your savings into gold is right for you. Birch Gold Group can help you move your hard earned savings into a tax sheltered IRA and precious metals. Claim your free info kit on gold by texting my name Bannon that's B A N N o N to 989-898 with an A plus rating. With the Better Business Bureau and tens of thousands of happy customers, let Birchgold army with a free no obligation info kit on owning gold before July and the Rio reset. Text Bannon B A N N o N to 989-898 do it today. That's the Rio Reset. Text Bannon at 989-898 and do it today. There's a lot of talk about government debt, but after four years of inflation, the real crisis is personal debt. Seriously, you're working harder than ever and you're still drowning in credit card debt and overdue bills. You need Done With Debt and here's why you need it. The credit system is rigged to keep you trapped. Done With Debt has unique and frankly brilliant escape strategies to help end your debt fast so you keep more of your hard earned money. Done With Debt doesn't try to sell you a loan and they don't try to sell you a bankruptcy. They're tough negotiators that go one on one with your credit card and loan companies, with one goal to drastically reduce your bills and eliminate interest and erase penalties. Most clients end up with more money in their pocket month one and they don't stop until they break you free from debt permanently. Look, take a couple of minutes and visit donewithdebt.com talk with one of their strategists. It's free, but listen up. Some of their solutions are time sensitive, so you'll need to move quickly. Go to donewithdebt.com that's donewithdebt.com Stop the anxiety, stop the angst. Go to donewithdebT.com and do it today. What if he had the brightest mind in the War Room delivering critical financial research every month? Steve Bannon here. War Room listeners know Jim Rickards. I love this guy. He's our wise man. A former CIA, Pentagon and White House advisor with an unmatched grasp of geopolitics and capital markets, Jim predicted Trump's Electoral College victory exactly 312 to 226, down to the actual number itself. Now he's issuing a dire warning about April 11, a moment that could define Trump's presidency and your financial future. His latest book, MoneyGPT exposes how AI is setting the stage for financial chaos. Bank runs at lightning speeds, algorithm driven crashes and even threats to national security. Right now, War Room members get a free copy of MoneyGPT when they sign up for Strategic Intelligence. This is Jim's flagship financial newsletter, Strategic Intelligence. I read it. You should read it. Time is running out. Go to rickardswarroom.com that's all one word. Rickards war Room Records with an S. Go now and claim your free book. That's rickardswarroom.com do it today.
Stephen K. Bannon
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Kayleigh McEnany
The president's going through alternatives. We don't know when he's going to put word out but the president, you know, people are in 10Hz but this is the way the president rolls. He's going to think this one through, not just going to jump on something because understands could have 10, 20, 30 year impact. Well first of all have a massive impact in history but just for this country where we're going to get sucked into. So he's going to think that through. That's why now read the Financial Times article. In fact Grace, if we can make that an archive so everybody, everybody can go on our site and get the article, you got to read it because the Financial Times finally come to our conclusion that the central banks of the world are buying gold for a reason and the Chinese Communist Party's banks buying more than anybody. Right? So there's something up here and that's why the Rio reset is so important. That's why we're trying to teach you. And this is now offered as part of a course to augment at colleges, particularly one of the big colleges in the big state universities in the country. Very proud to say. Birchgold.com Bannon end of the dollar Empire the reason we call it the end of the dollar empire, we don't actually want it to be the end of the dollar empire unless we make a decision as a country that we don't want to be the prime reserve currency. We could do that would take us a while to unwind things. Some of the reasons we can actually have debt. I know people say well Bennett, why would we want that? Curious inquiring minds want to know Patrick, we got a bounce. But you're a combat historian. You don't do a lot of strategy. You do combat about and you do amazing first person accounts because you go back and do the research. I want everyone I think both your books on the revolution are now in paperback. Am I correct about that?
Stephen K. Bannon
They are Steve. The the Indispensables and Washington's Immortals are our best selling books and you can get them on Amazon. Yeah we five star rating on Amazon which is unheard of. Barnes and noble.com the unvanquished is the Civil War story about special ops story about what's happening right now today in the world. The blend of special operations and intelligence and formation of color revolutions. All those things.
