The Stack: The Stories That Will Shape America After 2025
As 2025 comes to a close, Todd Huff looks beyond the daily headlines to identify the five most consequential stories of the year — not simply because of their immediate impact, but because of how they will shape America’s future. From mid-decade redistricting battles that will influence the 2026 midterms to a resurging economy fueled by confidence and growth, these developments reach into every corner of American life.
Todd also examines the dramatic turnaround in border security and immigration enforcement, the restoration of law and order, and the far-reaching consequences of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
Above all, he reflects on a tragic and defining cultural moment that awakened millions and may ultimately reshape the conservative movement for years to come. This episode is not a recap — it’s a roadmap for understanding where the country is headed next.
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📝 Transcript: The Stories That Will Shape America After 2025
The Todd Huff Show – December 29, 2025
Host: Todd Huff
Todd Huff: All right, my friends, welcome back to this, the Todd Huff Show. The first day back after Christmas. Here we are between Christmas and the New Year. By the way, as an order of housekeeping, we will be in today, tomorrow, Wednesday. We will be off on Friday, New Year’s Day. Excuse me, Thursday, New Year’s Day and Friday as well. And then we’ll be back at it full speed ahead in the New Year on Monday.
Todd Huff: I hope you had a wonderful Christmas holiday. We had a great holiday here as well, my friends. Today, what I want to do is I want to go through the five most consequential stories of 2025. Now, I’ll explain what that means here as we get that locked and loaded, but that’s what I want to do today, kind of. Not just a recap of what happened in 2025.
Todd Huff: It was a discussion of the things that I think are going to matter tremendously, not just the impact they had this year, but the impact these stories will have in 2026 and in the years to come. So that’s where we’re headed today, my friends. Before we get started though, let’s be honest here for a moment. When your financial world starts getting a little more complicated, you need more than one size fits all advice. That’s where Full Suite Wealth shines the brightest, my friends.
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Todd Huff: Okay, so let me explain what I mean by consequential. I kind of mentioned it earlier. We’re going to talk about the five most consequential stories, headlines, events of 2025. That’s what I want to do today. And by consequential, I mean not just the stories that had the biggest impact on a specific point in time.
Todd Huff: These are stories that change things for the future as well. These are things that have tremendous impact or the potential to have tremendous impact for the years to come. Now, it is difficult to categorize these sorts of things. I think you know this just intellectually by thinking about it. How do you decide what constitutes a story? How much of that story can I combine other things into it? Do I have to separate things that might be connected into two separate groups or two separate stories? It’s very subjective, my friends. And let me tell you that this is not etched in stone for me.
Todd Huff: This is the way that I look at it right now. I think. I think that’s how I look at it right now. I’ve gone through this several times. And there’s a lot of candidates, frankly, that you could put in these top five. But I’ve got my top five. I’ve also got some honorable mentions here. I’ve got five honorable mentions that I’m going to hit really quickly. Really quickly so we can get into the top five. So honorable mentions for the most consequential stories of 2025. Now, some of these quote unquote stories are going to be larger topics. This first one’s a good example.
Todd Huff: As an honorable mention, I say the administrative state versus the presidency. This is one that we have talked about on this program for some time. The administrative state versus the presidency. A lot of folks believe without even realizing they believe this, my friends, that there is a fourth branch of government.
Todd Huff: That there is the executive branch, which is the presidency. The legislative branch, which is Congress. The judicial branch, which is the courts, the Supreme Court and the federal courts. And that there is a fourth branch, which does not constitutionally exist, but some people act as though that there is.
Todd Huff: That there’s this administrative state. That the Department of Justice, for example, is separate from the executive branch. It is not. And I understand. I understand. Well, Todd, what are we supposed to do? We don’t want the part of the government that’s overseeing law and order to look like it’s at the whim of the president. That’s not what the founders wanted.
