THE WARROOM WITH STEPHEN K. BANNON, FEBRAURY 23, 2026

Summary

Podcast Summary

Podcast: Real America’s Voice
Episode: THE WARROOM WITH STEPHEN K. BANNON, FEBRUARY 23, 2026
Host: Steve Bannon
Date: February 23, 2026

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Overview

This episode of THE WARROOM WITH STEPHEN K. BANNON focuses on two major topics:

• The joint U.S.-Mexican operation that resulted in the killing of notorious cartel leader "El Mencho" and the aftermath of that mission.
• Live coverage from the White House as President Trump marks "Angel Family Day" with a proclamation and a solemn ceremony in honor of families who lost loved ones to crimes committed by undocumented immigrants.

The emotional core of the episode is the Angel Families event featuring raw, direct remarks from President Trump, testimonies from victims’ families, and commentary on border security and federal response. The broader context is a shift in American strategy against Mexico’s drug cartels, and a perspective that frames border policy as a national security imperative.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Cartel Strike in Mexico: Death of “El Mencho”

[02:09 - 15:18; 18:23+]

• Oscar Blue Ramirez reports live on the aftermath of the government operation that killed Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).
  • Cartel members have responded with escalating violence: torching vehicles, businesses, and even public infrastructure to demonstrate their continuing power and retaliate against the state.
  • “Another burned vehicle by the organized crime in the cartel as a sign by the eradication and the execution of Nemesio Oseguera Diaz… as a sign that they're still in control of several communities.” – Oscar Blue, [02:45]
  • American tourists are stranded as flight cancellations hit Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara.
  • The operation was a collaboration between Mexican military forces and U.S. intelligence/special operations, marking a new level of binational action.
• Steve Bannon and panelists (Sam Faddis, Erik Prince) argue this signifies a new, more military-driven approach to cartel violence and a shift from law-enforcement to direct action.
  • “This is a national security issue.” – Steve Bannon, [03:41]
  • “We just changed the rules of the game, right? … This is not going to be a matter of taking out a couple of guys… This is going to get ugly. There will be missteps. So we have to have the resolve to finish the job.” – Sam Faddis, [19:18]
  • Questions remain about the sustainability of the victory and risks of further cartel violence spilling over to the U.S. side of the border.

2. National Security and Policy Debate

[07:09 - 09:50]

• Reports and speculation about U.S. military posture in the Middle East, with reflections on President Trump’s “coercive diplomacy” toward Iran.
• Tensions within the administration as top officials hesitate to offer guarantees of military success.
  • “Neither of them could offer that kind of endorsement. So I think that's a clear sign that this is, this is still a policy debate that's ongoing and difficult.” – Steve Bannon, [09:28]

3. Angel Family Day at the White House: Ceremony and Proclamation

[26:52 - 80:32+]

• President Trump presides over a proclamation signing making February 22 “National Angel Family Day,” honoring families whose loved ones were killed by undocumented immigrants.
• The event is deeply emotional, giving voice to impacted families—many for whom Trump’s advocacy was a first recognition by Washington, D.C.
  • "We gathered here today for a truly solemn occasion. Throughout this hall, I am joined by heartbroken Americans who have lost parents, siblings, children... to the scourge of illegal immigration let in by the past administration." – Donald Trump, [26:52]
• Families give testimonials about their losses, the failures of sanctuary policies, and call for strict immigration enforcement.
  • Allison Riley (mother of Lakin Riley): “President Trump has. You are doing a thankless job that most people just wouldn't do... Because this could be any family.” – [31:16]
  • Ethan Carreri (Police Officer): “I did my job. I put him in custody. The system failed. No detainer, no accountability. No deportation. And an innocent American life was taken.” – [36:50]
  • Steve Ronnebeck: “All these deaths at the hands of illegal immigrants are preventable. They could have been stopped. We could have done so much more.” – [40:15]
  • Marie Vega: “They killed an amazing man, a loving and honorable dad and husband. Thank God we have you in office... Thank you for restoring law and order.” – [45:09]
  • Laura Wilkerson: “He never, ever looked away from my pain. He looked me straight in the eye and he said, I will never forget the story of your sweet son and I will never give up fighting for the American family.” – [58:22]
  • Jody Jones: “It’s not just regular people. It was criminals. It was murderers, killers, rapists. And now, now today we are finally going to see that somebody's going to remember all of our loved ones.” – [40:44]
• Trump insists the border is now “100% closed” and attributes the tragedies to previous "open border" policies, doubling down on enforcement pledges.
  • “Their stories were censored and suppressed... so that the politicians could open our borders and allow our nation to be invaded... But under Trump administration their suffering is forgotten no longer.” – Donald Trump, [26:52]
  • “We're joined today by so many angel families who are grieving a terrible loss. They've gone through hell.” – Donald Trump, [38:56]
• The event concludes with the reading of every victim’s name, candle lighting, and the singing of “Amazing Grace” ([75:19 - 80:32]).

4. Media Critique and Political Framing

[83:29+]

• Bannon, Berkwam, and guests repeatedly denounce mainstream media, alleging they ignore or suppress the stories of Angel Families for political reasons.
  • “How can the media be against this? How can politicians be against this? … The people come across here, the criminals that come across here are vicious people.” – Steve Bannon, [83:29]
• Trump, in multiple asides, accuses Democrats of supporting open borders for partisan gain, dismissing charges of xenophobia as deflections, and reiterates claims of election fraud.
• There’s discussion of the history of “angel families” as an advocacy group—asserting Trump was the first major politician to give them a platform, despite resistance from the political and donor class.

5. Border and Cartel Situation: Continuing Instability

[96:31+]

• Art Del Cueto (Border Patrol union) and Oscar Blue Ramirez provide updates on the tense situation in Mexico:
  • Video surfaces supposedly showing El Mencho’s likely successor announcing control.
  • American (and international) tourists remain stranded; infrastructure and transportation remain under cartel threat.
  • Warnings about potential spillover violence as cartel members seek to flee U.S. enforcement and possibly enter the U.S.
  • Mexican federal government expresses pride and grief over the operation, confirming U.S. intelligence cooperation.
  • “We talked about it, Steve, when the border was secured… the unstableness of Mexico was going to demonstrate. This is what is actually happening.” – Oscar Blue Ramirez, [100:01]

6. Perspectives from the Front Lines

[109:12+]

• Panelists and guests describe the war against the cartels as broader than gangs—a fight against a “narco state.”
• Concern over the safety of border communities, American towns, and the risk of direct violence spilling into U.S. territory.
  • “This is war with Mexico. This is not just some bad hombre gangs… We are at war with Mexico.” – Nino David Rodriguez, [109:12]
  • “The cartels don't fight fair. This is a different type of guerrilla warfare. They will kill innocents, they will take hostages. They do not care.” – Nino David Rodriguez, [113:29]
• Guidance for listeners: do not travel to Mexico, especially border or cartel-controlled regions.

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Notable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• “This is a national security issue.” — Steve Bannon [03:41]
• “We just changed the rules of the game, right?... There will be missteps. So we have to have the resolve to finish the job.” — Sam Faddis [19:18]
• “Cartels can reach onto our soil. So this fight doesn't now just take place in Mexico, potentially. It takes place here.” — Sam Faddis [21:35]
• “We gathered here today for a truly solemn occasion…” — Donald Trump [26:52]
• “You are doing a thankless job that most people just wouldn't do.” — Allison Riley [31:16]
• “If you enter our country illegally, there will be consequences.” — Ethan Carreri [36:50]
• “All these deaths at the hands of illegal immigrants are preventable.” — Steve Ronnebeck [40:15]
• “They killed an amazing man… Thank you for restoring law and order. Thank you for acknowledging us, the angel families.” — Marie Vega [45:09]
• “He never, ever looked away from my pain…” — Laura Wilkerson [58:22]
• “I love America. I love Donald Trump… and by gosh, I love America.” — Jody Jones [63:31]
• “This was a mission… cooperation between the intelligence of the United States of America and the federal government of Mexico. This tells you of the bilateral relationship that right now President Trump has executed perfectly.” — Oscar Blue Ramirez [15:18]
• “American citizens… are stuck in this war zone, you would say, where the cartel has taken over various parts of the cities.” — Art Del Cueto [97:37]
• "The federal government… gave out a statement… the head of the military of Mexico has said that there's collaboration with the American intelligence to execute this mission." — Oscar Blue Ramirez [100:01]
• "This is war with Mexico ... This is now war with Mexico. The cartels own and control every element of Mexico." — Nino David Rodriguez [109:12]

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Important Timestamps

• [02:09] — Reports of El Mencho's death, cartel violence aftermath
• [07:09] — National Security / Middle East update
• [15:18] — Oscar Blue Ramirez outlines joint operation details
• [26:52] — Trump begins Angel Families ceremony and proclamation
• [31:16] — Lakin Riley's mother speaks
• [36:50] — Officer Ethan Carreri's testimony
• [40:15] — Steve Ronnebeck’s comments
• [45:09] — Marie Vega’s story
• [58:22] — Laura Wilkerson’s address
• [62:00] — Jody Jones (comments on sanctuary city policies)
• [75:19] — Candle lighting; reading of victims’ names
• [80:32] — "Amazing Grace" performance
• [83:29] — Bannon and Erik Prince discuss the political and media context
• [96:31] — Art Del Cueto update on Americans trapped in Mexico, cartel situation
• [100:01] — Oscar Blue Ramirez update, federal government response
• [109:12] — Nino David Rodriguez perspective from El Paso/Texas
• [113:09] — Further discussion of potential risk to Americans and border towns

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Conclusion

This episode blends breaking coverage of the escalating cartel war in Mexico with a highly charged, emotional look at the costs of illegal immigration as portrayed by the "Angel Families" and President Trump. The show frames border security and anti-cartel measures as existential national security issues, and centers the testimonials of those who lost loved ones to drive home its call for stricter immigration and law enforcement policies. The guests, often directly affected individuals or frontline experts, amplify the urgency and gravity of the issues discussed.

Listeners emerge with a sense of crisis on the border, the beginnings of a major shift in U.S.-Mexico cooperation against cartels, and a vivid portrait of families demanding that their government protect them first.

