Trump to deliver TV address amid speculation over elections announcement

The brief

Donald Trump will address the nation on Thursday in a live primetime televised address that has become the subject of fevered guesswork amid speculation he will make headline-grabbing announcements on election security and the war with Iran. Expectations surrounding the address have been raised by Trump himself, who promised “really big news” without being specific. “It doesn’t get bigger, because without free and fair elections, you don’t have a country,” he told reporters at the White House on Tuesday. The anticipation that he will concentrate on elections stems from his continued preoccupation with his 2020 election defeat to Joe Biden, which he continues to falsely claim was a result of…