Without A Shield, The [DS]/D’s Are Left Vulnerable & Exposed,Trump Is Dropping The Hammer – Ep. 3949
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Economy
BREAKING: Germany’s Chancellor Merz: US tariffs have badly damaged the German economy.
— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) July 15, 2026
Germany experienced two years of recession (roughly 2023–2024), followed by very weak growth:
- 2025 GDP growth: +0.2% (after calendar adjustment +0.3%).
- Exports (goods and services) fell 0.3% in 2025; goods exports specifically down 0.7%.
- Manufacturing gross value added declined 1.3% — the third consecutive year of contraction. Automotive, machinery, and chemicals were hit hard.
Industrial production and exports have been weak for years, with Germany lagging other advanced economies in recovery.Main Factors Damaging the Economy Here’s the evidence-based ranking of importance:
- Energy Price Shock (Biggest Long-Term Driver)
Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine cut off cheap Russian gas. Germany had relied heavily on it. Energy prices spiked dramatically and remain significantly elevated years later (industrial and household electricity prices well above pre-2022 levels, despite some subsidies and declines).
This raised costs for energy-intensive industries (chemicals, metals, autos, manufacturing), squeezed margins, reduced investment, and contributed to deindustrialization. High energy costs continue to weigh on competitiveness and consumer purchasing power. Recent Middle East tensions added further pressure in 2026. - Structural Vulnerabilities + Domestic Policy Issues
Germany’s export-heavy model (vehicles, machinery, chemicals) is highly exposed to global shifts.- Bureaucracy, regulations, and high costs: Frequent complaints about red tape, slow permitting, high taxes/social contributions, and rigid labor rules reducing flexibility.
- Energy transition (Energiewende): Rapid nuclear phase-out + renewables push increased costs and grid issues without fully replacing reliable baseload power quickly enough.
- Underinvestment and demographics: Aging population, shrinking workforce, chronic underinvestment in infrastructure/digitalization due to past fiscal rules (debt brake).
These made the economy less resilient even before external shocks.
- Global Competition and Trade Headwinds (Including US Tariffs)
- China competition: China overtook the US as Germany’s top trading partner in some metrics and aggressively competes in autos (EVs), machinery, and chemicals, eroding German market share.
economy-finance.ec.europa.eu
- US tariffs: These have directly hurt exports, especially autos (a cornerstone of German industry). Official forecasts explicitly cite US tariffs alongside Chinese competition as reasons for weak exports and manufacturing in 2025. Tariffs raise costs for German firms selling to the large US market and create uncertainty. However, the multi-year decline in manufacturing and exports began before the sharpest recent tariff escalations.
- China competition: China overtook the US as Germany’s top trading partner in some metrics and aggressively competes in autos (EVs), machinery, and chemicals, eroding German market share.
the deeper, longer-term damage came from the 2022 energy crisis, persistent high energy costs, structural rigidities, and loss of competitiveness to China. These issues predate the latest US tariff rounds and explain why Germany entered recession earlier and recovered more slowly than peers.
The world is not waiting to find out who controls Hormuz. It is building around it.
Goldman Sachs tracked 7 pipeline and export projects now under construction or planned across the Gulf.
1. By end of 2027, over 45% of pre-war Gulf exports could bypass Hormuz entirely.
2. By… pic.twitter.com/kEeBYzdCqF— Jack Prandelli (@jackprandelli) July 14, 2026
end of 2028, that rises past 60%.
3. Median Gulf pipeline construction time: 2.5 years, faster for disruption driven projects.
7 to 9 million barrels a day will still need Hormuz no matter what gets built.
Qatar’s LNG has no alternative route at all.
The era of Hormuz as irreplaceable is ending.
It is not ending fast enough to matter this year.
I told you, pay attention to OPEC…
🚨 President Trump signaled today that his influence secured a key ally in Iraq, with discussions now turning to Iraq leaving OPEC.
