President Trump Speaks to Journalists Departing from Shannon, Ireland


Posted originally on the CTH on September 13, 2026 | Sundance |

President Trump stopped to answer media pool remarks as he departs Shannon, Ireland returning to Washington DC.

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Posted inBig Government, Donald Trump, Economy, Ireland, media bias, President Trump, Press Secretary – Trump

President Trump Announces Obamacare Refunds


Posted originally on the CTH on September 13, 2026 | Sundance |

WHITE HOUSE  –  President Donald J. Trump announced that the federal government will return to the American people hundreds of millions in Obamacare overcharges, collected by the Biden Administration, by issuing refunds of $500 per person to nearly 1 million Americans in 30 states. Today’s actions directly refund the Americans most exposed to the higher costs imposed by the Biden Administration’s gross mismanagement of Obamacare.

  • The Biden Administration overcharged Americans through Obamacare plan exchange “user fees” that were passed on to consumers in the form of higher premiums, funding the operations of the federal Obamacare exchange far in excess of what was needed to run the exchange.
  • As a result, the Biden Administration accumulated a significant surplus of funds that were not used to benefit the Americans who paid these higher premiums.
  • President Trump is refunding these excess fees to Americans who do not receive premium assistance under the Unaffordable Care Act – and therefore paid the full cost of Biden’s premium tax – in the 30 states that use the federal exchange for the operations of their Obamacare markets.
    • These states include Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
  • Thanks to President Trump’s actions, nearly 1 million Americans will receive a refund check of $500 per person. Checks will be sent to eligible Americans beginning in October 2026.

LOWERING HEALTHCARE COSTS AND GIVING MONEY TO THE PEOPLE, NOT INSURANCE COMPANIES: President Trump is delivering on promises to lower costs for American patients by putting them first and taking on big health insurance companies, drug manufacturers, and other corporate giants that have used the status quo in Washington to raise healthcare costs for Americans.

  • The Trump Administration is cracking down on fraud and corruption, lowering healthcare costs for Americans, and putting the American people over big health insurance companies after the Biden Administration’s mismanagement of Obamacare resulted in massive levels of fraud, higher costs for Americans, and profit windfalls for big health insurance companies.
  • The Trump Administration has taken the strongest actions ever to protect the integrity of the exchanges, including by issuing the Marketplace Integrity and Affordability Rule, ending loopholes used by brokers to fraudulently enroll individuals, and signing the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, which permanently instituted common-sense eligibility checks for anyone seeking a government-funded subsidy.
  • In February 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order to empower patients with clear, accurate, and actionable healthcare pricing information. Since then, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has ramped up enforcement against hospitals that are out of compliance with price transparency rules, finalized improvements to hospital price transparency rules, and proposed significant improvements to price transparency rules for insurance companies.
  • In May 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order to bring the prices Americans and taxpayers pay for prescription drugs in line with those paid by similar nations. As of August 31, 2026, the Trump Administration has reached 26 deals with pharmaceutical manufacturers, covering nearly 90% of the branded drug market.
  • In his historic Working Families Tax Cuts Act, President Trump expanded access to health savings accounts for up to ten million people on Obamacare and took the most significant actions to reduce healthcare fraud and abuse in history, enabling the largest ever investment in rural healthcare – $50 billion.
  • President Trump is calling on Congress to enact the Great Healthcare Plan to lower drug prices, lower insurance premiums, hold big insurance companies accountable, and maximize price transparency.
  • President Trump has been steadfast in putting the American people first over large insurance company profits by ensuring Obamacare funds, to the maximum extent possible, go to Americans: “The government is going to pay the money directly to you… the big insurance companies lose and the people of our country win.”
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Posted inBig Stupid Government, Medical Tyranny, Obamacare, President Trump

President Trump Discusses a “United Ireland” as Prime Minister Carney Seeks “Associate Member” EU Status


Posted originally on the CTH on September 13, 2026 | Sundance |

On one hand you have Canadian Prime Minister seeking to attain “associate member” status in the European Union {SOURCE}.  On the other hand, you have U.S. President Trump speaking about a “united Ireland.” {SOURCE} At first blush the stories seem disconnected, until you think about them.

