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September 9, 2025 3 mins
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Steve Bannon is making headlines again after a highly publicized series of appearances and hard-charging statements over the last few days. On September 4 he delivered a fiery plenary address at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington DC called Getting America First Done, in which he painted Donald Trump as one of America’s three greatest leaders alongside George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and pushed hard for aggressive China sanctions and steep tariffs as policy cornerstones. In his speech, broadcast widely and carried by outlets like YouTube CSPAN and RealClearPolitics, Bannon warned Trump to stand firm against Iran, Big Tech, and Wall Street and framed trade wars as both economic and existential. The Washington Examiner quoted him slamming Silicon Valley’s influence and declaring tariffs essential for rebuilding the US industrial blue wall insisting elites sold out workers by outsourcing factories and funding rivals.

Bannon’s rhetoric was especially dramatic in painting Europe as a cautionary tale. At the same DC gathering, he claimed Britain is on the brink of civil war fueled by what he termed radical Islam and cited cratering long-term bond markets as evidence of deep global instability. He described the world as already in a kinetic phase of World War Three according to the Telegraph. These statements, characteristic of his apocalyptic populist style, were quickly amplified across conservative media and his own massively popular podcast War Room.

Social media picked up on Bannon’s messaging with supporters flooding Twitter and Getter with clips of his speeches and soundbites like America First means American citizens first and warnings about globalist elites. Several trending posts repeated his assertion that continued reliance on Chinese trade and tech giants would push the US toward collapse. No unconfirmed reports or major speculation were in circulation, though some liberal commentators questioned Bannon’s numbers about manufacturing and China.

On the business front, Bannon has continued to rail against what he sees as big corporations morphing into political entities and losing sight of shareholder interests, a theme picked up by opinion columns in conservative outlets like the Daily Signal which noted a wider de-politicization underway in business institutions possibly driven by Trump and centered on restoring competitive focus.

To summarize the week Bannon is back at the center of conservative strategy circles, doubling down on economic nationalism, pyrotechnic warnings about world affairs, and pushing the Trump agenda as America’s last best chance. His speeches and social presence are giving new ammunition to the populist right and drawing fresh pushback from progressives. He remains, as ever, one of the most polarizing and high-impact voices in the landscape, and barring unforeseen scandal, these developments are sure to leave a lasting mark on the ongoing 2024 political conversation.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Steve Bannon is making headlines again after a highly publicised
series of appearances and hard charging statements over the last
few days. On September fourth, he delivered a fiery plenary
address at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington, d C.
Called Getting America First Done, in which he painted Donald

(00:20):
Trump as one of America's three greatest leaders, alongside George
Washington and Abraham Lincoln, and pushed hard for aggressive China
sanctions and steep tariffs as policy cornerstones. In his speech,
broadcast widely and carried by outlets like YouTube, c spand
and Real Clear Politics, Bannon warned Trump to stand firm

(00:43):
against irong, big Tech, and Wall Street, and framed trade
wars as both economic and existential. The Washington Examiner quoted
him slamming Silicon Valley's influence and declaring tariffs essential for
rebuilding the U S Industrial blue Wall, in ciss elites
sold out workers by outsourcing factories and funding rivals. Bannon's

(01:06):
rhetoric was especially dramatic in painting Europe as a cautionary tale.
At the same DC gathering, he claimed Britain as on
the brink of civil war, fueled by what he termed
radical Islam, and cited cratering long term bond markets as
evidence of deep global instability. He described the world as
already in a kinetic phase of World War III, according

(01:29):
to the Telegraph. These statements, characteristic of his apocalyptic populist style,
were quickly amplified across conservative media and his own massively
popular podcast, War Room. Social media picked up on Bannon's messaging,
with supporters flooding Twitter and Getter with clips of his
speeches and sound bites like America First means American citizens First,

(01:50):
and warnings about globalist elites. Several trending posts repeated his
assertion that continued reliance on Chinese trade and tech giants
would push the US toward collapse. No unconfirmed reports or
major speculation were in circulation, though some liberal commentators questioned
Bannon's numbers about manufacturing in China. On the business front,

(02:12):
Bannon has continued to rail against what he sees is
big corporations morphing into political entities and losing sight of
shareholder interests, a being picked up by opinion columns and
conservative outlets like The Daily Signal, which noted a wider
depoliticization underway in business institutions, possibly driven by Trump and
centered on restoring competitive focus. To summarize the week, Bannon

(02:35):
is back at the center of conservative strategy circles, doubling
down on economic nationalism, pyrotechnic warnings about world affairs, and
pushing the Trump agenda as America's last best chance. His
speeches and social presence are giving new ammunition to the
populist right and drawing fresh pushback from progresses. He remains,

(02:59):
as ever, one of the most polarizing and high impact
voices in the landscape, and barring unforeseen scandal, these developments
are sure to leave a lasting mark on the ongoing
twenty twenty four political conversation. And that is it for today.

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