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For more context:

• For Oscar Blue Ramirez's updates: @OscarBlueRamirez on X (Twitter), Real America’s Voice News
• For Art Del Cueto: @ArtDelCuetoAz on X, and "Five Strands with Artel Cueto" on YouTube
• For Nino David Rodriguez: @NinoBoxer on X, Nino's Corner TV
• For Erik Prince: @RealEricdPrince on X

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End of Summary

Transcript

[Donald Trump]

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[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

parts of Mexico following the death of

[Steve Bannon]

that country's most wanted drug cartel posse, the Messio Aceguera Cervantes, also known as El Mencho, the head of the powerful Jalisco New Generation cartel, was killed in

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

a special operation carried out by Mexican army special forces.

[Steve Bannon]

The White House says the US provided intelligence support for it. The killing sparked widespread unrest. Suspected gang members torch cars and businesses. The U.S. state Department urged U.S. nationals to shelter in place. There's been some panic at airports if tourists have been stranded there because some of the airlines have canceled flights in and out of Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara.

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

Oscar Blue for real. America's Voice News. Another burned vehicle by the organized crime in the cartel as a sign by the eradication and the execution of Nemesio Oseguera Diaz, better known as El Mencho, leader of the CJNG cartel, in the middle of the highway. These cartel criminals, they just burned another vehicle of pickatrol to send a message to the government and also to the population that they're still in control of several communities. Just now breaking news as CBS has revealed that an official of Department of Defense has said that there was a collaboration by Special Forces of the United States of America with the federal government of Mexico to execute the Messio o Segueradillas, better known as El Mencho. But the ones that they led the operation was the federal government of Mexico to have a perfect execution of this leader of the cartel, Jalisco Neueva Generacion behind me you'll see another burned vehicle just steps away from the border wall.

[Steve Bannon]

This is a national security issue.

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

The cartel, it is relentless and it is operating and it is sending a message not only to the Mexican people and to the Mexican government, but also to the United States of America that are next door right here to the border wall and sending a message that they are going.

[Ben Bergquam]

At 1:30 this morning, the security detail detected that a individual had made his way into the inner perimeter of Lago.

[Steve Bannon]

A deputy and two Secret Service agents

[Ben Bergquam]

on the detail went to that area to investigate. They confronted a white male that was

[Steve Bannon]

carrying a gas can and a shotgun. He was ordered to drop those two pieces of equipment that he had with him, at which time he put down

[Ben Bergquam]

the gas can, raised the shotgun to a shooting position.

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

At that point in time, the deputy

[Ben Bergquam]

and the two Secret Service agents fired

[Steve Bannon]

their weapons and neutralized the threat.

[Ben Bergquam]

He is deceased at the scene. I'll give you a picture of the shotgun and the gas can to have with you. So that's what we know now. Investigation continues. The FBI is the lead investigation agency on this case and we will be assisting them in whatever manner they would

[Steve Bannon]

like and they will be responsible for

[Ben Bergquam]

answering any other questions at an appropriate time.

[Steve Bannon]

So everybody is being told to leave the area right now here on the beach. New York Times is reporting this morning as as are many others at the present. Is juggling all options right now. Might continue with the negotiations, might try a limited strike, pull back and if that doesn't work, could go all the way in. I'm curious, what are you hearing? What are your latest sources telling you? So, Joe, I'm hearing that the President is engaged in what you might call coercive diplomacy.

[Ben Bergquam]

Steve Witkoff is one of his envoys

[Steve Bannon]

to Iran said yesterday that he was frustrated, Trump was frustrated that Iran had not yet capitulated to this enormous show of force. Huge buildup of air and naval assets in the region preparing for some kind of strike. Trump has said he wants this resolved

[Ben Bergquam]

within 10 to 15 days.

[Steve Bannon]

So that clock is ticking. There is a meeting scheduled Thursday in Geneva where the Iranians will show up

[Ben Bergquam]

with a new proposal.

[Steve Bannon]

It's hard to see now how that will be sufficient to close the gap fully between the US And Iran.

[Ben Bergquam]

And so there's a possibility that as

[Steve Bannon]

the White House has been saying, the President will take limited action, coercive action to try to push Iran to make further concessions. That often doesn't work very well. And so we're on the lip of what might be a much longer open ended military action by the United States to coerce Iran into fundamental changes, maybe to regime change. That worries a lot of people.

[Ben Bergquam]

I just would note.

[Steve Bannon]

Finally, New York Times had some outstanding reporting yesterday taking us into a meeting in the Situation Room last Wednesday where

[Ben Bergquam]

the director of the CIA, John Ratcliffe,

[Steve Bannon]

the chairman, Joint Chief Stan Kane, were asked by the President to give assurances in effect that this would be a successful big, big mission against Iran.

[Ben Bergquam]

And according to the New York Times,

[Steve Bannon]

neither of them could offer that kind of endorsement. So I think that's a clear sign that this is, this is still a policy debate that's ongoing and difficult.

[Ben Bergquam]

It's.

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

It.

[Steve Bannon]

You. A simple banner, no kings. 10 million people are expected to take to America's streets in one of the largest coordinated demonstrations in recent memory. The last two gatherings were peaceful. There were no arrests. This is assembly. This is the exercise of a constitutional right. This nation rejected a monarch once before. It does not recognize one now. These are the times that try men's souls. But this is also the time for our citizenry to shine. This is the primal scream of a dying regime. Pray for our enemies because we're Going medieval on these people. I got a free shot. All these networks lying about the people, the people have had a belly full of it. I know you don't like hearing that. I know you try to do everything in the world to stop that, but you're not going to stop it. It's going to happen. And where do people like that go to share the big lie? MAGA MEDIA I wish in my soul, I wish that any of these people had a conscience. Ask yourself, what is my task and what is my purpose? If that answer is to save my country, this country will be saved. War ROOM here's your host, Stephen K. Ban. It's Monday, the 23rd of February in the year of Lord 2026. As fate would have it, we're about to go the the East Room of the White House because it is Angel Mom's Appreciation Day, where they're going to for the Angel Moms and the angel families. President Trump's going to sign a proclamation and give some appropriate remarks. We're going to go there live. Our own Ben Berkhwam is actually there as a guest because Ben's done such a magnificent job over the last, I don't know, six, seven years of making sure that the Angel Moms had a platform. Of course, from Breitbart to the war Room, we've been a major platform for the Angel Moms. Also a huge day for them. The president's going to talk. And the irony is that there was a joint, at least U.S. intelligence, U.S. special forces and Mexican military attack yesterday that Oscar Blue Ramirez was just incredible by coming on and giving live reports yesterday. We're packed. We got from Erik Prince to Sam Faddis to Oscar Blue Ramirez, Art Del Cueto from the Border Patrol Union, and of course, Nino David Rodriguez, many the experts going to talk about the war that we definitely have to fight and should be fighting. Sounds like we kicked it off already. And that is the war against the cartels in Mexico. President Trump had warned long enough if he did not see action, there would be interdiction. So yesterday there was interdiction. And it looks like it was a joint operation or as the media said, it was led. I put up there the buried lead. It was led by the Mexican military, as it should be at this time. We believe that this may lead to a bigger campaign. There's obviously chaos, particularly in Puerto Vallarta and other these resort towns as American citizens try to figure out how they're going to get out of the country. Since air traffic has been halted, one of the reasons they burned aircraft on the tarmac yesterday just wasn't cars and buses, which is always a symbol of the cartels that they're going to block. Let me go quickly to Oscar. We are going to cut to the President as soon as the President walks into the East Room. We're going to skip commercial breaks to do that, but let's go. Oscar Blue Ramirez, got about a minute. What is going on in Mexico, sir?

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

Well, the violence has started escalating after the assassination and execution of this was a mission that apparently from the government's statements, it was a cooperation between the intelligence of the United States of America and the ones that led the operation for the execution was the federal government of Mexico. This tells you of the bilateral relationship that right now President Trump has executed perfectly with the Mexican government so they can execute these kind of missions. After that, violence escalated and got it completely out of hand. Part of Puerto Vallarta, part of Jalisco and part of Mexicano where the cartel Jalisco, new generation had massive control. This escalated into the borders as yesterday in Tijuana, the city that we are located, more than 22 incidents. Why they call incidents? Because they were burning businesses, they were burning automobiles as these narco blockades to send a message to the government that they still have control of these communities and that ultimately that they are going to unstabilize and they're going to send a message to the population that they are going to try to terrorize the population to let them know that they have control of this. Now get this to know. Under the Biden administration, the cartel.

[Steve Bannon]

Oscar, Oscar, hang on for one second. I want to hold on. We're going to take a short commercial break. Will cut out of the commercial break if the President takes the stage in the East Room on a fantastic day of a proclamation to support the Angel Moms and the angel families. The irony of this, the people that have tormented them are now we're taking a torch to the enemy. The war that we definitely should be fighting, the one in Mexico. Take your phone out. Text Bannon Bannon Owen at 989-898. Get the ultimate guide totally free. No obligation from Birch Gold on how to invest in gold and precious metals in the age of Trump. Gold's on fire. Once again, short break. Back in a moment. Support for the show comes from public the investing platform for those who take it seriously. On public you can build a multi asset portfolio of stocks, bonds, options, crypto and now generated assets which allow you to turn any idea into an investable index with AI it all starts with your prompt. From renewable energy companies with high free cash flow to semiconductor suppliers growing revenue over 20% year over year. You can literally type any prompt and put the AI to work. It screens thousands of stocks, builds a one of a kind index and lets you back test it against the S&P 500. Then you can invest in a few clicks. Generated assets are like ETFs with infinite possibilities, completely customizable and based on your thesis, not someone else's. Go to public.com podcast and earn an uncapped 1% bonus when you transfer your portfolio. That's public.com podcast paid for by Public Investing Brokerage Services by Open to the Public Investing Inc. Member FINRA and SIPC Advisory Services by Public Advisors llc. SEC Registered Advisor Generated Assets is an interactive analysis tool. Output is for informational purposes only and is not an investment recommendation or advice. Complete Disclosures available at public.comdisclosures I think when you're diagnosed with cancer you crave