Canada is a commonwealth country of the United Kingdom (UK) and seeking to achieve ‘associate membership’ status within the European Union is Carney’s way to counter the geopolitical reset currently underway by President Trump.  A reset that diminishes the influence of Great Britian’s, ie. London’s. historic economic influences.  One way to hit back against the scheme would be to leverage populist sentiment to take down London and Ottawa simultaneously.  That approach would support the breakup of the U.K commonwealth governing structure.  There’s the connection.

As we review the media reports, keep the U.S-Russia “strategic relationship” approach in mind.

CANADA – Canadian officials are negotiating with the European Union for closer ties with the economic bloc in response to the breakdown of trade negotiations with the United States earlier this summer, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday—including potentially becoming an “associate member” of the union.

Although the EU is historically not known for allowing flexible membership arrangements with individual countries, European officials are reportedly open to Canada joining as an “associate member,” anonymous officials from both Canada and the EU told the Journal.

This could mark the largest reorientation of the Canadian economy in decades—the U.S. has long been Canada’s largest trading partner, with about  going across the southern border in 2025.

The details of a potential deal are still being discussed, according to the Journal’s reporting, but it could lead to increased trade between the two, including potentially shipping fertilizer through the Arctic and building new natural gas pipelines, which could help Europe end its reliance on Russian natural gas.

A deal could also see the EU and Canada collaborate to lay new underwater cables, launch satellites and build data centers as people on both sides of the Atlantic grow cautious of U.S. tech companies. (read more)

Sitting next to Irish prime minister Micheál Martin on Saturday hours after arriving in Dublin, President Trump was asked about the prospect of the Republic of Ireland joining with Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. “I don’t want to cause any problems, but I will tell you, I’d love to see it unified,” he replied. “I think it would be a great feather in everybody’s hat if that happened,” he said.

President Trump’s remarks about a united Ireland don’t come in a vacuum.

There is a meeting happening next week where leaders within Ireland, Scotland and Wales are assembling to discuss a united strategy to exit the United Kingdom, thereby forever removing the entire political construct of the British Commonwealth. Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald is also expected to attend the summit, reported the Telegraph.

FIRST POST – The leaders of Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales will meet on Monday to discuss plans for the breakup of the United Kingdom, according to The Telegraph.

First Ministers John Swinney of Scotland, Rhun ap Iowerth of Wales, and Michelle O’Neill of Northern Ireland are expected to sign a joint declaration demanding the right to hold referendums on breaking away from the UK. For the first time, the three constituent nations of the UK are held by pro-separation parties.

The Telegraph reported sources as saying that the summit’s purpose is to pile more pressure on Prime Minister Andy Burnham after he said in the parliament on Wednesday that he would back another Scottish independence referendum if public opinion backed one.

A source close to Swinney told the newspaper that Burnham “fucked up” by making the comment and unionists should be very worried.

In the UK, unionists are those who support the union of Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales with England in UK, whereas parties like Sinn Féin (Northern Ireland), Scottish National Party (SNP), and Plaid Cymru (Wales) support the breakup of the UK.

The source further said: “Burnham has not read his brief and doesn’t seem to know the basics of the UK Government’s position on the Union. If I was a Unionist, I would be very worried.” (read more)

There are trillions at stake.

With a U.S-Russia strategic economic alliance, something factually stated at the end of every message from Moscow, the dynamics of global structures is entirely different.  However, all the oppositional interests are well aware of the consequence and their actions reflect it.

The United States and Russia ended World War II.  A U.S-Russia alliance would change everything.

Who would benefit from such a strategic partnership?  The USA, Russia, India, China, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States (GCC), ASEAN countries and even Japan and the Caribbean, including Cuba.

