Bannon's War Room - Episode 5021： WarRoom Christmas Eve Special 2025 cont.

00:00:00.000 Ades te fidelis, et in triumphantus, venitem, venitem in metem.

00:00:19.300 Matum vivente, rege mance morum, venitem anorelus, venitem anorelus, venitem anorelus, amicus.

00:00:49.300 Temundeo, lumec te lumine, cesa tuere finisce l'anere.

00:01:10.300 Deio, le rege mance morum, venitem anorelus, venitem anorelus, venitem anorelus, venitem anorelus, amicus.

00:01:38.300 Thank you.

00:02:08.300 Thank you.

00:02:38.300 Thank you.

00:03:08.300 Thank you.

00:03:38.300 Thank you.

00:04:08.300 Thank you.

00:04:38.300 Thank you.

00:04:40.300 Thank you.

00:05:08.300 Thank you.

00:05:38.280 Thank you.

00:06:08.280 Thank you.

00:06:38.280 Thank you.

00:06:40.280 Thank you.

00:07:08.280 Thank you.

00:07:10.280 Thank you.

00:07:40.280 Thank you.

00:08:10.280 Thank you.

00:08:12.280 Thank you.

00:08:14.280 Thank you.

00:08:16.280 Thank you.

00:08:46.280 Thank you.

00:09:46.280 Thank you.

00:10:16.280 Thank you.

00:10:18.280 Thank you.

00:10:20.280 Thank you.

00:10:50.280 Thank you.

00:11:20.280 Thank you.

00:11:50.280 Thank you.

00:11:52.280 Thank you.

00:12:22.280 Thank you.

00:12:52.280 Thank you.

00:12:54.280 Thank you.

00:12:56.280 Thank you.

00:13:26.280 Thank you.

00:13:56.280 Thank you.

00:13:58.280 Thank you.

00:14:00.280 Thank you.

00:14:28.280 Thank you.

00:14:58.280 Thank you.

00:15:00.280 Thank you.

00:15:02.280 Thank you.

00:15:32.280 Thank you.

00:16:02.280 Thank you.

00:16:04.280 Thank you.

00:16:06.280 Thank you.

00:16:32.280 Thank you.

00:16:34.280 Thank you.

00:16:36.280 Thank you.

00:16:38.280 Thank you.

00:16:40.280 Thank you.

00:16:42.280 Thank you.

00:16:43.280 Thank you.

00:16:44.280 Thank you.

00:16:46.280 Welcome back to our coverage.

00:17:05.280 I think we've figured out our technical issue in Bethlehem.

00:17:08.780 We're going to go to Jason Jones.

00:17:10.000 Jason, here's, I think, what the audience would like to know is, since our guest is the priest that's head of the Church of the Nativity, can you walk us through what Bethlehem was like at the time of the birth of Christ, when a very pregnant Mary showed up with Joseph looking for a place to stay?

00:17:30.040 And the evolution of it, as we see today, you've got a square with pilgrims and tourists coming to witness this tonight. You've also got a mosque in the Church of the Nativity, all of it. So just take your time and walk us through this.

00:17:43.940 All right. Thank you, Steve. So, Father Isa, Steve would like to know, and the audience would like to know, what was it like when the Holy Family, when the Blessed Mother and Joseph walked down that little road and found no room at the inn?

00:18:00.460 What was Bethlehem like then? And how did it evolve into what it is today with the pilgrims, the church, the mosque over my shoulder? So it's the history of the living stones of the church, right?

00:18:12.140 Exactly. So when Mary and Joseph came from Nazareth to Bethlehem, it was an old house. Actually, it was barely places that you can see, like houses, small houses, and it's not actually, you can live in it. So they found no place as to give birth in it. So they found just in a place which is stable for animals. And that's why they went inside there. But it has a reason for that.

00:18:41.440 So as to God born in a place with, like, to be as with the poverty people and to simplicity, to live with simplicity. And that's why the door of the church of nativity is called humble door. So when we bow inside, as to go inside for the place for the king of the kings was born in a place like in a stable of animals.

00:19:03.760 So all the other religions, they were pharaohs and emperors. 0.96

00:19:09.260 That's right.

00:19:09.820 These are.

00:19:10.920 He could be born in a capital.

00:19:12.080 And here's the king of kings born in a stable.

