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AMERICAN ECONOMIC STATECRAFT IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Scott Bessent (Presented at the Economic Club of NY’s America 250 Gala Dinner) June 25, 2026

Thank you for the invitation to be here on this wonderful occasion.

As a long-time member of the Economic Club of New York, I know that it occupies a place of great significance in our nation’s discourse.

For generations, few institutions have done more to shape how we confront the defining questions of the day.

And yet, across all those years, tonight’s gathering is without precedent as we assemble on the eve of an extraordinary moment in our history.

Over the coming days, we will celebrate 250 years of the American story and the proposition with which it began: that a free people answer to no power but their own.

But milestones of this magnitude demand more than ceremony.

They ask something of us. They invite us to reflect on the creation of our country, of course, but no less, on its condition.

Indeed, the most fitting way to honor those who founded this nation is to meet the great challenges of our own time with the same resolve that they brought to theirs.

And in that spirit, under President Trump’s leadership, the U.S. Treasury is working to restore economic security as the foundation that allows a nation to fulfill its most basic obligations.

In my remarks before the Economic Club of Dallas, I detailed how the structural vulnerabilities that we allowed to accumulate over time precipitated a drift into dependence.

And last month before the Reagan Library, I noted that under President Trump, America has awoken to the risks we can no longer ignore and is now attuned to the responsibilities we can no longer neglect.

So tonight, I would like to take the next step and describe our strategy for economic statecraft, by which I mean the disciplined use of America’s economic power in service of our sovereignty.

DURK AND SANDY – MORE THAN ‘MERE’ SCIENTISTS

Mellie Smith June 25, 2026

On the cusp of the 250^th anniversary of American Independence, we here at TTP want to show a side of Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw that often goes unnoticed by those who didn’t know them personally. They were not only extraordinary scientists. They were ardent patriots, committed to the Constitution and personal liberty.

This month of this year is the perfect time to share their passion concerning the First Amendment and the right of the people to be educated and informed about their own biology and nutrition so that they could make informed decisions.

As I said, Durk and Sandy were not merely prodigious scientists, they made a “foundational” mark in the area of Law working with attorney Jonathan Emord – so much so that Emord still teaches yearly classes in Ivy League schools like Georgetown Law School on the cases that Durk and Sandy won.

The most famous case, of course, was when they took on the FDA and won (Pearson vs. Shalala, 1999) regarding what could or could not be said to inform consumers about the value of supplements.

Their position was that Americans have a constitutional right to receive and share truthful scientific information about nutrition, dietary supplements, and health.

They argued that government agencies should not prevent the dissemination of non-misleading scientific information simply because it relates to health products.

In this case, Durk and Sandy challenged the FDA's refusal to allow certain health claims for dietary supplements.

The court held that the FDA should consider the use of disclaimers rather than outright banning potentially truthful claims. The case became an important milestone in the development of "qualified health claims" for dietary supplements.

Why did this matter? Control.

PEACE, PEACE, WHEN THERE IS NO PEACE

Mark Deuce June 24, 2026

As we go to press, there has been a fairly unfathomable “deal” made with the Iranian regime being touted all over the news that proclaims that the conflict between Iran, the United States, and Israel is over with.

Even if the Iranians mean it, which is certainly unlikely, it’s unclear that either Iran’s weakened proxy Hezbollah got the word, or that Israel—the country that was key in the concerns leading up to the war—agrees either.

Just last week Hezbollah launched another attack on Israeli forces that killed several of their people, and the IDF responded accordingly; this after Israel was conspicuously sidelined in the “peace” discussions.

Tellingly, this was treated more as a matter that dropped a fly in the much-anticipated peace ointment than what it really was—a barometer of how much real peace is actually going to come out of this.

THE DEATH OF FRANCE – THE SECRET REPORT MACRON IS HIDING

Yama Bar June 23, 2026

[TTP: This is a long article, but the information is critical.]

It’s a typical afternoon in Saint-Denis, the narrow streets packed with people whose faces you cannot see.

The women move in niqab, shapes without features, eyes that do not meet yours.

The shop signs are in Arabic, the smell of cumin and lamb fat rises from every doorway, thick and permanent, as if the street itself has been marinated in another world.

