Zero Tolerance: Steven Bannon Interview | FRONTLINE

Steve Bannon is a media executive and political strategist. He served as executive chairman of Breitbart News, as an adviser to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and later as chief strategist in the Trump White House.
Bannon's candid, full interview was conducted with FRONTLINE during the making of the October 2019 documentary “Zero Tolerance.”
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This interview was conducted with FRONTLINE during the making of our documentary “Zero Tolerance.” Watch the full film, here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4iXnIRqltCNZ6M

[@dondressel4802]

Deen Bloger there’s radicalism in every religion Look at what’s happening in the Middle East to Christians You sound like the typical left wing nut that calls everyone a racist who doesn’t agree with you

[@lonniedobbins]

@Deen Bloger *BLACK PEOPLE ARE THE RED MAN WHITES SAW WHEN THEY CAME TO THIS CONTINENT.* The People You Talk Are Absent Of Full Color Looking PINK! Get it right. *Your Comments Are Of What's Called BLACK TODAY, But Was RED All The Years Before. Google: DECLARED AND CLASSIFIED NEGROS.

[@darrellmay4502]

Bannon, You are an Manipulator and an opportunist pig,,, You were looking for a sucker to play Pres. for your own needs and others, not to help others but for You and your pals for self gain,, You are quite the Con man and You are very smart but You overlooked one thing,,, Greed!, You got greedy and pushy and were found out by Trump and others and Trump was told that You sir were a high risk greedy fool,,, You got fired, then you went back to Brent Hart and got fired for misusing their show for selfish personal reasons,, I don't understand to this day why You are not serving 10-years in Federal prison,, good riddens pal!,,,

[@tonyawhite8262]

I thought you were going to help President Trump from the outside

[@lukang72]

@Deen Bloger this "fool" is smarter, more clever and has done more for our country than you. There were way more shootings during the Obama years btw.

[@tshandy1]

Very even-handed interview by PBS / Frontline. I'm surprised and impressed. Hats off.

[@jonkragness8177]

Great interview, but watch the video they aired on TV and it is totally different.

[@MrApplewine]

@@jonkragness8177 How was it different? I can't watch the TV video.

[@edwinstorz2776]

Reading my mind, on the other hand, there is no way to edit the truth out or put the spin in their favor!

[@sardanapalusm8748]

@MrApplewine The full documentary is linked in the description.

[@ChollieD]

Frontline is a gem. They're left, sometimes very left, but they still know how to frame honest questions and do proper journalism.

[@hongbyao]

"He is a very imperfect instrument, but he is an armor piercing shell"

[@hadid1092]

Boon Yao Hong I had to replay it. What a quote.

[@hongbyao]

@@hadid1092 Yes and an important one too.

[@kyronwalsh]

Classic! We live in charmed times... Trump 2020!!!

[@4whirledpeas]

or... he's a ticking time bomb set on self-destruct, and he's going to take the rest of us with him

[@Jkub101]

@@4whirledpeas *autistic screeching intensifies*

[@robertlanders4935]

Bannon is brilliant and so so so underrated by so many.......respect!

[@knutkatastrophe2722]

Not by me. He is a master mind

[@crishdavies650]

a master of propaganda and manipulation

[@pfacka]

Yeah, but he is still part of the problem not the solution

[@robertlanders4935]

@@pfacka what problem....truth telling in a world of elitist party of Davos deception?

[@pfacka]

@@robertlanders4935 Problem is that American politics is broken and main actors don't even care to pretend they care about people. They just fight for made up narratives, gaming the system to get more money, votes and influence. Bannon just found a way to get into the game for a moment. Genius move on his part, but American citizens are not benefiting from that. He is at least honest about that. I have to give him that.

[@AdilJustinTheriault]

Say what you want about him, but this man is the greatest political strategist of our era.

[@edwardbrady8410]

Agreed. Actually, Bannon's interview with Kyle Bass is even better. Bannon is the most interesting person on KZbin.

[@DrKnow1tAll]

Adil Justin Theriault If it’s political it’s full of shit. I agree... a master bull shitter he is.

[@BioStuff415]

The evidence is there... they took out the two largest political dynasties in history - Bush Clinton. And it was Trump's first political race.

[@AdilJustinTheriault]

@@DrKnow1tAll Not saying I agree with the man's politics, but just acknowledging his statecraft.

[@AdilJustinTheriault]

@just me lol

[@tex346]

The most effective messenger of truth on these issues. Take care of yourself Mr. Bannon.

[@cdamarshall5127]

ABSOLUTELY !!!

[@tubester4567]

Agree, the guy is a genius. The best political operator in decades.....and he came from outside the political class to do it, which is even more amazing. We need more people like him in politics, people that give a damn about the country and not their own careers.

[@brillsmith2207]

he is just good at manipulating you idiots. not a genius at all.

[@tex346]

@@brillsmith2207 I did not say he is a genius. I said what I said. One point he got exactly right from my perspective as an Information Systems guy is that the H-1B visa is nothing more than a cheap labor tool along with illegal immigration. Less than a month after the authorization of an additional 85,000 H-1B visas, 400 American citizens and veterans in the UBER program and system engineering staff are losing their jobs at the same time UBER requested 299 new visas to add to the visa folks already there. That's 400 more Americans workers and their families betrayed. Put out of a job by a government cheap labor program they will now be fined 10% on their retirement fund withdrawals as they struggle to find other employment. You can see more on this issue from recent WaPo and Mercury News articles. A grand swap of these visas for a "Pathway to Citizenship" is what is meant by "comprehensive immigration reform", what SB.744 did, and would be an extinction event for American citizens in Technology .I am grateful to Mr. Bannon for speaking the truth on this issue.

