Steak 'n Shake leads BEEF TALLOW charge. This is good
Steak 'n Shake chief MAHA officer Michael Boes comments on dietary guidelines and their origins as well as his brand-new role on 'My View with Lara Trump.' (Meanwhile McDonald’s food is getting worse)
10:04
https://youtu.be/niB9Ouw5l6c
Dr Oz: If they'll steal your MONEY, they'll steal your HEALTH
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr.Mehmet Oz rejects the notion that his agency's healthcare fraud crackdown is politically motivatedon 'My View with Lara Trump.'
10:26
https://youtu.be/aac4g4al3fg
Sunday Talks – U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer Discusses U.S-China Trade Status
May 17, 2026 | Sundance |
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer appears on CBS Face the Nation to discuss current U.S-China trade relations on the heels of the recent Beijing summit.Brennan in her customary passive-aggressive mode as a professional narrative engineer. Video and Transcript Below:
Jamieson Greer says China-U.S. Board of Trade will be "focused on trade in non-sensitive goods"
10:31
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that the newly-announced Board of Trade between the U.S. and China will be focused on "non-sensitive goods" such as "sales of agricultural goods to China, energy goods, Boeings, medical devices."
https://youtu.be/mH_5D0RfG_s
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/05/17/sunday-talks-u-s-trade-representative-jamieson-greer-discusses-u-s-china-trade-status/
>>24616289. She really is a witch
Mercedes Willing to Enter Military Production Sector
(The evolving danger and destruction by the EU countries inviting China in. They were warned by the U.S., but EU knows it all)
May 17, 2026 | Sundance |
Mercedes is willing to begin military and weapons production. =Historically speaking, this did not work out so well for Europe the last time==; however, as with all things German, the expanded backstory is a little more complicated.
Due to acombination of terrible political decisionsrelated to the German andEU energy sector, the Germanindustrial economy is contracting rapidly. Germany is the heart of the EU economic engine. (!!!)
At the same time as theGerman economy is contracting, theeconomic footprint of Chinain the EU is growing. Thecore issue centers around a declining auto sectorbut extends to all ancillary manufacturing outputs.
By following the WEF’s “Build Back Better” program, Europe as a whole has ended upmaking itself energy-dependent and vulnerable. (They really should have kept buying from Russia, but they made them the enemy to support Ukraine.) The Gulf oil andgas crisis, thelooming 25% Trump tariffs on EU cars, andthe withdrawal of U.S. troopsfrom GermanNATO basesonly add to their growing economic troubles.
Around thesame timeas this economic convergence,Germany began ramping up its commitments, support, and spending forUkrainein the conflict with Russia.Subsidy outflows rose just as GDP was falling, a clear example of aneconomic spiralthat can easily spin out of control.
German Chancellor FreidrichMerz is tryingto deal with the consequences ofexceptionally short-sighted and damaging policy, but reversing the trend would require Germany to focus all policy operations inwardlyaway from Brusselsand the demands of the collective European Union. This is now the core issue in German politics driving bold dividing lines between political power structures.
One of the problems for Germanyis the United States presence in the countryhistorically meant they did not need to spend on their national defense. Instead, for decades they spent that money on subsidy programs and expanded German benefits. All was okayuntil President Trump started to pressure the German government to be self-sufficient. That means Germany had to change government policy.
PresidentTrump has refused to put Tomahawk cruise missiles into U.S/NATO bases within Germany, and Germanyhas nomedium to long-range missile systems. Now, they need to either purchase them or develop their own.
At the same timePresident Trump is drawing down U.S. military troop levels in Germany, and Germany has changed their conscription laws while requiring all fighting age men to register any extended external travel.
SUMMARY:The economy within Germany is shrinking, revenuesto the government are less, the energy crisis meansGerman citizens need subsidies, the promisedpayments to Ukraine are more painful, and at the same time the “coalition of the willing” aremore confrontational toward Russiayet they realize they can no longer hide behind America’s apron.A hot mess.
Now, before getting to the point of this latest development,remind yourself that China owns a ten percent stake in Mercedesand the vehicles produced by the Chinese auto brand Geely are essentially the outcome of China extracting technology from that stakeholder share. This brand specific datapoint sits on the sidelines of Europe’sshrinking market share of automobiles as the Chinese share of the market grows.
May 15 (Reuters) – Mercedes-Benz (MBGn.DE), opens new tab CEO Ola Kalleniustold the Wall StreetJournal on Friday thatthe German automaker was willing to move into defense production as long as it made “business sense”.
