Steve Bannon calls on Trump to arrest Lindsey Graham, says he's stirring up trouble in Ukraine without U.S. knowledge

Steve Bannon, who used to work for Donald Trump as his chief strategist, said Senator Lindsey Graham should be arrested if he keeps going to Ukraine and causing trouble there. Bannon is angry because Ukraine used drones to destroy 40 Russian military aircraft in a big surprise attack deep inside Russia, as per reports.

Bannon thinks this drone attack could boost Ukraine’s confidence and make things worse between Russia and the U.S. He wants the White House to condemn Ukraine’s attack right away and to pull back any U.S. support for it. Bannon also said that if Graham doesn’t stop what he’s doing, he should be arrested when he comes back to the U.S., as per The Hill report.

Lindsey Graham had just met with Ukraine’s President Zelensky a few days before the attack. Bannon accused Graham of going behind Trump’s back, acting like Trump isn’t in charge, and saying he could still pass laws through the House and Senate.


Graham is pushing for new sanctions on Russia and on countries that buy things from Russia. Bannon said Graham was “stirring it up over there” and making the situation more dangerous. Graham had actually praised Ukraine for their creative drone attack, calling Ukraine "ever-resourceful" on X, as per reports.

Graham said the Ukrainian attack destroyed Russian bombers and military equipment that were used to harm Ukrainian civilians. The drone attack happened thousands of miles inside Russia, in places like Irkutsk and Amur, as stated by The Hill.

Reports say Ukrainian security services smuggled the drones inside Russia using 18-wheeler trucks, which were opened remotely when they reached Russian military bases.

FAQs

Q1. Why did Steve Bannon say Lindsey Graham should be arrested?
Because Bannon believes Graham is creating conflict in Ukraine without U.S. approval.

Q2. What happened in the Ukraine drone attack that upset Bannon?
Ukraine destroyed 40 Russian military planes deep inside Russia using drones.