Todd Huff: Well, that’s true. Maybe to a point. But they did want it this way because they created it this way. You know, there’s always attempts to move the executive branch away from the Department of Justice, and you start doing that with other things as well. People act as, or think as though that, you know, hey, this is the way that the
administrative state works. It shouldn’t be touched.
Todd Huff: It’s its own branch of government? No, it’s part of the executive branch. And it’s the prerogative of the President of the United States to manage his or her branch. That’s the way that this is set up to work, my friends. And that’s just not the way that it’s been done over time, and I think it’s subtle. I think a lot of people don’t stop and think about it, but they just assume that, hey, these organizations are doing their own thing. But they’re not independent of the executive branch. For example, if the president wants to cut the size of those offices, why can’t he?
Todd Huff: Now you can say, well, Congress has the ability to set up and have oversight. That is true. And there can be a fight as to where some of these lines are drawn. But to act as though that this branch can’t be touched is a very, very naive position, and it’s a far cry from reality as far as what the founders had put into
place.
Todd Huff: All right, my friends, welcome back to this, the Todd Huff Show. The first day back after Christmas. Here we are between Christmas and the New Year. By the way, as an order of housekeeping, we will be in today, tomorrow, Wednesday. We will be off on Friday, New Year’s Day. Excuse me, Thursday, New Year’s Day and Friday as well. And then we’ll be back at it full speed ahead in the New Year on Monday. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas holiday. We had a great holiday here as well, my friends. Today, what I want to do is I want to go through the five most consequential stories of 2025. Now, I’ll explain what that means here as we get that locked and loaded, but that’s what I want to do today, kind of.
Todd Huff: Not just a recap of what happened in 2025. It was a discussion of the things that I think are going to matter tremendously, not just the impact they had this year, but the impact these stories will have in 2026 and in the years to come. So that’s where we’re headed today, my friends. Before we get started though, let’s be honest here for a moment. When your financial world starts getting a little more complicated, you need more than one size fits all advice. That’s where Full Suite Wealth shines the brightest, my friends.
Todd Huff (Sponsor): Their team specializes in working with families at and individuals at your level where you are, helping you navigate those complexities, offering personalized guidance that goes far beyond the basics from private equity and private credit to options strategies and coordinated legal planning.
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Todd Huff: Okay, so let me explain what I mean by consequential. I kind of mentioned it earlier. We’re going to talk about the five most consequential stories, headlines, events of 2025. That’s what I want to do today. And by consequential, I mean not just the stories that had the biggest impact on a specific point in time. These are stories that change things for the future as well. These are things that have tremendous impact or the potential to have tremendous impact for the years to come. Now, it is difficult to categorize these sorts of things. I think you know this just intellectually by thinking about it.
Todd Huff: How do you decide what constitutes a story? How much of that story can I combine other things into it? Do I have to separate things that might be connected into two separate groups or two separate stories? It’s very subjective, my friends. And let me tell you that this is not etched in stone for me. This is the way that I look at it right now. I think. I think that’s how I look at it right now. I’ve gone through this several times. And there’s a lot of candidates, frankly, that you could put in these top five. But I’ve got my top five. I’ve also got some honorable mentions here. I’ve got five honorable mentions that I’m going to hit really quickly. Really quickly so we can get into the top five. So honorable mentions for the most consequential stories of 2025. Now, some of these quote unquote stories are going to be larger topics. This first one’s a good example.
Todd Huff: As an honorable mention, I say the administrative state versus the presidency. This is one that we have talked about on this program for some time. The administrative state versus the presidency. A lot of folks believe without even realizing they believe this, my friends, that there is a fourth branch of government. That there is the executive branch, which is the presidency. The legislative branch, which is Congress. The judicial branch, which is the courts, the Supreme Court and the federal courts. And that there is a fourth branch, which does not constitutionally exist, but some people act as though that there is.