Kayleigh McEnany
The Unvanquished tells that story A color revolution back in Civil War Real quickly. Your other book reads like it's like a movie script. I think the Bremer assignment. It's going you're going to do a tour this summer. How how do people find out about your tour you're going to do in the Swiss Alps.
Stephen K. Bannon
It's it's the the Dolomites. We were in the Dolomites the most the shadow war of World War II. It's where the OSS launched some of the great missions of the war. This is the story of the real inglorious bastards which I wrote about in the Brenner assignment and they dared return. And I'm going on a scout trip to Italy and in Austria and the tour will be in 2026. It's an elite tour with the World War II Museum.
Kayleigh McEnany
Wow.
Stephen K. Bannon
And it's nearly sold out.
Kayleigh McEnany
Word of mouth already a year in advance. You're amazing with the Patrick the co.
Stephen K. Bannon
Founder of the founder of the museum is my fellow tour guide.
Kayleigh McEnany
Amazing. One more time where do people go? People love your writings. These books are all best sellers because the Warren posse loves how you write and the topics you pick sir.
Stephen K. Bannon
Love the war room posse at combat historian on X and and and getter. My website is Patrick K. O' donnell.com the books you can get on Amazon you can see all the reviews that are up there at Barnes and Noble and you know we've got the the Indispensables which talks about the battle of Bunker Hill as well as Washington's Immortals and the unvanquished for the civil war in special operations.
Kayleigh McEnany
Get them all their beach reads if you get focused. Thank you Patrick K. O' Donnell Ava John Solomon was on here this morning with breaking a story that hey we said absolutely this happening the CCP trying to get involved and throw the 2020 election against President Trump. He's got another story out tonight that's going to talk I think they're releasing the fact that intelligence agency whatever tried to destroy information about this evidence about this this this cover, the what happened in the COVID up are going to be huge. Cash has been giving this information, putting it out, John, settlements all over it. Ava, give us your perspective. You've been very adamant that the CCP was absolutely involved in trying to throw the 2020 election because they knew President Trump was somebody who was going to have the back not just of the American people, but also Lao Baijang. Your thoughts, ma' am?
Ava Chen
Absolutely. So first of all, there is a two main parts of my answer. First look at those Southeast Asian country. The best example we just witnessed is South Korea. What happened to those elections in those nations that has severe influence or control completely by the ccp? You will see power outage, you will see electronic system glitches and you will see various innovative disruptions that basically interrupts the voting process and also the voting counter counting process, including voter fraud. That's exactly what happened. So this is a pattern. If you're looking at any countries that is pro CCP and pro Russia, you will see the same playbook and being played again and again. Because you know, simply put that way the CCP does not have election. We don't elect the Chinese Communist Party. So the govern through deception and fraud and they will mess up with those nations that have elections. That's what happened in 2020 election. And I give you the best answer. So if you really want to know whether the CCP is behind Biden's election in 2020, just look at what happened after Biden came into office. Who is the most hated enemies in the United States of Chinese? Xi Jinping. I told you previously, there's five people that Xi Jinping hated the most. And the number one is Trump, President Trump. The number two, Stephen Bannon, Peter Navarro and Judy. Rudy Giuliani. And the last one is Miles School. So just look at the five of you, the fate since Biden came into the power. What happened to you? I mean think about the laptop front. Hell, you have covered this topic in the countless interviews on this great podcast that CCP feared the most. The information about laptop front held the Hunter Biden laptop was first broken out on GTV media. Okay? GTV media is alternative media. It's NTCCP media that was created by and supported by this follower of the whistleblower movement. And you were briefly the director on the board of the GTV and Rudy Giuliani involved in the laptop. Hunter Biden laptop. And then guess what happened to all of you. You went to jail and you have legal cases going on. Peter Navarro went to jail. Rudy Giuliani bankrupt Trump. I mean, he's still facing if all those cases against him are winning at the end, he's facing like hundreds of years in jail. And my own score today, still sitting 825th day in jail in D.C. and this is what the payback of Xi Jinping is getting. This is a quid pro quo. Xi Jinping would not help Biden without expecting any return. So the best way forward, if American really want the truth, very simple. Assign a special prosecutor. They don't have to look far, just look at five of you, all the cases that you each have and investigate and you will bring all the light in terms of whether or not Xi Jinping and the CCP was behind any.
