[Verse 1]
Trump is pouring concrete at the White House, granite gleaming
Eight hundred seventy-five thousand dollars, costs keep steaming
Sikorsky's cutting the check for a pad of stone and steel
Xi Jinping is coming, so they're closing up the deal
Marine One needs a landing spot that's powerful and grand
A helipad of granite slabs is rising on command
[Chorus]
This is the news, July oh-seven
Stories dropping daily like we're counting down to eleven
White House deals and soccer cards and whiskey under fire
Every headline tells you something stranger than the last one prior
This is the news, the headlines of the day
Pay attention closely 'cause the world won't wait or stay
[Verse 2]
Down at the New York Stock Exchange, the opening bell rang clear
Trump plugged Dell computers, sent the share price into gear
First-ever White House opening bell, the markets heard it loud
Dell went soaring upward through a very stunned financial crowd
[Verse 3]
A Republican is drafting up a bill without delay
Canadian liquor bans on American goods — they'll pay
A trade investigation into booze blocked at the border
Cross that maple syrup line, they'll put your shelves in order
[Chorus]
This is the news, July oh-seven
Stories dropping daily like we're counting down to eleven
White House deals and soccer cards and whiskey under fire
Every headline tells you something stranger than the last one prior
This is the news, the headlines of the day
Pay attention closely 'cause the world won't wait or stay
[Verse 4]
The crypto markets stirring as the policy gets penned
Bitcoin watchers waiting on the signals round the bend
Tech executives are flying in to shake a steady hand
Washington and Silicon Valley making new plans land
Foreign students holding visas, watching every door
Immigration headlines got the universities in store
[Bridge]
FIFA got a phone call from the White House, yes they did
Folarin Balogun's red card had the staffers flipping lids
And the Smithsonian's taking heat for how it frames the past
Native history narratives — that scrutiny came fast
The culture war keeps churning and the institutions bend
Every museum, every pitch, every policy to defend
[Chorus]
This is the news, July oh-seven
Stories dropping daily like we're counting down to eleven
White House deals and soccer cards and whiskey under fire
Every headline tells you something stranger than the last one prior
This is the news, the headlines of the day
Pay attention closely 'cause the world won't wait or stay
[Outro]
Granite pads and stock bells and a call to FIFA's door
Canadian bourbon blockades and the Smithsonian floor
July seventh, twenty-twenty-six — now you know the score