[…] Earlier this week, German defense group Rheinmetall announced a partnership with Deutsche Telekom to develop adefense shield against drones. (source)
Germans, with a panda in the pocket of their overalls, are willing to start making military hardware to retain employment in the shrinking all-critical auto sector, that is being lost to China. Think about it.
History may not always repeat; but yes, it certainly does have a tendency to rhyme.
(I guess Merz will not be able to fund his glorious Nazi Army to protect, or takeover all of Europe. The arrogance the EU leaders have towards Trump and the U.S., is biting them in the ass,but they didn’t listen.)
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/05/17/mercedes-willing-to-enter-military-production-sector/
I hope he exposes every law maker that ignores what has been known for years!
>>24616671. ==Here’s the video https://x.com/warDaniel47/status/2055954400464576906?s=20
Taliban legalizes sick child marriages with special rules for ‘virgin girls’ in Afghanistan
TheTaliban has formally legitimized child marriages under a twisted new family law decree that sets out rules for marriages involving minors— treating thegirls as sellable property.
It also establishesspecific guidelines governing “virgin girls,” reported Afghan outlet Amu TV.
Approved by Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, the 31-article regulation — titled “Principles of Separation Between Spouses” — was published in the regime’s official gazette in mid-May.
In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan,girls can effectively be sold before they are even old enough to walk.
Desperate families, crushed by poverty, routinelystrike “marriage” deals involving infants as young as 20 days old, exchanging their baby daughters for cash to pay debts or simply survive another day.
The price of a child bride reportedly ranges between $500 and $3,000, according to human rights groups.
Nearly one-third of Afghan girls are married before the age of 18, according to the charityGirls Not Brides.
Under the Taliban’s horrifying new rules, afemale child legally married to an adult man may later seek an annulment “upon puberty” — but only if a Taliban court approves it.
Even worse, the regulations state that thesilence of a “virgin girl” may be interpreted as consent to marriage.
Thedecree lays out the rules for dissolving marriages under a maze of religious and legal conditions, including child marriage, missing husbands, forced separation, breastfeeding relations and accusations of adultery.
Theregulations give power over child marriages to fathers and grandfathers, claiming the marriages could be overturnedif the guardians are considered abusive, mentally unfit or morally corrupt.
Since seizing power in August 2021, theTaliban regime has imposed what many international observers describe as a gender apartheid system against women and girls, report many humanitarian groups, such as Amnesty International.
The Taliban’s legal code reportedly does not prohibit sexual or psychological violence against women, reports British outlet GB News. Reports also state husbands are permitted to beat their wives, provided it does not leave obvious bodily harm.
“Child marriage is not marriage in any meaningful sense. A child cannot properly consent, andtreating silence as consent is dangerous because it removes a girl’s voice completely,” political commentator Fahima Mahomed told the outlet.
“As a Muslim, I would also strongly reject the idea that this reflects Islam as a whole. The Qur’an itself speaks against compulsion and mistreatment of women, so theTaliban’s position should not be presented as ‘Islamic law’ in a broad sense.
“It is their political and extremist interpretation, enforced through power and fear.”
(https://www.aol.com/articles/taliban-legalizes-sick-child-marriages-203958577.html?
This is not new, but it’s disgusting and no one will change it.
President Trump Blasts Colorado Republican Lauren Boebert for Campaigning with DeceptiCON Thomas Massie in Kentucky
May 16, 2026 | Sundance |
Thomas Massie is cut from the same Republican cloth as his dear friend, Ron DeSantis and his recent advocate Tucker Carlson. Like DeSantis and Carlson, Massie is a master manipulator who uses carefully crafted wedge points to divide the electorate and position himself for maximum benefit.
Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert has been campaigning and trying to support Massie as the potential for him to lose a primary race is very real.This puts Boebert on the opposite side of President Trump on a very important matter of principle. Massie has accused President Trump of protecting Jeffrey Epstein’s enablers.
PRESIDENT TRUMP –“Is anyone interested in running against Weak Minded Lauren Boebert in Colorado’s Fourth Congressional District?You remember Lauren moved to the District when it became obvious that she couldn’t win in her original Congressional District (The Third!) —A Carpetbagger, indeed! Boebert is campaigning for the Worst “Republican” Congressman in the History of our Country, Thomas Massie,of the Great Commonwealth of Kentucky,and anybody who can be that dumb deserves a good Primary fight! Even though I long ago endorsed Boebert, if the right person came along, it would be my Honor to withdraw that Endorsement and endorse a good and proper alternative.Just let me know, or announce your Candidacy, and I will be there for you!” ~ President DONALD J. TRUMP
(https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/05/16/president-trump-blasts-colorado-republican-lauren-boebert-for-campaigning-with-decepticon-thomas-massie-in-kentucky/
What is going on with these people, mace seems to lean towards rebellion too. Looking for attention, getting the wrong kind
Mercedes Willing to Enter Military Production Sector
(The evolving danger and destruction by the EU countries inviting China in, and paying Ukraine Billions that is stolen money from EU citizens. Germany were warned by the U.S., but EU knows it all. Meanwhile they fail to understand the real danger they created for the whole continent.)