Kayleigh McEnany
Of those very single report. Those are five. And yes, they should be done eventually. But I think given what we're seeing today and John Solomon's going to be back on tomorrow and then I'm going to have the team of Forrest and the team for New Federal State either back on tomorrow night or Thursday night to drill in on this more. You have to start to adjudicate the 2020 election steal. It must happen now. It's providential. They stole, although it was horrible for the country because President Trump came back loaded for bear. Eva, hang on for a second. There's a couple of things I got to get to tonight. Forest, a carrier, the primary carry battle group patrolling the South China Sea and the Taiwan Straits is now going through the Straits of Malacca to the, through the Indian Ocean to the North Arabian Sea to be the third carrier positioned off Persia, you know, sometime tomorrow, I think, or the next day to be there for potential action. How is the CCP working with the Persians? Are they trying to draw the Americans into the situation and take our eye off the ball for Taiwan and particularly the invasion here in the United States? Is just this happenstance or is this work towards the Chinese Communist Party's plan which is to destroy America? Sir?
Roy
Okay, absolutely. That's their plan is to destroy the American. Whether they are trying to distract American to relocate their military assets to Middle East, I think we have to rely on the intelligence to tell us that. But absolutely they, their goal is to destroy America. That's for sure. We see that already. This situation in Taiwan definitely will create a power vacuum and also expose Taiwan more. But my question to everybody is even if we have our military there, will the CCP still attack? I think the answer is yes, because we are already in the war with Chinese Communist Party, which is the unrestricted restricted warfare right now. What we are seeing today is more than just a crisis. I think it's, it's, it's an opportunity for Iranian people and Chinese people to really regain their freedom and democracy. Because right now everybody can see the dictatorship is really just a paper tiger they cannot survive with. It was the real fight. That's why what we see there in what happens in Israel and Iran and the Iran people, as soon as they realize they are repressed for by this regime for 50, 70 years, they will start to fight back and overthrow this dictatorship. They will regain their power. And this situation happening in Iran actually is a nightmare for CCP because the leader in Iran portrayed themselves as a God. Xi Jinping does the same thing. He portrayed himself as a God to rule the 1.4 billion Chinese people. So what they are doing right now in China, they tightly control the media and using their propaganda power won't let people know what is really happening in Iran. They are still propaganda on the media. Tell the Chinese people that Iran is invincible and the America is losing because they are afraid that the Chinese people know the real truth. That is the regime, the totalitarian regime can be overthrown by the people. Look at Israel. If Israel in this fight, yep, 96% of their people standing with their government. But the Iran people, Only less than 10% of their people support this war. That's the dictatorship. They rule their people by fear and by the cruelty. So that's why I think right now we are witnessing the opportunity presented for the Chinese people and Iran people to overthrow this dictatorships.
Kayleigh McEnany
I want to get to, I got Roy, I want to ask Roy a question about the Russian and the Chinese alliance. But I got to ask you because Persia and the Chinese Communist Party have, the mullahs have a pretty tight relationship. They're shipping, I don't know, somewhere north of 2 million barrels a day. There's talks now of airstrikes down in those oil fields. There was a ship today in the, in the straits of Hormuz that was blocking things for a while. How important is it to the regime in Beijing to get that 2 million barrels a day from the regime in Tehran, sir?