From three directions at once, the call to prayer cuts through the air. Al-lahu Akbar. God is great. Come to prayer. Come to salvation.

Even the French police do not enter without backup. Ambulances request escorts before responding to calls. In the lost territories of Marseille, law enforcement officers disguise themselves as Muslims before making arrests.

France’s own intelligence service has mapped 150 such districts across the country. A former senior official of French foreign intelligence put it in numbers: these enclaves exist in 859 cities, and four million people — six percent of France’s entire population — live inside them.

There was a time when Paris was the most romantic city in the world. You could stop on the banks of the Seine at dusk, buy a baguette and a bottle of wine from the corner shop, sit on the stone steps above the water, and feel, without irony, that life was generous, and civilization was real.

The light on the river. The smell of bread. The sound of French — that particular music of a language that assumes beauty is worth the effort.

That Paris is gone. This is the story of how it fell.

This is the story of the fall of France.

DISTINGUISHING WANTING FROM LIKING

Dr. Joel Wade June 23, 2026

What we want, and what we end up liking when we get it are two different things. They each involve different parts of our brain, and different states of mind.

Understanding this difference and bringing more consciousness to what you think you want can save you a huge amount of time, effort, and money.

This last bit is important, the amount of money we spend on things that we want, but then end up not liking, can be huge. It can make the difference between financial ease or financial stress; a sense of abundance or a sense of desperation. It can make it possible – or impossible – to save and invest.

I’ve had clients who, though they make plenty of money to live very well, end up feeling desperate and on edge financially – because they spend more than they make, buying things they want.

This doesn’t need to happen. It’s a simple enough math problem, easy to solve on paper – just don’t spend more than you make, right? But desire is a powerful motivator, and our emotions can mislead us hard with this one.

FLASHBACK FRIDAY – SLEEPING IN AN IGLOO

Dr. Jack Wheeler June 26, 2026

April 1990. When our oldest son Brandon was six years old, I took him with me to the North Pole. It was my 14^th expedition there, and as always, we stopped to visit friends at Canada’s northernmost community, the Inuit hunting village of Grise Fiord on Ellesmere Island. Brandon thought it would be cool to sleep in an igloo, which the Inuit do only when they’re hunting seals or walrus far out on the ice.

So the villagers happily complied, showing him how they built one, carving out blocks of wind-blown snow, shaping and placing them in an inward-sloped spiral with one block on top, and packing snow as mortar between the blocks. When it was bedtime – still daylight with 24-hour sunshine by April – they lined the inside with caribou skins, which shed like crazy with hairs everywhere but sure are warm. Snuggled into our arctic down sleeping bags, we slept like stones.

It was an experience both of us will never forget. Never pass up an opportunity to have an adventure with your kids they’ll always remember. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #50 Photo ©Jack Wheeler)

Jack Wheeler is Escape Artist’s World Exploration Expert. He is the founder of Wheeler Expeditions at WheelerExpeditions.com.

ALBANIA’S BLUE EYE

Dr. Jack Wheeler June 25, 2026

This is not a Monet painting. It is a real photograph looking straight down upon the swirling clear blue water of the Syri i Kaltër – Blue Eye – Spring burbling up from a deep karst hole of the Bistricë River in the mountains of southern Albania.

The water surges up with such force that scuba divers trying to determine the spring’s depth could only get down to 50 meters (164ft) and no more, thus the depth of the underwater source is unknown. The water is cristal clear, drinkably pure, and very cold. Found between the World Heritage mountain town of Gjirokaster and the Adriatic beach resort town of Saranda, it’s a hypnotic, mesmerizing experience. The Blue Eye is the beauty of nature at its most entrancing. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #293, photo ©Jack Wheeler)

THE SULTAN ASTRONOMER

Dr. Jack Wheeler June 24, 2026

You’re looking at something historically and scientifically astonishing. It is what remains of an astronomical observatory built 600 years ago – in 1420 – by a Sultan in Central Asia who loved science and mathematics more than war and conquest.

It was in Samarkand, the most fabled oasis of the Silk Road, that Sultan Ulugh Beg built his circular observatory, three stories high of white marble. All that’s left today is part of the underground sextant that you see in the photo.