OPEC operates as the energy world’s cartel, coordinating production to manipulate global oil prices. Trump is… https://t.co/6b5mZXgVe2 pic.twitter.com/V2YSG90D4z
— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) July 14, 2026
steadily dismantling this tool of coordinated control. The UAE—OPEC’s third-largest producer UAE—already exited not long ago, setting a major precedent. Each departure weakens the group’s ability to enforce “pump less” quotas. This is unfolding amid the Iran conflict (described as intentional and planned), which has disrupted key shipping routes. Iraq appears next, with others likely to follow. The result: a significant shift in the global order. Less cartel-managed pricing, more genuine supply-and-demand dynamics. Independent producers like the U.S. gain influence, while a key pillar of the “globalist” energy manipulation structure fractures—exactly the kind of breakdown Q long predicted.
BREAKING: June PPI Inflation falls to 5.5%, below expectations of 6.2%.
Core PPI Inflation fell to 4.7%, below expectations of 5.2%.
Month-over-month PPI inflation fell -0.3%, the biggest decline since April 2025.
The odds of rate hikes are declining further.
— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) July 15, 2026
What will the Inflation Doomers complain about now.
PPI -0.3%
Remember consensus on Wall St a few weeks ago was for Rate Hikes!!
Can’t make this stuff up.
Big revision down as well from prior month. 👇 pic.twitter.com/Csow2Wsmvr
— James E. Thorne (@DrJStrategy) July 15, 2026
My call, next 30-60 days:
-Irans IRGC will collapse.
– Oil into the $50’s.
-Pure disinflation will become the primary trend (well into the 2030’s) as rates plummet. Sub 4% 10 yr in Q4 and 3.5% in Q1 2027.
– No, Kevin Warsh is most certainly NOT a hawk.
-Interest rate…
— Kip Herriage (@KHerriage) July 15, 2026
sensitive names will begin a parabolic move higher into year end.
-Groups to own; semis/tech, small caps, gold, silver…especially gold miners… housing, Bitcoin.
Warsh’s Fed. A Fed That No Longer Fears Growth.
Warsh’s Fed Is a Return to Volcker, Greenspan, and the Real Economy
“In six weeks we have caused, I think, a sea change in new thinking.”
Kevin Warsh’s testimony made clear the Federal Reserve is moving away from the… https://t.co/h4O2vtyjxo
— James E. Thorne (@DrJStrategy) July 15, 2026
from the Bernanke-era framework and back toward something older, and more durable, a Volcker–Greenspan Fed anchored in the real economy, not numerical precision.
Warsh did not abandon the 2 percent inflation target. He reframed it. Invoking Volcker, he defined price stability as a condition, when inflation fades from public concern, rather than a number to be constantly engineered.
That shift widens the Fed’s lens beyond narrow inflation metrics to include expectations, productivity, and economic capacity.
This is a return to classic supply side economics at the Fed.
Just as important was what he left unsaid. There was no defense of the model-driven, forward-guidance-heavy regime that has dominated the past 15 years.
Instead, Warsh emphasized credibility, discretion, and accountability, hallmarks of an earlier Fed that treated policy as judgment, not formula. At the center of this shift is a different view of growth. For years, the Fed has implicitly treated strong growth as a risk, something to restrain before it fuels inflation.
Warsh’s emphasis on the real economy suggests the opposite. Growth, driven by productivity and investment, is not the problem, it is the solution. Price stability is not achieved by suppressing demand to fit a model, but by allowing supply to expand alongside it.
That distinction is critical.
It implies a Fed less inclined to choke off expansions preemptively and more willing to let the economy run, so long as inflation expectations remain anchored.
Warsh’s message is that the Fed will restore price stability after five years of misses, but not through mechanical rate increases alone.
Credibility, not just policy settings, is the binding constraint. For markets, the implications are clear.
A Fed that communicates less and reacts with more discretion will carry higher uncertainty and a higher term premium. But it also reduces the risk of over-tightening in response to transitory data. One soft inflation print is not victory, and one strong growth print is not a threat.
The through line is unmistakable.
