Steve Bannon tells CPAC that Iran war is just beginning.
Steve Bannon tells CPAC that Iran war is just beginning.
Jay Stahl, USA TODAYSat, March 28, 2026 at 5:34 PM UTC
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Steve Bannon, the former White House adviser to President Donald Trump, said the Iran war may just be beginning.
The ultraconservative figure told attendees March 27 at the right-leaning Conservative Political Action Conference in Grapevine, Texas outside of Dallas the "decision in going forward is obviously" at the discretion of Trump but told attendees that "people got to have his back."
"You have to be convinced that this is the right thing to do, particularly now that we’re on the eve of potentially the insertion of American combat troops," Bannon said. "Your sons, daughters, granddaughters, grandsons could be on Kharg Island or be holding a beachhead down by the Strait of Hormuz."
Steve Bannon speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Grapevine Texas, on March 26, 2026.
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Kharg Island is Iran's primary hub for oil exports and was targeted once previously by U.S. military strikes. The Iran war has fractured parts of Trump's Make America Great Again movement.
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His CPAC comments arrive less than a week after a March 23 episode of his podcast, "Bannons War Room," when he asked The Article III Project founder and president Mike Davis if ICE's presence in airports could serve as a "test run" for ICE's involvement at polling places in the 2026 midterm elections, seen by some as a voter suppression tactic.
Contributing: Zachary Schermele, Kathryn Palmer, Greta Cross
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Steve Bannon hints that U.S. is only at start of Iran war
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