For the full story of what he achieved, with many more photos, click on The Sultan Astronomer in TTP I wrote in 2020.

This Glimpse is to whet your appetite to learn about this amazing Sultan and his scientific achievements.

The story of The Sultan Astronomer is but one example of what awaits you in exploring Central Asia, an enrichment of your life beyond description. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #212 photo ©Jack Wheeler)

THE REGISTAN OF SAMARKAND

Dr. Jack Wheeler June 23, 2026

The magnificent Sher-Dor Madrassa, built in the early 1600s, is part of the Registan public square complex of the ancient Silk Road oasis of Samarkand. What’s fascinating is the mosaic depiction of living beings on either side of the arch – a tiger and on its back a rising sun deity with a human face. This is honoring the pre-Islamic history of Samarkand that goes back almost 3,000 years.

It was centuries old when Alexander conquered it in 329 BC. For a thousand years as Central Asia’s great entrepot on the Silk Road between China and the Mediterranean, it was a cosmopolitan center for Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, and Nestorian Christianity. Incorporated into the Islamic world in the 700s, sacked by Genghiz Khan in 1220, rebuilt by the time Marco Polo in 1272 described it as “a large and splendid city,” Tamerlane made it his capital in 1370.

Colonized by Czar Alexander II in the 1860s within the Russian Imperial Empire, and by the Soviets in the 1920s within the Uzbek SSR, Samarkand is flourishing today in independent Uzbekistan. There is so much to learn and contemplate upon when you are here. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #67 photo ©Jack Wheeler)

THE LEG ROWERS OF INLE LAKE

Dr. Jack Wheeler June 22, 2026

The men of the Intha people living on Inle Lake in Burma have a unique way to fish. Using their large conical nets, they row by standing on one leg on the prow of their canoe, and paddle with their other leg. They feed their families this way. Burma (Myanmar) is one of the most picturesque, historical, and serene places on earth. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #27 photo ©Jack Wheeler)

WORLD CUP VISITORS FROM EUROPE TELL US THEIR 13 MOST SURPRISING DISCOVERIES IN AMERICA

Babylon Bee June 26, 2026

The World Cup has brought real excitement to these American shores, and not just in the form of soccer, but in the innocent, wide-eyed discoveries of European tourists experiencing the United States for the first time.

Here are some of their most surprising discoveries:

Football is actually called "soccer": All this time, they were calling it by the wrong name.
Americans prefer a sport called "baseball" where no one kicks anything: How can you have a sport with no kicks?
It's surprisingly difficult to be stabbed by a Muslim: You can find it on any street corner in the UK or Paris
The police won't raid your house if you share a meme: Go ahead and be funny, Europeans.
Currency is not multicolored and the size of a manila envelope: You can actually fit it in your pocket.
Americans are even fatter than expected: Given the abundance of delicious food, it's no surprise.
Trump is not actually out on the streets murdering minorities: The BBC has been lying this whole time.
No one has heard of many small European countries: Most Americans just assume Moldova is a prescription drug to fight plaque psoriasis.
Americans don't take six-hour lunch breaks or have a designated nap time: What are they, machines?
There are designated places where highly trained professionals will clean your teeth: What type of sorcery is this?
There's a strange concept here called "liberty": This is likely a reference to an old wooden ship from the Civil War.
Knight Rider isn't real: This is among the most disappointing revelations.
Everyone hates Meghan Markle here, too: Maybe America has more in common with the rest of the world than previously believed.

America is truly the greatest country on earth. What do you think a foreigner would find most appealing about the United States? Let us know in the comments.

~ Babylon Bee reporting

HALF-FULL REPORT 06/19/26

Dr. Jack Wheeler June 19, 2026

There’s a story about Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919), then the world’s richest man, being visited by a socialist who berated his wealth saying it should be divided equally among everyone. Whereupon he asked his secretary for the current value of his fortune and looks up the world’s population. He divides the former by the latter, and instructs his secretary to prepare a check for the socialist’s “fair share” of his money. Carnegie signs and hands a check made out to the socialist in the amount of 16 cents.

