Episode 4939: Impeachment Looming In 2026; Sharia Law In Texas

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What are the implications of the Chinese Communist Party's influence in Mexico?

Steve Bannon 0:00

When Scheinbaum was elected, they killed 27 different conservative candidates, largely assassinated by the cartels. And in many cases, it was funded by the Chinese Communist Party, because they're trying to do state capture of Mexico with the fentanyl, with the other drug trafficking, and with other aspects of trade. The CCP is trying to put their hooks in at all levels of the Mexican society. That becomes a huge problem for the United States. And again, I'm not advocating an 1845-style invasion at Veracruz again. We need to push for leadership change. Maybe the United States starts doing it at a governor level where a state governor says, I'm ready to take this on, and we support them that way with kinetic strikes, with covert action, with the means to overmatch the cartels.

Steve Bannon 0:49

I feel terrible for the average cop, the good cop, that tries to do the right thing in Mexico because they're immediately met by overwhelming force, which wipes out not just them, but their family, and it kills their entire family ugly. So, yeah, at some point, some greater force is going to have to be unleashed.

Unknown 1:08

The New York Times has new reporting that the president has signed off on new ways to put even more pressure on Venezuela, including authorized covert CIA action inside the country. The Times also reports the administration has reopened back-channel diplomatic negotiations with the Maduro regime. What makes this different?

Mike Lindell 1:26

Yeah, that's a good question.

Steve Bannon 1:27

And it's good to explain to listeners and viewers exactly what has changed here. So a few weeks ago, we had the president, you know, authorize the CIA to do, in theory, covert actions inside Venezuela. But what was different then is that there weren't any concrete plans. And now what we have is the president not saying the plan should necessarily start, but approving the specific development. This is not likely boots on the ground. We don't know for sure what happens. President Trump has in mind, but the kinds of things could be cyber, psychological operations, sabotage or information operations. They're developing some kind of plans along these lines, and then they will tee them up for the president to decide to go if certain things happen.

Steve Bannon 2:28

But there's, you know, quite frankly, a lot we don't know besides the fact that the Trump administration is increasing the pressure On the Venezuelan government. We've gone from over the weekend, late last week, when they're briefing people on Capitol Hill about a potential strike, and the Secretary of War, Hegseth, is walking through a huge range of alternatives, to now President Trump says when he gets off the plane last night that Maduro's all over him, they want to talk about a deal, and President Trump says, you know, I'm willing to listen, right, and talk. What has changed? Is it that the Ford showed up with a strike group, and now you have instead of 4,000 fleet marines and sailors, you've got, I don't know, 12,000 to 15,000?

Steve Bannon 3:05

Is that what got their attention? Did they take your advice and put the $50 million on him dead or alive? Why we had what looks like a sea change in the last 72 hours. Perhaps there were some covert actions that worked. But to me, this is not solved by carrier air wings and B-52s. This is done by making people change their minds really at the margin. And it's really Maduro, Diosdado Cabello, Jorge and Delcy Rodriguez, the Padrino, the head of the military,

Colonel Self 3:40

Until they drive all those folks out, I don't think Maduro himself is going to leave because the other people won't let them leave if they don't get the same deal.

Unknown 3:50

There is this open question that I have not gotten a satisfactory answer to. What's the goal here? What's the point of all this? What is the administration really trying to do? Is it about oil? They'll state fentanyl. But fentanyl is not produced by Venezuela. And if you're really going after fentanyl, you're not blowing up individual boats. You're going to be shutting down the border and shutting down container ships that are smuggling it in through the border.