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RattlerGator Report: 5/15/26 - Beijing Summit Verdict, $1.5T War Budget, and the Sovereign Alliance Lie
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- Badlands Media
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- May 15, 2026
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- 3575
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Summary
JB White's last show before a long summer break, and he is not going quietly. He opens with his read on the Beijing summit: Trump brought the entire American economy into Xi Jinping's room, combined it with the secretary of war and the combatant commands, and the result was China walking away from Iran and committing to large American purchases. He walks through Thomas Whitaker's sharp breakdown of what 30 CEOs on Air Force One actually signals, plays Pete Hegseth's $1.5 trillion defense budget video, and adds his own commentary on why private sector plus public sector power is a combination no adversary can match. He also delivers his clearest and most direct takedown yet of the sovereign alliance narrative, calling America, Russia, China alignment utopian nonsense and a discernment test. Kevin Walsh replacing Jerome Powell closes the loop on Bitcoin. Later gators.