Todd Huff: That there’s this administrative state. That the Department of Justice, for example, is separate from the executive branch. It is not. And I understand. I understand. Well, Todd, what are we supposed to do? We don’t want the part of the government that’s overseeing law and order to look like it’s at the whim of the president. That’s not what the founders wanted. Well, that’s true. Maybe to a point. But they did want it this way because
they created it this way. You know, there’s always attempts to move the executive branch away from the Department of Justice, and you start doing that with other things as well. People act as, or think as though that, you know, hey, this is the way that the administrative state works. It shouldn’t be touched.
Todd Huff: It’s its own branch of government? No, it’s part of the executive branch. And it’s the prerogative of the President of the United States to manage his or her branch. That’s the way that this is set up to work, my friends. And that’s just not the way that it’s been done over time, and I think it’s subtle. I think a lot of people don’t stop and think about it, but they just assume that, hey, these organizations are doing their own thing. But they’re not independent of the executive branch. For example, if the president wants to cut the size of those offices, why can’t he?
Todd Huff: Now you can say, well, Congress has the ability to set up and have oversight. That is true. And there can be a fight as to where some of these lines are drawn. But to act as though that this branch can’t be touched is a very, very naive position, and it’s a far cry from reality as far as what the founders had put into
place. That is a big deal, because this is where DOGE comes in. This is where cutting waste, fraud and abuse comes in. This is where restoring limited government comes into play. And I think this is a big one. And I hate to not put it in the list, but as we get into this, you’re going to realize, like I did, man, there’s a lot of contenders here.
Todd Huff: There’s also a battle over the role of courts. Over the courts. So you may have noticed these are things that we hit on from time to time. I don’t spend a lot of time here, but it’s constantly in the background. You have a court ruling, by the way. This is the second. These honorable mentions are not listed in order. They’re
not in any specific order. These are just five things that could have made the top five.
Todd Huff: So the battle over the role of our courts is critical. You could combine this with what I just mentioned before, the administrative state versus the presidency. You could say that overall these things combined could be a fight over the role of our government, which may be the better way of saying it, but I wanted to get into the specifics just because these things matter tremendously. Anytime the Trump administration issues an executive order or changes a rule or issues a tariff — and listen, I’m not saying that these things shouldn’t go to court — I’m just saying that when they go to court, or a judge makes some order, in some cases that applies, they try to make it apply everywhere. There’s real problems
here.
Todd Huff: And this again, you know, it’s interesting. We talk about the problems in our system of governance. We talk about, you know, the fight for our democracy. The left says this all over, fighting to save our democracy. Folks, we’re fighting to save this republic. We’re fighting to determine to what degree we are going to follow the
letter of the law of our Constitution.
Todd Huff: That’s really what’s at stake here. What’s at risk here. And we’re talking about just this overall battle of the rule of law. And there’s a battle happening in our courts. In our courts over their role, what these judges can do, how
much power they have. There’s a fight over the judicial authority and just how it applies to things that this president — or any president, obviously — can do.
Todd Huff: But this is the one where you see all of the tricks pulled out of the bag. And when you factor in how much time that these legal fights can add to the agenda being fulfilled, then this is a real problem. You don’t want the courts to interfere with politics. You also don’t want, obviously, the executive branch to overstep
constitutional authority.
Todd Huff: So there’s a legitimate fight here. But I think that there’s — it’s very clear — that there has been abuse, judicial malpractice in certain instances as well. That’s another reason these are consequential, because these fights are going to shape what Trump’s going to be able to do in his next three years and the direction that this
country is going to be headed now.
Todd Huff: Another third honorable mention candidate: foreign policy resets that we’ve seen. We’ve seen wars that are ended. We’ve seen peace that has been pursued. Peace that has been achieved to some degree. This is not — listen, I’m not here to tell you that there’s everlasting peace. I’m not one that jumps on that bandwagon, especially
between the peace between Israel and Hamas.
