Ex-White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon has furiously torn into Europe's ruling class, branding them "complete and total deadbeats" in a furious GB News rant.

Bannon criticised European nations for failing to meet defence spending commitments.

"I was the guy during the first Trump administration who had to ask you guys, 'would you consider getting up to 2.5 per cent that you committed after you forced your way into Ukraine in 2014?'" he said.

He singled out specific countries for criticism, saying: "If you look particularly at the Germans, the Italians, some of these people are horrible."