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Bannon says Trump’s Iran threat echoes Hillary Clinton’s playbook

Steve Bannon warns Trump’s Iran intervention echoes Hillary Clinton-era tactics and urges focus on domestic issues amid escalating protests and violence in Iran.

  • On Friday, Steve Bannon accused President Donald Trump of following Hillary Clinton's playbook by threatening to 'rescue' Iranian protesters after Trump's early-Friday Truth Social posts warned the U.S. was locked and loaded to act.
  • Economic collapse, including a plunging Iranian rial, prompted widespread unrest in Iran with $1 costing roughly 1.4 million rials, and protests spreading to cities like Azna, Lorestan.
  • As a longtime America First voice, Steve Bannon urged Trump Friday to avoid foreign conflicts and focus on domestic priorities while maintaining economic pressure on Tehran.
  • Tehran's foreign ministry said on X Friday that Iranians will not permit foreign interference, while Ali Larijani warned U.S. meddling would destabilize the region and harm American interests.
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The New Republic broke the news in on Friday, January 2, 2026.
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