Roy
Absolutely. That's very critical for the Chinese Communist Party. First of all, that almost accounts for 15 to 20% of their oil imports from foreign overseas. And also they got that oil very cheap compared to the other source. They got that chip from Iran. So that's very important. So without that energy supply, it definitely will create a lot of pressure within, within the government. And also the second important thing is this is what they build one, one belt, one road. They create the BRICs with all Russian and other BRIC countries, try to use the currency exchange to, to relieve sanction we US and western country put on Iran and also to benefit the CCP themselves. So this border effect for the one belt, one road and also they are all their economic currency strategy, actually this situation is a big hit for them. So I think this is critical for the Chinese Communist Party what happening in Iran and they lose this energy supply and most importantly they lose strategically their, their plan and their strategy which is, which is very heavy heat for them.
Kayleigh McEnany
This is also central to this whole brics situation is the situation between Persia and the Chinese Communist Party because they're taking payments not in petrodollars but in our US Currency. They're taking it in, in yuan with a hedge around it. Breaking news. President Trump, they put a lid on things. President Trump is not expected to speak any further tonight. Roy. One of the things the media has been reporting as President Trump looks through his calculus and gets assets in place and thinks through how he wants to do this one people have been saying in the media and not analysts, I mean people at the Pentagon and others, President Trump's calculation here about actually going kinetic is that the issues with the Chinese Communist Party and the alliance they have with the KGB in Moscow. How tight is that alliance, sir, do you think?
Forrest
Well, Steve, I think it's super tight. I'll let you know the reason later. But you know, Xi is in Central Asia for a couple of days. He's going to be back tonight. One thing he mentioned very importantly is the 2000 year friendship relationship that they're going to have. And I think the goal is here is to create division between the Central Asian countries and the United States and also to leave a space for them to, when they have a real move in Taiwan and other areas, they can relieve these sanctions and have the, and get rid of the petrodollar system and have this BRIC nations work together. And also one important topic they talk about is this situation right now. It is a once in a century opportunity for transformation for the Chinese Communist Party and also for those countries. And it is accelerating. So it's a big opportunity for all of them. And so one of the reasons, I think very important why Russia cannot be pulled away from the CCP is because, because of this dictatorship mindset where they have such a close, you know, relationship in secret deals and trades where Xi Jinping basically, basically control the family, the security of Putin's family and also the assets and also the relationship. So I think that's really, it's going to be really naive for people to think okay their relationship can be break up really easily. And another aspect if you look at this whole dynastic dictatorship of Xi and Putin, like if you look at the meeting in Belarus, like the introduction of this daughter Xi Ming Zi under the political spotlight, this is really sensitive inside China. Like all the people know this is for succession and this is the very first time like Mao Zedong even didn't have the chance to do this until he died. And everybody knows that Xi Jinping, his brother now is in charge of the state intelligence and his wife is in charge of the state police and his daughter's been always in charge of the foreign affair. So this is the key. So everybody needs to understand that their line is not going to be easily broken up. But I think this is like what for said like the approval rate is like less than 10%. If now like you have a referendum or election in China, like nobody really support this. And now this is Shigi his major goal later like with the collapse of Iran, with the imminent attack on Taiwan with the all the strategic resources grouped together, I think he wants to continue his rule his family dynastic rule ruling of China. But I think the revolution is inevitable.
Kayleigh McEnany
This is why we say it's run by a handful of factions that are wealthy. They're wealthier than the families in the Gulf Emirates. The wealthiest people on earth are the faction heads of the Chinese Communist Party. Forrest where do they go to on new federal state of China? Your media page to get you guys are doing shows I'm on a couple times a week. Where do folks go get all your content and on social media and get her where they go.
Roy
Yeah they can find us on ghetto and we can FSC Speaks and also NFC tv. That's a Chinese program. They can also find us on XFIC Speaks.