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between the ability to continue to work and cancer recovery. We can make work a better place for healing. Learn more and sign the [e-mail] here's your host, Stephen K. Ban. Sam Faddis joins us and like I said, we're going to cut to the White House East Room as soon as the President takes the stage. Sam, you have advocated having spent your entire career virtually overseas and seen the mess that we've gotten into many, many times back here. You are one of the big proponents that there's a red green alliance in this country right now. That's the war that we have to win. You've been also on the show over the last four or five years. Continue to point out that we have a massive problem in a failed narco state just south of our border. And it must be dealt with, dealt with hard. And once we start to deal with it, you need to take it to its ultimate conclusion. Sam Faddis, your thoughts of what you've seen the last 24 hours? As I said to you earlier, Steve, look, we just changed the rules of the game, right? This is no longer a law enforcement thing. Let's go arrest one guy. Treat this as, you know, this kind of limited issue. We have a narco state on our border and we need to change that. So we just went and took out a very large target. Great start, but you started a knife fight, now you changed the rules. We're in it. We have to now finish the job. And if I have a concern, always, you know, it is, do we have the stomach and the fortitude to do that? Cartels are not just big gangs. They own senior police officers, politicians, military officers. They control big chunks of the country. So this is not going to be a matter of taking out a couple of guys and then we say job well done and open a beer and we're done. This is going to get ugly. There will be missteps. So we have to have the resolve to finish the job. Let me ask you, when the media is reporting that the US government set up a multi department task force called Cartel Control, basically intelligence based. And all the reports yesterday as I tried to put up on Getter and let people see the buried lead said that these strikes were led by the Mexican military. We now know that the target acquisition and much of this came from this joint US Command intelligence operation which was not set up to be a law enforcement operation. Explain to the audience what this all means. Means we're picking the targets, we're providing the information. And at least for right now, it is Mexicans, you know, from, from whatever unit carrying the guns that are actually hitting the target. Same as we've been. A Ukrainian's been pressing a button on a missile to hit a target in Russia for some time. But all of the decision making and all the intel involved and where that missile is going to strike is us, which is what Putin's been saying for some time. So that's where we are. Mexicans doing the shooting, at least for now. But we're calling the shots and given the direction. And therein is another concern, obviously, how good is that intelligence? I mean our SIGINT intelligence and our satellite imagery and our drones are better than anybody on the planet. If anybody thinks CIA has sources on the ground in Mexico, inside those cartels, you know they're in dreamland. We don't have that capability right now. Before you bounce, explain one more time why we've been dealing with this as a law enforcement operation for decades. But did you say over the last 24 hours the actual game has changed? This has now gone to a military intelligence, military kinetic activity. Explain the audience what you mean. Well, we're not, we didn't go in to try to arrest this guy. I don't know what fiction is. The Mexicans may or may not be peddling. We went in to eliminate the head of this organization the same as we would take out a terrorist leader abroad. That is the model. Now, I'm not kicking about that. I'm not complaining about that. I think that is absolutely appropriate for the magnitude of the issue. But we just need to accept that and understand where that is taking us. Again, we started a knife fight. That's where we are, by the way. These guys can reach onto our soil. So this fight doesn't now just take place in Mexico, potentially. It takes place here. So having started it, we got to finish it. We got to put them down. Sam, where do people go to get all your breaking analysis and your great piece on the American Tet and magazine substack and magazine.substack.com that'll take it everywhere we are. Thank you, sir. Let's go ahead and do a split screen. They just opened the doors for the commander in chief to come in. And as soon as he does and takes the podium, we will cut live. Let me make sure I can see that. Okay, there you are right there. I want to go to Oscar Blue Ramirez. I've got Art Del Cueto from Border Patrol and Nino, he's going to talk about what the reality of the situation in Mexico is, particularly with American tourists and as Sam just alluded to, hits here in the United States. Oscar, there's been this debate and this theory between the Mexican government and American intelligence and the American military about do you go and try to do decapitations of the heads? It's like, do you take out the senior guys or do you go in broader and try to take out their infrastructure and take out some of their sicarios? Obviously, yesterday, the argument that you start at the top and try to explode it there worked out your thoughts?

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

Yeah. You know, this was a mission that it was greatly executed and it was led by the federal government. Ultimately, it tells you how much intelligence of the United States of America it is in Mexico. This tells you the high level of intelligence that they have to extract information and to ultimately lead this to execute one guy. And it was the elimination of the most atrocious, most violent and more terrorist guy that has right now terrorized the whole country of Mexico that he perplexed and had a lot of presence also inside of the United States of America. Thanks to the open border policies of Joe Biden, the cartel Jalisco, new generation started moving forward in several cities inside of the United States of America. This is why I said yesterday, Steve, in the report that it was that burn car, that burnt pickup truck just steps away from the border wall. This is a national security issue for the United States of America and also for the border towns close to the border outside in Mexico. Why? Because these people are burning cars in front of cameras, international cameras, of the customs agents and of the border patrol agents to let them know that they have presence on the other side.

[Steve Bannon]

Steve, Oscar, explain to the audience. This guy was a former, one of your former federal officer, and he's relatively young. This cartel has risen because of the use of high technology and also they're absolutely brutal in their reprisals. Talk to us about this guy. Why was he so important? Why did they go after him first? And with all his brutality, he actually came. He was initially a cop, wasn't he?

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

Yeah, he was in law enforcement. And also he was also detained inside of the United States of America and he was deported. You know, the guy was ruthless. He grew massively when he started operating and he started basically dismantling a cartel in Michoacandres called La Familia Michoacana. He started taking over with Cartel Jalisco, New Generation. And it started expanding on the parts of Michoacan, parts of Guerrero, and now you see all the parts that. He has a lot of presence when the Biden administration.

[Steve Bannon]

Hang on one second. Hang on one second. The President United States is coming out. He's going to address and I'm sure he's going to have some. Have some comments. The President. This was previously scheduled. Ben Berkhom's in the audience. We have Anil McCabe is actually as a reporter. This is the East Room. It is a proclamation, a signing of a proclamation. A signing of a proclamation to honor the angel moms and family. The White House East Room President of the United States.

[Ben Bergquam]

Thank you very much. It's a big day. Very important day for me. Should be important for everybody, including the media, but they don't really cover it fairly, I will tell you that. Shocking. Please sit down. Thank you. We gathered here today for a truly solemn occasion. Throughout this hall, I am joined by heartbroken Americans who have lost parents, siblings, children, grandchildren and treasured loved ones to the scourge of illegal immigration let in by the past administration. Millions and millions of people from jails. Millions and millions of people from countries that, that we don't want to know about. Drug dealers, murderers. 11,888 murderers were allowed into our country by the Biden administration. These are the angel families that we love. That for decades our government betrayed and our media totally ignored. And I've seen it. When I first got involved with the angel families, I had a meeting, were so sad and they got up and spoke and the media literally just turned off the cameras. They didn't want to hear them. It was the most. That was my first glimpse as to what was happening. These are sick people that cover stories like that or that don't cover them, which is worse. Everyone in this room not only suffered an infinite loss, they were the victims of politicians who put the comfort of far criminals before the safety of American citizens and American patriots. Their stories were censored and suppressed like maybe almost never before, so that the politicians could open our borders and allow our nation to be invaded. If we didn't win the election, our nation would right now be destroyed. But under the Trump administration, they're suffering is forgotten no longer. In just a few moments, I officially signed a proclamation that I've been waiting to sign for a long time, including my first administration. There were so many different legal roadblocks. It was incredible. We got it done and I'm doing it today. February 22nd is going to be National Angel Family Day. Very important. So many incredible family members and friends, parents and children. On February 22, two years ago, a brilliant 22 year old nursing student named Lakin Hope Riley went out for a run on a college campus in Georgia. Lakin was viciously attacked, brutally beaten and murdered by an illegal alien gang member who the last administration heartlessly released into our country. No problems. Let them in. They let in everybody. They didn't check anybody. They let in everybody. Among the first bills I signed into law after taking office office last year was the Lake and Riley Act. So proud of it. To ensure illegal alien criminals are rapidly removed from the United States of America. If that's okay with the media. That Bill has already been really playing a big role in the life of our country. It's resulted in over 21,000 illegal alien arrests. 21,000. We're joined this morning by Lakin's parents, who I have gotten to know. These are incredible people and I want to ask Lakin's mother, Allison to please come forward and say a few words, please. Hi, allison.

[Donald Trump]

Well, this is unexpected, but. I think that a lot of people feel like that President Trump is maybe different than the version I've gotten to know. And I just can't thank you enough. You have said from the beginning, literally the day after this happened, that you would not forget about Lakin. You weren't president at that time

[Steve Bannon]

and

[Donald Trump]

you have not forgotten. You have fought a fight that most people would not want to have to fight. Most people wouldn't. They would just say it's just easier not to do this. And President Trump has. You are doing a thankless job that most people just wouldn't do. And I just can't thank you enough. There are just not enough words to say because if you live the nightmare that we have lived, you understand the importance of the job that he's doing and securing our nation and fighting for our families. Because this could be any family. This happened to my family. This could be any one of your families. And Lakin was the most responsible,

[Steve Bannon]

hard

[Donald Trump]

working, kind,

[Ben Bergquam]

selfless,

[Donald Trump]

beautiful Christian. And she, she wasn't somebody that put herself in bad positions. She didn't make bad choices. She was just a good girl. And she just wanted to go for a run that morning after she'd gotten up at 4 o' clock the morning before to decorate her roommate's door for her birthday. And she did everything for everyone else. She expected nothing in return. She just wanted to be a good friend and a good sister and a good daughter and a hard working nurse she was working so hard for. And I'm beyond blessed and thankful that you're honoring not just Lakin because she's one and a ton of people that have suffered at the hands of illegal immigrants. She's not the only one. And so thank you for honoring all of them, not just Lakin. And we're just beyond grateful. Thank you.

[Ben Bergquam]

Thank you so much, John. Thank you very much. Amazing. Alison, you have to go through this. Doesn't get that much easier, does it? Right? Even with time. It's been a while now and it doesn't get that much easier. But I want to thank you for your incredible courage. We're all, we're all courageous in a sense. Everybody in this room is courageous and we're willing to tell the story and that. I don't know why the news doesn't want to hear it. The Democrats don't want to hear it. The radical left, they don't want to hear it. What's not to hear? We want to stop murderers and criminals from coming into our country. I watched the mayor of Minneapolis. What's these people saying? We want to protect murderers. I don't get something sick, they're sick. Can't have a country like that. So we appreciate the bravery of everybody in this room, actually. And Christy, I want to thank you and I want to thank Tom in particular for we have, we have a border that's 100% closed now. 100%. So Lincoln's story is even more tragic because her death was completely preventable. Shouldn't have happened. Guy should never have been here. Not only should her kill her, not have been released into our country in the first place, but he was released a second time after being arrested in New York City. Here today is a great gentleman. The police officer who arrested that illegal alien, only to watch him be set free to kill. I mean, he was arrested and they let him go free. They knew he was trouble, big trouble. Many of them are like that. They release him knowing it's going to kill again. But they released him and set him free to kill Lakin. So I'd like to have Ethan Carreri come up, please. He's a great, highly respected police officer and you can explain what happened. Come on up. Thank you, Ethan.

