GOOD ARTICLE ON THIS IN THE JOURNAL THIS MORNING.
CHINA’S COVID-19 COVERUP,
MEANWHILE, REPORTS SUGGEST THAT
THE DEATH TOLL IN THE HARDEST
HIT CHINESE CITY OF WUHAN MAY BE
HIGHER THAN BEIJING’S COUNT.
JOINING ME NOW IS FORMER WHITE
HOUSE CHIEF STRATEGIST STEVE
BANNON.
BANNON. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
>> THANKS, MARIA.
MARIA: AND I SAW YOU ON SUNDAY
ON SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES, YOU
POINTED OUT THAT THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION PUT OUT A
TWEET ON JANUARY 14th SAYING
THERE’S NO HUMAN TO HUMAN
TRANSMISSION OF THIS DISEASE.
THAT’S WHY PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
TAKING AIM AT THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION, SAYING THAT WE’RE
NOT GOING TO GIVE THEM THE MONEY
PERHAPS THAT WE NORMALLY DO.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. IT’S EVEN WORSE THAN THAT.
THE FREE REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN
TAIWAN NOTIFIED THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION ON JANUARY 31st
OF 2019.
OF 2019. THEY CAN PROVE HUMAN TO HUMAN
TRANSMISSION ON MAINLAND CHINA
AND THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION LOOKED THE OTHER
WAY AND BELIEVED THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY.
COMMUNIST PARTY. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS 100% RIGHT TO
GO AFTER THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN A
FRONT ORGANIZATION FOR THE
CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY FOR THIS
ENDEAVOR.
ENDEAVOR. THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY AND
THEIR CULL CULPABLEITY IN THIS I
WHAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED.
MARIA: HOW WILL THAT BE
ADDRESSED?
ADDRESSED? WE TALKED ON SUNDAY ABOUT THE
FACT THAT THEY CORNERED THE
MARKET FOR PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
IN JANUARY, WHILE THEY WERE
DOWNPLAYING THE CORONAVIRUS.
THEY ACTUALLY ACQUIRED
2.02 BILLION MASKS, 25 MILLION
PIECES OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING.
THEY ALREADY MAKE HALF OF THE
CAPACITY OF ALL MASKS IN THE
WORLD.
WORLD. WHY DO THEY NEED TO BUY ANOTHER
2 BILLION IN JANUARY WHILE THEY
WERE PLAYING DOWN THE
CORONAVIRUS?
CORONAVIRUS? >> NOT JUST PLAYING DOWN, THEY
WERE LYING TO PEOPLE ABOUT THE
HUMAN TO HUMAN TRANSMISSION.
THEY KNEW THEY HAD IT.
THEY VACUUM UP ALL THE PPE
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT IN EUROPE,
THE UNITED STATES AND BRAZIL.
SO LATER ON THEY COULD USE IT AS
A STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE TO GIVE
BACK TO COUNTRIES, TO BLEED IT
OUT LIKE THEY DID WITH GOVERNOR
CUOMO.
CUOMO. IT’S UNACCEPTABLE.
IT’S UNACCEPTABLE. THIS WILL BE PROVEN AND THIS
SHOWS YOU IT’S PREMEDITATED
MURDER OF THOSE DOCTORS AND
NURSES FROM ITALY, TO SOUTH
AFRICA, TO THE UNITED STATES
THAT DIED IN SERVICE TO THEIR
FELLOW CITIZENS AND THEIR
COUNTRY, THE BLOOD IS ON THE
HANDS OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST
PARTY.
PARTY. MARIA: YEAH, HERE’S WHAT THE
PRESIDENT SAID LAST NIGHT TO
SEAN HANNITY ABOUT THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION.
HEALTH ORGANIZATION. WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE.
WATCH.
WATCH. >> EVERY STEP THAT THEY MADE,
EVERYTHING THAT THEY SAID WAS
WRONG.
WRONG. AND ALWAYS IN FAVOR OF CHINA.
KEEP IT OPEN, DON’T CLOSE THE
BORDERS.
BORDERS. THERE WERE OTHER THINGS TOO.
WHERE IT CAME FROM, THE EXTENT
OF IT, HOW SERIOUS IT WAS.
THEY NEVER VIEWED IT AS THAT
SERIOUS.