Todd Huff: I mean, these things are so deeply rooted, and there is so much evil that is being openly, openly embraced by these radicals in Hamas that it’s — listen, I don’t have any hope that this is going to be a lasting peace. But nonetheless, the things that have happened, even in Trump’s first 12 months here — we’re almost 11 months or so into the first year of a second term — there’s been some remarkable things
that have happened.
Todd Huff: Between ending wars and protecting American interests abroad, Israel, Hamas, the peace deal there. We have negotiations to end the Russian-Ukraine war. You may have seen even recent headlines as Zelensky and Trump are supposed to be meeting here. Zelensky says he’s prepared to end this war no matter what it takes sort of thing. We’ll see where this goes.
Todd Huff: But there’s a lot of headway that’s been made there, headway that was never made previously under the Biden administration. Of course, we also have new conflict with Venezuela. But that’s a whole — that’s like peeling the layer of an onion. A lot of folks, this may come as a shock to see how much, how quickly that this has escalated. But a lot of Americans, you know, we don’t always even hear talk a lot about international relations or what’s happening on a larger international scale here. But Venezuela, South America, folks — the number of countries in South America over the past decades who have gone to the dark side as far as it concerns politics or political ideology — they’ve been heavily influenced by the Chinese and the Russians and the communists.
Todd Huff: You see leftist governments that have been established and of course collapse, which is what they do. You’ve seen those things happen. Maduro, of course, in Venezuela. But we’ve also seen in recent years some of these countries move back to the right, places like Argentina and not Chile. There are movements back away from
those things. And South America is our — look, they’re in our hemisphere. They’re part of the Americas. This is, so to speak, our backyard, metaphorically speaking. So what happens there has tremendous impact, especially if they’re working with narcoterrorists, if they’re working with the Chinese. These things matter tremendously.
Todd Huff: And so this does — listen. The story of what happens in Venezuela, who knows where this could eventually take us? But if South America begins to reverse the trend of going to the political left, moving to socialist and communist, if that is stopped in Central and South America and that has reversed, my friends, that is good for, of course, American interests and for the entire world.
Todd Huff: You know, a lot of the problems — listen, it’s like some people have problems putting the pieces of the puzzle together. When you think of those countries that I just was referencing in Central and South America that have gone to the extreme left and have suffered tremendously because of that, now you look at the countries, the places where people have migrated from, illegally crossed our borders, fleeing repressive regimes and poverty and drug lords and all this violence and so forth.
Todd Huff: They come from those places to here because those places have been destroyed. Because the ideology produces nothing but poverty, violence, poison, oppression. And so I’ve said for a long time — I’ve said for a long time — the best way to ultimately, ultimately stop the droves of illegal immigrants running or trying or attempting or actually coming into this country is to export the ideas that made America great.
Todd Huff: And so while this conflict with Venezuela is ratcheting up, this is, in fact, what we’re trying to do. This isn’t always pretty. I’m certainly not hoping for anything beyond what we’ve seen as far as the conflict is concerned. But to see pressure put upon these places and to try to clean up the corruption and fix these problems is — this is in the interest of the United States of America and freedom loving people around the world.
Todd Huff: You could also say as a fourth honorable mention here, New York City turning to the left, trying to imitate, I guess, the folks in Venezuela. And they elect the communist, Zoran Momdani. I don’t want to talk much about this. You know, depending upon how you look at this, you can say, well, this is an isolated incident in the city of New York. You can also look at this and say, hey, this is something that could be a bellwether of things to come. Now, I certainly stand by my belief that the vast majority of Americans are not prepared, willing to accept an open socialist. But that being said, that doesn’t mean that there are not pockets of people who do want those things in their particular city.
Todd Huff: So again, this could have consequences. There’s not much to this story right now other than just to say he’s been elected and we’ll see where this goes. But it could be planting the seeds of more socialism. Hopefully not. But certainly around the Democrat Party and maybe even other pockets of leftist lunatics around this great
nation as well.
