[Verse 1] Karoline Leavitt stepping out before the month is done Trump confirmed it, end of August, closing out her run Now the Beltway insiders running odds on who's the pick Speculation spinning fast, the rumor mills are thick Who steps up behind that podium, who survives the grind Every journalist is watching, every pundit's got a mind [Chorus] Press secretary vacant, who fills up that seat Tariff war accelerating, forty nations in the heat White House pointing fingers at the countries dodging tax Billions bleeding out the treasury, and that's the facts August fourteen — headlines detonating fast Washington convulsing, every story built to last [Verse 2] Forty countries named and shamed for helping China slide Routing goods around the tariffs, slipping through the side Washington Post, The Hill, Financial Times all locked in sync Calling out the smuggled trade before the system shrinks The White House says the backdoor nations running interference plays Rerouting Chinese exports through a bureaucratic maze [Chorus] Press secretary vacant, who fills up that seat Tariff war accelerating, forty nations in the heat White House pointing fingers at the countries dodging tax Billions bleeding out the treasury, and that's the facts August fourteen — headlines detonating fast Washington convulsing, every story built to last [Bridge] Nineteen billion gone, could reach twenty-six Revenue evaporating through the tariff tricks Euronews is counting every dollar, every slip PBS is tracking Trump construction, budget ripped Capital is changing, every contract, every crane Taxpayers absorbing every dollar, every strain [Verse 3] So Washington in August twenty-twenty-six runs hot Leavitt's exit, forty nations caught inside the plot Tariff tunnels, budget hammers, who replaces who Three big stories dominating every morning view Chaos at the podium, chaos at the border wall Audit every headline — that's the summary of it all [Verse 4] Behind the briefing room the candidates are lining up Somebody's gotta face the cameras, somebody drinks the cup Is it loyalty or ambition driving every name Whoever takes that microphone inherits all the flame The questions never soften, and the press corps never sleeps Washington extracts its toll — the job is never cheap Every statement parsed and weaponized before the hour ends Every answer rebroadcast across a hundred feeds and trends [Chorus] Press secretary vacant, who fills up that seat Tariff war accelerating, forty nations in the heat White House pointing fingers at the countries dodging tax Billions bleeding out the treasury, and that's the facts August fourteen — headlines detonating fast Washington convulsing, every story built to last [Outro] August fourteen — lock it in your memory bank Tariffs, press secretaries, forty nations in the rank
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