Bannon`s War Room Episode 5068: NEOCON's Fight For Relevance In Trump 2.0
Jan 14, 2026
Mike Benz, an investigative commentator specializing in national security, dives into the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and its controversial history. He reveals how the NED has ties to the CIA and plays a significant role in global censorship, particularly in manipulating social media narratives since 2016. The discussion highlights the need for transparency rather than prosecution regarding NGO abuses and how deep-state networks avoid accountability. Benz’s insights challenge the relevance of neocon strategies in the current political landscape.
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America First Means Prioritize Home
- Natalie Winters argues America First means fixing domestic problems before foreign interventions.
- She warns interventionism often becomes the disease, not the cure, and diverts resources from border security and domestic priorities.
Reallocate Resources To Border Security
- Natalie Winters urges focusing resources on mass deportations and border enforcement instead of foreign regime change.
- She advises reallocating a fraction of overseas intervention resources to secure domestic immigration policy.
NED As CIA's Proxy For Influence
- Mike Benz traces the National Endowment for Democracy's origins to CIA efforts to bypass post‑1970s oversight.
- He frames NED as a government‑funded NGO used for covert influence and censorship coordination.