[@canteluna]

Bannon supports the most corrupt and anti-democratic candidates in the US and in the West. He simply rationalizes his support by claiming that "the people" support them. He is on record saying that Trump does not lie. That makes Bannon a LIAR not a "messenger of the truth." Just because you're easily fooled doesn't mean the rest of us don't see through this master manipulator.

[@eury5405]

Wow. I'm speechless. This man is genious. Brilliant. I have nothing but respect for him....and I'm a black single mother of 2 daughters ( in case some leftie calls me a Nazi or a racist).

[@sunshinepatsoph4219]

great!!!!

[@tonyromano6220]

Eury thank you dear woman.

[@dobbiesmith8314]

Euri... I agree.... I had not paid much attention to Bannon before.. I am also noticing that a lot of these people are different when they have long interviews than they are when interviewed in 2 minute bits on cable news. I am impressed with Bannon too so far.

[@dobbiesmith8314]

I think I like Populism !

[@TriNguyen-wg5np]

Eury I agreed this man is brilliant ( and I’m Asian American just in case the lefty frame me white privileged or white supremacy)

[@michagrobi6771]

I love the way Steven Bannon thinks.

[@tristanj.t5436]

Steve Bannon is a very honorable man. He speaks truth.

[@chuckcribbs3398]

I love to listen to Steve Bannon. Smart guy and he gets it, and he loves this country.

[@BIGDINKMAN]

Chuck Cribbs yes. He absolutely gets it.

[@thanksforbeingausefulidiot9016]

+Chuck Cribbs - he loves this country? His top pick for President was Sarah Palin. Give me a break.

[@TheBiomuse]

I think Bannon does love this country and he has correctly identified some real problems. But he's making two mistakes: First, believing Trump was the guy to carry his vision out. Trump is a tactical ally but not a strategic one; he's going to do whatever he thinks keeps him in power, and that typically means keeping money happy. Bannon's out of the White House because Trump does not want or care to feel like a constrained adherent to any ideological program. He just doesn't care about that. Also, Trump's use of xenophobia is in direct conflict with Bannon's goals. That stuff has historically never gone hand in hand with prosperity, absent warfare. Second, Bannon's vision for America itself has serious difficulties, and they're born of his experience on Wall Street, seeing the absolute ugliest side of expansionist economics. That stuff is ugly and it is unfair. But we're not going to be able to "reclaim" this country and retarget our economy in the way he would want to without very serious pain for the people he thinks he's trying to help. It's difficult enough from the left and downright impossible from the right. Closing off, the way Italy and Hungary have begun to do, means the pie really does shrink and the game becomes closer to zero-sum. They're going to feel it in those nations, and the opportunity costs for everyone there will be huge. Meanwhile, China will be going to Africa; shoring up its influence in Asia, partnering where possible with Russia. Bannon sees this but doesn't seem to follow its implication: isolationists will get smaller and weaker. Iron laws of economics. A conservative economist in San Diego did a study about 15 years ago on the difference between cities in the US vs. cities right across the border in Mexico. The big difference explaining their outcomes was: availability of credit. That was the foundational factor from which all the differences in economic outcome flowed. You get abundant credit from expansionism. Don't want expansionism, you don't want prosperity for *anyone.* Warren's over the top, but she's at least pointing her guns in the right direction: intervene to incentivize spreading around of that capital accumulation. I don't know where Bannon thinks he's pointing his. It doesn't hang together, and he won't just spit it out.

[@chuckcribbs3398]

TheBiomuse As soon as you mentioned Warren I tuned this out. Trump has done more for our country in three years, with his hands tied, than any other president. Funny how we became a world power without having to sell to China. We don’t need China. If we take our manufacturing out they collapse.

[@TheBiomuse]

@@chuckcribbs3398 Wow you sure missed my point, which wasn't to advocate for Warren. Don't let yourself get triggered by magic words. My point is that Bannon's ideas aren't that different from hers. They both want to tax high incomes (which Bannon proposed for incomes over $5M - lower than Warren's number - but couldn't get Trump to sign onto) because they both want to see more economic benefits going to the working class. In fact they *both* appear to want that more than Trump does. Trump lied to Bannon about his goals. When Bannon pushed on him, he got trashed ("I fired Sloppy Steve"). That's because Bannon actually believes what he's saying, while Trump doesn't actually give a crap. And somehow Bannon still clings to hope, and tries to stay relevant by sucking up to him. That's a pattern with Trump. It should tell you something. Funny how we didn't need consumer electronics, like we're using right now, to become a world power either. So what? Times have changed, and so has China. No one sees a quick resolution to Trump's trade war because there isn't one coming. Bannon's wrong when he trashes Democrats on this: the whole point of Obama's TPP was to have bargaining power over China, which would have made everything that Trump's now trying to do easier. But he flushed it, because he's weirdly obsessed with Obama. I read about the Dem debate last night and half of what they talked about was China. In other words, it's not a Trump position that China's a problem: it is and has been an American position. Doesn't seem to me that Trump's going about it in the strongest way, just in the most theatrical way. Against somebody like Xi, that's backwards.