Kayleigh McEnany
Thank you. By the way John Solomon we're going to try to get John on again tomorrow morning on this other breaking news about this further cover up. I know John Solomon is quite hot on this and Ava, I'll talk to you after the show once you back on tomorrow night too to go through your analysis. This proves something we've been saying and mocked and ridiculed by the mainstream media that the Chinese Communist Party absolutely wanted a role in the defeat of Trump. They did not want Trump to return to the White House in in January of 2021. They they had had enough of Trump after a couple of years this is a big story guys. Thank you very much. Appreciate you coming on. Today a quite historic day in the nation's capital. The Kobayasi newsletter which is really one of the best things on Wall street they have good announced all the time. They're saying there's rep report that the U. S embassy in Jerusalem is going to be closed tomorrow through Friday. Quite odd home tide lock. We're gonna have to get to the ramparts. Not tomorrow but we're gonna get the ramparts here shortly. As soon as we get you tons of information make sure you get time to go the ramparts. You're not worrying about how to pay off a. I don't know, a big second mortgage that somebody took because they got hands on your title of your home. That title, that little piece of paper is I don't represents 80 or 90% of your net worth. If you're an average American, make sure nobody else but you gets their mitts on it. The one million dollar triple lock protection of home title lock number one, 24 hour protection number two in the middle of night, boom. You get an alert if anybody's messing around with it. And if all else fails, a one million dollar restoration project to make sure you get it back clean and simple. Hometitleock.com promo code Steve, how's that? That's simple. That's one even I can remember. Talk to Nelly Dominguez and the team, okay? There is a lot going on. We're gonna give it to you as quickly as we can. If anything pops, we gotta come up. We'll be on getter or Rumble later tonight if anything happens. If not, we will see you back here in the war room at 10:00am Eastern Daylight Time tomorrow morning. Back in the war room. See you then. You missed the IRS tax deadline. You think it's just going to go away? Well, think again. The IRS doesn't mess around and they're applying pressure like we haven't seen in years. So if you haven't filed in a while, even if you can't pay, don't wait and don't face the IRS alone. You need the trusted experts by your side. Tax Network usa. Tax Network USA isn't like other tax relief companies. They have an edge. A preferred direct line to the irs. They know which agents to talk to and which ones to avoid. They use smart, aggressive strategies to settle your tax problems quickly and in your favor. Whether you owe $10,000 or $10 million, Tax Network USA has helped resolve over $1 billion in tax debt. And they can help you, too. Don't wait on this. It's only going to get worse. Call Tax Network USA right now. It's free. Talk with one of their strategists and put your IRS troubles behind you. Put it behind you today. Call Tax Network USA at 1-800-958-1000, that's 800-958-1000 or visit Tax Network USA tnusa.com Bannon do it today. Do not let this thing get ahead of you. Do it today.
WarRoom Battleground EP 791: History Of Bunker Hill; Adjudicating The CCP Steal In 2020; What Is The CCP Involvement In Iran
Release Date: June 17, 2025
Introduction
In Episode 791 of Bannon’s War Room, host Stephen K. Bannon delves into a multifaceted discussion encompassing historical reflections, contemporary geopolitical tensions, and allegations of foreign interference in American elections. The episode features insightful conversations with political analysts, historians, and experts, providing listeners with a comprehensive examination of pressing national and international issues.
1. Trump vs. Biden: A Contrast in Foreign Policy
The episode commences with Stephen K. Bannon engaging Steve Cortez in a debate about the divergent foreign policies of former President Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden.
Steve Cortez on Trump’s Action-Oriented Leadership (00:46):
"When I learned about President Trump, he's a man of action, not words. He's not someone who sits in a beach chair and lets history happen to him. He makes history."
Cortez emphasizes Trump’s decisive actions in international matters, citing the elimination of Soleimani and Al Baghdadi, and the dismantling of ISIS as examples of proactive leadership. He contrasts this with Biden’s more cautious approach, suggesting that Biden’s policies have led to strategic setbacks, such as the Taliban’s resurgence in Afghanistan.
Kayleigh McEnany’s Counterpoint (02:22):
"This is the primal scream of a dying regime. Pray for our enemies because we're going medieval on these people."
