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A former presidential envoy said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump signaled the U.S. plans to escalate the war in Iran during his primetime address to the nation.

Trump spoke for about 19 minutes on Wednesday, where he addressed a lot of outstanding questions people have been asking about the war in Iran, which has gone on for about five weeks. Trump said the U.S. is nearing completion of its objectives in the war, and called on the rest of the world to figure out how to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which the Iranian regime has effectively blocked since the war began.

Political analysts and observers were outraged on Wednesday after a video of President Donald Trump's faith advisor comparing him to Jesus.

Trump hosted an Easter event at the White House with evangelical groups. The event was supposed to be private, but Trump's speech was posted on the White House's YouTube channel until it was made private later in the day. At one point, Trump's faith advisor, Paula White-Cain, compared Trump to Jesus because the two men had been "betrayed and arrested and falsely accused."

MS NOW's Chris Hayes broke down all the key points of President Donald Trump's speech on the Iran war on Wednesday evening — and tore apart most of the major false claims made during the address.

"That was the President of the United States with a 19-minute address from the Blue Room there in the White House, addressing the war with Iran," said Hayes. "If you were expecting something new, you did not get it. It was a litany of lies that he's told before."

President Donald Trump befuddled the nation on Wednesday with a strange rant about the war in Iran, in which many observers remarked very little was said that was new.

Trump gave his first national address since the war started about five weeks ago. He spoke about the progress made in the war and said the U.S. has "nearly completed" all of its objectives. He also made several astonishing claims, such as calling on NATO allies to purchase oil from the U.S. or "take it" from the Strait of Hormuz and describing Iran as one of the world's great powers.

President Donald Trump gave NATO allies a stark ultimatum during his national address on Wednesday night.

The speech was the first address Trump has given since the war in Iran started about five weeks ago. Trump addressed the progress of the war and claimed the U.S. is "nearing completion" of its objectives. He also told NATO allies that they have two choices to make when it comes to reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway that Iran has effectively shut down in retaliation for the continued bombing strikes.

President Donald Trump made a startling claim about the U.S.'s involvement in the war in Iran during his national address on Wednesday night.

Trump's speech was the first address he's given since the war began about five weeks ago. Since then, the president has offered shifting rationales for conducting coordinated bombing strikes across Iran, which have killed the country's top political and military leadership.

Former Republican National Committee chair and Trump administration critic Michael Steele pinpointed the moment of Supreme Court oral argument on Wednesday that he believed was a true body blow to Trump's executive order to abolish birthright citizenship, in a discussion on MS NOW's "The Weeknight" with Cody Wofsy of the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project."

All told, aside from a few favorable questions from far-right Justice Samuel Alito, experts — including some Trump highly respects — broadly agreed the argument was a disaster for the government, with the order all but certain to be struck down.

A Fox News host was forced to clarify Wednesday for viewers that a bizarre national security scandal embroiling Kristi Noem's family was not an April Fools' Day joke.

The ousted former Homeland Security secretary was reportedly "devastated" to learn that her husband, Bryon Noem, had a fetish for cross-dressing, specifically a "bimbofication" fetish scene.

A political analyst ridiculed Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday for dismissing the concerns that many Americans have about rising oil prices as a result of the war in Iran.

Oil prices have spiked over the last five weeks since the U.S. and Israel began conducting bombing strikes against Iran. Data from AAA show that the price of a gallon of regular gas has increased to an average of $4.06, up from $2.98 a month ago. The cost of diesel has increased to $5.49 from $3.98 a month ago, significantly affecting some truck drivers and logistics companies.

The first manned flight to the moon in half a century was scheduled to launch on Wednesday.

The mission, known as Artemis II, will send four astronauts aboard an Orion spacecraft to the moon for a 10-day flyby. Americans Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, and Victor Glover, and Canadian Jeremy Hansen will crew the spacecraft.

A top MAGA lawyer melted down on Wednesday after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara, a case that could determine whether birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment is constitutional.

MAGA lawyer Mike Davis, who leads the Article III project, joined Steve Bannon on his "War Room" podcast to discuss the oral arguments, which President Donald Trump attended. Both Bannon and Davis said Trump's solicitor general, John Sauer, did a "phenomenal job" arguing Trump's case before the court.

Conservative analyst Scott Jennings could barely finish his thought about the birthright citizenship case the Supreme Court is hearing before a CNN host gave him a swift fact-check.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could determine whether birthright citizenship, as outlined in the 14th Amendment, is constitutional. The case stemmed from an executive order President Donald Trump signed last year that declared children who are born to parents in the U.S. illegally are not citizens.

Conservative analyst Scott Jennings got heated during a panel discussion on CNN's "The Arena" on Tuesday after new polling found the American public largely does not approve of President Donald Trump's war in Iran.

A new poll from CNN revealed that two-thirds of Americans disapprove of the war, and 63% said they believe the conflict will develop into a prolonged war. Another 70% of respondents said they oppose sending ground troops to Iran, and another 71% of respondents said they want Congress to reject the Pentagon's $200 billion funding request for the war.