Who would oppose such a seismic shift?  The U.K, specifically the financial constructs within the City of London, Canada, the EU-NATO states, all the Commonwealth countries and the Five-Eyes group (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the U.K and the U.S. Intelligence Community).

Posted inBig Government, Big Stupid Government, Canada, Deep State, Donald Trump, Economy, Election 2026, European Union, media bias, NAFTA, NATO, President Trump, Russia, Trade Deal, Uncategorized, United Kingdom (UK) and Great Britain, USA, USMCA

“One Ping Only, Vasily”


Posted originally on the CTH on September 13, 2026 | Sundance |

♦President Trump’s foreign policy approach brought North and South Korea together away from the table of conflict.  ♦President Trump’s foreign policy approach brought Serbia and Kosovo together away from the table of conflict.  ♦President Trump’s foreign policy rallied the Gulf Cooperation Council to stop Qatar’s support for Islamic extremists via the Muslim Brotherhood. ♦President Trump’s foreign policy brought Turkey and the Kurdish forces together away from war and conflict.  ♦President Trump’s foreign policy created a ceasefire to stop the bloodshed in Syria.  President Trump mediated a cessation of hostilities between India & Pakistan in the Kashmir region. ♦President Trump’s foreign policy brought Israel and the UAE together… and then Bahrain… and then Sudan in the Abraham Accords.

President Trump executes a clear foreign policy, a unique doctrine of sorts, where national security is achieved by leveraging U.S. economic power. It has been a fundamental shift in approaching both allies and adversaries; summarized within the oft repeated phrase: “economic security is national security.”

The Trump Doctrine of using economics to achieve national security objectives is a paradigm shift in American politics.  Modern U.S. history provides no easy reference strategy, because until now no American president has ever leveraged this approach.

U.S. B-2 bombers struck Iran on June 22, 2025, as part of Operation Midnight Hammer, targeting key nuclear facilities.

Immediately following the August 2025, Alaska summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Trump, Russia restarted Arctic-2 LNG terminals and began increasing natural gas (LNG) production for storage on ‘floating platforms.’

President Trump met with President Putin on August 15, 2025, and the curious increase in Russian production began on August 18, 2025.

It absolutely did not make sense that Russia would start producing even more LNG considering the previously imposed western sanctions against them, and the fact that Russia was already overproducing LNG. As noted by analysts at the time. Russia had no market for this LNG, yet Russia began increasing LNG supply anyway.  For six months Vladimir Putin extracted and stored LNG.

Two months later, on October 25, 2025, President Trump did something odd.  President Trump had attended the ASEAN summit in Asia before; however, this time instead of flying West over the Pacific, he flew east to Malaysia.  This put a refueling stop in Qatar, which everyone just ignored as a routine part of the travel plan.

However, upon arrival in Qatar, the Amir of Qatar came to the airport to pay a courtesy visit to President Trump.  They spoke aboard Airforce One during the refueling stop.

Four months later, on February 28, 2026, Operation Epic Fury against Iran began.

Within 36 hours Qatar announced they were shutting down all LNG production, following retaliatory strikes carried out by Iran.  Overnight the price of LNG skyrocketed, and immediate concerns were raised by ASEAN countries who are heavily reliant on LNG production from the Gulf.

Southeast Asia doesn’t use LNG for heating (don’t need it), that specific cheap energy resource powers everything else in their economy, cooking, transportation, electricity etc.

Six months earlier Russia began storing LNG and oil on floating platforms with no customers.  A few days after Qatar made their March force majeure shutdown announcement, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent issued an interim license for Russia to sell oil and gas that was loaded onto “floating platforms and vessels” before March 12 and was valid through midnight Washington time on April 11. [Treasury Notice Here – OFAC Technical Details Here]

Either Russian President Putin was the luckiest guy in the world, or Russia knew something.  In August 2025 what Russia did following the Alaska summit did not make sense.  In March 2026 what they were doing for the past six months suddenly looked like something more than simply fortuitous.