00:19:14.680 Exactly. And that's the meaning of that. It's just to live, as simplicity as it is, to live with love and peace. Because from nothing that we can be something.

00:19:25.660 So it's in the Bible says, and you, Bethlehem, will not be small. So Bethlehem was a small town. And now we can see it, actually, all the eyes of all of the world looks in this small city of Bethlehem.

00:19:40.160 And that's where Jesus was born, as to give this love and peace. And so if we can say, like now, it's the same Bethlehem. We can see all the houses. We can see the cave where Jesus was born.

00:19:56.080 And we can see the simplicity people and hospitality people of Bethlehem, that they're still living, and continue the message of peace and love until now.

00:20:05.480 You know, one of the things, Father, that I've noticed in my time working with the Palestinians, whether it's the church in Gaza or here in the West Bank, is there is this magnanimity. There's this charity, this forgiveness. And I've prayed about it. And what is the source of it?

00:20:19.480 And I thought, as Catholics, our theology tells us that grace builds upon our nature. And it dawned on me that grace has been building upon the nature of this Christian community for 2,000 years.

00:20:30.540 That's right. And that's why we still actually are the living stones. I call the Christian community in Bethlehem the living stones, not the church. The church may be 2,000 years and still exist.

00:20:41.100 But the church doesn't mean anything with the faithful people, the Christians, who keep it alive, you know, with the prayers every day, to keep the services and liturgy, and helping get people coming from all over the world to visit this place, and also actually to give blessing and grace from it.

00:20:57.200 You know, I was an atheist until my late 20s. And when I would hear Christians talk about the good news, the gospel, I thought that's an awful strange expression, good news. 0.99

00:21:05.880 But when you look back, what good news is it that the Caesar is not God, the Pharaoh is not God, but I, I could be a humble peasant, I can be a slave, but I am made in the image of God.

00:21:19.840 That's right, God, an image of God. That's why we are daily services in the church where Jesus was born, exactly in the spot, where the light shined all over the world.

00:21:30.960 We just celebrate masses every day for Christians, like Orthodox, Catholics, and Armenian.

00:21:36.900 And we continue to celebrate this, because in Bethlehem, it's almost like Christians and Muslims living together, and we are united in Bethlehem as one.

00:21:46.580 Like when you see, like, last two weeks ago, when we lit the Christmas tree, all people together were Christians, Muslims from different backgrounds.

00:21:55.960 They were celebrating Christmas and loving, as to see, like, the love, charity of people, the happiness of them.

00:22:04.300 Like after two years, you know, no celebration, no festivities.

00:22:07.340 It's just amazing to find this Bethlehem again, back again to life.

00:22:14.560 Can I ask you about St. Joseph? You look at St. Joseph, it's kind of quiet, kind of hidden always.

00:22:20.080 But I look to him as what a man should be. He had calloused hands. He was a callous.

00:22:24.100 See, if you talk about muscular Christianity, I think of St. Joseph. He was muscular, but he had calloused hands.

00:22:30.020 He was a carpenter. He was amiable. He was kind. He was gentle.

00:22:34.060 Can you tell us about St. Joseph?

00:22:35.240 St. Joseph is the best, because he took care of Mary when he knew that the one that she's holding in her womb is Jesus Christ.

00:22:49.080 So he never actually knew this, because he was suspicious about it.

00:22:52.940 But after this, when Gabriel told him that you have to take care of her, because this is from God.

00:23:00.080 And that's why he continued, actually, to take care of this woman that he never actually knew before.

00:23:06.540 But this was actually the...

00:23:08.420 And it was scandalous.

00:23:09.320 Exactly.

00:23:09.920 And embarrassing.

00:23:10.800 Embarrassing, for sure.

00:23:12.240 But this is deep in your heart, like you think when God's just put things, like to think wisely, with love, with respect.

00:23:19.760 And this is how he dealed with this.

00:23:22.020 People must have been looking at him, laughing at him, mocking him.

00:23:24.760 That's for sure.

00:23:25.700 This is what people actually usually do when you are in the right place and you're doing the best thing.

00:23:30.880 So that's why we have, as Christians or as a young man, to have to look at St. Joseph, how he dealed with this issue and how he continued, because he knew he has a vision.

00:23:42.180 Jason?

00:23:42.620 And this vision, actually.