This is a shift away from a narrow, model-driven Fed toward one grounded in real economic performance, supply-side expansion, and institutional credibility.
The Real Economy matters.
Growth is no longer the enemy.
The era of treating growth as inflation’s enemy is ending.
What comes next is a Fed that, once again, sees growth as the foundation of stability
The Clarity Act
Bitcoin is not just an asset; it is the backbone of a new financial system where contracts, payments, and ownership live on‑chain, displacing today’s intermediary‑heavy architecture.
We now hear almost daily how hard Washington is working to pass the CLARITY…
— James E. Thorne (@DrJStrategy) July 15, 2026
as Shakespeare put it, “the lady doth protest too much, methinks,” and the louder the town crier in D.C., the more it sounds like self‑justification rather than strategy.
The bill is a bullish hinge point: by wiring digital assets into the core US market framework, it drags institutions onto crypto rails and makes it harder for D.C. to pretend Bitcoin is a side show rather than emerging collateral and, eventually, de facto legal tender. The risk is that America stops at market structure.
The US has never lacked innovation; it has repeatedly failed to weaponize it. Blockchain is following the script: instead of treating open networks as the next layer of dollar power, Washington is busy protecting legacy banks while live capital migrates. China has drawn a different lesson, visible not in Beijing but in Hong Kong. The city is being rebuilt as a tightly regulated sandbox for exchanges, stablecoins, and tokenized assets – a place where global money can plug into Chinese‑aligned standards.
As Scott Bessent likes to say, “standards are strategy.” And as Machiavelli warned, elites are quick to confuse the defense of their own position with the defense of the republic. By hesitating to set Bitcoin‑friendly standards at home, Washington is effectively outsourcing the role of global digital‑asset capital to Hong Kong.
🚨 NOW: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announces there is $1 TRILLION in confirmed gold at Fort Knox — the gold is still there
Q: Have you visited Fort Knox?
BESSENT: I am happy to say, all gold is present and accounted for! The US has the LARGEST pile of gold in the world,… pic.twitter.com/qoUlOO4dK9
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 15, 2026
over $1 trillion
Political/Rights
TRAFFIC STOP! Once we do, we are playing right into the criminal’s hands. The Radical Left Dumocrats would like to see this done, but it won’t happen on my watch. I.C.E., be judicious, fair and smart, and go back and do your very important job. Keep those Crime Stat Records coming! Remember, you are loved and respected in America. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP
Asmongold is 100% correct here pic.twitter.com/vBBdKvBU8g
— Kangmin Lee | 이강민 (@kangminlee) July 14, 2026
Democrats are “increasing” their calls to abolish ICE, even though they know it is wildly unpopular with the American people.
Why would they push a policy that will cause them to lose support?
They have been FORCED into a corner.
They don’t have a choice.Why?
The democrat…
— JoeLange (@JoeLange) July 14, 2026
party is completely dependent on illegals voting in elections. Without them, they couldn’t come close to winning. And here’s the truth that the democrats already know. The massive effort by Trump and ICE to deport millions of illegals all across this country, especially in blue states and cities, has created FEAR in the entire illegal community. That is going to massively decrease their voting turnout and they know it. They will use every incident involving ICE to call for abolishing the agency. I for one think we should station ICE agents around the country at polling stations, but that’s just me.
DOGE
Benefits, will be going to Red States, and some Blue, where Data Centers are sought as Cash Cows, with Lower Taxes and Record Setting Jobs. They must pay for their own Water and Power, and any leftover goes back to the State and local Community. Data Centers are tremendous WINS for the States and Communities that are lucky enough to get them. New York should change its Policy, IMMEDIATELY. The Radical Left Dumocrats must not be allowed to cause us to lose Data Centers, AI, and all of this incredible new Technology, to China, and other countries! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Geopolitical
🚨 NOW: The US House has just PASSED legislation to protect Americans' firearm purchases from being tracked by credit card companies through merchant codes, 221-201
The Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act now heads to the Senate. Get it done and sent it to POTUS! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/yr5IGFJFgT
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 14, 2026
PM @MarkJCarney just handed day-to-day control of his office to an American political operative who worked for Hillary Clinton and Michael Bloomberg.