[@SpaghettiKillah]

Just a quick reminder of *HOW MUCH* the US industrial output has shrunk over the last decades: industry is now only 12% of the US gdp...let that sink in. You can't have a +300 mil country running on financial tricks and service jobs alone..you gotta have a good industrial output that guarantees a big healthy middle class status even for people who are not college educated.

[@callmeishmael7452]

You got to make something. There are many idle hands. Millions of fine minds and empty garages, kitchen tables. America creates.

[@rutherfordBHAZED]

A nation that relies on others for its means of production/manufacturing is not sovereign.

[@FloydofOz]

You are forgetting about software. That’s a $1T annual contribution to the GDP.

[@Wasgehtdichdasan16]

Well, you have the software companies. Best regards from Germany

[@canteluna]

You don't know what you're talking about. Your comment is just populist talking point. A good industrial output does NOT guarantee a big healthy middle class. The largest middle class in world history was the result of FDR's NEW DEAL policies which protected LABOR UNIONS -- and labor is labor, not limited to industrial jobs. Germany and Scandinavian countries now do what the US used to do in terms of protecting labor rights. Are those countries great manufacturing centers? No.

[@crackyflipside]

surprisingly neutral interview, felt more like a podcast.

[@caseykohler756]

A very honest interview explaining what they went through and how they arrived to the point where he is at now.

[@erc9468]

Yeah, but let’s see what the finished product looks like, the one which will actually air on TV. They’ll probably chop it up so he looks moronic. That’s the method.

[@callmeishmael7452]

Probably the guy i changed my opinion about the most over the last year, and not due to politics. I respect his work and strategic thinking easily without getting into trump. Thank you for the neutrality interviewer.

[@straightstreetdesign]

the final frontline show Zero tolerence is not nuetral I am glad i watched this full interview before the broadcasted episode which spins everything into their narrative, I don't understand how they got a message that Bannon was not saying. PBS is the elite that he is talking about in this interview... and they are not even aware of it.

[@andrewbellinger6120]

The fact they label a series of interviews with conservatives "zero tolerance" is everything you need to know about PBS. When do we cut their public funding?

[@dorothycain2307]

I grew up in a blue collar working class neighborhood. It was all about family and community. Neighborhoods lost out when jobs left. I understand where Steve is coming from. Jobs were easy to find without leaving the community. My own father worked 30 feet from where we lived. We had a business on every corner and a corner bar where men and women could unwind after a hard day at work. It was a great way to grow up. We felt safe. Neighbors all knew one another. This is what we lost. Without blue collar jobs, boys never grow into manhood.

[@starmountpictures]

Truth

[@clutchcargo5259]

Local corner bars used to be inexpensive but now they've turned into over-priced eateries, ipa joints etc. $4-$5 for a beer, $7or more for a mixed drink, no thanks!

[@ericgilmore5949]

@@clutchcargo5259 The dollars are each worth much less now due to inflation, important to remember... Also there are more bars and restaurants and thus more competition, so service and quality of service is now more impressive, and consumers have more choices

[@MrAussieJules]

thanks for the picture. Reminds me of the movie "the deer hunter". I've worked in Outdoor Education, but got a bit fed up with various things, the formulaic nature (high ropes, a short hike, an abseil) and also the PC nature of teachers etc. I'm working on a model which is like a rite of initiation/ vision quest for boys and men. In Nature, some hiking, sitting around fire, but also storytelling, mythology, solo time. The modern western world is unrooted and disconnected from our core spirituality. Add to that boy/man hating/ dissing feminism which pervades every Urban institution (schools, media, advertising...) and you have a recipe for Suicides, unhinged boys and women who cant find a man.

[@avaolivia2]

I'm 66 and I hear you. I grew up the same way. Your community was you and, despite any opinions going this way or that way.... your neighbors had your back. The world wide 24/7 media is very largely same.same. Everyone looks for the latest date posted.....including me, by the way, and I shake my head..... I stopped. This is the long view. I feel better and try to focus on whatever future I can create for myself. Focus on Bannon's description of "managed decline". Yep. Thank and act for yourselves and your community as you can.... regardless of political persuasion

[@danielmubima2991]

Bannon is brilliant!!! He understands the issues at hand very well.

[@dondressel4802]

But the left who do not understand a damn thing call him a racist nazi

[@darrellmay4502]

He's a Conman just like Trump but smarter!,,,

[@auntiechris8773]

Darrell May, what's his con?

[@1913gg]

@@darrellmay4502 Globalist vs nation state

[@mellowtron214]

I’m on the left and I am well aware that Bannon is not only NOT A NAZI, but if he could be dropped in to ww2 era he would be proactively against the Nazis. The best descriptor I can think of for Bannon is an anti-globalist. I realize that many in the political sphere imagine “nationalist/ism” is a dirty word, but they seem to be ignorant of the dichotomy of nationalism Vs Globalism. How the globalists are winning by the day. The bipartisan project of selling out to the corporate over lords. Name any issue in politics and I can bet that somewhere near the core of that issue is a corporate mindset that genuflects to the global power structure by default.

[@somecelt5268]

This man was key in saving the Republican Party. Like him or not, he is in touch with the rural and working class voters. Steve knows how to fight politically.

[@Sunne2day]

He might have been key in saving it but Trump is ruining it.

[@somecelt5268]

Trump is the only man who has what it takes to stand up to the cabal of leftists who relentlessly attack him. Regardless of his personality, his results are undeniable.