Todd Huff: We all know how the story ends. But again, it’s a siren song to so many on the left. They love what they hear from these socialists and they just can’t help themselves because it sounds so good. And of course, it fails miserably every single time. So that’s a top story as well. The last honorable mention that I would say most consequential stories of 2025 would be the returning — the restoration, I should say — of law and order in our capital city, Washington, D.C., because Trump deployed the National Guard there, cleaning up things rather dramatically, rather quickly.
Todd Huff: And you think about this on a larger scale. Talk about the issue of law and order. Take the National Guard out of it for a moment, but just look at what it means when a government actually enforces the law consistently again, not just puts things on paper. It’s remarkable to me how many people on the left are impressed by what politicians say or by what is written on some piece of paper.
Todd Huff: If you don’t have the enforcement mechanism or the will to enforce it, it is completely and utterly meaningless. And that’s what we’ve seen. And when you have a leader like Trump — this is something, listen, you don’t have to like Trump — but you ought to be able to see this. To have a guy who’s serious about enforcing these laws and protecting Americans living in these places.
Todd Huff: All Americans everywhere, but specifically the places where crime is rampant and out of control. And you see what happens. You see what happens when the law is actually enforced. You see what happens when you realize that the person making the decisions is actually focused on results, not just getting approval, not just getting
invited to some fancy parties and given some award. He wants to see results.
Todd Huff: It’s amazing to me. And we’ll get to this. This will be a recurring theme with another issue I want to get to that’s actually in our top five. But the restoration of law and order in our nation’s capital when Trump deployed the National Guard is another honorable mention story for 2025. Those are our five top honorable mentions. Now I want to get into the top five most consequential stories of 2025, my friends. Before I do that, let me remind you, if you’re looking to put your logo on an item, whether that’s a piece of apparel, hats, sweatshirts, T-shirts.
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Todd Huff: All right. Looking at the clock here. I’m going to try to at least start the number five most consequential story in 2025. It’s something we’ve talked a lot about recently, and it was a major story in my state. It is the issue of redistricting. Redistricting and the fight for political power. These mid-decade fights over maps in multiple states now, not just Indiana, that are changing the electoral landscape. And it is consequential because these things are being done in advance of the 2026 midterms.
Todd Huff: And what happens in 2026 in those midterms is going to have tremendous impacts on these other things. Some of these other things I’m going to talk about in a moment. It’s going to have impact on other things that I’m not going to talk about here in a moment. It’s going to have impact on the economy. It’s going to have impact on the advances, improvements that Trump’s administration has made in this first year of his second term in office.
Todd Huff: So this is a big deal. It’s the number five, in my opinion, most consequential story of 2025 — the battle over redistricting, the fight for political power as we move into the midterm elections. This will impact all of us in the elections here in 2026, which are just a little over, what, eleven months away now. So got four more to get to, my friends. Doing my best to be as quick and as succinct as possible, but I’ve got to take a time out. You’re listening here to the home of conservative, not bitter talk. I’m your host, Todd Huff. Back in just a minute.
Todd Huff: Welcome back, my friends. We are going through the five most consequential stories of 2025. We had five honorable mentions that I talked about in the first segment as well. I discussed number five on our list of top five — top five list, I should say — redistricting and the fight for political power. That is number five. That will have an impact. This will absolutely — you know, I always — listen, this is like when I come in here, I’m speaking what I say, singing to the choir, right? Preaching to the choir. I know you all get this stuff. But a lot of everyday average Americans don’t.
Todd Huff: And so they might — this idea, this fight over redistricting and how that impacts elections and so forth — it might have seemed like some sort of a theoretical sort of thing. That we’ve had these fights here the past few months, and they’re going to be into the new year as well, with the states that are continuing to seek this
potential outcome prior to the midterms of 2026.
Todd Huff: But it will make itself known. The impact, how important this is, will make itself known in November of 2026. Mark my words. You know this. You know this. But a lot of people don’t connect those dots. It seems like a theoretical, ambiguous sort of — I don’t know — just kind of a strange fight about things that are just in this nebulous of ambiguity.
