Shots Fired at WHCD, Iran Talks, Oil at $105, Cybercab Rolls Off the Line | MT Brief Podcast

Monday briefing — April 27, 2026. Six stories, one thread.

A gunman was stopped forty feet from the WHCD ballroom Saturday night. The Curran-era Secret Service reforms held. We break down the suspect, the DOJ response, and what changed since Butler.

Then: Trump canceled the Witkoff-Kushner trip to Pakistan hours before Iran talks were set to begin. His words — "we have all the cards." We walk through the three quantitative anchors behind that claim and why Araghchi's pivot to Moscow doesn't mean what most coverage says it means.

Oil: Brent at $105, Hormuz closed 40+ days, and why the Saturday cancellation barely moved futures. We lay out the two scenarios into May and the MBS-Trump call that ties OPEC discipline to CCP pressure.

Fed: FOMC meets Tuesday-Wednesday. Powell's final stretch, Warsh waiting in the wings, and why the June meeting matters more than this one.

Musk v. Altman: Jury selection begins today. Why dropping 24 of 26 counts is a sharpening, not a retreat — and the four-wall siege Musk is running around OpenAI.

Tesla Cybercab: First units off the Giga Texas line. Unit economics at $0.21/mile vs. rideshare at $2.50. Plus Optimus production timelines and the Walmart and Boeing LOIs.

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