[Steve Bannon]

Mr. President, it's an honor to be here today and it's an honor to be speaking with you guys. My name is Ethan Carreri. I'm a police officer in Palm Beach County, Florida, and a former New York City police officer. While serving the New York City Police Department, I personally arrested Jose Ibarra for endangering the welfare of a child. A few months later, I saw his face again in the news. After he viciously murdered Lake and Riley. I did my job. I put him in custody. The system failed. No detainer, no accountability. No deportation. And an innocent American life was taken. If you enter our country illegally, there will be consequences. Under this administration, the American citizens must always come first to Lake and Riley's family. Your loss should have never happened. We owe it to you and every American family to enforce our laws, secure our border and protect innocent lives. Mr. President, thank you so much for having me here today. And thank you for all you've done for our country. Thank you.

[Ben Bergquam]

Thank you. Thank you very much. I notice you left New York to come to Florida. That's. In a way, it's too bad, right? But you couldn't take it anymore. They don't let you do your job. But thank you very much, Nathan. Great, great, highly respected person. Have to do a little checking before I introduce people. Otherwise I get in trouble. Sometimes I introduce people and they say, sure, did you know this or that? But you checked out very, very well. Wow. Stories like Lakins are one more reason why my administration will do everything in our power to end the scourge of sanctuary cities once and for all. They protect criminals. Why does. Why do people fight? They protect criminals with a vengeance. They fight for these criminals like murderers protecting murderers. They fight for them so hard. I can't. There's something wrong with them. We're joined today by so many angel families who are grieving a terrible loss. They've gone through hell. Steve Ronnebeck was the father of 21 year old Grant Ranebeck. Beautiful. A beautiful guy who was shot and murdered by an illegal alien while he was working behind the counter of a convenience store in Arizona. He was working behind the counter. Steve, would you please, please come forward. We'll talk about your boy. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. President. Good to see you.

[Steve Bannon]

You know, I spent some time with

[Ben Bergquam]

President Trump in his first election.

[Steve Bannon]

President Trump talked about Grant even before he was elected, 2016.

[Ben Bergquam]

And finally

[Steve Bannon]

we had hope. We had hope that it was going to end. I was just talking to Secretary Noem

[Ben Bergquam]

that

[Steve Bannon]

we all sat around a table one day during one of our visits

[Ben Bergquam]

to Washington and again, the word preventable came up.

[Steve Bannon]

All these deaths at the hands of illegal immigrants are preventable. They could have been stopped. We could have done so much more. Unfortunately, at the hands of a election that we questioned, somebody took their foot off the brakes and put their foot on the accelerator to let these people into our country. And it wasn't just regular people.

[Ben Bergquam]

It was criminals.

[Steve Bannon]

It was murderers, killers, rapists. And now, now today we are finally going to see that somebody's going to remember all of our loved ones. They're going to remember the names and they're going to remember what we've all been through. Thank you, Mr. President.

[Ben Bergquam]

And think of it, David. I'm not talking politics. I'm just talking life. If that election, if it wasn't rigged, it was a rigged election by millions and millions of votes. A guy that never left his basement, it was all run by crooked people. Covid was a little bit of a shield. We had a lot of things going on, but it was rigged by millions of us. We did great in that election. If that election wasn't rigged, every single one of the people in this room right now would not be here. You'd be home with your son, daughter, family. We had a strong border. You know, we solved it twice, Tom. We solved it in 2016. The border was bad. Nothing like it was this time. It was like beautiful compared to this time. This was legendary. In the history of the world, there's never been a border like this where millions of people poured in, at least 25 million people. And many of them were the wrong people. Many. You know, when countries fill up the caravans, they don't fill them up with their finest. I wouldn't. And I would do exactly what they did if the United States would be willing to take all of our criminals and people or people that don't work. But they are smart people. I got to know most of those leaders. I know them. I said, what are you doing? They said, look, it was a totally open border. They saved hundreds of millions of dollars. They gave it to us, and we've done a great job. Tom Holman, Kristi Noem are people. They've been incredible, the job they've done, and they take nothing but abuse. But, you know, they're sort of pretty hardened to that, I think, because they know they're doing the right thing. It just amazes me that there's not more support out there. It's just we actually have a silent support. I think it's silent. I think it's. Well, that's how I won. I got probably 85 million votes. They say 78 million, 79 million. They cheated in this election, too. It was just too big to rig. Too big to rig. But they cheated like hell. They can't win on policy, men and women's sports. We have a new one, though, voter id. I think that's as crazy as they won't approve voter id. They won't approve proof of citizenship. They won't approve no mail in ballots, even though they know it's crooked as hell where the ballots are sent to. In many cases, Democrats, Republicans don't get theirs, and they're calling frantically to get their ballot. A Democrat will get 3, 4, 5, 6, and even 7 ballots. And then we're supposed to win. That's what they're good at. They're professional cheaters. But we wouldn't be here right now. I'm just thinking as we. As we're going through because we've suffered through it together. I suffer for the country. I mean, it's the people I've gotten to know, the mothers and fathers, mostly mothers and fathers. Husbands in some cases, wives in some cases, but mostly mothers and fathers. What they have to go through. Also with us is Marie Vega, the mother of Javier Vega Jr. A retired U.S. marine and Border Patrol agent, so respected, who was murdered in front of his family by two illegal aliens. Bad ones, really bad ones. People, you could look at him and you could say, trouble. Trying to steal his family's trucks. He wanted to take everything the family had, but the trucks in particular. Marie, please come forward. Thank you, darling.

[Donald Trump]

President Trump, on behalf of my family and I thank you for Hosting this beautiful remembrance in honor of our loved ones who were killed by illegal aliens. As you said, August 3, 2014, my husband Javier, my son, Marine and Border Patrol Agent Javier Harvey Vega, his wife, two of his sons and a friend and I were fishing in Santa Monica, Texas. Within minutes of settling in, we were ambushed by two illegal aliens with many priors. Without warning, they jumped out of their stolen vehicle with guns that were not supposed to be in their possession in an attempt to steal two four wheel drive vehicles. While trying to defend us, Harvey was shot in the chest and killed. My husband, Javier Sr. Was shot in the bank. Remember you all children were there fishing with their friends and they just kept shooting. You could hear the bullets just whizzing past you. Javier senior, return fire with this weapon and I grabbed the AR that Harvey had attempted to defend us with and I returned fire as well. Had we not fired back, they would have killed everyone there, including the children, so that there wouldn't be any witnesses. They killed an amazing man, A loving and honorable dad and husband. Thank God we have you in office. Without you, America and the world would not know the consequences of open borders. Thank you for restoring law and order. Thank you for acknowledging us, the angel families. Every day I think of you and the heavyweight of a nation that you carry with you. I can't imagine what it must be like to wake up every morning, work so diligently amid attacks and resistance from the left, to deal with the craziness, the fraud and the swamp. But you get it done, day in and day out, all while finding solutions to making America great again. You absolutely amazed me. Please know that we see it, and we, the masses, your constituents, are behind you 100%. When you were elected the first time for the first term as president, I remember saying to my boss, this is exactly what this country needed, a businessman. You did an outstanding job then. And although you were cheated out of the second term by the way, you won that election as well, and we know it. I knew the third term was going to be epic. And here we are. Maga. Before I end this, I have to share a sweet story with you about my daddy. He absolutely hated the way people treated you and attacked you. On your third run for office, he said to me, mijita, which means my little daughter in Spanish, can you check to see if I'm up to date and still registered to vote? We need to make sure President Trump gets into office. I said, of course, Daddy. And I did, and I checked and he was registered to vote. We lost a great man. April 3rd of 2025. And that would be my daddy again. Thank you for everything. Thank you for backing Border Patrol and ICE and backing these families. Thank you so

[Ben Bergquam]

much. So beautiful. You know, I was thinking as you were saying, that running again a third time after having gone through what we went through the second time, which was so horrible, so much cheating, so much, so much deception and viciousness, and you could see what they were going to do. And I'm here now, and it's a much more powerful term than my second term would be, and much more powerful. And one of the reasons is everybody sees how bad they were then I had to go through, and I still do fake stories, fake polls. I had polls for the election that showed I was going to get swamped, and I won in a landslide. They were fake polls because polls are tough. You know, when you get a fake poll, I get them today. I saw one today that I'm at 40%. 40%. I'm not at 40%. I'm at much higher than that. I mean, I'd love to run against anybody. The real polls say you kill everybody. It wouldn't even be close. But you go through the fake polls, you go through the fake stories. And I said, you know, it was good because this is really a much more powerful term than I would have had if I had run, because it was just one of those things. There would be nothing to compare it to. And now they compare it to Biden and that horrible, horrible administration. And I mean, it. It is more powerful. Our military is much more powerful. We rebuilt it mostly in the first term. Then they gave away a chunk of it. And as much as it was, it's very small, relatively, Tom. But we gave it to the Taliban, just walked out. We could have taken it with us. They said, oh, I think it's cheaper to leave the planes. Just put a little jet fuel and fly it to a neighbor or fly it right home, sir. I think it's cheaper. I think we'll save money by leaving $150 million jet on the Runway. These people are crazy. But I said, and I've said to a lot of people, it's much better what happened. But not for you people, it's not. And then I go back and say, but I wish it didn't, because every one of your loved ones would be alive today. Everyone in this room. I think every. Maybe there's one where could have sneaked through during our term, but I don't think so. We had a very tough border. We had, you know, we solved it in 2016. And we had a very strong border. I would say nothing is as strong as what we have now, but we had a very strong border. We had a good border. We had a sane border. It was sane. And I say, I like this much better. Much more respect. You know, you read about all these crazy shooters, but they only go after consequential presidents. They don't go after non consequential presidents. You know, if you take a look, Abraham Lincoln, some big. Some big one. John Kennedy, in a certain way, was very consequential. He represented something very important. He was there for a thousand days, as you know, the book Thousand Days, but he was consequential. It was a glamour. There was something good for our country.

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

Right?