00:23:43.840 Yes, Steve.

00:23:44.480 Jason?

00:23:44.800 What Father just said, I think, is kind of shocking to an American audience, because we've followed your work for years, and where we've seen throughout the world is where Islam has helped eradicate the church, the desert church in the Middle East.

00:24:00.920 Why is it that there seems to be cooperation in Bethlehem, where throughout the rest of the world, there's not just not cooperation, there's actually conflict, whether it's in Western Europe or now in the United States, sir?

00:24:14.800 Yeah, yeah, sure.

00:24:16.400 Father, Steve's question was, it's surprising to a lot of American audiences to hear that Muslims and Christians, Bethlehemites, get aligned together.

00:24:26.060 You're Greek Orthodox.

00:24:27.360 The Greeks were for so many, 650 years, one of the control, the Ottomans. 0.98

00:24:32.580 But today in the world, we see political Islam, Islamist extremism is a horrible threat to Christianity in Nigeria. 0.99

00:24:39.980 Nine out of ten martyrs this year will be in Nigeria, yes.

00:24:45.440 So can you help us explain the dynamic in history between Islam and Christianity?

00:24:50.300 And then maybe what's the difference or similarities with Christians and Muslims together in Bethlehem?

00:24:58.580 Like in Bethlehem, since I was born, actually, I can tell that we live Christians and Muslims together, side by side.

00:25:04.620 As you can see, backgrounds like the mosque in front of the church, which is meaning that we are actually together.

00:25:12.940 We're living in Bethlehem, just neighbors, and we actually share the life of Bethlehem people here the same together.

00:25:21.220 Like in the church, we have people like police helping us.

00:25:24.960 They are Muslims and they are taking care of this church.

00:25:27.260 They are security.

00:25:28.680 And we have also, and many people, we are actually, grow up with them, neighbors side by side,

00:25:35.300 and with the same difficulties, the same problems, and with the same happiness.

00:25:38.760 So as I said before, when we let the Christmas tree, it was many people from Muslims' backgrounds,

00:25:45.860 and they were actually celebrating with us.

00:25:47.740 They were happy.

00:25:48.660 And we actually joined together, like during Easter time, during Ramadan, and during Christmas time,

00:25:54.620 we share together, we greet each other in these feasts, and we are here one family.

00:26:00.020 This is only in Bethlehem, because you know, it's just where Jesus was born.

00:26:04.240 I have to say, I was shocked last Christmas, Steve, when I was the only person not from Bethlehem here,

00:26:11.860 but there were so many Muslim pilgrims in the Church of the Nativity.

00:26:16.780 Is this something that's normal?

00:26:18.040 Yes, it's normal.

00:26:18.980 Many people actually, during these two years, we didn't have any kind of visitors

00:26:24.000 or pilgrims.

00:26:25.400 Only we have Muslims who are coming from all the Muslim area around. 1.00

00:26:30.600 They were coming, visiting the Church with respect.

00:26:33.680 They light a candle for peace.

00:26:35.600 And this is what means a lot for us as Christians to see Muslims coming and respecting the place

00:26:41.560 where Jesus was born.

00:26:43.240 And they are actually happy about this.

00:26:46.620 For 750 years, the Orthodox Church was living within the Caliphate, the Ottoman Caliphate.

00:26:52.640 But we've seen just in the past two decades with the rise of ISIS, for example, in Iraq and Syria,

00:27:00.380 the decimation of Christian communities.

00:27:03.620 We've seen this in Nigeria.

00:27:05.800 Can you help us understand?

00:27:07.880 Yes, Steve?

00:27:08.580 Jason, hang on one second.

00:27:11.140 We're going to take a break.

00:27:11.840 I want to get the full answer on that when we come back to Bethlehem.

00:27:14.860 Sure.

00:27:15.360 Guys, just hang on.

00:27:16.360 We'll be right back.

00:27:17.380 Ben Harnwell is at St. Peter's Spur.

00:27:19.600 We're going to go back to Ben also.

00:27:21.140 Leave you with some great music on the War Room's Christmas special.

00:27:25.480 President Trump has just announced that he's going to do something at 3 p.m. this afternoon,

00:27:30.060 Eastern Standard Time, or later, live from Mar-a-Lago.

00:27:32.640 Actually, the War Room, Real America's Voice will be there with a camera.

