Steve Bannon calls for sacking of Trump's CIA director for 'bald-faced lies'
Right-wing podcaster Steve Bannon has never shied away from criticizing Republicans in President Donald Trump's orbit who he sees as detrimental to the America First agenda, and his latest jab is no exception.
On a episode of his 'War Room' podcast which broadcast Monday morning, Bannon called for Trump's CIA director John Ratcliffe to be sacked while accusing him of spouting 'bald-faced lies' about the war between Israel and Hamas.
'Witkoff is briefed three times a day by the CIA, and they lied to him,' Bannon claimed while criticizing the information that Steve Witkoff, Trump's chief hostage negotiator, was given by the agency.
'This is not a this is not some marginal mistake in intelligence. He sat right there. They told they lied to him three times a day,' Bannon continued.
'Hamas doesn't want to do, never going to do the deal,' Bannon implored, while continuing to criticize the agency, adding that the intelligence was skewed.
'That's the Mossad talking. That's Netanyahu talking,' Bannon charged.
The podcaster then argued that Ratcliffe should 'resign today,' for providing false information. The Daily Mail has reached out to the CIA for comment on Bannon's remarks.
Bannon's latest criticism comes as the peace deal negotiated by the Trump administration between Hamas and Israel is hanging on by a thread after the breach of a ceasefire this weekend.
Steve Bannon during a broadcast of his Bannon's War Room show which aired on Monday, October 20th
U.S. President Donald Trump talks with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, on October 13, 2025 in Jerusalem
CIA Director John Ratcliffe (R) talks with General Dan Caine (L) as they arrive at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson on August 15, 2025 in Anchorage, Alaska. President Trump is meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin for peace talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.
Former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz also piled on criticism about the deal after news broke of the ceasefire breach Sunday, posting on X that 'Bibi is now actively sabotaging Trump’s peace deal. And Trump knows it.'
Bannon additionally criticized Trump's ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, calling him a 'clown ambassador' as well as an 'embarrassment.'
President Trump visited Israel last week, hours after Hamas released the remaining Israeli hostages captured on Oct. 7, 2023, part of a US-brokered ceasefire deal to end the war in Gaza.
After the breach of the ceasefire, about 44 individuals were killed, per data shared by local hospitals.
The strikes came after Israel accused Hamas of violating a ceasefire by attacking its troops.
The momentary resumption of the conflict was the most serious challenge yet to the tenuous U.S.-backed ceasefire deal. Israel later said it had resumed enforcing the agreement.
