Steve Bannon: Trump Is Waging ‘Economic Warfare’ on the Chinese Communist Party

American Thought Leaders

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🗓️ 4 May 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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“Never before in history have two great trading entities ever engaged in outright economic warfare, like is being engaged today. And that’s why I say we’re living in historic times,” says Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist during President Donald Trump’s first administration and host of the “War Room” show.

“It’s not just tariffs. They’re a tool. [Trump]’s reorganizing the world system of commerce and of trade,” Bannon says.

In this episode, we dive into the U.S.–China trade war, Trump’s tariff strategy, his first 100 days in office, and where America is headed in the weeks and months to come.

“The next 100 days is going to be three times more intense, dramatic, and meaningful than the first 100 days,” Bannon says.

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0:00.0	Never before in history have ever two great trading entities ever engage in outright economic warfare
0:07.1	likes being engaged today. And that's why I say we're living in historic times. The elites have
0:11.6	been concentrating wealth, have been gaming the system on their own workers and it made of fortune.
0:17.1	In this episode, I'm sitting down with former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, host of War Room, and former executive chairman of Breitbart News.
0:26.2	It's not just tariffs. They're a tool.
0:28.3	He's reorganizing the world's system of commerce and of trade.
0:32.4	What President Trump looks at the United States is as a premium market.
0:35.5	And just like you would pay to get a skybox
0:38.1	at a sporting event, he's saying there's going to be a premium to get here. The next hundred
0:42.5	days is going to be three times more intense, dramatic, and meaningful than the first hundred days.
0:48.8	This summer, we're going to have a constitutional crisis. This is American Thought Leaders,
0:53.3	and I'm Yanya Kellick.
0:56.8	Steve Bannon, such a pleasure to have you on American Thought Leaders.
1:00.3	No, I'm a huge fan of the show, and thank you so much for coming here in the war room and
1:05.1	have me on.
1:06.1	Let's start with this, okay?
1:08.3	President Trump has instituted this regime of tariffs.
1:12.6	You've described it as economic warfare, potentially putting Xi Jinping out of business.
1:19.6	Before I get you to tell me about the 100 days, tell me what this whole thing is.
1:24.6	Paint me a picture of what the big picture.
1:26.6	What he's doing is reorganizing, it's not just tariffs, they're a tool, he's reorganizing
1:32.4	the world's system of commerce and of trade.
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