May 17, 2026 | Sundance |
Mercedes is willing to begin military and weapons production. =Historically speaking, this did not work out so well for Europe the last time==; however, as with all things German, the expanded backstory is a little more complicated.
Due to acombination of terrible political decisionsrelated to the German and EU energy sector, the Germanindustrial economy is contracting rapidly. Germany is the heart of the EU economic engine. (!!!)
At the same time as the Germaneconomy is contracting, theeconomic footprint of China in the EU is growing. The core issue centers around adeclining auto sectorbut extends to all ancillary manufacturing outputs.
By following the WEF’s “Build Back Better” program, Europe as a whole has ended upmaking itself energy-dependent and vulnerable. (They really should have kept buying from Russia, but they made Russia the enemy to support Ukraine.) The Gulf oil andgas crisis, thelooming 25% Trump tariffs on EU cars, andthe withdrawal of U.S. troopsfrom GermanNATO basesonly add to their growing economic troubles.
Around thesame timeas this economic convergence,Germany began ramping up its commitments, support, and spending forUkrainein the conflict with Russia.Subsidy outflows rose just as GDP was falling, a clear example of aneconomic spiralthat can easily spin out of control.
German Chancellor FreidrichMerz is tryingto deal with the consequences ofexceptionally short-sighted and damaging policy, but reversing the trend would require Germany to focus all policy operations inwardlyaway from Brusselsand the demands of the collective European Union. This is now the core issue in German politics driving bold dividing lines between political power structures.
One of the problems for Germanyis the United States presence in the countryhistorically meant they did not need to spend on their national defense. Instead, for decades they spent that money on subsidy programs and expanded German benefits. All was okayuntil President Trump started to pressure the German government to be self-sufficient. That means Germany had to change government policy.
PresidentTrump has refused to put Tomahawk cruise missiles into U.S/NATO bases within Germany, and Germanyhas nomedium to long-range missile systems. Now, they need to either purchase them or develop their own.
At the same timePresident Trump is drawing down U.S. military troop levels in Germany, and Germany has changed their conscription laws while requiring all fighting age men to register any extended external travel.
SUMMARY:The economy within Germany is shrinking, revenuesto the government are less, the energy crisis meansGerman citizens need subsidies, the promisedpayments to Ukraine are more painful, and at the same time the “coalition of the willing” aremore confrontational toward Russiayet they realize they can no longer hide behind America’s apron.A hot mess.
Now, before getting to the point of this latest development,remind yourself that China owns a ten percent stake in Mercedesand the vehicles produced by the Chinese auto brand Geely are essentially the outcome of China extracting technology from that stakeholder share. This brand specific datapoint sits on the sidelines of Europe’sshrinking market share of automobiles as the Chinese share of the market grows.
May 15 (Reuters) – Mercedes-Benz (MBGn.DE), opens new tab CEO Ola Kallenius told the Wall Street Journal on Friday thatthe German automaker was willing to move into defense production as long as it made “business sense”.
[…] Earlier this week, German defense group Rheinmetall announced a partnership with Deutsche Telekom to develop adefense shield against drones. (source)
Germans, with a panda in the pocket of their overalls, are willing to start making military hardware to retain employment in the shrinking all-critical auto sector, that is being lost to China. Think about it.
History may not always repeat; but yes, it certainly does have a tendency to rhyme.
(I guess Merz will not be able to fund his glorious Nazi Army to protect, or takeover all of Europe. The arrogance the EU leaders have towards Trump and the U.S., is biting them in the ass,but they didn’t listen.)
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/05/17/mercedes-willing-to-enter-military-production-sector/
US Navy aircraft collide during airshow (VIDEO)
All four crew members ejected safely, a Naval Air Forces official said
Published 17 May, 2026 21:38
Two US Navy electronic warfare aircraft collided mid-air during a demonstration flight in Idaho before crashing to the ground. All four crew members ejected safely.
The incident took place during the Gunfighter Skies Air Show at Mountain Home Air Force Base. Video from the sceneshows two EA-18G Growler jets flying in close formation at low altitude. At one point, the aircraft collide and appear to become entangled before both stall and spiral toward the ground. The pilots eject just seconds after the collision, with four brightly colored parachutes visible in the sky.
