BY ALEXANDER BOLTON – 06/02/25

MAGA insider and former Trump White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said Monday that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), one of Kyiv’s strongest backers in Congress, should be “arrested” if he doesn’t stop traveling overseas and “stirring it up” in Ukraine.

Bannon expressed his frustration over Ukraine’s stunning drone attack on Russia’s strategic bombing fleet, which destroyed 40 aircraft deep inside Russian territory, giving Ukrainian forces a potential morale boost.

Bannon said the White House should condemn the military strike and crack down on Graham’s diplomacy. The senator applauded Ukraine’s resourcefulness in pulling off a successful attack Sunday.

“The White House has to condemn this immediately and pull all support and tell Lindsey Graham to come home or we are going to put you under arrest when you come home. You’re stirring it up,” Bannon said Monday on his “War Room” podcast.

He accused Graham, who met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, of working behind President Trump’s back.

“Lindsey Graham’s over there saying, ‘Hey, forget Trump. I got the House and the Senate. We’re going to pass it. You’re going to see something in a couple of days,’” Bannon said, referring to legislation Graham has sponsored to sanction Russia and countries that buy its products.

“He’s stirring it up over there,” he said.

Graham’s praise for Ukraine’s attacks Sunday called the country “ever-resourceful.”

“The ever-resourceful Ukraine used creative drone warfare tactics to successfully attack Russian bombers and military assets used to kill Ukrainian citizens and destroy their country,” he posted on the social platform X.

Ukraine struck deeply into Russia, hitting targets in the regions of Irkutsk and Amur, thousands of miles from the Russian-Ukraine border. The country’s security services reportedly smuggled the drones into Russia on 18-wheelers, which were remotely opened near military bases. 

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Bannon: Graham giving Ukrainians ‘false hope’

BY SARAH FORTINSKY – 06/03/25 7:57 AM ET

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, a key MAGA insider, doubled down late Monday on his criticism of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and the lawmaker’s vocal support for Ukraine amid its war with Russia.

In an interview on NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Bannon said Graham was giving Ukrainians “false hope” by meeting with the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, and by suggesting the U.S. support Kyiv’s stunning drone attack on Russia’s strategic bombing fleet.

“We can’t have Lindsey Graham, and particularly Zelensky, leading us into a third world war with a deep strike into Russia,” Bannon told host Chris Cuomo.

The comments come after the former Trump adviser called for the South Carolina Republican to be jailedfor his pro-Ukraine stance. Cuomo repeatedly challenged Bannon to back up that request.

“I don’t understand how you could want to jail a U.S. senator because he’s saying something you don’t like,” the NewsNation host said, adding, “That sounds like the worst of the deep state and lawfare.”

Bannon responded, “No, it’s absolutely — what he’s doing over there right now is stirring it up. He’s giving the Ukrainians false hope.”

Cuomo cut in, “But it’s not illegal.”

The Trump ally continued, “He’s giving Ukrainians false hope that we’re there to support them on engaging Russia in a kinetic conflict. And we are not.”

The host continued to press Bannon about why he thinks Graham should be detained.

“So maybe he’s wrong, but why do you say throw him in jail?” he said.

“Two things ought to happen: Either cancel his passport and don’t let him back in the country, or put him in jail if he comes back,” Bannon responded, adding, “The attack was audacious.”

“It was brilliant. But the problem is it gets us involved in a conflict that no one in the United States wants to be part of,” he added.

Cuomo noted that he didn’t necessarily disagree with the former strategist’s opinion.

“I’m just saying you can’t be throwing people in jail because you don’t like what they say. That’s my only point,” he told Bannon. “I’m not saying that you’re wrong about where this might lead and how dangerous it is.”