♦ On August 25, 2026, CIA Director John Ratcliffe made an unexpected trip to Moscow. Western media reported that CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow to warn his Russian counterpart Sergey Naryshkin, head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), about striking Baltic NATO states.  Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed this western framing.

Three days after CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s visit, Russia blew up a massive ammunition depot in Kiev that Zelenskyy claimed he didn’t know about. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the placement of a weapons depot next to civilians was “terrible negligence.” The first impact, he said, hit a depot storing shells, mines, other munitions, and drones that “definitely shouldn’t have been there.”

On September 5, 2026, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner traveled to Moscow to discuss ceasefire negotiations.  On September 8, President Trump and President Putin held a telephone call to discuss the visit. President Putin’s senior aide Yury Ushakov documented the phone call in a Kremlin readout.

Part of the readout: “[Russia’s] vision of the overall progress on the battlefield and achieving the goals and objectives of the special military operation. Speaking of which, actual tangible actions that the Americans could take to expedite the cessation of the hostilities were outlined.” 

President Putin outlined tangible actions “Americans could take”?

Russian President Putin doesn’t believe that President Trump or any other U.S. President actually controls the mechanisms of government.  This opinion is underlined and emphasized when it comes to the U.S. Intelligence Community and the CIA.

Putin has often stated that no U.S. President controls the CIA, and Putin has said while he never views the U.S. President or the people of America as his enemy, the CIA are the problem.  Putin views the CIA as the real control mechanism within the U.S. government.  America is not Russia’s enemy, the CIA is.  That’s Putin’s perspective in a nutshell.

Obviously, President Trump would counter that outlook by saying no, he is in control of the USIC and all the downstream institutions.  Unfortunately, President Putin would be incredulous to the possibility; he has a lifetime of watching things unfold like “Russiagate.”

So, here’s my point:

Did Trump just tell Ratcliffe to send “one ping only“?

Basically, using the timing of 9/11 anniversary to prove to Putin he does actually have control over the CIA.

The ping:

The CIA 9/11 PDBs

RELATED: KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying the attacks are causing a fuel shortage.

Trump was asked by a reporter if he had spoken with Zelenskyy following his recent conversation with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

Trump responded by calling on Zelenskyy to halt strikes against Russia.

“Mr. Zelensky has to do one thing. He has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia,” Trump told reporters on the sidelines of the Irish Open, which is being played at his Doonbeg golf club. “Let him go after targets but not diesel fuel, because he’s causing a shortage of diesel fuel.” (more)

Posted inBig Government, CIA, Deep State, Donald Trump, Election 2026, Iran, media bias, Operation Epic Fury, President Trump, Russia, Trade Deal, Ukraine, Uncategorized, US Treasury, USA

President Trump Delivers Remarks to U.S. Embassy in Ballsbridge, Ireland


Posted originally on the CTH on September 12, 2026 | Sundance |

President Trump visits the new US embassy in Ballsbridge, Ireland where he was introduced by U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Ed Walsh, whom he appointed last year.  During his visit to the embassy, President Trump delivered remarks. WATCH: 

Following his remarks, President Trump boarded Marine One to travel to his golf resort in Doonbeg.  The president will attend the Irish Open and plans to stay two nights during his visit.  He will present the Irish Open golf trophy to the champion on Sunday.  President Trump will depart Ireland and return to the US Monday morning.

Posted inIreland, President Trump, Press Secretary – Trump

President Trump Arrival Ceremony in Ireland and Bilateral Meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin of Ireland


Posted originally on the CTH on September 12, 2026 | Sundance | 13 

President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin at Farmleigh House.  President Trump was greeted outside the property by Martin and his wife, Mary.