Her title didn't exist until this week, and even the Globe and Mail can't fully explain how she got here. 🧵👇 (1/6) pic.twitter.com/EvDzaoJCCF
— TrendingPolitics.ca (@TrendPolCa) July 14, 2026
Donald Trump is humiliating Mark Carney right now.
Carney makes a BIG concession on the Gordie Howe bridge to get the thing to even open.
Trump follows up with a picture of Canada coloured with the American flag, considers new tariffs on Canadian produce, and Carney responds by… pic.twitter.com/jC9J55kzYH
— Wyatt Claypool (@wyatt_claypool) July 14, 2026
hiring an American as the Chief Operating Officer of his PMO. Elbows Up everyone! But don’t worry Laura Babcock or some other Liberal media flak will show up to tell us Pierre Poilievre cannot be PM because he won’t know how to handle Trump
War/Peace
🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 The Gulf is racing to make its oil "strait-proof," with pipelines that could bypass 60% of Hormuz dependence by 2028…
-Gulf producers are rushing pipelines and a new port to break Iran's grip on the waterway that carried 20% of the world's oil
-Goldman Sachs estimates… pic.twitter.com/MtF2kCC7IC
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) July 15, 2026
- estimates bypass capacity could divert 45% of pre-war Gulf exports by end of 2027, and 7.3 million barrels daily, 60 PERCENT, by end of 2028
- -The UAE’s West-East Pipeline is 50% complete with a 2027 completion order, doubling overland capacity to 3.6 million barrels a day
- -Iraq’s $1.5 billion Basra-Haditha line would carry 2.5 million barrels toward Jordan, Syria, and Turkey, while Saudi Arabia eyes expanding its Red Sea pipeline to 9 million barrels
- -The UAE is also planning a new Arabian Sea port to rival Jebel Ali, importing goods without touching the strait
- -The catch: 7-9 million barrels daily will still depend on Hormuz, and the Red Sea alternative runs through Houthi missile range The infrastructure is the war’s most permanent verdict. Iran spent decades building leverage on a chokepoint, spent this war monetizing it with tolls and protection payments, and the customers’ answer is to engineer the chokepoint out of existence.
- Every mile of pipe laid is leverage Tehran never gets back, exactly the “great alternatives” Trump previewed.
- The strait won’t stop mattering, but by 2028 it stops being a GUN to the world’s head. Iran played the card so hard the region is completely rebuilding the deck.
The Iranian regime survives on deception, and the Shamkhani network is one of its most profitable engines. Treasury is shutting down the financial infrastructure that allows the regime to continue its threats to U.S. national security and global shipping. https://t.co/F2PCLFax1r
— Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (@SecScottBessent) July 14, 2026
- regime after it resumed destabilizing attacks in the Strait of Hormuz.
JUST IN – Trump says Iran contacted one hour ago to make a deal with U.S. pic.twitter.com/ktIc14sgmC
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) July 14, 2026
(VIDEO) Trump Does Not Rule Out Ground Invasion in Iran, Suggests US Will Take Kharg Island
- President Trump suggested that a ground invasion may be imminent in Iran and that the US may take over Iran’s critical oil export hub of Kharg Island.
- “Sometimes you need a ground campaign, but we have other people that will do the ground campaign for us,” Trump said.
- US is working to degrade Iran’s drone and missile capabilities in and around the Strait of Hormuz in preparation for an invasion of Kharg Island in the Northern Persian Gulf.
- “If we degrade them far enough and deep enough back, I would do that,” Trump told Fox News with regard to an invasion of Kharg Island.
source: thegatewaypundit.com
Medical/False Flags
[DS] Agenda
RECORD VIDEO WITH SOUND↓↓↓
Truth right here.
DSA has stated that the most important thing they can do is take down America from within.