[Ben Bergquam]

But they're consequential. And I was told that. I saw that the other day. They said they only go after consequential. So maybe I want to be a little bit less consequential. Can we hold it back a little bit, please, Tom? Can we just, like, nice and easy, be a normal president for a little while? Because we had the greatest first term, I think, of any president in history. A lot of people have said that, even radical left people have said that. And so it's. You know. But the one problem is that. And every time I say it, I go back to the one thing I said. But we wouldn't have had 25 million people allowed to come into our country totally unchecked, totally unvetted. And those are the people that destroyed your lives. They destroyed your lives, they wouldn't be there. So I always say, I like it better. But there's one thing I don't like better, and that's what they did, because I think that's the single biggest problem. You know, he gave us inflation, highest inflation we've ever had. I solved that. It's right now inflation's at a low, very low number. How about gasoline? I was in Iowa, $1.85 a gallon. You know, I solved that. I did a great job with that. Prices are coming way down, and I'll get them down further, but, you know, Christ, no matter. By the way, if I came up with a cure for cancer, they would say, he should have done it years ago. There's not a thing I can do where these people are going to give me credit. And that's okay, because we wanted a landslide. So the people understand. People understand. But the one thing that I regret about the election and the process, because it's a much better, bigger, more important you look at what we're doing throughout the world. We're respected like we've never been before. But the one thing that I can't do anything about is that he allowed 25 million people many of these murderers, drug lords, criminals, people from mental institutions. They emptied their mental institutions, Tom. Is that right? All over the world, not just in South America. They emptied their jails. Many of them from all over the world. Why? Why would we do this? And they walk in, nobody even asked for, like, do you have an identification? Do you have an id? It's so crazy. You know, the mayor of New York, and he's a very nice person. I met him. But his ideology is not too good. But we're having a massive snowstorm right now, and I heard that he's asked people to come out and help shovel the snow. Okay, so you get a shovel and you start shoveling, right? What the hell? You're not going to help too much, but you can help and. Hello, darling. How are you? Noah, Right behind you. Look, my friend, right? Are you okay? Yes, you. Are you okay? Are you okay? Good, good. Are your eyes okay? I gave her money to get her eyes fixed. A lot of money to get her eyes fixed. That doctor ripped me off, but that's okay. And when do you go? Well, you get them done to pretty. It's an operation, but it's a. It's. It's 100%, you know, it's great. Good. You're going to have 20, 20 vision. You know, she's. She's almost blind. Cataracts. She's almost blind. And with one operation, that'll take a very short period of time. Hope you have a good doctor. He's an expensive. He's an expensive doctor. Top of the line, right? But you know what? You're going to have 2020 vision because I notice you're wearing glasses. I saw you yesterday on television wearing glasses. And I said, well, but anyway. But you know, speaking of your family, it would be a lot different right now except for the election. So I always say it's too bad that happened and if I had it to do again, it's. Despite the tremendous job we're doing now. I wish it could have been the other way because we wouldn't even be having this meeting right now. There'd be nobody. I wouldn't have gotten to know you. But it's gotten to know you under very bad circumstances, Right? The worst circumstances. So one of those things. But the thing I can't understand is why the press isn't more supportive. They're so dishonest. The stories, the polls. They poll you, they say, oh, the angel moms. I think the angel moms are the finest people I've met. I mean, the angel moms and families and dads. But these are unbelievable people. What's to be? Why are they so angry with angel moms? They had their child killed. Stories that are so horrible. I'm not going to mention a couple of people are in the room. What they did with the child after they murdered the child. It's not even. And these people are actually on the side of the criminal. I don't get it, Tom. Someday you're going to explain it to me, but I don't think you can either. It's crazy. Laura Wilkerson is another American mom whose 18 year old son, Joshua. Joshua was horribly beaten, tortured and murdered by an illegal alien who went totally crazy and just went to school. And I'd like to ask Laura to come up and say a few words about Joshua, please.

[Steve Bannon]

Hi.

[Ben Bergquam]

Another one of my friends, one of my original friends, Right.

[Donald Trump]

Thank you so much for having me today. My name is Laura Wilkerson and I want to thank everybody for their help in gathering us here. The American border story and the White House and all of your helpers. I thank you for that. I met a man about 11 years ago who was running for office and he sat with us a couple of days and he watched as the tears rolled down my face as I told him the story of how our youngest son, Joshua was brutally beaten, tortured, strangled to death and his body set on fire. The man next to me was President Trump. He never, ever looked away from my pain. He looked me straight in the eye and he said, I will never forget the story of your sweet son and I will never give up fighting for the American family. I looked at him and I believed him. And here we are these years later and you can tell all of the work he's done. He's never missed a day of fighting for the American family. I don't know if I've ever met a man who is more interested in this country and running his country and getting it back in shape. And I'm so grateful for what he does every single day. I can't even pretend to understand the spiritual battles that swirl around the office of the presidency and the man who owns that office. I would ask that God breathe a fresh breath of air through this administration so that he can calm those spiritual battles and allow our President to continue to do the hard work Jesus works On my family every day, still healing us today. And I am just so incredibly grateful for the man who's in office, who never quits. He is sidelined so many times, but we know the man, Jesus, who can take care of that. And we pray today in his name that he will sweep through this country and make it right again. Thank you so much for having me.

[Ben Bergquam]

I just want to thank you. It's amazing. The words are so beautiful. So beautiful. I get introduced often and I'm getting introduced by people. Many cases, they hate me and they don't give me nice introductions like that. But all we're doing is the right thing. It's sort of simple, right? It's sort of simple and. But not simple for you. And that's when I was running. Actually, that was before I won. You know, I didn't know if I was going to win or not. I was running against 17 politicians. You knew. That's nice, but no, I never, I never forgot that Jody Jones is a loving brother whose cherished sibling Rocky was killed by an illegal alien. Monster, monster, real monster. Who went on a deranged crime spree after being released from prison as part of a California sanctuary city policy. Jody, please come up. Thank you.

[Steve Bannon]

Well, I have this speech, but I'm not going to give it.

[Ben Bergquam]

What I'm going to tell you is

[Steve Bannon]

from my heart, I want to thank my Lord and savior, Jesus Christ. First of all, before I do anything, I want to thank the American border story and I absolutely want to thank President Donald J. Trump. Thank you, sir, for putting America first and putting these angel families first and letting everybody know their stories because we matter. Thank you, sir. My brother, Rocky Jones, was murdered by

[Ben Bergquam]

a criminal legal alien.

[Steve Bannon]

He was simply at the wrong place at the wrong time. This man was arrested, released, and within 24 hours, he went on a shooting spree in central California. Unfortunately, my brother was in the wrong place at the wrong time. This man shot my brother eight times at point blank range. I pray that no other family has to go through that. Unfortunately, they will. And just know, President Trump, I want you to know, no matter what the fake media says about you, the American people love you. And we will support you all the time because we love you. I'm sick and tired of hearing these Democratic politicians stand up on these podiums and say how sorry they are for seeing these criminal illegal aliens being ripped apart from their families. What about us? What about the American family?

[Ben Bergquam]

What about us?

[Steve Bannon]

We mean something, too, and this man right here understands it. I was listening to Grandma cook And she said, thank you to President Trump. And I love that lady. I don't even know her. I just heard her. I got the fire inside of me. I'm like, wow, that's an American. I love America. I want you guys to understand this. American. Americans are not racist. We're not xenophobic because we want a safe America and we want to put Americans first. This man's not racist because he wants to put Americans first. Are you kidding me? I know you guys hear it all the time, but we are not. And I'm going to tell you something. I love America. I love Donald Trump, I love my family, and by gosh, I love America. Thank you very much, Donald Trump. President Trump.

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

You are the man.

[Steve Bannon]

You are the man. I want to say this. I'm going to end here. I want to say this. I love my country. God bless you, God bless Donald Trump,

[Ben Bergquam]

and God bless America. Thank you very much. It's incredible. I want to now introduce somebody that I get to know pretty well. We just had a little discussion. Wonderful mothers. Patty Morin, who lost her beautiful daughter Rachel, and Tammy Nobles, who lost her daughter Kayla. Your daughters would be unbelievably proud. And they are. As they look down, I'm sure they're looking down, and they'd be very proud of you. And they're thanking you right now for your courage. You've gone through a lot, know you. And I just have to recognize some of the families. I mean, the families that are here this morning, I know many of them, not all of them. And, you know, it grows at a pretty strong level. Nothing like it was in the past. You remember when, during the campaign, Biden would say. And then I guess, Kamala, it's the same thing, same ideology, same level of intelligence, I think. But she would say. And he would say, no, no, it's wonderful to have the people come into our country. These are fine people. These are nice people, and they don't commit crime. And I called Tom home and I said, what's the story on that? Because I think they're really violent. And Tom would say, these are the most violent people in the world. They're coming in. These make our. I remember you said, these make our criminals look like choir boys. And you know what? You were right. You were right. But I want to thank those two people because what they went through. And I want to recognize all of the families here this morning who have lost loved ones. A lot of families, thousands are not here. And they're feeling just the way you do, sad and Continue to fight. You know, they say time helps, but I've seen some people and the time isn't building. Not helping. That much time. They say it heals all wounds, but it, it's not. Do you feel better now or the same? You know, you got to feel a little bit better. You got to let it. But it's. It's not like the phrase, wonderful phrase, time heals. Like everything's going to. Excuse me. Yeah, yeah. We'll continue to fight, though, and we'll stop this horrible situation. And we have stopped a lot of it. A big thing. You know, you saw that. Murders are down for the most in 125 years. This before my father. My father was born in 1905. Five years before my father was by. My father was great, but so 1900, 125 years. The murders the lowest rate. You know why? Because they closed the borders and we got a lot of people out. It's not just closing. We got a lot of people out. Washington, D.C. is now a safe place. We don't want to close the borders with them in here. We got a lot of them out and we got many of the worst ones out. Go for them first. But I want to conclude by reading part of a letter I received earlier this year from two heartbroken grandparents. Will never again see their eight year old granddaughter after an illegal alien ran her over with his truck. Purposely. They wrote to me, we are hurting so badly. And now know that the hurting in our family will never go away. It never, ever will go away. We're not seeking notoriety. We don't care about press coverage. But we do want our girl to be remembered. We want people to actually know how preventable this murder was. And lastly, we want the American government to be accountable to its citizens. True. They should be accountable for what they did. That's my administration. And I will tell you, fighting. And we're fighting so hard. All of them, everybody together is fighting. We're putting American citizens first. We're defending American lives. And we're fighting for every angel family. Angel families are beautiful families. They're beautiful families. That was my first. Early on when we first met, that was my first. I didn't know about angel families. You know, I never did this before, right? I was building buildings and things. But I said, I can't believe it. My first meeting, they were so angry at the press, at a mom who lost her daughter so violently. Right. You might have been there. The first meeting I said, this is strange. What's going on. It was anger from the Fake news. But the angel families, I realized very early on I never changed. I could see how you change, though. You know, you have to go through this stuff, but never changed. I thought they were among the greatest people I've ever met. I've met the heads of countries. A lot of them aren't so nice, but, you know, they do have some power, and we've done very well with all of those people. But among the finest people I've ever met are the people in this room and people. Many people outside of this room. I know many, many more than just in the room. But we restored our border, and that's now totally secure. And our country is at the safest level it's been in many, many years. How could anyone possibly say we want open borders? Knowing especially let's say you did that because you. You're foolish or stupid or something, and you did it. But after a couple of weeks, you're going to know that the people coming here. If you're running a country, you want to send your bad people out. That was the way I looked at it. I didn't know anything about it. I ran for office. But I have a lot of sense. And I said, well, the open border is no good. Because if I'm running the country nearby or far away, I had no idea how far away. They came from the Congo in Africa. They came from all of. Not just South America. Congo let vast numbers, hundreds and hundreds and probably thousands of people out of jail. They brought them through Mexico and they dropped them into our country. But you would say that common sense. Well, and I said it right from almost the first day, I said, how can you have an open border? All the countries are going to be dropping their prisoners into us. And that's exactly what happened. And mental patients and others. So we have a country that's now doing well. We have the greatest economy we've ever had. We have the most activity we've ever had. I'm making a speech tomorrow night, and you'll be hearing me say that. I mean, it's. It's going to be a long speech because we have so much to talk about. But Americans like Lakin and Grant and Javier, Joshua, Rocky, Rachel, Kayla, these are great people and we're never going to forget them. I'll never forget them. I don't know how long I'll be around. Got a lot of people gunning for me, don't I? But I will not forget them. I'm never going to forget them. And I just think you're among the Most brave people. I meet a lot of brave people. I meet warriors. I give out Congressional Medals of Honor where people recommend, like these two in front of me who are so wonderful, but they recommend. And I meet the greatest people. But this is a group of people that for whatever reason, I just feel maybe the warmest about. So at least you have one friend. And we don't understand why you don't have many. And maybe you will. I don't know. So I'm going to go sign the proclamation and then we're going to sit in the audience. I'm going to sit with you for the reading of the victims names and I'll then depart to a song sung by our incredible talented military Amazing Grace. Okay. Sound good? Now, we could have some of the families come up. Some of the people come up. You know who you are. And come on, you can stand around me. I don't use an auto pen, so you can watch me actually sign it. Okay. We'll do this the right way. You have. I want to give coins to the family.