[@Sunne2day]

@@somecelt5268 I'm not seeing the results. Did you watch the Ann Coulter interview? Not that this is an easy thing but glorifying Trump prevents one from improving on the mission. Plus in many ways Trump is his own worst enemy and has gotten himself into a big mess which is totally counterproductive. I don't think you can blame the left for it but they certainly jumped on it. Trump did it himself. Gotta be something better or it won't ultimately succeed. He is not "the only man."

[@likeguiltdoes]

@@somecelt5268 The ONLY man? That's exactly the problem. That's cult thinking. Disgusting.

[@ordeithx]

@@likeguiltdoes he said he is not.

[@jc23jc65]

Bannon is needed back in the white house, i hope one day he runs for president

[@RM-fs8ub]

I prefer him outside...his ability to be himself and to work for freedom is unrestricted here!

[@sorsocksfake]

Nah, different skills and roles. Trump is very suitable to be the front guy. Bannon needs to work behind the scenes, seems to me.

[@RM-fs8ub]

What a can of worms the government hid...and now brave people have to wade into that muck and clear it out.

[@seahog1911]

This guy is a true conservative. The swamp especially republicans hate him because he exposes them. Trump needs him back for the campaign.

[@RM-fs8ub]

It's those who masquerade as Republicans that need rooting out out now....

[@Basu770]

This needs to be shared

[@sophocles8761]

Yes very sloppy

[@canteluna]

Yes. As an RED ALERT TO THOSE WHO WANT TO PROTECT DEMOCRACY FROM THIS RIGHT WING POPULIST.

[@joongtreez9402]

I think it's safe to say this guy is the greatest political marketer of all time. Highly sought after is an understatement.

[@abraxas511]

Now I know why CNN talked about him being a slob and unkempt and dirty. They couldnt counter a single point the man makes and he is clear, concise, lucid and intelligent so they had to attack him.

[@tedbaxter5234]

Never listened to him before now - liked the interview very much.

[@thanksforbeingausefulidiot9016]

+Ted Baxter - right, I'm so glad giant tax cuts for billionaires fulfilled the dreams of populism. I also believe him when he says he willingly left the WH because he could accomplish more on the outside. All Truth with this guy.

[@muaddib7685]

@@thanksforbeingausefulidiot9016 Normal person: Tax cut for ALL Lefty socialist: Tax cuts for all = Tax cuts for rich ppl too so = Tax cuts only for wealthy and is bad

[@lukang72]

It's useful to hear each side in full and make one's own judgement, rather than relying on the filtering of biased media.

[@jacobrobertson193]

Ted Baxter check out his interview with Kyle Bass.

[@dawnoliver2015]

Do yourself a favour and find his other interviews. They are all inspiring.

[@joyforeverlee9806]

What a brilliant mind!

[@christinMajor]

And his heart is in the right place, that's what made all of this work.

[@AnnaLVajda]

He sees the big picture.

[@fly1327]

Really admire Steve Bannon, his positions, tenacity, and plain speak.

[@kyronwalsh]

fly 13 The Trump Wisperer:)

[@jamesnielsen3095]

Bannon is an incisive intellect and a "fighter"! His insight is DESPERATELY needed in senior officers of all human organizations. Deceit abounds. We are pandering to immigrants while we need to build up a suffering underclass here in our own country. Shame on the Catholic Church too!

[@corryjookit7818]

@@jamesnielsen3095 James I feel sorry for you that you believe this guy has the qualities you describe. He's yet another multi millionaire playing a game of political chess for his own ambitions of more power and money.. If he believes his own publicity, he should stand for national election.

[@corryjookit7818]

Bannon's vanity project ? Roy Moore. Where is he ? Who cares ? Is that plain enough for you ?

[@fly1327]

@@corryjookit7818 OMG you are so right! Everyone should be consigned to hell for any bad choice! My bad. Thank you so much for your candor ;-)

[@norichesney]

I'm praying for you, Steve. You look tired and it's going to be a long 12 months. Stay strong! And thanks for all you're doing.

[@joshuahanson1127]

@Theo except blacks and Latinos now speak openly about how the Democrats don't really have their best interest in mind and just pander for votes. Obama enforced the same immigration laws That Trump gets labeled racist for. And what's up with the anti white narrative by liberals and MSM, isn't that kinda hypocritical if democrats supposedly champion equal rights

[@lg7014]

Please be cautious...Bannon is part of The Elite, the same class he bashes. He is simply hired by The Elite billionaires to placate hard working folks into believing Trump cares about their plight. "Actions speak louder than words" applies, and Trump and his cronies have done little for the bottom 75%.

[@janaprocella8268]

@@lg7014 Celebrity don Trump. Barely can make sense when he's in a running sentence,,,, let alone really understand the underbelly of political science he acts spontaneously,,, doesn't consider the ramifications of his actions...... Example - ordering solomani to be murdered.! The ramifications came in the form of oil prices and gasoline prices rising to the tops of our heads! They said in fact, ✓ " WE WILL SEEK REVENGE ON AMERICA FOR THIS " !!!!!

[@MRJ520]

Trump needs to hire Steve back...he’s a genius!

[@israelch.b.1524]

Congratulations PBS Frontline for your commitment to professionalism!!!

[@andrewbellinger6120]

Yes because labeling a series of interviews with conservatives "zero tolerance" is really professional.

[@israelch.b.1524]

@@andrewbellinger6120 i understand what you are saying. And also I think there might be liberal bias on PBS. But you also shall compare it to other media outlets. It is like to the question: how's your wife?, you reply: compare to what?.