Michael Martin recognized the spirit of the travel so close to the 25th anniversary of 9/11 and spoke of the bond between the Irish and the New Yorkers who were killed and injured during the attacks on the World Trade Center. WATCH:

The arrival ceremony of President Trump was formal as the red carpet was rolled out as he arrived at Áras an Uachtaráin, the Irish president’s residence, in Phoenix Park. After shaking hands with Irish President Catherine Connolly, the Guard of Honour presented Arms and the National Anthems of United States of America and Ireland were played by a military band. BELOW:

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Posted inIreland, President Trump, Uncategorized, USA

NBC Targets and Doxxes Lindsay Clancy Juror Holdout – Visits Home, Searches, Investigates Family and Worse


Posted originally on the CTH on September 12, 2026 | Sundance |

Anyone thinking about sitting out the 2026 midterm election should immediately think about the ramifications and consequences of letting this type of toxic leftism run amok.  This is horrid, toxic and creepy in the worst and most direct way imaginable.

MATT WALSH really does sum it up well when he says, “A man was conscripted into jury duty by the government. He performed his civic duty and followed his conscience, refusing to acquit a woman who confessed to systematically executing her three children. The defense attorney immediately launched a public smear campaign against the juror. Soon several other jurors joined the campaign. Then the media. Even the defense attorney’s wife has joined.

Now they’re doxxing the man, digging into his past, contacting his family, showing up at his house. All of this both to punish him for refusing to go with their program, and to pollute any future jury pool by making it clear that anyone who votes to convict Clancy will have their life destroyed.

It’s truly one of the most outrageously evil things we’ve ever seen from the Left, and that’s saying something. A direct assault on the integrity of our justice system. They are burning down every boundary and standard in their path. And doing it all for the sake of a child murdering psychopath. Unfathomable.”

NBC News has published specific details of the holdout juror who refused to go along with the other eleven jurors in the Lindsay Clancy case.  The media is now hunting him down, investigating him and publishing private details of his life as they use Alinsky methods to support a subset of toxic leftist culture.

BOSTON – The NBC10 Boston Investigators are uncovering new details about the lone holdout juror from the Lindsay Clancy murder trial.

Court documents and interviews with family members reveal a history of domestic violence allegations. We discovered a pending eviction case tied to months of not paying rent. The NBC10 Boston Investigators also found an active restraining order against him, while he was listening to evidence in the case.

[…] We are not identifying him at this time because he has chosen not to speak publicly and the jury list is currently impounded. However, we wanted to share the details that experts say should have raised red flags about how he filled out his juror questionnaire. (read more)

Our nation is under an evil culturally Marxist and politically Communist attack.

Every institutional element that binds the fabric of our nation is under assault.

This is the “fundamental change” legacy triggered by the Chicago communist machine in 2006 being fully manifest.

I find it difficult to put the damage of this targeted character assignation into words.

Posted in1st Amendment, Agitprop, Communist, Cultural Marxism, Culture, Death Threats, Dem Hypocrisy, Democrat Socialists of America, media bias, Occupy Type Moonbats, Professional Idiots, propaganda, Uncategorized

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Discusses U.S-Canada Trade Conflict


Posted originally on the CTH on September 11, 2026 | Sundance |

Here’s the fact bomb that silences Canadians almost immediately when delivered.

In December 2024 then Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, told President-elect Donald Trump that Canada could not comply with a renewed trade agreement based on reciprocity because: (1) Canada had deindustrialized; their manufacturing was now “light” manufacturing and assembling of component goods made by others. (2) Canada had legislated energy policy based on climate change, and high carbon emitting industrial production was no longer an option [coking coal burning etc.]. (3) The NATO military spending goal was too high for Canada to reach [they were 19th and it wasn’t a priority because the USA was the crutch]. (4) Internal provincial rules, restrictions and cross-border trade regulations did not align with a Canadian federal trade policy effort, and (5) the political power of the ‘dairy cartel’ inside Canada tied the hands of Canadian trade representatives.