00:27:36.900 There'll be more updates we'll put on social media.

00:27:38.800 We'll plan on around 3 o'clock or thereafter a special event at Mar-a-Lago with the President

00:27:43.460 of the United States.

00:27:44.800 Short Marshallboro.

00:27:45.640 We'll plan on around 3 o'clock or later a special event at Mar-a-Lago with the President

00:27:58.460 of the United States.

00:27:59.460 And with all our hearts sing praises to our heavenly Lord,

00:28:10.780 that hath made heaven and earth a lot, and with this child mankind hath bought.

00:28:25.440 Oh, well, oh, well, oh, well,

00:28:31.220 the angels sing glory to the newborn King.

00:28:38.620 Peace on earth and mercy by the Lord and sinners reconciled.

00:28:46.440 Joys of all the nations rise, join the triumph of the skies.

00:28:56.000 With the angelic hosts proclaim, Christ is born with the hand.

00:29:04.800 Oh, well, hear our angels sing glory to the newborn King.

00:29:14.020 Hail the heaven brings our peace, hail the sun of righteousness.

00:29:23.640 Might and life to all he brings, risen with me in his wings.

00:29:32.560 While he lays his glory by, on that land no more may die.

00:29:41.160 Born to raise the sons of earth, born to give a second birth.

00:29:50.440 By our yellow angels sing glory to the newborn King.

00:30:00.440 Welcome back.

00:30:04.860 Tej Gill's with me.

00:30:06.040 Tej, real quickly, you've spent the better part of a couple of decades of your life

00:30:11.220 trying to defend people over in the hellhole of Iraq and Afghanistan. 1.00

00:30:15.600 And our audience, for all the veterans that did that,

00:30:19.020 you can't thank these folks enough for what they did.

00:30:21.880 And unbeknownst to them, maybe not a government that wasn't totally straightforward with people.

00:30:28.960 But for the patriots, you and your generation and everyone,

00:30:32.780 our nation has nothing but thanks and gratitude.

00:30:34.740 And the folks there that you defended, I know, too.

00:30:37.800 We're going to need a...

00:30:39.280 Now, you went from a gunman to a barista.

00:30:43.620 Real quickly, where do people go to get some great coffee today?

00:30:46.140 Because I need a refill as soon as the show's over.

00:30:51.360 Yeah, you just go to warpath.coffee.

00:30:54.160 And as always, use promo code WARROOM.

00:30:56.620 And it's 25% off your entire order right now.

00:30:59.140 And we got free shipping on orders over $85.

00:31:01.540 So warpath.coffee, promo code WARROOM.

00:31:04.900 And you got 25% off.

00:31:06.360 And just go on the website, read their views.

00:31:09.360 Have a merry, merry Christmas.

00:31:15.080 Tej Gill, have a merry Christmas, brother.

00:31:17.600 I think you're going to see, you're going to join me for the Saturday show.

00:31:19.640 So thank you so much.

00:31:20.520 I appreciate you.

00:31:21.540 Thank you, Steve.

00:31:22.200 I appreciate it.

00:31:22.820 Merry Christmas.

00:31:23.320 You'll get some great coffee.

00:31:24.160 Best merry Christmas, you and the family, that lovely family of yours.

00:31:29.180 16 tours over in the Middle East, in Iraq and Afghanistan.

00:31:32.740 Tej, and there's so many guys like Tej.

00:31:35.760 3 o'clock today, Real America's Voice are going to be back at Mar-a-Lago.

00:31:39.060 President Trump, they're talking about doing something very special for Christmas.

00:31:42.580 We're going to have our own correspondent there.

00:31:44.140 I think we're the pool feed today.

00:31:45.680 So make sure that you hang around the rim today and find out what the president's doing

00:31:49.580 later this afternoon.

00:31:51.000 Tomorrow, we have our traditional, I think it's the 15th year that Patrick K.

00:31:55.660 and Donald and I have done this.

00:31:57.020 We did a Breitbart radio news over at SiriusXM for so many years.

00:32:02.240 And now at the War Room for what, the past six or so?

00:32:06.800 The combat history of Christmas.

00:32:08.340 Talking about the Tej Gills of the world, whether in the Revolution, Civil War, World 1.00

00:32:12.380 War II, Korea, specific stories.