McEnany challenges Cortez's assertion, criticizing what she perceives as aggressive and potentially reckless actions in foreign policy. She underscores the complexity of international interventions and the risks of escalating conflicts.
2. Commemorating the Battle of Bunker Hill
Transitioning to a historical segment, Patrick K. O'Donnell, a combat historian and author, provides an in-depth recount of the Battle of Bunker Hill, marking its 250th anniversary.
Patrick K. O'Donnell on the Battle’s Significance (14:10):
"If you can walk away with a little bit of the story and you go, oh, I didn't know that about that. That's our goal."
O'Donnell narrates the strategic maneuvers of the Continental Army and the British forces, highlighting the resilience and tactical prowess of the American militia. He details the challenges faced by the Patriots, including limited gunpowder supplies, which ultimately influenced the battle's outcome.
Stephen K. Bannon’s Historical Insights (17:01):
"The battle is where the British receive reinforcements and attempt to take the high ground, but the Patriots hold their position against overwhelming odds."
This segment not only honors a pivotal moment in American history but also draws parallels to contemporary military strategies and leadership.
3. Allegations of CCP Interference in the 2020 Election
A significant portion of the episode addresses claims of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) involvement in disrupting the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
Ava Chen on Election Interference (36:02):
"If you really want to know whether the CCP is behind Biden's election in 2020, just look at what happened after Biden came into office."
Chen outlines a pattern of alleged CCP interference in elections of countries aligned with their interests, suggesting similar tactics were employed in the 2020 U.S. election to undermine Donald Trump. She cites the persecution of Trump allies and the strategic media coverage as evidence of this interference.
Roy’s Analysis on CCP and Iran Relations (40:42):
"Their goal is to destroy America. We see that already. This situation in Iran definitely will create a lot of pressure within the government."
Roy discusses the strategic alliance between the CCP and Iran, emphasizing how disruptions in Iranian oil supplies and geopolitical maneuvers are part of a broader strategy to weaken U.S. influence and economic stability.
Forrest on CCP and Russian Alliance (46:39):
"Xi is in Central Asia for a couple of days. One thing he mentioned very importantly is the 2000-year friendship relationship that they're going to have."
Forrest elaborates on the deep-seated alliance between the CCP and Russia’s leadership, highlighting the challenges in dismantling such a partnership. He warns of the CCP’s long-term plans to erode American dominance through economic and military strategies.
4. BRICS Summit and the Future of the U.S. Dollar
The episode also touches upon the upcoming BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, where emerging superpowers aim to challenge the U.S. dollar’s supremacy.
Kayleigh McEnany on the Rio Reset (33:35):
"Birchgold.com Bannon end of the dollar Empire... We don't actually want it to be the end of the dollar Empire unless we make a decision as a country that we don't want to be the prime reserve currency."
McEnany underscores the significance of the BRICS nations’ efforts to establish an alternative global currency system, which could potentially diminish the U.S. dollar’s influence and impact American financial stability.
5. Additional Insights and Future Discussions
As the episode progresses, Bannon hints at forthcoming discussions and breaking news related to CCP activities and potential election cover-ups. He emphasizes the urgency of adjudicating the 2020 election results and explores the ongoing strategic movements in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait.
Stephen K. Bannon on Future Topics (35:07):
"We have the pre-positioning of major naval and air assets in the region to give the President an option, a potential military option also."
This statement points to the strategic military deployments undertaken to counter CCP’s aggressive postures in vital regions, reflecting the show's focus on national security and proactive defense measures.
Conclusion
Episode 791 of Bannon’s War Room offers a deep dive into both historical and contemporary issues, blending detailed historical narratives with urgent geopolitical analyses. From commemorating the Battle of Bunker Hill to scrutinizing the CCP’s alleged interference in American politics and challenging the global financial order, the episode provides listeners with a robust understanding of the forces shaping both national and international landscapes.
For those seeking to grasp the complexities of current events and their historical underpinnings, this episode serves as a comprehensive resource, enriched with expert opinions and strategic insights.