That was the gist of it. That’s why Canada cannot now or ever find a path to a U.S. reciprocal or balanced trade agreement.  #1 and #2 is specifically why Canadian govt officials repeatedly use the word “intertwined.”  They say intertwined because they can no longer function separately. Canada is economically dependent on proximal and economic subsidies from the United States.

That outline by Trudeau led Trump to say that Canada should then become a 51st state….. And, well, you know the rest. Someone in Canada should ask Trudeau about it. The former Prime Minister has no reason to deny it, and too many people were witness. Then, perhaps, Canadians will understand.

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Historian and political Pundit Victor Davis Hanson gives his review of the current status.  I would refute the point that VDH makes about Mark Carney “not knowing what he is doing” and the resulting chaos will come as a surprise.

VDH is well intentioned. However, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney knows exactly what he is doing. Carney’s antagonism is a feature of his commonwealth alignment with the European union, and understanding that takes you to a very dark place in this geopolitical dynamic.

Posted inAuto Sector, Big Government, Big Stupid Government, Canada, China, Cold Anger, Conspiracy ?, DHS, Economy, Election 2026, energy, European Union, media bias, NAFTA, Notorious Liars, Occupy Type Moonbats, President Trump, Press Secretary – Trump, Trade Deal, Typical Prog Behavior, Uncategorized, United Kingdom (UK) and Great Britain, USA, USMCA, World Economic Forum

CIA Director John Ratcliffe Releases 71 Presidential Daily Briefs (PDBs) Outlining Intelligence Discussions Before and After 9/11


Posted originally on the CTH on September 11, 2026 | Sundance |

Today the CIA released an unprecedented 71 Presidential Daily Briefs given to the Executive Branch before and after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.  You can review the material [HERE – CIA LINK]

I would remind readers, in 2010 George W Bush’s campaign manager, aide and senior staff, Karl Rove, revealed [“Courage and Consequence“] that then CIA Director George Tenet had been trying for several weeks to get a personal meeting with President Bush to outline an intelligence concern about an international terror threat.

According to Rove, White House National Security Advisor, Condoleezza Rice, had been blocking Tenet from meeting with President Bush.  Director Tenet sent several requests using alternate channels to reach Bush.  Eventually, in the late spring or early summer 2001, Tenet overcame the Rice block and was given time to brief President Bush.

CIA Director George Tenet then told President Bush the CIA had intercepted telephone “chatter” pointing to an al-Qaeda terrorist threat that somehow involved airlines.  However, the details and the specifics of the threat were unknown.  The only thing Tenet knew with certainty was that some type of plot was underway and airlines were involved.

George W Bush responded to Tenet by saying it appeared the CIA director was just trying to “cover his ass” in case something happened.  Bush was angered at the vagueness of the warning and told Tenet to consider his ass covered, but essentially the information was useless without specifics.

The rest, as they say, is history.  The matter did not surface again until after the 9/11/01 plot was carried out.

(L to R) US President George W. Bush, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice and CIA Director George Tenet meet in the Oval Office for a briefing October 8, 2001 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Eric Draper/White House/Getty Images)

Posted inAir Travel, Big Government, Big Stupid Government, CIA, Cold Anger, Conspiracy ?, Deep State, Islam, Jihad, media bias, Saudi Arabia, Terrorist Attacks, Transportation, Uncategorized, USA

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump Participate in 9/11 Anniversary Pentagon Ceremony


Posted originally on the CTH on September 11, 2026 | Sundance |

Earlier today, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump participated in the 25th Anniversary 9/11 remembrance ceremony at the Pentagon.

Participating speakers included Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and former National Security Advisor Condeleeza Rice.   President Trump begins his remarks at 1:08:03 of the video below.

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Posted inBig Government, Christian Values, Heros, Patriotism, President Trump, Press Secretary – Trump, Rescue Missions, Terrorist Attacks, Uncategorized, USA