SERIOUS. MARIA: SO STEVE, THEY WERE
OBVIOUSLY WORKING FOR CHINA BUT
IT REALLY IS CONCERNING THAT
THIS IS A UN AGENCY, STEVE, THAT
THE U.S. FUNDS THE MAJORITY OF
THE MONEY GIVEN TO THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND IT’S NOT
THE ONLY UN AGENCY THAT CHINA
WANTS TO CONTROL.
THEY TRIED TO COMPETE TO RUN THE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGENCY.
WHAT A JOKE.
THEY’VE BEEN STEALING
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FOR
DECADES AND THEN THE OTHER DAY
THEY ACTUALLY GOT THEMSELVES ON
THE AGENCY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.
ANOTHER JOKE.
ANOTHER JOKE. HUMAN RIGHTS AND CHINA?
YOU’VE GOT A MILLION UYGHURS
RIGHT NOW LOCKED UP IN CAMPS.
>> NOT JUST UYGHURS, LOOK WHAT
HAPPENED TO THE PEOPLE IN WUHAN
BECAUSE THEY LIED TO EVERYBODY
ABOUT THE HUMAN TO HUMAN
TRANSMISSION.
TRANSMISSION. IN GENEVA THEY’RE TRYING TO
CONTROL OR DO CONTROL ALL OF THE
UN OPERATIONS.
UN OPERATIONS. THAT’S WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
CORRECT TO EXPOSE THIS AND GO
AFTER IT AND MAKE SURE IT’S
TAKEN CARE OF.
WE CAN’T TAKE OUR EYE OFF THE
BALL.
BALL. ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL THINGS
PRESIDENT TRUMP DID WAS STOP
FLIGHTS FROM CHINA TO COME INTO
THE UNITED STATES IN LATE
JANUARY.
JANUARY. AT THAT TIME, THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY HAD LIMITED --
THEY HAD LOCKED DOWN INTERNALLY
HUBEI PROVINCE BUT YOU COULD FLY
FROM CHINA TO EVERYWHERE IN THE
WORLD INCLUDING ITALY AND SPAIN.
THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY KNEW
ABOUT HUMAN TO HUMAN
TRANSMISSION IN DECEMBER.
ALL OF THIS COULD HAVE BEEN
STOPPED.
STOPPED. THE CITY OF WUHAN AND THE DECENT
HARD WORKING CHINESE CITIZENS
DID NOT HAVE TO BE DESTROYED.
HUGH WAY PROVINCE DID NOT --
HUBEI PROVINCE DID NOT HAVE TO
BE DESTROYED.
BE DESTROYED. ITALY, SPAIN, SOUTH AFRICA, THE
UNITED STATES, ALL OF THIS IS AT
THE DOORSTEPS OF THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY.
COMMUNIST PARTY. THEY ARE -- THE CHINESE PEOPLE
ARE THE BIGGEST VICTIMS.
THIS IS A MURDEROUS GROUP OF
GANGSTERS AND THEY’VE GOT TO BE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE BY THE WORLD.
MARIA: WHICH IS WHY I BELIEVE
THIS UPCOMING ELECTION IN
NOVEMBER WILL BE LARGELY ABOUT
CHINA AS WELL AS THE PRESIDENT’S
LEADERSHIP FOR THE CORONAVIRUS
BUT PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW THAT
YOU’VE GOT A SOMEBODY IN CHARGE
WHO IS GOING TO KEEP CHINA
ACCOUNTABLE.
ACCOUNTABLE. WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS
NOW FOR YEARS, DEVIN NUNES DOING
AN INVESTIGATION INTO CHINA OVER
THE LAST THREE YEARS THAT I’VE
BEEN FOCUSED ON ON SUNDAY
MORNING FUTURES WHERE CHINA HAS
BEEN PUTTING MILITARY BASES
AROUND THE WORLD, THEY’VE BEEN
STEALING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY,
THEY’VE BEEN TRACKING THEIR
CITIZENS AND THEY’RE TRYING TO
TRACK THE WORLD.
LOOK, THAT’S VERY IMPORTANT AND
I THINK WE BOTH KNOW WHO HAS
BEEN SPOT-ON ON THIS AND THAT IS
PETER NAVARRO IN THE WHITE
HOUSE.
HOUSE. I WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE ON THIS
MEMO, TWO MEMOS THAT PETER SENT.
I AGREE THAT PETER NAVARRO HAS
BEEN SPOT-ON.
BEEN SPOT-ON. I HAVE HIM ON ALL MY SHOWS ALL
THE TIME BECAUSE OF THAT.
