Jul 25 2026

President Trump Warns China and Russia of Supporting Iran

Posted originally on CTH on July 24, 2026 | Sundance

There is a level of no-so-subtle pretense within this messaging from President Trump that is not good.

As noted in this Truth Social message, President Trump notes it is unlikely that people around Chairman Xi and people around President Putin would be providing military, logistics, targeting or weapons support for Iran for the same reason President Trump is not providing military, logistics, targeting or weapons support to Ukraine.

TRUTH SOCIAL – “President Xi, at our recent meeting in Beijing, China, told me that he would not, under any circumstances, give or sell Weapons to the Islamic Republic of Iran — And that statement included Chinese Companies. Considering our relationship, I take him at his word and, besides, l am doing him very big favors, also.

Likewise, President Putin, despite the horrible War going on in Ukraine (The relationship remains, as it does with President Zelenskyy), told me that he would not sell Weapons to Iran. He understands that I do not sell Weapons to Ukraine, but to NATO Countries. They pay full price, and how those Weapons are distributed, I have no idea.

Therefore, two major Countries that people speak of often in terms of Iran are, in my opinion, not participating. If they did, it would be very bad for them — Certainly not in their best interests. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” ~President DONALD J. TRUMP

I strongly doubt non-pretending Russian President Vladimir Putin draws a distinction between the U.S. sending drone technology and missiles to Ukraine -vs- the U.S. sending drones and military technology to NATO Germany for forwarding to Ukraine.

As a consequence, if China is sending weapons, tech or military support to Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan or Turkmenistan and that material ends up in Iran by proxy, then Beijing is doing nothing different than President Trump using France, the U.K, Poland or Germany to support Ukraine. Gentleman’s geopolitical handshakes notwithstanding.

At a certain point, each country has to evaluate their risk vector against the reality of a geopolitical dynamic being driven by U.S. interests that are not necessarily under the command and control of U.S. President Donald Trump.

The newly defined “unelected” political version of ‘western democracy’, represented by Brussels, Ukraine and the U.K, all of which have political leadership as an outcome of selection not election, creates very dynamic risks.

Things have changed rapidly in the past 15 years. Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin is very exposed to those “new democracy” risks as was Muamar Khadaffi before him. Remember, the attacks against Libya were a NATO operation, led by NATO Allied Commander General James Stavridis. Show me in either policy or practical reality where NATOs interests were threatened by Libya; yet NATO led the regime change attack. That’s why, in this context, I select 2012 as the modern origin of this new NATO unelected democracy building.

Bottom line – Is China or Russia providing non-weapon support for Iran? Well, if they followed the USA model in providing non-weapon support for Ukraine, the answer is it’s quite possible.

Perhaps this {{nudge, nudge – wink, wink}} geopolitical brinkmanship explains the not-so-subtle shift in USA and Trump’s policy support in favor of Ukraine. Whatever the cause, things are less stable than before, and we are stuck in Military depletion mode while operating intensely against Iran.

Remember, in our conversations at the Treehouse, we accept things as they are not as we would prefer them to be.

Jul 25 2026

Senator Tim Sheehy Outlines Why Defeating Iran is Vital to U.S. Interests

Posted originally on CTH on July 24, 2026 | Sundance

This is a very strong speech from Senator Tim Sheehy outlining why it is in America’s interests to destroy the Iranian military and terrorist threat once and for all. These remarks are in strong support for what President Trump is hoping to achieve. WATCH:

Jul 25 2026

Mike Steger Explains Why U.S-Canada Trade Conflict Represents Much More

Posted originally on CTH on July 24, 2026 | Sundance

In his most recent outline, Promethean Action PAC’s Mike Steger puts the U.S-Canada trade conflict into an accurate context where China is really the enterprise to gain or fail. This is a very well presented segment worth watching.

CTH readers will note our long track of this dynamic. In short, as NAFTA predictably evolved, and as the U.S. manufacturing base was deconstructed, suddenly things shifted. Canada and Mexico became important as entry doors into the U.S. consumer market for the products outsourced by the destruction of the American manufacturing base.

Steger appropriately uses the auto-sector as an example because it is the easiest sector to quantify damage. By playing the long game, China has thoroughly compromised the EU and U.K auto market. In 2025 China exported 1.2 million vehicles into Europe. Europe only exported 200,000 vehicles into China; a net trade deficit of 1 million vehicles in Beijing’s favor.

Chinese cars now represent over ten percent of all EU vehicles on the road, and this is only the beginning stage of the collapse of the EU industrial base that Germany and Brussels have only recently started to grasp. The pace is irreversible at this point for Europe, and now China has turned their attention toward Canada. This is why the U.S-Canada trade conflict matters!

Canada is the entryway to do in North America what China has done in Europe. WATCH:

In the graph below, look at how fast things move once the foothold is established by policy. This is stunning.

When President Trump left office in Term-1 (Jan ’21), Europe was exporting around 400,000 cars to China, and China was exporting around 175,000 cars to Europe.

Just five years later, Europe is exporting 200,000 cars to China, and China is exporting 1.2 million cars to Europe.

This is why Germany’s auto-sector is in a state of rapid collapse, represented by Volkswagen’s recent announcements to close factories, chut down models and eliminate up to 100,000 jobs. LOOK:

When Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney tells President Trump that there are limits on the Chinese EVs Canada is currently allowing, no reasonable person can look at the recent history of both BYD/GEELY and not understand what is likely from Carney’s decision.

In many ways Canada’s antagonism is creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Trump needs to immediately protect the vulnerable U.S. position to restart strong manufacturing. That’s the reason for the Sec.301 Steel and Aluminum tariffs.

Additionally, the Sec.338 tariffs (50%) are necessary to close the access point, not because Canadian imports pose a threat, but because they are indistinguishable from Chinese component parts that are assembled into finished goods and exported from Canada.

Here’s an example of a possible scenario:

(1) Toyota and Honda have both told Canadian trade officials that without USMCA access to the U.S. market, there is no reason to maintain auto plants in Canada.

(2) The most effective protectionist position that Trump can take would be to terminate the USMCA.

(3) If Trump terminates the USMCA, auto plants in Canada will close.

(4) That’s the moment when Chinese EV companies BYD/GEELY, subsidized heavily by China, will swoop in and purchase those Canadian facilities for pennies on the dollar – based on the entry agreement that Mark Carney has already authorized.

President Trump needs to protect the USA from globalist trade policies on our border. This is why the U.S-Canada trade conflict matters more than any other trade friction in the world. There are trillions at stake.