[Steve Bannon]

Okay.

[Donald Trump]

Could I. I have one for you. And I couldn't bring anything inside.

[Ben Bergquam]

No Secret Service.

[Steve Bannon]

Well, you'll get it to me.

[Donald Trump]

Say hi to trial. Am I at.

[Ben Bergquam]

Hi. Hi, sweetheart.

[Steve Bannon]

Emma.

[Ben Bergquam]

Oh, hi, Emma. Very good.

[Steve Bannon]

Beautiful.

[Ben Bergquam]

Okay, you ready? Emma? We're going to sign this, okay?

[Donald Trump]

Okay.

[Ben Bergquam]

Okay. That's a good one. That's a good one. Thank you very much.

[Donald Trump]

Thank you.

[Ben Bergquam]

Take care of yourself. You can hold that, at least for a little while before I'm not taking it. Thank you. So let's. Right, let's do this candle lighting and it's very beautiful. Please.

[Donald Trump]

I can't tell you how much I love yourself.

[Ben Bergquam]

This is Vince. This.

[Steve Bannon]

Tyler.

[Ben Bergquam]

Yes, sir.

[Steve Bannon]

We will now light a candle in honor of the victims in. In solidarity with their families.

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

Following the lighting of the candle, the

[Steve Bannon]

names of the victims will be read aloud so that their memory may be honored.

[Donald Trump]

Katie abraham chad icetrup austin babcock megan elizabeth ida boz jesse byrd liam cantu michael clayton gail clayton sander cohen pierce corcoran ronald da silva jackson davis christopher james de leon joseph di tomaso marshall dova brady english shaylee estes lacey marie ferguson maura geraghty tristan gray kayla hamilton erin joshua hampton brady hiling susan hein hayley helgeson kyler holbein gregory hamela gabriel kaleshi isiguzo jr. Rocky paul jones shane jones stephanie kaufman haley king amy cortlang ryan white brian moss robert mopin lizbeth medina brandon mendoza brandon michael dominic montoya, jonathan moody jr. Reuben morfin, rachel morin, krisha odette nicolay osoken rocco pitro laken riley grant ranovec matthew russell kayla santiago, danielle nikki schermach, fred schlosser tierra stansbury, kate steinle, joseph story, timmy tarnowski, brian terry anya varfalomaev javier vega, jr. Joshua aaron wilkerson, carlos wolf joseph zhang jr.

[Ben Bergquam]

The saint has set me free. My bones was lost but now. Was blind. I. Ram. Praise. Sa.

[Steve Bannon]

Critical for the left. It's critical for our Attorney General Josh Call. It's critical for these people to destroy me because then no one will ever step up and work. How did this come about? I want to take a second. It's very important because right there, I think you're seeing President Trump at his best. Look at President Trump leaving, going back to work. Back in 2015, when President Trump first started running, it was only Breitbart that covered this, the great Tony Lee and Matt Boyle, and particularly a guy you might not have heard about too much, or Brandon Darby. We launched Breitbart Texas to focus on this as the issue of the open borders, the cartels, what was happening to Hispanic American community, particularly in places like the Rio Grande Valley. Ever heard us talk about the Rio Grande Valley with Cortez and murmur in 22? This all comes back to 2015. No Republican politician would meet with these people. It was only Trump, because Trump was not a politician. He's a businessman. And when he met with them, those families, they just poured out their heart and he listened to all of it because he's not a politician. That was the difference. This is what Trump remember with all those people running and all those, the Bushes and all that, all that, that whole apparatus, all 16 of them, wouldn't meet with them. I think a couple of them met with him after Trump tried to do it for political reasons. President Trump came at this totally different. And you see right now, Ben Berkwam's not there as a media person. Ben Berkwom's there as an honored guest, invited by the families and President Trump's team. Why Ben Berkwom has done, you know, at Real America's Voice has covered the angel families and covered their trials and tribulations and covered the fact that nobody wanted to do anything about it. No Republicans wanted to do anything about it. That's the difference in Trump. And that's. I think today you saw the. And if we went through the stories in detail, you couldn't handle it. You Couldn't handle the torture, you couldn't handle the murders. You couldn't handle the viciousness. Like Oscar Blue Ramirez reports every day what's happening down there right now. These are vicious, vicious people. And the people come across here, the criminals that come across here are vicious people. Let me go. We're going to blow a break. I want to thank Real America's voice, Erik Prince. You were there with us in 2015. You remember President Trump's the only one, first person ever when the time he came down the golden escalator on that very first time was a June 17th of 2015. And he talked about it right there, the wall. He talked about the invasion of the country, the same thing we're dealing with today. And people were shocked. Remember cnn, Don Lemon, they went crazy that night. They went crazy. When he talked about the rapists, he talked about the murders, what was he talking about? The angel families? He was talking about what these people had suffered and they were outraged. The media was outraged. The political culture in Washington, D.C. of which the Republican Party is a major part of, was outraged that somebody had sat there and told the truth to the American people. That's why I think he was in sixth or seventh place when he came down the escalator. He went to first that night in a flash pole and never looked back. Why? The American people sat there and go, hey, this guy's telling me the truth. He's giving me information I haven't heard before. But I know that something's deeply wrong. Erik Prince, your thoughts about today. And then back down. If Trump was the only one that would address this, others I think marginally try to come up. But nobody made the angel moms a central part. Trump made it a central part of the campaign and demanded they have a role at the convention when even then, after Trump had won, cuz they tried to take it away from him. Cruz and these people tried to take it away and steal it at the 2016 convention. We covered it nonstop when I was running Breitbart. They tried to steal it then. And one of the things they're outraged about in the business community, the same people in Texas today, they're looking the other way in this Islamic invasion because they can make money. They didn't want to do it. They thought it was too. You're going to lose the suburban moms because you're going to come across as xenophobic. You're going to come across as, hey, hell with you. You stand with the American people, they'll support you. Erik Prince, thank you for doing this and thank you for hanging around. Your thoughts, sir? Well, Steve, what we're seeing in Mexico yesterday with an explosion of cartel violence, you know, Trump is right to take on the immigration issue to say we're going to deport the illegals. We're especially going to go after the criminal illegals that have been killing and looting and wrecking the country. We're working in Haiti right now, which is at the far end of the spectrum of what this defund the police embracing of lawlessness will get you. And so if we want cartel explosions like in Mexico, or you want the extreme, the complete meltdown of a society in Haiti, then keep allowing laws to be ignored and hang on. I don't talk a lot about this, about the personal, of how I even came about, but Haiti's a perfect example. Why was I selected to step into the campaign and becoming a CEO? I never run a campaign in my life. It was because we were experts at Breitbart on banging up the Clintons and particularly Peter Schweitzer. I was chairman of Government Accountability. We'd just done this big project called Clinton Cash. What was it about? How the Clintons had stolen all the money out of Haiti, how the Clintons in the Democratic apparatus and all these do gooders had sat there and used Haiti as an example to say the world, oh, this is so terrible. Poverty got earthquakes got all this. Hurricanes. They had looted the cash. What you're seeing today is the payback for the looting of Clinton because they don't care. What they want is illegal aliens that come in the country and then put them on big social programs to get them to vote Democratic. They don't care about the carnage they leave behind. And Haiti is a perfect example. They didn't care about the Haitian people. The Haitian people were just a means to an end for them to get more money. And you saw how they left it. They turned it over to barbecue and the gangs. And now today, what, 10, 12 years later, it's a hellhole. It's a bigger hellhole than it was then. It's ten times worse, Eric. And you've seen this up close. This is what these do gooders do. Trump stepped in and said, hey, here's

[Ben Bergquam]

what we're gonna do.