[@Arperture]

@@andrewbellinger6120 Zero tolerance is a direct reference to Bannon and Miller's immigration agenda. I mean, it is what it is. That's their chosen position.

[@andrewbellinger6120]

They could have named it something more neutral like "follow the law" or "don't provide criminals with assistance when millions are waiting for years to come here legally". You know, something more accurate and with a little less innuendo than "zero tolerance".

[@Arperture]

@@andrewbellinger6120 That's what Sessions named their immigration initiative.

[@cameronboden]

Frontline is killing it with these interviews. Long-form, open-minded, diplomatic and patient.. suddenly the "monsters" of the Right are just decent people with alternative opinions, who would've thought?. THIS is what the future of media looks like.

[@DoubleD72]

Some of them. not all of them. Some of them are spreading their propaganda threw PBS. this is one of the good ones.

[@ianmangham4570]

@@DoubleD72 Through

[@21972012145525]

You have to check out mark blyth. He has an interesting take on populist economics

[@guerra_dos_bichos]

that are willing to do anything to seize power, including repressing, killing and lying

[@Babyboo186]

I wish this is what the future of media was, instead we've gone the opposite direction.

[@antwontaylor9765]

all we want to do is be able to take care of our family, have a few beers with our neighbor, take our wife on vacation and not kill our self trying. point blank...

[@dxpvxo711]

👍

[@jacobrobertson193]

I just wanted to play video games

[@albrechtnechtan9443]

@Ibrahim Osman China is going to eat your culture for breakfast lmao are you serious? They already have your people in camps.

[@terintiaflavius3349]

@Ibrahim Osman Lmao. I do enjoy you. Either you are a chinese gov bot or you are really unintelligent and enjoy the fact the godless people are rewriting your religion so it suited them.

[@carvercapitalequitypartner122]

@HellBell - Mr. Ibraham goes by: why do your own thinking when the CCP can do it for you and you can relax in propoganda utopia.

[@IAmWithinEverything]

Bannon is brilliant. I've enjoyed every video. Especially when he was invited to Oxford last year.

[@antoinetteeisenhower365]

Steve bannon is extremely intelligent and incredibly strategic when it comes to politics and business. Very impressive.

[@theglowingbrownie5124]

This man is so inspirational to me. I keep praying that he continues changing the world!

[@peggylamb552]

You are a fool !!

[@deborahwingard776]

🤣

Congratulations, you're inspired by a seditionist and creep.

[@6foot8jesuspilledpureblood82]

This guy's political mind humbles me. He's thinking 2 steps ahead.

[@medstud]

Maybe because it's not very hard to humble your mind. He rattles on like he's telling a story among the pack, but all the presuppositions he starts from remain hidden and unexamined, but then again his forte is attracting guys like you, so there's that.

[@AnnaLVajda]

He's very plain spoken too.

[@6foot8jesuspilledpureblood82]

@@medstud you can say what you want about him "trolltastic" I'm not taking your bait. Bannon is among the greatest political strategists of all time. I doubt you could even hold a conversation with him, you lefty loon.

[@32gigs96]

Soraath XV mate I’m turning 19 in a couple months and everything he said is pretty simple to me. But then again, I shouldn’t overestimate the iq of the average person.

[@6foot8jesuspilledpureblood82]

@@32gigs96 alright 19 year old child, when did I say I didn't understand him? Btw i highly doubt you understand %100 percent, you don't think on the same level as him, that's a fact, you don't have the experience, you don't have a clue compared to Steve and neither do I. That's the difference between me and you, it's called being honest about political knowledge. Bought my first house at 23, you're probably flipping burgers, you kids think you know everything.

[@dr.davedoc1804]

You gotta love Steve bannon because he knows his s--- and he is spot on with the people 💝🇺🇸

[@lg7014]

Please be cautious...Bannon is part of The Elite, the same class he bashes. He is simply hired by The Elite billionaires to placate hard working folks into believing Trump cares about their plight. "Actions speak louder than words" applies, and Trump and his cronies have done little for the bottom 75%.

[@sselfless]

Thanks for showing these interviews in their entirety. We appreciate that you also allow comments, unlike the normal PBS channel.

[@vineasel5360]

Love Bannon and Trump or hate them, the insight from this interview is priceless. Steve Bannon is a brilliant strategist and tactician. Bravo, Frontline for giving us real journalism. It’s a true blessing and a breath of fresh air.

[@george3737]

I did not realize he took out Eric Cantor. A good review of the last 10 years

[@tylertone2776]

That was a tragedy.

[@dannymartinez9371]

Bannon's speech is very organic, he is sole editor of what he says and how he says it. Very articulate man. He's really just being honest to best of his ability. Zero pauses; zero ums or ohhs.

[@amievil2261]

Danny Martinez you nailed it. About halfway through his zero pauses, zero ums or ohhs became starkly apparent. That is a man who knows what he is saying.

[@fredman1956]

New found respect for the man. Go Steve!

[@williampowhida572]

say what you will, this man is brilliant. his analysist of the tactics of the "renter" classes is spot on!. The financial classes did not want inflation in the economy because it would cheapen their debt holdings. To achieve zero inflation they gutted t he unions, they moved production overseas and they got banking regulation weakened to zero, and they control the central bank. The middle class's political power was vastly diminished. Now the financial groups have an oligarchy over the nation, they control both major parities and they write the laws to benefit their class. We need radical reform..