00:32:15.000 Don't miss it.

00:32:16.140 It's one of my favorite shows of the year.

00:32:19.700 Jason, we are pressed for time, but I want to hear that.

00:32:21.960 That question you teed up to the pastor of the Church Nativity is one I think our audience

00:32:27.660 wants to hear.

00:32:28.320 So can you ask it again?

00:32:29.340 And let's get an answer.

00:32:32.040 Yeah, and I want to thank Tej.

00:32:32.820 You and my son fought ISIS in Iraq and Syria, nose to nose.

00:32:36.520 But Father, I want to go back to the question.

00:32:38.400 We saw your community, the Orthodox community, survive for 750 years under the Ottoman Caliphate.

00:32:45.760 But just in the past two decades, we've seen the decimation of the Christian communities 0.99

00:32:49.540 of Iraq and Syria.

00:32:50.640 Can you help us understand the nature of political Islam, the challenges that we face now as a

00:32:58.720 church with the political Islam?

00:33:01.160 It's a good question, actually, because, you know, survived Christians community, especially

00:33:06.840 the Orthodox one, from the Ottoman time and past, not just only Ottoman, Crusaders times,

00:33:11.740 British times, and many happens in, like, the Holy Land.

00:33:17.520 But still, Christians communities still exist, and they're rooted in the land because of the

00:33:23.340 help of the, you know, Patriarchate, Jerusalem.

00:33:26.080 We know about the church itself, of the people who are around us to help and to maybe to, or

00:33:33.780 maybe you command the faith of their people, the Christian community still resist in there 0.99

00:33:39.400 and they're rooted in the land.

00:33:41.540 But maybe some of them, like, Christians lived, like, with fear, you know, with no hope, with 0.94

00:33:48.060 they need freedom, they need justice, they need dignity.

00:33:51.900 And some of them, actually, even Palestinian Christians community, they have left this place 1.00

00:33:58.000 because of, have no freedom, no dignity, no justice.

00:34:02.420 And that's why in many Christians communities, even in Iraq or Syria or any place, they're 1.00

00:34:08.020 leaving immigrations. 0.98

00:34:09.920 And it depends on how they live.

00:34:13.620 We see today in Syria, the brutalization of the Christian community.

00:34:17.400 In India, Hindu nationalism, just yesterday, Christians were attacked.

00:34:21.280 300 churches were burned down in one state alone, Steve, this year in India.

00:34:26.320 So we see Hindu nationalism, we see the CCP communist ideology, and then political Islam.

00:34:31.620 We see settlers attacking Christian communities here in Teba.

00:34:35.220 There are only 800 Christians left in Gaza.

00:34:38.100 That's right.

00:34:38.640 And we're talking about this and still, actually, people are, Christians are immigrating and still 0.83

00:34:44.460 leaving Syria, Iraq, and even Palestine, even in Bethlehem.

00:34:48.640 Many people left this because of this difficult, difficulties living under difficult occupation

00:34:54.440 or difficult situations.

00:34:55.680 Is it important for Christians to stay in the Holy Land? 1.00

00:34:58.140 For sure.

00:34:58.660 I call them the living stones.

00:35:00.200 And we need to continue our rooted, like in Bethlehem, and we could continue, because

00:35:05.900 Bethlehem without the Christians means nothing. 1.00

00:35:09.160 We need them to continue living in there and call them living stones.

00:35:13.020 And we need, that's why it's my vision, my role in Bethlehem as a young priest from the

00:35:18.920 Nativity Church.

00:35:19.700 I always tell people to stay and try to protect them.

00:35:23.220 I try to help them, educate them as to stay, and especially the young one, because we need

00:35:28.820 them here.

00:35:29.280 Oftentimes, Father, you'll hear Christians in the United States say, oh, it's so dangerous.

00:35:34.020 Why don't they just leave?

00:35:35.360 What would you say to that?

00:35:36.780 We would never leave.

00:35:37.920 Actually, I lived in America, and I see how America is, and I know we could live in freedom

00:35:43.340 and in a good life, but we refuse because we need, our land is different, our land here

00:35:49.360 in Bethlehem, especially everything begins from, Christianity began from Bethlehem, where

00:35:54.500 Jesus was born to give this peace and love.