One tactic is to pit generations against each other. If you're blaming boomers or any other generation for your misery, you're being played. Stand united against… pic.twitter.com/Ywu3yYqciO
— MOMof DataRepublican (@data_republican) July 14, 2026
communism!
President Trump’s Plan
Remember when instead of investigating the fraud the mainstream media decided to investigate the person who exposed the fraud?
Why? Because they were complicit in the cover up
I was right, they were wrong
I work for you, they work against you
The media is full of learers. https://t.co/sFj3MpPrt7
— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) July 14, 2026
Since @POTUS took office:
➡️Murders are down roughly 20% NATIONWIDE – to the lowest level since 1900
➡️Violent crime arrests are up 114%
➡️We’ve taken nearly 5,000 child predators and human traffickers off the streets
➡️DOJ has filed nearly 100,000 indictments… pic.twitter.com/CoWNjajvUm— U.S. Department of Justice (@TheJusticeDept) July 15, 2026
and informations In just the last four weeks we’ve paid $96 million in claims through the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program to eligible surviving families of fallen public safety officers
Beautiful https://t.co/jAmLjTVmTA pic.twitter.com/7vjz19eTNy
— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) July 14, 2026
𝟭𝟴 𝗨.𝗦.𝗖. § 𝟭𝟬𝟬𝟭⚖️ https://t.co/arkc4jXW4l
— Dan Scavino Jr.🇺🇸🦅 (@DanScavino) July 15, 2026
After today’s testimony, Justice Amy Coney Barrett made it clear that she can no longer effectively serve in her current role, as her primary concern is her family’s safety.
That’s likely why she continues ruling with the liberal justices.
Barrett should resign from the…
— Breanna Morello (@BreannaMorello) July 14, 2026
Supreme Court.
Amy Coney Barrett’s record tells a troubling story.
Before Dobbs, she voted with the conservative position in 81% of non-unanimous cases. Since then, that number has dropped sharply into the 50–60% range in subsequent terms — including on major cases involving birthright… pic.twitter.com/yfhP3JZUTU
— Roscoe Smith IV (@LoneStarLegendX) July 14, 2026
citizenship, election procedures, and administrative power, where she has sided with Chief Justice Roberts and the liberals. The Dobbs leak triggered violent threats and protests aimed directly at Supreme Court justices. If the threat of violence or intimidation can move a justice’s votes on foundational issues, we have a constitutional crisis on our hands. Judicial independence is not optional — it is the foundation of the rule of law. When justices appear to bend under pressure, public trust collapses and the entire system is at risk. This cannot be allowed to stand. Threats against the Court must be met with zero tolerance, full investigations, and real consequences — no matter who makes them. Anything less is an attack on self-government itself.
The craziest part of the supreme Court justice testimony was how they complained about their security being compromised at the hands of a few nutjobs while allowing millions of crazy violent illegals to compromise national security and jeopardize our lives through birthright…
— Rising serpent 🇺🇸 (@rising_serpent) July 15, 2026
citizenship.
The problem isn't just a SCOTUS justice who can be intimidated via threats into changing how she makes ruling on the court.
If you REMOVE THE VIOLENT ORGANIZED MOBS who have been systemically and regularly threatening her for the past several YEARS, her own personal bravery… https://t.co/oI5tdb6DY9
— Brian Cates – Political Columnist & Pundit (@drawandstrike) July 15, 2026
would not matter. The organized mobs are still there. Even if Judge Barrett left tomorrow, the organized mobs making the threats would simply PICK ANOTHER TARGET. The solution to this is simple. And it’s NOT swapping out judges until you find one that can’t be intimidated by threats of violence into voting how the Left demands. I see a lot of you out there thinking BARRETT is the real problem here. No, she is not. The problem are the George Soros and the Neville Roy Singhams out there funding all of this lefty mob shit.
The Election Assistance Commission #EAC was created under George W Bush, but not fully utilized (& basically unheard of) until BARACK OBAMA.