So it is with Elon Musk being hammered by socialist dweebs like Bernie Sanders and Pocahontas Warren. If you divide his $1 trillion by the world’s 8 billion, each would get $125. So enjoy Australia’s Sky News host James Macpherson eviscerating the envious meltdown of Sanders & Warren over Elon:

Revolutionized a dozen major industries. Saved America by buying Twitter to save free speech, arguably making him US’ greatest patriot alive today. Creating a better future for humanity in so many ways. Congratulations to history’s first trillionaire, Elon Musk!

We have a marvelously informative and enjoyable HFR for you here – jump right on in. And please let me know your thoughts on the Forum. No need to be shy – you’re among friends!!

THE WORLD’S OLDEST WAR

Dr. Jack Wheeler June 15, 2026

Marcus Aurelius – Hapsburg Palace, Vienna

[This Monday’s Archive was first in TTP on September 23, 2016. Obama’s execrable 8 years were finally coming to an end, and the Dems losing their minds over the possibility of Trump. Ten years later, again finally, both Europe and America are done with the world’s oldest war, with scores of mosques in Texas and an Islamofascist from Uganda running New York, with mass patriot protests all over Europe, now, against the Moslem invasion of their countries and the governments that allowed it. This time, at last, it’s time to finish the job.]

TTP, September 23, 2016

Vienna, Austria. This is a particularly apt place to discuss the world’s oldest war. It’s been continuously running for almost 14 centuries, and it’s getting worse today.

First, however, let us note that Vienna has more history, beauty, charm, class, and friendly people than just about any city in Europe. It leaves Paris in the dust.

Just one example. Vienna was founded by the Romans as Vindobona in 15 BC on the south bank of the Danube. On March 17, 180 AD, Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius was in his ornate tent in the center of the Vindobona fortress, having just won a victory over marauding Germanic tribes.

For many centuries, the street in Vienna along the traditional location of that tent has been called Schwertgasse – Sword Street. That’s because on that day in 180, the Emperor’s son, Commodus, murdered his father with a sword thrust. In the movie, Gladiator, Commodus smothers him – but nonetheless, the movie depicts real history.

Aurelius to this day is revered by Austrians. That’s why there’s a huge statue of him in the courtyard of the Hapsburg Palace or Hofburg in the center of Vienna.

For the next thousand years, the people south of the Danube adopted and lived by Christianity, oblivious to the war that had emerged in the Middle East, Asia Minor, North Africa, and Spain between their fellow Christians and people calling themselves Moslems.

BRAND THE REAL ENEMY: DEMOCRATS

Richard Viguerie June 16, 2026

I have written about this issue before, but with the midterms approaching, I thought it bears repeating. It’s so very, very important.

STOP saying liberal.

STOP saying woke.

STOP saying progressive, Socialist, or Marxist.

Those words don’t appear on any ballot.

Not anywhere, unless you live in Vermont and Bernie Sanders is running.

The word that appears on election ballots is DEMOCRAT.

We need to be perfectly clear. Those who are causing most all of America’s serious problems are DEMOCRATS.

The vast majority of our political crises and problems are caused by people who either identify as Democrats or vote Democrat.

Once something is branded — whether positive or negative — it sticks. Like Super Glue, that label is hard to shake. Whenever you speak, write, or post, identify our political opponents as DEMOCRATS.

That’s why we must BRAND the Democrat Party as anti-God, anti-America, violent, and the party of Big Government, elite socialists and Marxists: because they are. If we do not define them, they will define themselves, deceitfully.

AMERICA IS SUFFERING FROM TRIBAL FATIGUE

Victor Davis Hanson June 18, 2026

I think after 60 years of affirmative action, DEI, racial essentialism, and racial fixation—especially in the United States, but also throughout the Western world, in Europe, Australia, and the former British Commonwealth—we are seeing the consequences.

Let me point out that our adversaries, China, Russia, and other places around the globe, don’t have this racial essentialism because they believe it is innate to human nature. And when you encourage it, you get something like Rwanda, what’s going on now in Nigeria, or what happened in the Balkans.

The natural order of men and animals is that birds of a feather flock together. So, why would you encourage that instead of having assimilation, acculturation, and integration?

We’re suffering from tribal fatigue in the Western world.

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