IT’S A COMPETING VISION WITHIN
THE WHITE HOUSE, ISN’T IT,
STEVE?
STEVE? >> NO, I THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP
-- LET’S GO BACK.
PETER NAVARRO AND POTTINGER, IT
WAS THE CHINA HANDS THAT KNEW
ABOUT THE SCALE OF THIS.
YOU ASKED THE QUESTION IN DAVOS,
YOU STARTED FOLLOWING THIS IN
DAVOS IN MID-JANUARY AS WE DID.
PEOPLE THAT KNOW CHINA
UNDERSTAND THE SCALE OF THIS AND
PETER KNOW NAVARRO’S MEMO -- THE
ACTIONS PRESIDENT TRUMP TOOK, HE
STOPPED TRAVEL FROM CHINA WHEN
CHINA WASN’T STOPPING IT FROM
THE WORLD.
THE WORLD. HE ALSO QUARANTINED PEOPLE.
HE STOOD UP, THIS TASK FORCE IN
THE WHITE HOUSE, HE ALSO CHANGED
THE REQUIREMENTS IN NURSING
HOMES, KNOWING THAT WOULD BE AN
AFFECTED AREA.
AFFECTED AREA. HE TOLD THE CDC YOU’VE GOT THE
TESTING, STAND IT UP AND LET’S
GET THE MASS TESTING.
THE CHINA HANDS IN THE WHITE
HOUSE, POTTINGER AND NAVARRO HAD
IT RIGHT.
IT RIGHT. THE MEMOS ARE PROVE PROPHETIC AB
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.
THE PRESIDENT’S INSTINGS WAS TO
TAKE -- INSTINCTS WAS TO TAKE
CHARGE.
CHARGE. I SAY EVER EVERY DAY IS
NOVEMBER 3rd NOW.
THE CONFRONTATION WITH CHINA IS
COMING AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,
THE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
AND THE CHINESE PEOPLE WANT TO
HOLD ACCOUNTABLE THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY.
COMMUNIST PARTY. WHAT DID THEY KNOW?
WHAT DID THEY KNOW IT?
AND WHAT ACTIONS DID THEY TAKE
IN DECEMBER, MID-DECEMBER OF
2019.
2019. IF THEY HAD DONE WHAT A
LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE
DONE WHICH IS GET ON TOP OF THIS
AND NOT LET IT BECOME A
BIOLOGICAL CHERNOBYL, ALL OF THE
SUFFERING, ALL OF THE ECONOMIC
DESTRUCTION, DESTRUCTION OF
PENSION FUNDS, ALL THE
UNEMPLOYMENT, ALL THE DEATH
WOULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.
MARIA: YEAH, WELL, THE OTHER
THING THAT PETER NAVARRO HAS
BEEN WORKING ON IS GETTING THE
SUPPLY CHAIN BACK TO AMERICA.
AND THIS IS ANOTHER MAJOR ISSUE
AS YOU KNOW, STEVE.
WE’RE GETTING THE MAJORITY OF
OUR ACTIVE INGREDIENTS FOR OUR
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS IN CHINA,
ONLY TO HEAR THEM THREATEN US
TWO MONTHS AGO TO SAY, HEY, IF
YOU KEEP PLAYING AROUND WITH
TARIFFS, THEN MAYBE WE WON’T
SEND THOSE PRESCRIPTION DRUG
ACTIVE INGREDIENTS TO THE UNITED
STATES, JUST WHEN WE NEED THEM
IN THE MIDDLE OF A CRISIS.
NAVARRO HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET
COMPANIES TO GET THOSE SUPPLY
CHAINS BACK TO AMERICA.
SO THE QUESTION BECOMES WHAT THE
HECK IS GOING ON WITH CONGRESS?
I RECOGNIZE THIS IS THREE
ADMINISTRATIONS, STEVE, BUT HOW
LONG HAS NANCY PELOSI BEEN IN
CHARGE, HOW LONG HAS MITCH
McCONNELL BEEN IN CHARGE.
HOW COME WE HAVE SO MANY
CRITICAL ITEMS PRODUCED IN CHINA
AND HERE WE ARE IN A PANDEMIC
AND WE NEED THESE PRODUCTS, WHAT
THE HECK.
THE HECK. ARE WE JUST WAKING UP TO THIS
NOW?
NOW? >> WELL, LISTEN, PEOPLE THAT
HAVE FOLLOWED THE CHINA
SITUATION FOR YEARS INCLUDING
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAVE SEEN THIS
IS A HUGE PROBLEM.