[@thanksforbeingausefulidiot9016]

+William Powhida - Brilliant? His top choice for President is Sarah Palin?!? How is that brilliant? She is the least intelligent person to be on the national stage in decades.

[@callmeishmael7452]

William Powhida i cant think of a more competent or intelligent political strategist. Thank every god there is that he isn’t working for the dems. I do question the palin call and wonder if it is correct.

[@ordeithx]

@@callmeishmael7452 Bannon isn't always right, just like anyone else.

[@chrisnamaste3572]

And in this Trump and the neo Republicans are a failure. Bernie 2020.

[@JRobbySh]

Add to this the role of the CCP. Marxists have always said that the capitalists would be the ones who put the rope in the hands of the men who would hang them. Soros is merely a type. He does and others like him will take his place.

[@fredpal9755]

Steven Bannon you are so right. Thank you for opening up my eyes.

[@badskroy71]

It's kind of interesting the more I listen to Bannon the less he seems like an ideologue to me. While he seems pro-capitalism a lot of his talking points on wealth inequality and free trade seem like they could be from Sanders. His populism kind of cuts through the left-right paradigm in intriguing ways.

[@denisebilby4947]

badskroy71 HES for the people.he is not for the establishment that runs things now. How sad that Republicans and Democrats do not represent the people. They represent the special interests and lobbyists usually, Unlimited immigration is insane for our people. The only reason middle class wages are going up is because Trump set the economy loose and we need more workers than we have. If we flood the country with visa or illegals wages will go down. Period!

[@DPoner]

badskroy71 It’s almost like MSM misrepresents people right of Bernie

[@mellowtron214]

@D P The media has many heads, many “left” media outlets smear Bernie in favor of corporatist Dems, many “right” wing media outlets smear Bannon in defense of corporatism and the status quo. @Denise You hit the nail on the head. Low minded partisan morons play make believe that the problem is simply the other political party, Bannon accurately points out how the republicans are actualky worse than Dems on many issues, a main one being the sort of corporatism of the political right which proactively works not just against republican voters but the workers of America at large. I think Bannon does see the myriad ways which the system, if left unchecked, will blow up in the face of the elites. In a similar way that the far lefts anti-white bigotry fuels the white identiatians and helps justify their activism and gain supporters. The day may come that the American workers notice that the leaders of this country are playing a different game than ours, they are the hand the skims the cream off the top while we fight for what’s left over. That day by day the political class in tandem with the donor class are reshaping the world to work solely on their behalf. Long comment short, this could very well reach a fever pitch where common people pick up arms and revolt against the types who hold the gates open and keep America as being the #1 country that takes in more legal immigrants than any other, even though the majority of Americans are against mass immigration on this scale. The people who’s job it is to work directly against the American Dream, because they can make a buck. Bannon is definitely on to something, and that something is beyond parochial partisan idiocy.

[@BrokenAbyss]

That’s because they want you to think there’s a paradigm. In reality, we are way more complex than conservative and progressive.

[@73ajd1]

@@denisebilby4947 The fed printed $161 billion last week alone. Trump is begging for rate cuts. Are you so busy being a fan that you don't see reality? The national debt is almost $23 trillion... No fake news there.

[@MrRmann1234]

What a true Patriarch of the American people Steve Bannon is. God bless this man.

[@medstud]

Woah maybe you don't know of many Americans.

[@jerolamp6462]

Clear, concise and articulate. Could listen to him for hours with the depth of insight he has.

[@EmilyAllanPoe]

Ha! This comment didn’t age well considering his arrest today. 🤣

[@jerolamp6462]

​@@EmilyAllanPoe If he was scamming people, which the charges indicate, he should go to jail. Quite simple. What has that got to do with what he says here?

[@michaelkelley1168]

He is a compelling personality and an extremely good political communicator. Though I am a left liberal, I wholeheartedly agree with the dismantling of the donor system and carrying out the wishes of the majority of the country, especially the working and middle class. I think he has clearly stated the difference between the threat from China and the threat from Russia, and how we should be much more concerned about China. But, then, he is arrested on board a Chinese billionaire‘s yacht for engaging in a scam to make money off of a fake wall along the border. It’s so frustrating. Because it calls into question all of his seemingly sincere political views set forth in this interview.

[@JamesBenedictJones]

I just love this bloke Steve Bannon.

[@lukang72]

Great interview. Brilliant strategic and tactical mind.

[@guerra_dos_bichos]

kinda like hitler

[@user-ud5xw8ox8g]

Brilliant criminal tactician

[@mr.fibonacci6292]

Love the full interviews - much more honest. Steve Bannon is a true visionary

[@saerain]

Kudos to PBS for actually doing interviews like interviews on this channel. Very surprising.

[@alicat7281]

Bannon is fun to listen to when he gets on a roll. He’s a bright guy, he actually makes politics fun.

[@tsumnerbmw]

Love Bannon. Clear, concise and to the point. And a Patriot who clearly loves the country.

[@lukepiotr]

Important Interview to watch. He lays it all out like it is!

[@mikeearls126]

Im not a fan....however...I really respect Frontline for doing the interview. I wish the interviewer was more active...but Frontline gets an attaboy from me.

[@mattray9904]

Except Austrian economics, which he completely misrepresents either out of ignorance or deceit.

[@simonheaney8721]

Bannon and farage .incredible communicative skills.