“All four members of the aircrew successfully ejected and are being evaluated by medical personnel,” Naval Air Forces spokeswoman Commander Amelia Umayam said.
The Boeing EA-18G Growler is a carrier-based electronic warfare aircraft derived from the F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet.Introduced in the late 2000s, it was developed to replace the Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare platform.
https://www.rt.com/news/640107-us-navy-jets-collide-crash/
Planned EU move to damage key Ukrainian export – FT
The bloc will slash steel imports by half, which is bound to negatively affect Ukraine’s industry
Published 17 May, 2026 16:5
An EU proposal to drastically cut its steel import quotain response to global overcapacity and theshrinking of local manufacturing will hurt Kiev, Ukrainian manufacturers and officials have told the Financial Times.
The quota is expected to be cut by 47% on July 1, and the bloc will levy an additional 50% tariff on any steel imports above that amount. According to the EU authorities, the new regulation is meant to protect local manufacturers and address the “negative trade-related effects” of global overcapacity on its steel market. A surge in imports has already cost European steel mills thousands of jobs, forcing manufacturers to operate at reduced capacity.
The quota cut is expected to heavily affect Ukraine, which has emerged as a major supplier of steel to the EU.While Kiev has had free trade agreements with the bloc, the new quota will apply to all trading partners to comply with WTO rules.
“They will completely kill any possibility of Ukrainian companies to deliver on the European market,” Aleksandr Vodoviz, a senior executive with the Metinvest Group steel and mining company, told the FT.
The EU has been in negotiations with Kiev and some 20 other trading partners over a preferential rate of distributing the diminished quota, unnamed Ukrainian officials told the newspaper. Despite the apparent desire of the EU to mitigate the impact on Ukraine, it initially proposed a 70% reduction in imports compared to last year. While the EU Commission offered a quota of 713,000 tonnes to Kiev, it ultimately sold some 2.65 million tonnes to the bloc, which was Ukraine’s main market for steel.
The estimated loss of steel export revenues hovers around the €1 billion ($1.26 billion) mark, according to the FT’s sources.The sharp drop is bound to further affect Ukraine’s strained budget, which has become increasingly reliant on foreign aid and loans amid the conflict with Russia. In recent months,Kiev has been pressed into further hiking taxes and making fiscal reforms by its main financial backers, the EU and IMF, who have tied the changes to promises of more foreign aid.
(https://www.rt.com/news/640103-ukraine-eu-steel-quota/
Hey Ukraine do you still want to join the EU now, that you are longer exempt from the rules!
US cancels troop deployment to Poland amid tensions with allies
The acting US Army chief of staff said commanders were instructed to reduce troop levels in Europe
Published 16 May, 2026 22:57 | Updated
(If NATO countries won’t do what NATO countries are supposed to do for the partner, the U.S., when we protect and pay most of their costs of NATO, why should we keep our troops in Europe? The one thing NATO was supposed to do for the U.S. when we needed them, they refused and condemned us. I don’t know how they thought Trump would tolerate this. Now Europe loses American troops for protection. The U.S. should withdraw all NATO troops.)
The Pentagon has canceled plans to deploy 4,000 troops to Polandamid growing tensions between President Donald Trump and US allies over policy toward Iran.
The Associated Press reported on Friday that some soldiers from the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division – along with Abrams tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles – had already arrived in Poland or were en route when the Pentagon informed them that the deployment had been canceled.
General Christopher LaNeve, the acting Army chief of staff, told Congress thatthe head of US European Command “received instructions on the force reduction.” He added that “it made the most sense for that brigade not to deploy to the theater.”
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk appeared to downplay the move, saying he had “received assurances … that these decisionsare logistical in nature.” Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said the pullback was linked to a “previously announced change in the presence of some US Armed Forces in Europe.”
More than 10,000 US military personnel are stationed in Poland on a rotational basis.
Although Trump has frequently accused NATO members of failing to spend enough on defense, US Defense Secretary PeteHegseth recently described Poland as a “model ally” after it spent about 4.7% of GDP on defense last year– more than other NATO members.
Earlier in May, the Pentagon announced thewithdrawal of 5,000 troops from the roughly 38,000 US service members stationed in Germany. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has been among the European leaders critical of US and Israeli policy toward Iran.Trump, in turn, urged the chancellor to focus on “fixing his broken country.”
Trump has also suggested he could withdraw troops from Spain and Italy after the two countries reportedly denied the use of bases and airfields for strikes related to Iran.
https://www.rt.com/news/640081-pentagon-cancels-troop-deployment-poland-media/