{"id":63801,"date":"2026-05-04T11:06:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=63801"},"modified":"2026-05-04T11:06:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:06:26","slug":"it-really-is-always-about-the-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=63801","title":{"rendered":"It Really Is Always About The Money"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Sunday, The Conservative Treehouse<\/a> posted an article about a recent reversal of Germany’s position on Iran.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Six days ago, in Marsberg, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz criticized the\u00a0U.S. approach to Iran<\/a>, saying Washington was being \u201chumiliated by the Iranian leadership\u201d and demanding the conflict end \u201cas quickly as possible.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Three days ago, President Trump responded with an announcement that U.S. troops in Germany would be drawn down<\/a>, and there would be a 25% tariff on all imported European autos<\/a>.\u00a0 {GO DEEP}<\/strong><\/p>\n

Suddenly, Friedrich Merz reverses his position<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Imagine that.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But seriously folks, when people argue that it\u2019s not about the economics of the thing \u2013 remind them, it\u2019s always about the economics of the thing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Germany is facing a perfect storm of economic consequences following their decision to chase the climate change agenda (Build Back Better) and eliminate their coal and nuclear power plants.\u00a0 Combine the German\/EU policy to stop purchasing cheap LNG and oil from Russia, in addition to skyrocketing energy costs from oil\/gas flows from the Middle East, and the outcome is rising manufacturing costs leading to massive layoffs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The German industrial economy is the heart of the EU economy, and President Trump is now hitting them both right where it hurts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The tariffs will have an impact, but the long-term impact of drawing down the troops we have in Germany will be greater. Although having thousands of America troops in Germany does stretch the infrastructure in some areas, the presence of the troops adds to the local economies. Soldiers eat at local restaurants, shop, and attend local events. Removing five thousand troops from the country is going to have a long-term economic impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Sunday, The Conservative Treehouse posted an article about a recent reversal of Germany’s position on Iran. The article reports: Six days ago, in Marsberg, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz criticized the\u00a0U.S. approach to Iran, saying Washington was being \u201chumiliated by … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10813,1092,246,11742,11430],"class_list":["post-63801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-american-troops","tag-germany","tag-iran","tag-tariffs","tag-the-conservative-treehouse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63801"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63804,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63801\/revisions\/63804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}