[@insiderinside1905]

Wow! The interviewer lets the guest talk! Whether you agree or disagree, you learn something.

[@paulscottfilms]

When I first heard Steve Bannon's line that he wanted to be like Lenin > ie destroy the establishment > I was pretty freaked. And then I realised that if he wanted to do anything for ordinary citizens, it did require a full new approach of utter loyalty and connection to working-class issues. The synchronisation of Immigration, trade and re-establishment of USA home industry has been the winner. And thank you to the crazy self-obsessed Mainstream media. Everything Bannon has done shows his loyalty to your USA and you can be proud of him.

[@room2growrose623]

Love, love love to hear this man speak. Brilliant!! How I wish Breitbart had lived!! Devastated when he passed. 😔

[@christopherarmstrong2710]

21:00 The MSM: "Who are the cool kids in the high school cafeteria?" - so true.

[@muaddib7685]

Love how Bannon describes Trump, "Armour piercing grenade", LOVE IT!

[@AmericusMaximus]

Outstanding, and he doesn’t play with his hair like Coulter.

[@AR-fd8tc]

I think he is a cleaver guy , But he still looks like a hobo . I could watch Ann flick that hair for hours , ha ha .

[@AnnaLVajda]

He has great hair he looks just like my ex boyfriends Dad my ex boyfriend will probably look like him too someday.

[@TexaSol2020]

If he runs for the office I will vote for him.

[@robnystrom5690]

Wow ,what an interview here,thanks Steven Bannon for ur I believe best truths.God bless you and Trump in ur efforts to help us see the light

[@defcon12]

How do we get more people to watch Frontline? Let's brainstorm

[@tommycscat]

@@tdtvegas It won't happen. Discussion and compromise mean nothing to the loudest of detractors. Fear of social isolation prevents most from even considering admitting they agree with a point of view of the "other team." Even getting so far as to consider watching a video like this is impossible. The mainstream media and Hollywood elites (including SNL, The View, etc...) paint Bannon as literally The Grim Reaper. Actually, not just The Grim Reaper, The "Racist, Homophobic, Islamophobic, Transphobic, Sexist" Grim Reaper." Unfortunately, labels like that work since most casual "The View" or ABC News viewers care enough to do their own basic research. It's been said before, but before anyone's agenda/policies can be tested, the old guard mainstream media has to finally collapse. Days of reporting unbiased, properly sourced news have decended into opinion/agenda entertainment. When they mask their agenda and bias as actual news, it proves their own label as the enemy of the American people. Their downfall is happening slowly; more and more these publications have to put up paywalls just to barely survive.

[@21972012145525]

I wonder The same thing. I try to share on my fb when appropriate, but tbh it’s hard to get anyone to wAtch things an hour long. They need to be on Netflix imo that’s where these things gain success these days

[@MZ-rv1bu]

Wow, I am shocked, I would have never ever thought that I would like what this man has to say. He is brilliant, to the point and I am so surprised, I find myself agreeing with his analysis, 100% and I am also learning so much. Fascinating. Thank you front line for doing this interview. Very timely ad needed.

[@cornman8252]

Mr Bannon, I was going crazy finding myself becoming a Trump fan when I started listening to his raw media appearances vs edited commentary. But I think I just realized I was becoming a Steven Bannon fan this whole time. Thank you for staying the spotlight, articulating your views, and not being a 'shadowy' figure that could lead credence to you having conspiratorial intentions. I fully believe you would allow anyone to confront you on any issue on a platform like this, and I think this attitude is the key to saving our country, no matter your individual political views. Keep up the good fight! I also find it interesting that this video from PBS official doesn't show up when I search 'Steve Bannon' on KZbin, even though the video is recent, has a lot of views, and is on what I would consider a mainstream, KZbin approved source. Is anybody else experiencing this issue?

[@cornman8252]

@MARISHKA242 I've heard of it, thanks to the No Agenda podcast! It's not gonna happen (I hope)

[@urbanremodel793]

I would Vote for Steve Bannon for President. True Patriot, America is Great.

[@nealwohltmann5642]

He looks like he could be a founding father if he had the right outfit on

[@robbiejones5407]

Steven Bannon a TRUE AMERICAN !!!!!! Thank You Steve !!!!!!! Never Quit !!!!!!!!!!!

[@alicephillips8916]

I REALLY love listening to Steve Bannon speak, on every issue he speaks on. He's SO intelligent and interesting and knowledgable on so many subjects and knows HOW to deliver that info to the general population, ppl who don't necessarily have a phd or law degree or who have been involved in politics for 20 years or more. He's REALLY a great speaker! SO interesting!!!

[@Success4u247]

Isn’t it amazing that it always takes an Irish man to pull the middle brick in the wall straight out

[@willzsportscards]

this is fascinating. A conservative with a brain. Great interview.

[@nateo200]

@16:35 "You gotta knock it off, she's crying, she's upset....", Bannon: "Sounds like a personal problem". That is so savag!

[@jgannon1637]

Thanks for the upload. Much better to watch the unedited interview as to be able to think critically. I can imagine the entire episode is subtly biased.

[@zeusvalentine]

Bravo Frontline. This guy is worth interviewing

[@Lynchpin2010]

If the left had someone this intelligent, even keeled and rational they'd be doing a lot better. Steve Bannon is one of the greatest political minds of our time.

[@theredscourge]

They do, but their beliefs are too evil to allow them to be aired other than behind closed doors to a chosen few loyal followers of theirs, or else their game would be over.

