Richard Barris joined Steve Bannon to deliver a data-driven takedown of the neocon war machine, exposing just how out of touch the war hawks are with the American people—and especially with President Trump’s MAGA base. As Barris’s latest polling shows, the public overwhelmingly rejects another war in the Middle East, and those still pushing intervention—like Mark Levin—are preaching into a vacuum.
In a no-holds-barred WarRoom segment, pollster Richard Barris and host Steve Bannon torched the bipartisan D.C. foreign policy establishment for pushing the U.S. toward another costly intervention in the Middle East. Barris, visibly frustrated, cited fresh polling that revealed an unmistakable truth: Americans—especially Trump’s core supporters—want peace, not more bombing campaigns.
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Baris: "There Is A Larger Percentage Of Americans Who Want No Role In Stabilizing The Middle East Than Who Want A Military Posture” @Peoples_Pundit pic.twitter.com/hBiMK5rmGO
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Barris explained that the survey had been carefully timed just before U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. The goal? To get a clear read on public opinion untainted by media spin. What he found was stunning: only 26% of Americans support any role for the U.S. in stabilizing the Middle East, and even fewer—less than 20%—of Trump voters support military involvement. A full 75% of Americans, across the political spectrum, oppose the escalation.
That includes opposition to the very airstrikes the establishment lauded. Barris emphasized that support for the strikes wasn’t even strong among Trump’s own base, with many voters left scratching their heads and asking: "Why are we doing this?”
Bannon latched onto this point, tying it to a broader indictment of neoconservatives like Mark Levin and Lindsey Graham. Bannon called out their historical revisionism and hypocrisy, especially Levin’s contradictory messaging—labeling President Trump as senile in one breath, while demanding military action in the next. "You want 20-something-year-old progressives and the deep state to run a war against a nuclear power?” Barris scoffed. "Marinate on that.”
According to Barris, the polling numbers reveal a clear desire for a foreign policy reset—a rejection of the "myths of empire” and regime change dogma that dominated both Bush and Obama years. Americans remember how interventions like the Gulf War laid the groundwork for 9/11, and how promised quick fixes turned into endless entanglements. "Americans aren’t stupid,” Barris said. "They just want to be asked real questions, not psychological warfare disguised as polling.”
The duo reiterated that President Trump’s peace-first instincts are exactly what the public wants. Trump, they noted, isn’t calling for appeasement—he’s calling for strategic de-escalation backed by strength. As Barris put it, "Trump voters see him as their last shot to get this country on track. They don’t want more wars—they want America First.”
In short, the War Room exposed how far out of step the Beltway elites are. While Levin and his neocon tribe bang the drums for another forever war, Trump’s base—and the American people at large—are shouting "no more.” If the GOP wants 50%+1 in 2024 and beyond, it won’t come from missile strikes—it’ll come from restraint, realism, and peace through strength.
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