Andrew Kolvet, executive producer of “The Charlie Kirk Show,” joined Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast on Thursday to discuss Kirk’s six-point plan to restore the social compact.

ANDREW KOLVET, CHARLIE KIRK SHOW, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Yeah, absolutely. And thanks for having me, Steve, and for the kind words. And you’ve just been a tremendous ally in the fight all along the way. And Charlie always tuned into your show. He was straight into his veins. And so you’re a big part of this too, Steve. And listen, you’re right. We were laser focused on making sure that the gains that we had, the coalitions that we were building in 2024 did not go by the wayside in 2025. We understood that the youth vote was not a permanent ushering in of a permanent new electorate. We had to keep earning that vote. And when we saw some of the foreign policy decisions, when we saw some of the Epstein stuff come out, we knew we were losing some of that trust that we had built. I mean, they put a flyer on Trump. It was a flyer vote. We’re going to give you a chance because the other thing’s not working. We see that, but we understood it was always going to be Mangione-ism, Mamdani-ism versus MAGA, versus economic national populism, driving forward with a rising tide lifts all boats, as opposed to the zero-sum game grievance politics that are offered by the left. And so we’re laser focused on how do we do this? How do we re-inspire the youth to get a stake and get some skin in the game and the American dream, believe in this republic? And so, yeah, this was a punch list. It started with mass deportations. We understood that we’re seeing our country get invaded. We understood that this is causing housing crisis. This is causing backup at emergency rooms. It’s a visible, visceral thing that young people can see in their communities. They understand that the country they inherited all of a sudden is not for them anymore. That’s the message that it’s sending, is that we don’t care that you were born here. This country is for foreigners. Mass deportation also has crime implications, obviously. Step number two, stop the H-1B scam. I love what Mark Mitchell said. This is something young people experience when they go into the workforce. And about 80% of these jobs in H-1B are going to entry-level, junior-level type jobs. The exact jobs that we need to be able to ensure are reserved for American citizens. America is for Americans. And then when you do this H-1B scam and you got 80% or 70% that’s going to go to Indians, another 10% to 15% to Chinese, you’re looking visibly at your country saying, it’s no longer for me. And that is depressing on an existential level for young people, Steve. You got step number three, dramatically reduce legal immigration. We’ve got robotics. We’ve got AI that’s coming, automation that’s going to be wiping out a ton of these entry-level jobs, analyst jobs. The first rung on the economic ladder for so many college grads. And you’ve got 1.2 million green cards being passed around like they’re candy based on a 1990 law that we don’t need anymore. This is antiquated. We do not need it. You might’ve said in 1990, there was a justification for it. I would argue with that. But right now there’s absolutely no justification that we need 1.2 million green cards every year. Step four, end chain migration and the visa lottery. What good does this do our country? There’s absolutely no good that it does our country. These are not people that are brought here for merit. They’re not geniuses. There’s no actual rationale for these people. End it immediately. Number five, build 10 million new homes for Americans. This is key. Mark Mitchell’s talking about, we need visible evidence that we are putting young people first. We need visible, visible, visible evidence. We need big, hairy, bold, audacious ideas that we can go put president Trump, J.D. Vance in front of a camera, breaking ground behind them, seeing huge new homes that we’re going to make sure institutional buyers don’t come in and swoop up those homes. We’re going to make sure that foreign born immigrants, illegals, or foreign investors don’t get first dibs at those homes. These are going to be for first time home buyers. Let’s make sure that they have priority, Steve, in these 10 million new homes. Let’s break ground. Let’s do something big and bold. Whether it’s writing off the first $ 50,000 of the mortgage every year until they’re 35, whether it’s letting write off their whole mortgage. I don’t know. Let’s talk about big ideas. Let’s make sure that we get young people into the housing market, because that’s the first thing. Then number six, crush the college cartel. Steve, this is huge. So many of our college grads, they don’t learn the skills they need. They’ve been indoctrinated. Then when they get out there in $ 250,000 worth of debt, what does that debt do? It pushes off family formation. It pushes off getting a mortgage. It pushes off those conservatizing life events. We call them the three M’s on the Charlie Kirk show. That is marriage, mating, and mortgage. Marriage, mating, and mortgage. Even the Brookings Institute acknowledges that when young people do those three M’s, they become conservatives. They start voting the way we want them to. This is an existential crisis with our young people. They don’t believe in the system. They don’t believe in the republic, and they need leaders that do bold things and put them first. STEVE BANNON: First off, Turning Point has a massive operation now. I think you’ve got chapters in virtually every high school and college in the country. Plus, you have a huge plant there in Phoenix with young people. You’re on the road all the time. You have the show. You’ve got social media. What is the feedback you’re getting from young people when you talk about these specific action items that can be taken if we have the political will to do it? KOLVET:They love these action items, Steve, but then they go, well, why are we so focused on foreign affairs? Why are we focused on abstractions? We need to focus on domestic issues. I agree with Dave Brat what he said in the last hour. President Trump is the one guy that can thread the needle. I think there are justifications for making sure that we have peace abroad so that we can be thriving domestically. I think it’s simply a messaging thing, and there’s no better messenger than President Trump. He can do it. J.D. Vance, I’ve been hearing his message on this. He can do it. Stephen Miller, he’s an amazing messenger. You’ve got Scott Besson, another amazing messenger. I think the administration is pivoting right now. You’re going to see this. I think you’re going to see it over the coming weeks and days and months. You’re right. The question is, do we have the political will? Until we have the political will, these young people are going to call BS on this. They’re just simply going to say, I don’t see it. I haven’t seen it happen. We just need action. Once we have action, then guess what? The political junkies, the influencers, shows like this, we’re going to have actual evidence to point to and say, listen, you said you wanted X, you got Y. You said you wanted A, you got B, C, and D. Listen, all we need is the goods to go out there and look our people straight in the eye and say, you asked, you received, we delivered, and you’ve got to give it a little time to come through. The alternative is that they’re just going to throw up their hands, give in to nihilism, give in to depression, and bail on the American dream. We can’t have that, Steve.

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