Overview

• Steve Bannon described Monday’s anti-ICE demonstrations in Los Angeles and San Francisco as part of a “Third World War,” saying they mark the start of active, “kinetic” fighting.
• He insisted that all undocumented immigrants must be deported and warned that enforcement actions will face legal, media and street-level pushback.
• Bannon linked the domestic protests to broader global confrontations by referencing drone strikes in Kiev, the Israel-Gaza conflict and Chinese naval movements in the Pacific.
• He commended President Trump’s decision to federalize the National Guard as an “up-armoring” measure to protect the country.
• Critics argue Bannon’s warlike framing intensifies polarization over immigration and risks escalating tensions around ICE operations nationwide.