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Todd Huff: Okay, number four most consequential story of 2025 is simply the economy.
You may have seen what was — inflation — I just saw the other day. Oz, do you pull up —or I’m not inflation — pull up GDP for November. November GDP. I can’t do this on the fly. I think I know the number, but I don’t want to say it.
Todd Huff: So we’ve seen under the previous administration what it looks like to have policies that are damaging to an economy. We see what happens when people in themarket are — yeah, it’s four point three. That’s what I thought it was. Four point three percent GDP. Now, I know there’s a lot of asterisks and things like that that go along with this, but on paper, the reality is it measured four point three percent GDP.
Todd Huff: That is fantastic. I’ll remind you during Obama’s years we were told that two percent — we had to accept as Americans that two percent GDP growth is the new normal. Do you remember this? I do. I’ve been following this stuff for a long time. Two percent GDP growth, we were told, is normal. Now we have four point three percent GDP.
Todd Huff: Remember, we were going to be led into a recession by Trump and these tariffs were going to be paralyzing and all these things. And now you’re even seeing — now you’re even seeing reports about, hey, well, maybe these tariffs aren’t as bad. How did we get it all wrong? You’ve probably seen stories like this. Trump was right. These other folks, these experts, these pointy-headed elitists were wrong. So growth, inflation — inflation is back under control, my friends. Remember when Trump left office, we had — it was incredible. Biden took inflation up to nine percent. I don’t even know — part of me thinks the true story is over, is double digits — but it’s nine percent.
Todd Huff: Inflation. Cost of living pressures were just devastating to people. And this is something that affects people in their everyday lives. They’re sitting around figuring out how are we going to pay for a place to live, how are we going to pay for groceries and gas, and how are we going to do these things for the kids in college or whatever it is that people are planning to do, start a business.
Todd Huff: And it has been absolutely horrific out there. But we’ve made tremendous strides in these past twelve months thanks to Trump again. And that is the fourth most consequential story of 2025, is the economy. And more good things are to come. In fact, prepare yourself for a 2026 that could be off the charts. This could be a fantastic year coming up. We are in a good position. There are still real problems, especially when it comes to our debt and deficit. I’m not here to sugarcoat all that. But as far as it comes to the growth of the economy, the confidence that we are headed in the right direction, these things are certainly on
the right path.
Todd Huff: Number three most consequential story of 2025 is border security and immigration enforcement. Folks, these next three, I think you could put any one of these arguably at number one. And possibly even the economy. I don’t — I think it’s probably at least number two or down. But these next three, I think, are absolutely just unmatched in how impactful they are on the direction of this country.
Todd Huff: Border security. When Trump came into office, it is remarkable. And of course, we talked about this at the time. We talked about this at the time when Biden took office. When Biden took office and basically undid everything that Trump had done to secure the border — remain in Mexico policy, all that sort of stuff — and then
immediately, immediately the number of border encounters skyrocketed.
Todd Huff: And it remained that way for the next four years until Trump came into office. And within a few short — within thirty days — effectively secured the border. It is unbelievable to me how quickly he did it. I had no doubt that he could accomplish it. What I was surprised at — even someone optimistic, little old me — I was shocked
and surprised at how quickly he made these improvements.
Todd Huff: Major improvements to border security. But not just to the security — not just to securing the actual border — but also to removing individuals who aren’t supposed to be in this country. By the way, this is the enforcement of law. I referenced this earlier when I was talking about the honorable mention of restoring law and order to our nation’s capital with the National Guard.
Todd Huff: We’ve restored law and order to the issue of illegal immigration. All that’s happening is the enforcement of law. People are losing their minds because the law is being enforced and it’s not been enforced for such a long time. This has untold positive consequences when it comes to the cost that the American taxpayer has for illegal immigration.
