SITREP 15: A Big Beautiful Bill, Crenshaw’s Amendment Protecting Kids, & President Trump Goes to the Middle East
Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw
Dan Crenshaw
4.6 • 16K Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
The Situation Report for May 16, 2025. Rep. Crenshaw covers the major deals President Trump struck over the past week, from Chinese tariffs to historic partnerships with key Middle East countries to an India-Pakistan ceasefire. He explains House Energy & Commerce’s contribution to the Big Beautiful Reconciliation Bill, including his own amendment banning taxpayer funded gender transition procedures on children. All that and much more significant developments you might have missed in under 14 minutes.
The 90-day tariff rollback with China
President Trump strikes historic deals with the Middle East
House Energy & Commerce advances the Big Beautiful Bill…including Rep. Crenshaw’s provision to prohibit taxpayer funded gender-transition procedures for minors!
Democratic congressmen storm ICE facility in New Jersey
Governor Newsom finally realizes California is a dystopian hellscape
HABEMUS PAPAM – Where Pope Leo will lead the Catholic Church
India and Pakistan reach a ceasefire agreement, thanks to President Trump
If you read nothing else: “Thank a Cop This Police Week”
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| 0:00.0 | We hold these truths to be self-evident. |
| 0:02.1 | That all men are creed. |
| 0:04.0 | As a member of Congress, I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office. |
| 0:07.3 | Experts on what they're talking about. |
| 0:09.0 | This is the podcast for insights into the issues. |
| 0:11.6 | China, bioterrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions. |
| 0:16.0 | Breaking it down into simple terms. |
| 0:18.0 | We hold. |
| 0:18.7 | We hold these truths. |
| 0:20.1 | We hold these truths. With Dan Crenshaw. The angle has landed. |
| 0:24.1 | C-R-Rup number 15. Thanks for joining us as we covered the most interesting news from last week and arm you with |
| 0:29.1 | the facts. So first up, tariff deal with China. Top line here. United States and China have agreed to a 90-day |
| 0:34.7 | tariff rollback, temporarily de-escalating the trade war that's |
| 0:37.9 | rattled global markets. That announcement came after talks between Treasury Secretary, Scott |
| 0:43.1 | dissent, U.S. trade representative Jameson Greer, and their Chinese counterparts. The agreement |
| 0:48.3 | takes U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods from 145% to 30% and Chinese levies on U.S. goods from 125 to 10%. |
| 0:57.0 | The U.S. will keep higher tariffs on specific Chinese products like steel and aluminum, which |
| 1:01.8 | are already in place before Liberation Day. However, trade has resumed for key commodities |
| 1:06.8 | like semiconductors and ag products. This isn't a permanent rollback. It's a buffer, building time for |
| 1:12.2 | the administration to negotiate a more permanent deal with China. Now on to the Middle East. |
| 1:18.2 | And most of the week's news has been focused on President Trump's trip to the Middle East, |
| 1:22.2 | his first international visit of his second term, including stops in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, |
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