[@kenneld]

I wish more people understood that this is what actual journalism is. Not prodding or challenging the interviewee - just asking "what happened" and "what were you thinking". Just getting the story, from their perspective, unfiltered. Then the viewer/reader makes up their own mind. All of these Frontline interviews from the past couple years are so important.

[@AZ.BOT.]

this guy is a beast wish we heard more of/from him.....watch the whole interview very insightful 18:02 (speaking of Trump) ..."He is a very imperfect instrument but he is an amour piercing shell....and here's the other thing.... they're scared to death".

[@HangingGarden606]

Steve Bannon is my role model.

[@hankerino]

How many times he drops Steven Millers name, unbelievable how much power they’ve given him.

[@hankerino]

@Abel Leever I'm sure you can, so name one that is as unqualified as Steven Miller?

[@howardhilliard9286]

Amazing how much power Obama gave to Peter Strzok, ex commie Brenan and congenital liar Clapper just to name a few.

[@howardhilliard9286]

@@hankerino Amazing how much power Obama gave to Peter Strzok, ex commie Brennan and congenital liar Clapper just to name a few.

[@timothyh7053]

This interview gave coherent explanations as to how things have unfolded in recent years. This kind of analysis reminds me a lot of the fact driven commentary given by Victor Davis Hanson.

[@qwerasdf1338]

a man with far more wisdom than he's credited

[@thanksforbeingausefulidiot9016]

+qwer asdf - right. He looks across the elites of this nation and concludes that Sarah Palin is the most qualified person to be President. Now that's wisdumb.

[@morand-gw7xn]

I fucking love listening to Steve Bannon. Absolute brilliant interview this .b

[@bhbluebird]

Good job by Frontline to post the full interviews.

[@mattg8431]

I could listen to Steve Bannon 24/7. Extremely intelligent and informative

[@calwianka]

Great interviewers-for every 15-20 word question, Bannon spoke 1500 words. Good job folks!

[@NikkiPhillippi]

Such a great interview! This series is 👌🏻

[@dwho432]

Are you Ok?

[@Pattys1967]

How was this a great interview?Steve Bannon is a treasonous traitor,guess you are as well,good luck with that

[@greenkestrel]

Thanks for this Steve and PBS

[@MrRandyfive]

THE SINGLE MOST INFORMATIVE INTERVIEW OF THE FACTS THAT I HAVE EVER WATCHED. THANK YOU

[@jamesmusslewhite452]

Bannen is to Trump, as was Harrison to Lennon. A collective world-changing genius.

[@bombnom]

Dang!! This man is a treasure. He is a great messenger in the info war against the NWO/globalists.

[@sarahreid1156]

We need more fighter's like Bannon.

[@ginosmovies]

This man has the pulse of President Trump, and the American people. Great analysis. Thank you PBS.

[@bahed1]

THAT was a great pairing of a journalist and interviewee doing their jobs. No gotcha moments at all. Very impressive!

[@glenmcculley9752]

I'm all for free trade.. but unfair trade does not work. Illegal imagration also don't work. Blame corporate greed for this mess Steve Bannon is spot on.

[@billytheweasel]

False populism is prime propaganda bait for authoritarians.

[@glenmcculley9752]

If I'm going to be hungry and out in the street with nothing. Let's do this with a person that's not a career politician

[@fusion9619]

Finally, someone saying all the right things

[@jarretjordan3837]

That's a pretty bold statement. U just started this though. I'll get back to you!

[@tellthetruthna8523]

He is saying all the right things because he knows how to manipulate suckers.

[@fusion9619]

@@tellthetruthna8523 sounds like you're the one trying to manipulate suckers

[@loopgaroo8815]

Good interview Frontline. Do another one, please.

[@PercussusResurgo]

This is the real story. It’s amazing he does not even need to stop and think. All the facts are crystal clear in his mind, past, present and future. Everyone is writing book about US politics. He could write everyone’s book for them and be finished before lunch.

[@10laws2liveby]

Absolutely the best and most informative interview I have heard on the subject of defining where we are and the direction we face as a country.

[@richardpowell3125]

Bannon makes clear and defined points. He speaks very effectively and intelligently. GREAT interview! My hats off to Front Line. Bannon seems like a true Patriot, and I believe America is lucky to have him.

[@cbrading]

"Take a torch to the elites" Yikes.

[@WW-fy4vt]

If you take an hour to listen to this guy talking about politics and working class, you will recognize he is a truly patriot and statesman!

[@charlesmcgrath8951]

He looks livid as the interview starts

[@CN-wt2bj]

The mainstream media is finished.

[@shepherdsknoll8]

Looks more exhausted to me.

[@carlousmagus5387]

Probably asked him how he feels about " Colored People ".

[@antoinecappelleri185]

@Charles wow what an intelligent statement I cant understand why your not a success yet gee wiz with that level of NPC you really should make it in the real world where brains aren't needed...

[@Malek-fm8vk]

I think he is just tired..extremely tired. I've been there ..

[@artoffugue333]

Absolutely fascinating eyeopening interview. I cannot believe PBS let this air. Makes me dig in even deeper: VOTE TRUMP IN 2020!

[@arcticwolf4707]

I been voting democrat for a long time .. and I can tell you this is a great interview! Unfortunately the party have gone to the extreme within the past 6 years .. but the past 3 years they have gone to the real crazy extreme to the point that even the hard core democrats are flipping their votes and I think the next elections will show!