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🚨Trump Is About to Try Something Thursday Night — And Democrats Need to Be Ready

I’m behind the espresso machine most mornings before the news even breaks, but this one couldn’t wait for tomorrow’s Morning Cup.

Sean Bartley · Jul 14, 2026 · 3 min read

Trump announced on Truth Social that he’s giving a “Speech to the Nation” this Thursday at 9 PM Eastern.

No details in the post itself. But Reuters and MS NOW both got confirmation from White House officials on what’s actually coming: Trump plans to claim that newly declassified intelligence reveals a foreign nation’s plot to interfere in the 2020 election — the one he lost to Joe Biden. He’s expected to bring CIA Director John Ratcliffe, acting DNI Bill Pulte, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin along with him. The administration is also reportedly planning to raise supposed voting machine vulnerabilities.