00:35:57.220 And that's why our rooted in this place is important for Christianity to continue into 0.64

00:36:02.380 ages and ages.

00:36:03.200 What could, would you, if you could talk to Ambassador Mike Huckabee, what would you say

00:36:07.460 to him on what the United States can do to preserve the Christian communities here in

00:36:11.580 Bethlehem, in Tebe, in Gaza?

00:36:14.700 Yes, actually, we tell them we need acts.

00:36:18.020 We need something to do to keep and protect the Christians community in Bethlehem and in

00:36:23.240 all Holy Land and Palestinian areas.

00:36:26.780 And we have many Christians, they are willing to leave, but we need them to stay here because 1.00

00:36:31.560 I call them the living stones.

00:36:33.720 So we need an act.

00:36:34.980 We need support, maybe, I don't mean support, like support with any political things that

00:36:42.180 we can actually just keep them staying in Bethlehem, staying in the lands, and not to leave.

00:36:50.080 Steve?

00:36:50.940 Yeah, Jason, hang on for one second.

00:36:52.660 I got to go over to the Vatican, and maybe another time we'll get my idea that since there's

00:36:59.220 essentially going to be a Palestinian state in Gaza with Qatar as the financier and the

00:37:03.400 Turks as the, as incredible as that sound, the Turks as a security guarantee, since you 0.98

00:37:09.220 have a two-state solution, my recommendation is we go to a three-state solution.

00:37:13.380 One of those states would be a Christian state, which takes the Christian quarter of Jerusalem

00:37:16.860 all the way to Bethlehem.

00:37:18.660 But that's a topic for another day, maybe too controversial for Christmas Eve.

00:37:24.060 Stay right there.

00:37:24.660 I'm going to go to the Vatican real quickly.

00:37:28.840 Let's not, let's get through Christmas, okay?

00:37:31.920 Ben Harnwell, very big on the world stage tonight.

00:37:36.120 The Pope, Leo, is going to have his first midnight mass.

00:37:41.660 Why is this important to him?

00:37:43.300 And particularly as the hardcore trad Catholics that, as we kind of forecasted when we're the 0.94

00:37:50.680 only people in the world that said Prevost was going to be selected as Pope because of

00:37:54.880 not so much the American, not so much the Americaness, but the, the access that he could have to

00:38:00.600 the money.

00:38:01.240 Why is tonight big for him?

00:38:03.520 Well, because the whole world we're watching to see what he says and he knows that and they

00:38:08.920 know that.

00:38:09.420 So these words, both in his mass this evening, at the Christmas mass at 10pm local time here,

00:38:17.080 Rome time, but also his blessing tomorrow midday at noon, the Urbi, it's Urbi, to the church

00:38:24.960 and to the world, to the city and the world, excuse me.

00:38:28.820 Both of those are events in which he will make, in a very subtle way or not so subtle way, some

00:38:39.580 of his priorities clearly known.

00:38:41.800 These were big opportunities that his late unlamented predecessor, Pope Francis, always used to push

00:38:51.040 his favourite political project, for example, his support of the invasion in the first place.

00:39:00.380 We'll look at Leo, we'll see what he says, we'll no doubt digest it next week, Steve.

00:39:06.300 I'll say this, though, you might not get the full frontal Marxism of Pope Francis, but it's not,

00:39:16.140 you're not going to get pure Milton Friedman either.

00:39:19.180 He's going to be doing what he always does in his subtle way, which is continuing the

00:39:25.760 revolution of Bergoglio, of Pope Francis, but in a way that it beds down amongst the church

00:39:34.320 rather than generating opposition and rebellion, which was what Francis was generating, simply 0.92

00:39:42.460 because Francis was crazy, pathologically crazy, and he couldn't help rub people up the 0.93

00:39:47.980 wrong way. 0.94

00:39:48.980 Even his own natural supporters, he just rubbed everyone up, and there was a huge global

00:39:54.560 sigh of relief when he died.

00:39:57.560 Leo is a more intelligent, more subtle person, I say this constantly, therefore more dangerous.

00:40:04.120 So he's going to use his opportunity.

00:40:06.560 And there'll be, obviously, the standard Christian bromides, the standard Christian platitudes,

00:40:14.300 obviously, because it's Christmas.

00:40:16.500 But in a mix amongst that, there'll be the political message, too, the secular political

00:40:21.840 message, too, of which the institutional Catholic Church is handmaiden.

