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STEVE Bannon pulled no punches as he gave his take on Donald Trump's trial, immigration chaos and the Hamas attacks on Israel.

Mr Trump's former aide told his ex-boss is in for a "tough" time as his hush money criminal trial continues.

Steve Bannon serves as the White House's chief strategist for the first seven months of Donald Trump's administration

The Sun's Political Editor interviews Steve Bannon on our new show Never Mind The BallotsCredit: The Sun

Mr Trump's former aide told was held to task on the Sun's new politics show Never Mind The BallotsCredit: The Sun

Former US President Donald Trump congratulates Bannon during the swearing-in of senior staff in January 2017Credit: AFP

But he insisted the American firebrand needs to keep his focus on his true opponent Joe Biden - rather than the judge.

The former US President faces 34 charges of falsifying business records to disguise a hush-money payment to a woman with whom he allegedly had an affair.

On our stateside special, Bannon also:

CLAIMED the Pro-Palestinian movement is the most anti-American ever
SLAMMED European spending on defence as a "joke”
CALLED Nigel Farage the next Prime Minister after Keir Starmer
ORDERED Trump to turn his guns on Biden - not the judge in his trial

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He added: "We’re in a very tough part of this campaign right now and president Trump has got to focus, continue to focus that his opponent is Joe Biden, his opponent is not the judge in the court so everyday is going to be a tough one."

The White House former chief strategist also slammed Republican Speaker Mike Johnson for failing to uphold his promise to secure the US southern border before advancing other policies, like funding for Ukraine.

He said even Mr Biden admits "eight million illegal alien invaders" have entered the US since he took over as President.

He added: "We calculate it’s between 12 and 15 million.

"The Republican establishment promised nothing would go forward on Ukraine until that was secure."

While Bannon claims figures are between 12 and 15 million, US Customs and Border Protection data states the number of southwest land border encounters since Biden came into office in 2021 is 7,298,486.

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Bannon - who hosts the the "ultraMAGA" podcast WarRoom - was President Trump's controversial chief strategist and senior counsellor following his 2016 election victory.

He dramatically left the post in 2017 but has remained a staunch supporter of Trump's re-election and his "Make America Great Again" pledge.

Trump needs to turn his guns on Biden – not the judge in his trial, says Steve Bannon

DONALD Trump must remember that his most important battle is against Joe Biden - not the judge in his trial, says Steve Bannon.

He said Trump "has got to focus" on Biden during this "tough part" of his campaign.

Bannon, 70, said Trump, 77, "needs to turn the guns on" Biden, 81, when he's out of the courtroom.

The former president is on trial in Manhattan, charged with falsifying business records to cover up an alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels.

Prosecutors claim that by making payments and covering them up, Trump had “orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 presidential election”.

Trump - who is running for a nonconsecutive second term in this year's presidential election - has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records and denies that the encounter took place.

"His opponent is not the judge in the court."

He continued: "When he’s out of the courtroom he needs to turn the guns on, back on to Biden.

"I think if we do this and you do it smartly this could be a net positive for the campaign."

Bannon, who served as the White House's chief strategist for the first seven months of Trump's administration, said Trump is now "very under-resourced" and at least 25 per cent of every dollar invested in his campaign will be used "to fight this lawfare".

The political strategist said: "He's going to be very strapped for resources, much like in 2016.

"It's going to have to be a very smart campaign like we ran in '16, highly targeted to those 25... This is going to come down to 25 counties in seven states in America.

"He's got to really focus on that."

Elsewhere during the interview, Mr Bannon demanded a probe into the October 7 Hamas attacks given the blatant intelligence failure from security agencies.

He said: "I can’t believe we had an intelligence failure from MI6, from CIA, DNI, that didn’t understand that Hamas had taken almost two years to train for this...

"I cannot believe that we were caught blind by this."

Asked if he believed someone knew it was coming and let it happen he said: "I don’t know, there has to be an investigation."

There is no evidence that any intelligence service had prior knowledge of Hamas' attack - which claimed the lives of thousands of innocent civilians.

He also claimed the pro-Palestine movement has made US colleges more dangerous than cartel-controlled parts of Mexico.

He warned that that Jewish students and Christian conservatives are under attack on campuses across the States.

He told host Harry Cole that pro-Palestinian demos, riddled with Jihadists, have made colleges more threatening than the Darien Gap.

Mr Bannon said: “The pro-Palestinian movement in American is the most anti-American movement I’ve ever seen in the streets of this country.

“If you’re a young Jewish student or quite frankly a MAGA Christian, if you walk across that campus you will be attacked, it’s a very dangerous.”

Over the past week US universities including Columbia and Yale have seen an explosion in pro-Palestinian protests.

Fears pro-Palestine protests will hit UK universities

BRITAIN’S top diplomat in America fears hate-filled pro-Palestine protests could hit universities at home.

Dame Karen Pierce spoke out as demonstrations at US campuses such as Columbia and Yale led to a wave of disorder and arrests as Jewish students face anti-Semitic harassment.

Britain’s Ambassador to the United States intervened in the row while talking to The Sun’s Political Editor Harry Cole on a US special edition of our Never Mind The Ballots show.

Speaking from the Embassy in Washington DC, she said: “Well, the campuses obviously reflect the very strong views about what’s going on in Israel, Gaza.

“There’s no place for anti-Semitism on campus. The administration, congressional figures have been very clear about that. The British government’s been clear about that.

“Students have a right to protest. It has to be within the law. It’s the same back home in the UK. I don’t know whether this is indicative of a bigger trend.

“I think some commentators have said that the Israel-Gaza is, if you like, the cause of this generation.

“What we need to do now is ensure the hostages get out, get more aid in, get all the crossing points open so that more aid can get in, encourage the Israelis, urge the Israelis to take more care over civilian casualties.

“The Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary have been very strong on that.

"But fundamentally, we support Israel’s right to self defence. And that’s why we joined the action against Iran the other day.”

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: “Anti-Semitism on campuses in the United States is reminiscent of what happened in German universities in the 1930s. The world cannot stand idly by.”

“It has to be condemned and condemned unequivocally.”

The majority of these protests see thousands gather peacefully on campuses across the US.

But some colleges have seen activists pitch up tents to create an “encampment”, where Jewish students who believe in the State of Israel have been banned from entering.

Gaza activists have been filmed screaming at Jewish students to “go back to Poland”.

And there have been calls for young Jews to be attacked by Hamas’ terrorist killer brigade Al Qassam.

This week Columbia was forced to move all classes online after a hike in threats to students who disagreed with the left-wing protesters.

Mr Bannon claimed the shocking scenes are a result of diversity and inclusion initiatives.

He said: “People should understand this revolt of Sharia supremacists in this country is just picking up steam and it’s going to be quite violent and quite dangerous.

“The jihadists, the Sharia supremacists have won and have taken over at least Columbia, I think you’ll see many more Ivy League schools like this, I think NYU’s going to go like this.”

The right wing agitator argued that Joe Biden hasn’t been tough on protests because he’s trying to appease Muslim voters.