Todd Huff: When it comes to drugs that have come across the border, human trafficking, when it comes to gangs that have come up from places — by the way, like our friends in Venezuela — sending up people. You’ve got Tren de Aragua, you’ve got MS-13, all that. That has been stopped or impacted by border security. Human lives will be saved because of these actions. Gotta take a break, my friends. Quick time out. Back in just a minute.
Todd Huff: Ah yes, my friends, I am quite pleased myself today. I’ve got the top two stories — the most consequential stories of 2025 — that I want to get to. It’s a lot to get to, and I knew that. And listen, I didn’t get to talk about some of these as much as I’d like, and I don’t get to talk about the remaining two as much as I’d like. But I’m doing my best here just to get through these today.
Todd Huff: And I would like your thoughts. What do you think about my list? What do you think I have right? What do you think I have wrong? What have I forgotten? How would you change the list? Whatever. As I told you off the top, this is my list as of now. I could be persuaded that maybe something needs moved up, down, whatever.
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Todd Huff: Number two most consequential story of 2025 is simple. It is the return of Donald J. Trump to the White House. Now, I gotta tell you, I went back and forth. Is this its own story? Because a lot of the stories that I talked about are the result of this being the story.
Todd Huff: So for example, number three — what’s happened with border security and border enforcement, immigration enforcement — wouldn’t even be a story without this one. So they’re related in a way, but yet they’re their own separate stories in another way. Trump winning the election of 2024 — which that doesn’t get him the headline, because that was a 2024 story — but when he was sworn in in January of 2025,
Todd Huff: we had a presidency that reset the federal agenda, reshaped the direction of policies, impacted the economy, impacted the border, impacted the ability or the willingness to enforce the law and restore law and order in this country again. And so many things stem from that. Now some of you might think, well, how is that not number one? Well, I gotta be honest, again, I said numbers one, two, and three — I thought you could make the case for all of these being the most consequential. And initially I thought I was going to have Trump being sworn in for a second term in January of 2025 as number one.
Todd Huff: But as I sat and thought about this, I really believe — I truly believe — the most consequential story of 2025 is the assassination of Charlie Kirk. I truly believe this. September 10, 2025, Utah Valley University. He’s assassinated. He’s killed in front of students. Many people have seen it. It’s just terrible stuff. Leaving behind a widow, leaving behind all the drama that we’ve seen even transpire at Turning Point here — the AmFest last week or whenever that was, a couple weeks ago. Just the conspiracy theories and I just — all of that stuff, right? But the facts are that Charlie Kirk leaves behind a widow and a couple of children.
Todd Huff: I think, though — I think that this story and what happened, this tragedy — oh, these things are so sad and tragic — but I think that this has the greatest consequence, the greatest impact on change coming out of this. I think — listen — I think that the return of Trump to the White House has an impact on this country for the
next three years now, absolutely.
Todd Huff: I think it could impact even who’s going to be the president in 2028. I
think that there’s a lot of things that Trump’s return to the White House, without any
doubt, can cause. But I think — I think, you know, when you think about these things,
there’s layers to this. There’s the politics of this, but then there’s the heart and the
minds of Americans.
Todd Huff: And the assassination of Charlie Kirk awakened a lot of people. It inspired a lot of people. Listen, that sounds — seeing someone stand up for their beliefs and try to just simply articulate them and make the case — a solid young man sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ, sharing the beauties and the blessings that we have
in this nation — it inspired people.
Todd Huff: And there were people who heard that message, people that never would have heard conservative truths, biblical truths that were being proclaimed by Charlie Kirk, that they never would have heard outside of this. And listen, the assassination — the act of evil — should never have happened. It’s a terrible, terrible thing. But it reminds me of the Bible, the stories of the Bible. It reminds me of the story of Joseph. He told his brothers, “What you intended for evil, God used for good.” And I think that this story — this story of Charlie Kirk’s life and death — could have the greatest impact on a movement for years to come.
Todd Huff: I’m out of time, my friends. I gotta go. SDG.