00:40:26.680 Hang on, being the war room, we had to go war room in this block, both in Bethlehem and

00:40:36.240 at Vatican.

00:40:37.420 Ben, we're going to have, we have the last block, we're going to take a break, play some

00:40:41.520 great music, and we're going to come back.

00:40:44.040 We really appreciate you doing this today.

00:40:46.600 I know it's inclement weather down there.

00:40:48.680 We couldn't get the shots we want, but once again, Ben Harnwell always delivers this brilliant

00:40:52.960 commentary.

00:40:54.020 Short commercial break here in the world, I want to thank Birch Gold for being our sponsor.

00:40:58.200 Take your phone and abandon 9898, get access to the ultimate gold for investing in gold

00:41:04.620 and precious metals in the age of Trump.

00:41:06.900 So music takes us out.

00:41:08.220 Music will bring us back in in a moment.

00:41:22.960 Music will bring us back in again.

00:41:27.640 Music will bring us back in again.

00:41:29.240 Music will be now.

00:41:30.340 Music will bring us back in again.

00:41:48.600 Music will bring us back in again.

00:41:51.580 Let, O Joseph, lend your aid in my heart's glory raise.

00:41:58.580 Gloria, he mentions his day.

00:42:08.580 Gloria, he mentions his day.

00:42:21.580 Gloria, he mentions his day.

00:42:31.580 Gloria, he mentions his day.

00:42:41.580 Gloria, he mentions his day.

00:42:51.580 Gloria, he mentions his day.

00:43:01.580 Gloria, he mentions his day.

00:43:11.580 Gloria, he mentions his day.

00:43:21.580 Gloria, he mentions his day.

00:43:31.580 Gloria, he mentions his day.

00:43:41.580 Gloria, he mentions his day.

00:43:51.580 Gloria, he mentions his day.

00:44:01.580 Gloria, he mentions his day.

00:44:11.580 Gloria, he mentions his day.

00:44:21.580 Gloria, he mentions his day.

00:44:23.580 Gloria, he mentions his day.

00:44:27.580 Gloria, he mentions his day.

00:44:37.580 Gloria, he mentions his day.

00:44:39.580 Gloria, he mentions his day.

00:44:43.580 Gloria, he mentions his day.

00:44:47.580 Okay, welcome back.

00:45:11.460 The German version of Silent Night.

00:45:14.940 Let's go to Ben Harnwell.

00:45:16.520 Ben, thank you for being out there at the inclement weather.

00:45:19.700 The Catholics, I guess, will be watching the Pope later today.

00:45:23.800 Where can we get your commentary over the weekend, Ben?

00:45:26.920 Leave my social media platform of choice getter.

00:45:31.760 Where, in the Christmas spirit, certainly in the warm spirit,

00:45:37.440 there's a full-on throwdown against, inverted commas, Pope Leo that I posted today

00:45:43.340 from a few words I gave to the Observer newspaper, Steve,

00:45:47.840 which is effectively the Guardian's sister's paper on Sundays.

00:45:52.660 So if you were thinking I'd be becoming all beta male and all peace and love

00:45:56.960 for this Christmas spirit, absolutely not.

00:45:58.560 Throwdown right in Pope Leo's face, because he's pushing the invasion point, obviously,

00:46:05.940 and the warren must step up to resist.

00:46:09.100 Steve, getter at Harnwell, my surname.

00:46:12.680 You'll see all my gratuitous provocations there.

00:46:15.560 Let me take this moment to wish you the warren posse, real America's voice,

00:46:20.320 a very merry Christmas, the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,

00:46:25.040 may the spirit of God be with you all, and see you after Christmas.

00:46:30.740 God bless now.

00:46:31.480 Ben Harnwell, Merry Christmas.

00:46:33.560 The warren wouldn't be the warren without you, sir.

00:46:35.960 Thank you so much.

00:46:36.640 Head of our International Bureau in Rome, Ben Harnwell.

00:46:39.660 Thank you, sir.

00:46:40.200 Appreciate it.

00:46:40.560 Thanks, Steve.

00:46:41.040 God bless.

00:46:43.340 Jason, you've done so much incredible work for the persecuted Christians

00:46:46.660 throughout the world and vulnerable people overall, not just Christians.