[Steve Bannon]

He gave the American common sense and they hate him for it. This is one of the most central reasons why they hate him. He saw there today, he says, how can the media be against this? How can politicians be against this? How could they be fighting up in the streets of Minneapolis to keep the bad hombres there to protect them. It's the same reason they looted Haiti. They use all these. These people are a means to an end for them to concentrate wealth and power. And if the American people have to suffer or the Haitian people have to suffer, are the common man and woman in Mexico has to suffer, then that's just tough because, you know, those people don't have any power. Erik Prince what you saw in Haiti 10, 12, 15 years ago with the earthquakes, with the hurricane was a big fundraising effort and the Clintons looted a lot of that. They left the place undoubtedly worse. And with all that aid money, it's basically it was like watering weeds and it reinforced all the negative aspects of that society. What you saw in Mexico yesterday is a cartel explosion. It is a government that's allowed the criminal class to basically overmatch law enforcement. When you take out a gang leader and the gangs respond by locking down large parts of the city, including thousands of Americans that are stuck there taking over International Airport, it's allowing lawlessness and chaos. What you're seeing the early stages of is the lawlessness and chaos allowing tens of millions of people to have come across the border over the past few decades and especially over the Biden administration. And they're trying to protect that. The people that are paying for those kind of protests are undoubtedly on the take from the aid money that goes to those migrants. The Trump administration was brilliant to liquidate USAID at the beginning of the Trump administration because that money was used to foment more illegal migration and more nonsense. And the overhead, the money that was appropriate, I think it was like 42, $43 billion. Almost all of that was washed through US based NGOs that just paid for more leftist Do Gooder, Do Gooder without actually doing much of anything effective in the field. Where Let me get your thinking in the short time I've got for you or available. This is talk you've been a strong advocate of take the torch to the enemy down there of interdiction. If the corrupt and incompetent Mexican government's going to do it, then we're going to have to do it yesterday. There's now open discussion about how this was a joint internally, the United States on every different command, an intelligence team put together called Cartel Control that provided targeting. At least all the mainstream media reported that the Mexican military led this effort. Do you believe that Delta Force and other beyond even intelligence was involved in this strike? What we do know, Steve, is that there's been a lot more US Military aircraft traffic along the Mexican coast and watching some of those areas rivet joint aircraft, which is a big electronic intelligence. It's going to vacuum up pretty much every radio or TV or Internet transmission in an area. So they're definitely been building an intelligence picture in the same way that the pattern of life, the bed down location of Nicolas Maduro was down to the square meter. I would say that kind of firing solution and information, intelligence has been gathered on a lot of these cartel leaders. I'm sure that was passed to some vetted Mexican unit. Unlikely that there was US guys that went with them all the way to the doorstep of the objective. But certainly that helped them with the find and fix part, which is often the hardest part. And the finish was left to a trained Mexican unit because there are Mexican patriots that love their country. But for the rank and file, it's a terrible, terrible position to be in. If you're a state or a local law enforcement officer in Mexico that as soon as you get in the job, you're visited by some, some agent of the cartel and they say, plato y plomo. Silver or lead. Take our silver. We're going to pay you or we're going to give you lead and we're going to kill you and we're going to kill your family and we're going to kill them ugly in front of your eyes. That's what you know. The role of the Mexican government is to put that to an end. And if they need some help from the usg, it is absolutely in our strategic interest to do so. And it can be done through a lot of intel sharing, advisory training. It does not have to be done by Americans now they're doing it. Eric, where do people go to follow you on your. Because whether it's been Iran or it's been this cartel war in Mexico, you've been someone that people have listened to at the highest levels. Where do people go? I post on X pretty regularly at RealEricd Prince. Thank you, sir. Appreciate you taking the time today. Look forward to coming back to you. I will talk to you after the show. We're going to try to go back to the White House of Ben Berko. I want to go to Art Del Cueto. Art, you're an advisor to fair, one of the most important immigration efforts out there. Also you spent, I don't know, 20, 20 some years Border Patrol, union. Talk to me about right now what's going on in Mexico, because the Daily Mail and people reporting this strike, American tourists, American citizens, Mexican citizens, are quite Concerned about the blowback on the cartels. What's the latest?

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

Well, absolutely. Look, there's. Thank you for having me. We go way back. You were talking about way back during the campaign. I remember many, many years ago, we met at Trump Towers in New York City. I believe that was back in 2015. So we do go way back. And, yes, over two decades with the United States Border Patrol. There's a lot of back and forth going on in Mexico, unfortunately, you're gonna get a lot of stories that come out, some true, some not true. What is circulating right now is there is a video that was put out by an individual named Abraham Cano Ambriz. He goes by the name of El Yort, which means the yogurt. And apparently, he is gonna be the successor over to El Mencho. He's gonna be taking over the cartel. He put out a video explaining to people that he was in charge. He's not afraid to show his face on and on. We're gonna wait and see if that pans out. But I think the big concern is the American citizens that are stuck in the United States. Some of the planes. I'm getting word that some of the plane that the airport was open today.

[Steve Bannon]

Hang on, Art, Art, Art. You mean American citizens that are stuck in Mexico, not the United States? American citizens stuck in Mexico? Correct. At the resources.

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

Yeah, correct. Puerto Vallarta is a big tourist attraction. A lot of people go down there for vacation. They opened the airports today. They were going to allow flights out of there again, but I just got word that they have closed them down again. So planes are once again grounded. They didn't even get a single plane off the ground, to be honest. And I think that's the major concern, is we have American citizens that are stuck in this war zone, you would say, where the cartel has taken over various parts of the cities. They burned down banks, they burned down the Costco, various other supermarkets. They burned down the Walmart, and they were able to acquire some bulldozers. And they went to the main roads outside the city of Puerto Vallarta, and they destroyed the roads with bulldozers. They lifted the pavement and made sure that no vehicles can enter or come out. So it is going to be quite a mess. Also being reported is that the body of El Mencho has been transported to Mexico City. So Mexico City is also in high alert, as well as many other cities in the United States. In Mexico now, one of the big concerns, because I've seen this many times before when a lot of these drug lords get taken out and somebody else takes control is those that were very loyal to him will try to escape. So I think we need to reinforce our borders even more so now because we're going to have some of those individuals that are part of El Mencho cartel that maybe do not get along with the new leadership or there's infighting within the new leadership that are going to try to escape Mexico and come into the United States. So that should be a very, very huge concern for the America, for America and for our borders as well. Now.

[Steve Bannon]

All right, where do people we'll get you back up this afternoon or tomorrow because we're covering this nonstop as usual. Where do people go on your content to follow you?

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

So I am on X on Artel Cueto Az. I'm also on Instagram. I post a lot on Instagram at the real Artel Cueto. I'm on Facebook. I'm on every single one. I'm also trying to push a new YouTube channel called Five Strands with Artel Cueto so people can follow me for content there as well.

[Steve Bannon]

Perfect art. Thank you. Thank you for sticking around.

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

Thank you, Steve.

[Steve Bannon]

Oscar Blue Ramirez, I know you got a bounce. Also give us the latest. This concern now is that that with new leadership stepping up in the cartel, they're going to try to take on the Mexican army and this war is going to expand throughout Mexico and get more vicious. Your thoughts?

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

Well, we talked about it, Steve, when the border was secured, I told you this and we said this on the war room. Inner wars were going to start. The unstableness of Mexico was going to demonstrate. This is what is actually happening. Now let's see how the federal government, it is going to come and protect the Mexican citizens and also the international citizens, not only American citizens that we have a huge presence on tourist areas, but like Tijuana, it is one of the most transit cities in the world in terms to coming back and forth for American citizens. We got hundreds of thousands of them that they are concerned right now. The whole city right now. Steve, let me tell you, Tijuana is a ghost town right now. Businesses are closing. At 6 o' clock in the evening, there was a post on social media on Facebook that it was threatening the citizens of Tijuana and also American citizens that they were going to start shooting at civilians after 10 o' clock at night. That was considered a fake post, but it is also threatening to citizens that the power of the cartel of how they are showing it to just basically terrorize the citizens of Tijuana and terrorize the citizens of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Michoacan, in places that they have a lot of presence. The federal government had just gave out a statement right now in the morning conference. The head of Sedena, the military was in tears to say that there were fallen soldiers on this operation and that it was an operation that needed to be done and that demonstrated the force of the state in collaboration with the intelligence of the American government. That is the one of the most important things that it needs to be addressed. It is that the head of the military of Mexico has said that there's collaboration with the American intelligence to execute this mission. That it was perfectly done, almost perfectly done in the central parts of the country.

[Steve Bannon]

Oscar, I know you got to get on the road. We got to bounce. Where do people go to get your reporting?

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

247 on this Oscar Ramirez. TJ on X. You also can get me all around Oscar Blue Ramirez, of course, real America's Voice news and also follow RAV in Spanish, RAV en Espanol over there. We're doing also the reports in Spanish of this current event. Steve.

[Steve Bannon]

Thank you, sir. Appreciate you. Let's now return to the White House. We got Ben Berkwam and we have a very honored guest. He's with Tom Homan. Ben Berkwam, I'm so proud the fact you were invited as a guest and not as a newsman today. Take it away and up. Let's hear from Tom Holman.

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

Yeah.

[Steve Bannon]

Yeah. Thank you, Steve. Absolute honor. I got to wear my ICE hat. We in America say God bless ICE the people. Everyone who puts on that uniform and goes out to work and put their life on the line every single day. That's who we want to honor. We want to honor the angel families, the American citizens, the law abiding American citizens, not the criminal, illegal aliens and the people that are trying to obstruct the work of ice. And there's no greater person than that than Tom Holman. It's an honor to be here with you, sir. What is, what's your message from today to the American people? I came back on retirement two times. This is my boy raising angel family. No one tells her story. So I'm looking forward to you staying down with this family separation of President Trump. This is not divorce. There's a mess of sanctuary cities. It doesn't make sense to release a public safety threat back in the to reaffirm, take lives of these two. I mean, I don't understand sanctuary policy. This is the reason why you have to have cooperation with the jails, with these bad guys, safety and security of the jail, which is safer. Another reason why we have a mass. It's just not criminal aimings and children. So that's why we. We need historic deportation operation because we just saw historic illegal immigration crisis on the border. So match historic with historic magic for both the American people, but tell the stories to these families. Amen. Hey, Ben, we've got to jump. Yeah, Ben, what's. Just one more question.

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

Quick.