Under the Obama Administration, the EAC secretly morphed into an Obama appointed Federal Agency that was used as the Trojan Horse to steal… pic.twitter.com/0tQhvLg2UC
— Karma Patriot (@patriot_karma) July 15, 2026
& rig our elections…….a POWERFUL TOOL used to quietly work “behind the scenes”. Intentionally kept small enough to avoid too many eyes & avoid Congressional Oversight. In complete STEALTH MODE, OBAMA INSERTED DHS AGENTS to seal the deal……Operation “Steal 2020” was activated. THE EAC MUST BE DISMANTLED. They control what voting systems, software & machines are even options for each State to use in their Elections. •They choose it. •They certify it. •They distribute the funds to purchase it. •They audit it. •They monitor it. So while everyone is looking at China, Russia, CIA, FBI, DHS, FEC & every other foreign country & Federal Agency under the sun……it seems to me that the “elephant in the room” is the
MY CONCLUSION: Find the Shadow Government appointees responsible for the DHS & EAC collusion……& you’ve found the ROOT of our Election Integrity Issues. I’ve posted research about it on my telegram page for years after being kicked off Twitter 5x — just search EAC. It’s past time we “cut the head off the EAC snake”President
We are set to get confirmation that the UK and Ukraine were actively involved in subverting our election here.
The consequences of doing so must be proportionate to the crime – for both countries and everyone who colluded here stateside.
This is going to get ugly for all the… https://t.co/40lIvaw01m pic.twitter.com/XStVi5Qh7V
— AwakenedOutlaw⚒️ (@AwakenedOutlaw) July 14, 2026
Here we go 👀
Obama’s Chief strategist just spilled the beans, and revealed exactly what it is the traitors are afraid of.
They are afraid Trump is going to release evidence of fraud in 2020, which Trump will use to declare a state of emergency, and exercise Executive power to… pic.twitter.com/FD78amcrxs
— Clandestine (@WarClandestine) July 15, 2026
secure the 2026 midterms. They are TERRIFIED of whatever evidence Trump and his Intelligence heads are about to present on Thursday, and they are all desperate to preemptively establish the narrative that the evidence is not real, and that securing our elections is some sort of violation of democracy. PANIC IN DC!
OH MY GOSH!
The House just voted 215-211 in favor of a special rules resolution,
which instructs for the text of the SAVE America to be attached to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
The House is doing its job.@SpeakerJohnson is keeping his promise. pic.twitter.com/3PA142p5mb
— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) July 14, 2026
Are you paying attention?
Note the timing.Trump will address the nation Thursday (July 16th) and will reportedly speak about foreign influence helping steal the 2020 election in Georgia.
Then, the next day (Friday, July 17th), the fruits of the Fulton County, GA… https://t.co/eIenP45LYF
— AwakenedOutlaw⚒️ (@AwakenedOutlaw) July 13, 2026
- investigation that he’s referring to as proof are due to be made public.
- Now, the new National Security State spending bill is set for a cloture vote tomorrow (Tuesday, July 14th)… which is expected to meet the 60-vote threshold with 7-8 Democratic crossovers.
- That’s important because the SAVE America Act will now be included therein.
- From there, based on history, it’s expected to take 1-2 weeks to reach a final vote on the bill. And since the Senate is in session for another month before its fall (August) recess, there’s an additional two-week cushion available to ensure it gets through. Remember, once we’re past cloture, that only a simple majority is required to pass a bill… which we have.
- Oh, and just in time to be fully implemented before the November election.
This makes sense b/c If you hadn't figured it out yet, the Big 3 TV Networks (ABC, NBC, & CBS) were all in on the stolen election racket.
Why?
It's simple.They're one and the same as the deep state, being wholly-owned/controlled subsidiaries of the same criminal enterprise. https://t.co/fqi01qXIi2
— AwakenedOutlaw⚒️ (@AwakenedOutlaw) July 15, 2026
https://twitter.com/AwakenedOutlaw/status/2077079199194697838?s=20

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