00:46:51.740 I know you've got a guest.

00:46:53.180 We've got a couple of minutes.

00:46:54.620 Tell us what you've got, and then I want everybody to go to your site, sir.

00:46:58.800 Yeah, Steve.

00:46:59.220 Well, thank you very much.

00:47:01.000 VulnerablePeopleProject.com is our website, VulnerablePeopleProject.com,

00:47:05.320 or Protect Holy Land Christians.

00:47:07.840 We provide it as a Christmas present.

00:47:10.580 Every Christian family in Gaza has received a pop-up home to keep them warm,

00:47:16.720 but we also need to get them firewood, so we'd love your help with that.

00:47:20.740 This is the great Elise, a Christian activist here in Bethlehem, in Bethsaor,

00:47:26.840 and she is the biggest Steve Bannon and Donald Trump, President Trump fan.

00:47:32.320 Hi, Steve.

00:47:33.260 It's a privilege to be here on this show with you and with Jason.

00:47:37.380 Thank you for this opportunity.

00:47:41.440 I'm wishing that you and President Trump would really come and visit Bethlehem,

00:47:47.200 the heart of Bethlehem, the cradle of Jesus Christ,

00:47:50.760 and to support the Christian communities here.

00:47:53.900 And I thank Mr. President Trump that he's bringing us hope and peace

00:47:59.620 to the Middle East and especially Palestine.

00:48:03.760 We are going to—I'm going to talk to Jason.

00:48:06.000 I want to interview you the first couple of days of next week

00:48:08.500 about my idea of the new Christian state of Jerusalem,

00:48:11.800 that the third state, since they've got a Palestinian state now in Gaza,

00:48:15.340 we need a Christian state.

00:48:16.280 But I'll hold that for after Christmas.

00:48:18.180 What's your social media?

00:48:19.140 How do people find out more about your fight and your efforts in the Holy Land?

00:48:22.940 It's Alice Kisya on the social media,

00:48:26.960 and we have the Save Al-Makhrour also on Instagram.

00:48:30.920 And they can search almakhrour.org.

00:48:33.820 They can also find us on the website.

00:48:38.020 Ma'am, thank you.

00:48:38.920 Look forward to talking to you Monday or Tuesday of next week.

00:48:41.060 Thank you.

00:48:41.500 Jason Jones, one more time, your social media.

00:48:44.040 Where do people get you over the Christmas holiday, sir?

00:48:47.540 Well, Instagram.

00:48:48.200 All my social media and my sub stack is The Jason Jones Show,

00:48:51.800 my podcast, The Jason Jones Show.

00:48:54.040 And if you want to stand in solidarity with the most vulnerable Christians in the world,

00:48:57.060 we provide security in Nigeria.

00:48:58.540 We serve the persecuted church here and in Gaza and around the world and in India.

00:49:02.760 Go to vulnerablepeopleproject.com.

00:49:04.800 If you want to deliver firewood into Gaza with us,

00:49:08.100 go to protectholylandchristians.com.

00:49:12.140 And, Steve, it's just been an honor to share Bethlehem with you and your audience.

00:49:16.900 It's a great privilege.

00:49:17.680 Thank you for this.

00:49:20.460 Thank you, sir.

00:49:21.480 Appreciate you.

00:49:23.740 Merry Christmas to you.

00:49:24.540 Real America is voiced around 3 o'clock.

00:49:26.540 Merry Christmas, guys.

00:49:28.560 Tomorrow, Combat History at Christmas.

00:49:30.560 Patrick K. O'Donnell and myself.

00:49:32.320 Raheem will be on Boxing Day, and we're back on Saturday.

00:49:36.700 Another incredible special.

00:49:39.760 I'm going to leave you with some of this great music.

00:49:41.280 Merry Christmas, folks.

00:49:43.080 We'll see you tomorrow morning right here in the world.

00:49:47.680 Merry Christmas.

00:49:58.360 Merry Christmas.

00:50:00.540 Merry Christmas.

00:50:02.220 He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove them so he's on.

00:50:12.220 His brother just never, and wonders of his love, and wonders of his love, and wonders of his love.

Bannon's War Room - December 24, 2025

Episode 5021： WarRoom Christmas Eve Special 2025 cont.

Episode Stats

Summary

Transcript