[Steve Bannon]

It was heart rendering to see. It was heart rendering to see the president sit there going, I don't know how people understand this. Can you just ask Tom about that, that. About why the media and Democrats don't understand. Talk to us about what the president said about how he doesn't understand how the media. Oh, I'm going with Tom. I think I. Mr. Hellman. Right, okay. Yeah, sorry. You're going this way. We're heading for the exit. Thank you so much. Okay, real quick then, Tom. President Trump saying the media doesn't understand. He doesn't understand how the media doesn't get this. How the media is out there portraying

[Ben Bergquam]

the illegal aliens as the good guys

[Steve Bannon]

and American citizens in particular. Angel families attacking the president. They're attacking the secretary, attacking me. They're attacking men and women with ICE in the border Patrol who are trying to arrest people who murder children of the United States citizens. Right. That's a big part of what we do. So they want to keep vilifying ice. Meanwhile, no talk about the criminal aliens that murder these children and cause these parents to bury their children, men and women, place their trains, prevent them, this stuff from happening. And we're going to keep on doing it. God bless ice. God bless. Amen. God bless you.

[Ben Bergquam]

I'll see you on the other side.

[Steve Bannon]

Tom Holman, everyone. Steve, Ben Berquin, I want to go to you because I don't think I've seen a more touching ceremony than today. I mean, you've been with the angel mobs. But President Trump, I mean, that was heartrending. He's sitting there going, I don't understand it. I don't understand how the media continues to attack and how these mayors and governors defend the worst of the worst and don't allow American ICE working with law enforcement to extract them. And you've got these stories of the. You've got these stories of the families that sit there and talk to you about the brutal murders, the torture that many of these people went through before they were murdered. That to me was one of the most powerful ceremonies I've ever seen at the White House.

[Ben Bergquam]

Ever.

[Steve Bannon]

Yeah. No, it truly is. When you talk about the American citizens that have been murdered and the moms that have to live with this every single day, while in your case, the illegal alien is still on the run, it's just absolutely outrageous. When you hear Laura Wilkerson talk about her son being tied up, hogtied and lit on fire, strangled and lit on fire. And the media, the mainstream media is silent. It is disgusting. They're out there marching for illegal aliens. They're out there attacking ICE when we are called. The American people voted for this. They want these people arrested. They want them deported. And as Tom said, not just the criminals, they want all of them. These are the stories the moms that we should be telling. It's an absolute honor. Yeah, keep Laura right there. I want to. I want to talk to her for a second. If you can repeat this. Is she there? Okay, okay, okay, okay, guys, I gotta jump. Steve. That's okay. On the other end. That's okay. Ben. Good, good reporting. Laura Wilkeson, let me tell you the story there. I think it was on Breitbart News Radio on Sirius xm, because we had done an article about it. When she came on her story about, I think her son's name, Joshua, he had been beaten, tortured, I think. Then they burned his body and I believe he was still alive when they burned him alive and then threw, I believe, the body into a. Into a. In one of these huge trash bins. People were shocked when she came on. The people in the Sirius XM of the day when we ran Breitbart News was more of a call insure. I had guests, but we took a lot of callers, just the format and the audience was stunned. It was the first time that these stories started coming out. We had written a bunch of them at Breitbart, the great Tony Lee and Brandon Darby and Matt Boyle. But this is the first time people heard their voices. Let me repeat. Only Donald Trump would meet with him. It was this, Think about it, this topic, this evidence was there. The border had been open and people were flooding into the country, including bad hombres, and going after people in places like Texas and Oklahoma and Arkansas. Although that's when we came up with this saying that every town's a border town and every state's a border state and nobody would touch it except for Trump and the Republican moneyed class and donor class. Hated it when he did this, Hated it when he was able to elevate the story of People like Laura Wilkinson, David Nino Rodriguez. Sir, you live in one of the tips of the spear. If anybody saw the movie Sicario is about El Paso, Texas, you were there, sir. And you have one of the biggest podcasts in the state of Texas, in the country. You've got a better feel for the cartels than anybody. What is going to happen as you see it right now, particularly El Paso. And if you have not seen the movie Sicario, you should see it it because the El Paso community and the northern Mexico community right north of it is like the old west, sir.

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

Absolutely. And what people really need to understand right now is that this is war with Mexico. This is not just some bad hombre gangs that we're fighting against. This is now war with Mexico. When you understand the cartels own and control every element of Mexico. We are at war with Mexico. And you know, to see this playing out, I've been seeing that. I've been watching this now for the last year. The heavy artillery being moved up to the border, watching this, getting a bird's eye view, front lines. I can only tell you that I knew what was coming. And on my show, at least for the last few hundred shows, I've been saying, do not go to Mexico. Americans, Canadians, do not go to Mexico. This is about to kick off. I don't know when, but it's going to kick off. And now it has kicked off. And you can expect this to last for a long while because the cartel's objective now will be, if you're looking at this as strategy will be to muddy Trump's face, make this as ugly as possible, kill innocent civilians, mow down schools. This will bleed into America. You better believe it right now. Juarez, see that Juarez is kind of. It's like the calm before the storm, you know, different cartels control different sectors of Mexico. So we are anticipating something coming very soon. This is going to get ugly, very ugly. It's already ugly now, but it's going to get worse.

[Steve Bannon]

A couple of things. Let's start with the. No, I think people failed to understand the scale Juarez, which is really the Mexican part of El Paso, because it's right there. How big is Juarez right now? People think it's a sleepy border town that people go over like in the old days of Tijuana, have a beer, hear some music and come back. Nothing can be farther from the truth. How big is Juarez and how dangerous is Juarez?

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

Let's just put it this way. I haven't been to Juarez in 10 years. The last time was there. I Had a gun to my head. And that's a true story because I didn't tip the waiter. It was crazy. Juarez is about a couple million people. I would say 2 to 3. You know, estimates at 2, 2.5, some say 3. It's a big city. A lot of them are fed up there, too. I know people on that side of the border. They're fed up with the, you know, immigrants coming into Juarez. And they're just waiting right now. They're waiting right now for 20, 28. They're trying to wait it out. Trump gets out of office and then it'll be Biden 2.0. That's what they're waiting for. There's still immigrants up there waiting, just taking their time, really confident in the fact that they're Gonna Cross in 2028. Like I said, right now, it's a calm before the storm. Everyone's just waiting. Everyone's on pins and needles right now.

[Steve Bannon]

Nino, why was this different? Sam Faddis started this off this morning by saying, hey, we've been trying to do the law enforcement model, but you saw kinetic military activity with an American at a minimum, major intelligence component. We're hearing rumors might even been a part of Delta Force or some CIA paramilitary in there. Because all the stories are saying the Mexican military led the operation. It didn't say that they did the operation. Totally your thoughts on that?

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

100%. You know, the Mexican military combined with our intelligence. But here's what it is. The reality is people need to understand. Need to understand is this takeover of America, the immigrants coming in was completely engineered. This was. This was to be in operation, to be activated, immigrants to be activated in America at a certain time. So we are taking the fight. Trump is taking the fight to them first, and now they're on the defense. So I think, I believe he's. It's a preemptive strike before they could hit America. And now they're reeling back and having to fight against us. I think, in my personal belief, I think this is going to be fast and quick. I think it's going to be ugly for a while, but I believe that they're going to go in, do the job, and I bet you they still have the World cup in Mexico.

[Steve Bannon]

Art Decoito from the Border Patrol spent 20 years there. He's now an advisor to Fair. His concern is one the tourists caught in these huge resorts about them getting out and anything the cartels could do. Also, he's concerned about cartel striking back, specifically in places like El Paso, Texas.

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

Your thoughts well, El Paso, you know, you don't go to the bathroom where you eat, right? So El Paso, a lot of them are here and you know, we've, even with the wars that raged in Juarez, we didn't see much, much bleed over until El Paso. El Paso is still a very relative safe city. I believe the tourists are in danger. I've said this, I've given travel advisories on my show many times. Don't go there. Do not go there. It's about to kick off. So now the cartels, like I said, they don't fight fair. This is a different type of guerrilla warfare. They will kill innocents, they will take hostages. They do not care. They're going to make Trump look as bad as possible, especially if they're fighting for sur and especially they know that this is the end of them. They're going to take hostages, they're going to go no holds barred. And this is going to be the ugliest thing you've ever seen in your life. The ugliest warfare you've ever seen is cartel warfare.

[Steve Bannon]

Nino, where do people get your podcast where they get you on social media?

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

Nino Boxer on X. It's just Nino Nino Boxer on X and then Nino's Corner TV and then Nino's Corner on YouTube.

[Steve Bannon]

Thank you, sir. Look forward to having you back on tomorrow, getting an update.

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

God bless you.

[Steve Bannon]

A guy that knows the board have been warning about it. President Trump, they dropped the hammer yesterday and what Nino's I think accurate. These cartels are not human about how they fight. In fact, they want. You saw on the Angel Moms, so many of these were cartel actors. In fact, a horrible story about the border patrol officer that was gunned down in front of his family right in cold blood. That's how they live and die. Mike Lindell, a magnificent day at the White House with the Angel Moms. President Trump at his best. It was heartrending to sit there and see the president saying, hey, I don't know how the media, I don't know how these politicians talking specifically mentioned fry, how people in Minneapolis cannot want ICE to come in and get the bad hombres, how they cannot sit there and want the criminal class to be removed. And it was quite heart rendering seeing the president really, I think in a very open moment saying, we have to get these people out. And yet I'm fought by the Walses. I'm fought by the fries. Your thoughts, sir? Yeah.

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

And Steve, it's even worse than that we have in Minnesota. It's like, I think it's over 900 prisoners we have here that are illegals that we're paying $85,000 a year as Minnesota tax taxpayers. It comes to $110 million we're paying

[Steve Bannon]

to house the worst of the worst in our prisons.

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

Well, you think you could let ICE come and pick them up and get them out of our country and go

[Steve Bannon]

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[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

Steve, it's so you can't even wrap

[Steve Bannon]

your head around this as someone like Fry. I mean you're either in on it

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

or there's, there's alternative motives here. I don't know know what it is, but it's disgusting.

[Steve Bannon]

And we're, we're going to get to the bottom of when I'm, when I'm governor and you guys can check it out.

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

Mike Lindellgov.com It's Mike Lindellgov.com I need your help. We're all in right now. We're going all in with our own

[Steve Bannon]

investigation, our own things we're doing, bringing this out to the forefront.

[Oscar Blue Ramirez]

Like, like these illegals that are in our prisons here. I mean start there, that's pretty low hanging fruit. That doesn't even count the ones that are in the jails. And but yeah, Steve, it's disgusting.

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