Plus: the 20% toll on Trump's new Hormuz blockade, two years since Butler, and Lindsey Graham's sister sworn into his Senate seat — all in today's episode.
President Trump just told the nation to clear its calendar for Thursday at 9PM Eastern. A prime-time address to the country. Reportedly historic. And the one thing the White House would not put in the announcement was the topic. Something leaked. Some people are already scrambling. And Chuck breaks down why a "secret speech" with a locked-down subject line has Washington holding its breath three days out.
That is not the only fire burning. The Iran ceasefire is over, the Strait of Hormuz is under a reinstated blockade, and there is a number attached to it that changes the map for global shipping. It has been two years since Butler, and the words "God was with me" are landing differently this week. A Senate seat changed hands in South Carolina under the saddest of circumstances. Israel just set its first election since October 7th. A European court quietly cleared the path for a candidate her opponents swore would never run again. And a biopic nobody was betting on just crossed a billion dollars. Six stories. Seven o'clock. The truth starts now.