WE NEED ACTIONS TODAY.
YOU NEED ALL THE APIs NEED TO
BE BROUGHT BACK HERE, THE
GENERIC DRUGS NEED TO BE BROUGHT
BACK HERE.
BACK HERE. THE LOBBYISTS IN WASHINGTON,
D.C. ARE FIGHTING PETER NAVARRO,
BUY AMERICAN, THEY’RE FIGHTING
IT EVERY DAY.
DON’T THINK THE LOBBYISTS ARE
CLEAN.
CLEAN. THEY ARE ALL OVER, STILL TRYING
TO REFUSE TO BRING MEDICAL
SUPPLIES BACK HERE, THE ACTIVE
PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENTS BACK
HERE.
HERE. THIS IS GOING TO BE A HUGE
FIGHT.
FIGHT. REMEMBER THE WALL STREET AND
CITY OF LONDON THAT FINANCE THE
CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY ARE NOT
GOING TO ROLL OVER IN THIS.
IN NOVEMBER, THIS IS GOING TO BE
A HUGE FIGHT.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
HAVE TO DECIDE DO WE WANT A
NATION THAT IS SELF-SUSTAINING
OR DO WE WANT TO BE A SON SUPLIC
TO THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.
MARIA: THE SKEPTICS OF THE
PRESIDENT CONTINUE TO POLITICIZE
THIS.
THIS. NANCY PELOSI IS ABOUT TO LAUNCH
ANOTHER INVESTIGATION INTO
PRESIDENT TRUMP TO ZERO IN ON
HOW HE HAS HANDLED THE
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. SHE IS STILL LAWN EVERRING
INVESTIGATIONS, STEVE --
LAUNCHING INVESTIGATIONS STEVE.
SHE MISSED SAN FRANCISCO, THAT’S
HER HOMETOWN, THE HOMELESSNESS
IS DISGUSTING THERE.
THAT’S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION
FOR ANOTHER DAY BUT SHE
CERTAINLY MISSED CHINA WHILE
THEY WERE LOOKING FOR GHOSTS
AROUND THE RUSSIA COLLUSION
NARRATIVE.
NARRATIVE. THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON
THE REAL THREAT.
>> LOOK, SHE’S HAD A LONG TRACK
RECORD OF SUPPORTING TIANANMEN
SQUARE AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS
THERE.
THERE. WE NEED TO BRING THE COUNTRY
TOGETHER ON THIS.
IT’S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD THAT
THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY
TERRORIZED THEIR OWN CITIZENS
AND NOW THEY’RE A THREAT TO ALL
MAN KIND.
MAN KIND. THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY, WE
NEED TO BRING THE NATION
TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THIS.
WE HAVE TO HOLD THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY AND THEIR
LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT
HAPPENED IN DECEMBER OF 2019 IN
WUHAN.
WUHAN. THEY HAVE TO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE.
ACCOUNTABLE. THE WHOLE COUNTRY HAS TO COME
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. WE DON’T NEED INVESTIGATIONS, WE
DON’T NEED ANOTHER WITCH HUNT,
WE DON’T NEED ANOTHER
IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATION.
IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATION. WE NEED TO BRING THE COUNTRY
TOGETHER TO FOCUS ON WHAT THE
PROBLEM IS.
PROBLEM IS. THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY WHAT
THEY DID TO THEIR OWN PEOPLE AND
WHAT THEY DID TO THE WORLD, WE
NEED TO FOCUS ON THE SIGNALS OF
THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.
MARIA: REAL QUICK, STEVE, HOW
DO YOU REOPEN THE ECONOMY?
>> YOU DO IT IN A MANAGED WAY.
WE’RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A
VACCINE FOR A WHILE.
I THINK WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN IS
DR. FAUCI AND BIRX HAVE TO PUT
OUT THEIR OWN MODEL ON WHERE
WE’RE GOING ON THIS FOR THE END
OF APRIL AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A
MANAGED PROCESS.
MANAGED PROCESS. THERAPEUTIC DUSTING, ANTIBODY
TESTING, AND OPEN IT UP IN A
MANAGED, SOPHISTICATED WAY.
THE BRITISH CALL IT A CLOSE RUN
THING, THAT’S WHAT WE NEED TO
DO.
DO. WE HAVE TO GET FOCUSED ON THE
METRICS NOW.
METRICS NOW. MARIA: STEVE, IT’S GREAT TO