The US president said he must remain at the White House due to “circumstances pertaining to Government”
US President Donald Trump has abruptly canceled plans to attend his son Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding this weekend, saying he must remain in Washington due to unspecified “circumstances pertaining to government.”
The Trump administration was preparing for a fresh round of military strikes against Iran, but no final decision had been made, CBS News reported on Friday, citing sources with direct knowledge of the planning.
Axios reported that Trump convened his senior national security team on Friday morning to discuss Iran, including the state of negotiations and possible scenarios if talks collapse. Vice President J.D. Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and other officials reportedly attended the meeting.
“I feel it is important for me to remain in Washington, D.C., at the White House during this important period of time,” Trump wrote in a cryptic message on Truth Social.
Trump had hinted at the reason on Thursday, telling reporters that the wedding was “not good timing” because of “a thing called Iran and other things.”
The White House has changed Trump’s weekend schedule as Washington awaits Tehran’s response to what CBS described as the “final” US proposal to end the nearly three-month war. The offer was reportedly transmitted to Iran on Wednesday with a warning that rejecting it would mean the resumption of strikes.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said before flying to India that the US expected to receive Iran’s response through Pakistan, which has acted as an intermediary. Axios reported that Pakistani Field Marshal Asim Munir traveled to Tehran on Friday, while a Qatari delegation also arrived to support the mediation effort.
Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with the negotiations in recent days and, according to Axios, has raised the possibility of a final “decisive” major military operation, after which he could declare victory and end the war.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned this week that any renewed US or Israeli attacks could widen the conflict beyond the Middle East, promising “crushing blows” in places Washington and West Jerusalem “cannot even imagine.”
Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday that talks were ongoing but that a deal was not close. A source close to Tehran’s negotiating team told Tasnim that the current focus remained on ending the war and that no other issue would be negotiated until that was achieved.
So the bottom line is secretary of State Marco Rubio said before flying to India that the US expected to receive Iran’s response through Pakistan, which has acted as an intermediary. Wonder how this will land.
In other words axios reported that Trump convened his senior national security team on Friday morning to discuss Iran, including the state of negotiations and possible scenarios if talks collapse. Curious to see how this develops.
Basically axios reported that Trump convened his senior national security team on Friday morning to discuss Iran, including the state of negotiations and possible scenarios if talks collapse. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
In other words “I feel it is important for me to remain in Washington, D.C., at the White House during this important period of time,” Trump wrote in a cryptic message on Truth Social. Curious to see how this develops.
What stands out is “I feel it is important for me to remain in Washington, D.C., at the White House during this important period of time,” Trump wrote in a cryptic message on Truth Social. That is the part worth paying attention to.
The fact that trump had hinted at the reason on Thursday, telling reporters that the wedding was “not good timing” because of “a thing called Iran and other really puts things into perspective.
In other words secretary of State Marco Rubio said before flying to India that the US expected to receive Iran’s response through Pakistan, which has acted as an intermediary. Curious to see how this develops.
Basically trump had hinted at the reason on Thursday, telling reporters that the wedding was “not good timing” because of “a thing called Iran and other. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
The bigger issue here is the White House has changed Trump’s weekend schedule as Washington awaits Tehran’s response to what CBS described as the “final” US proposal to end the nearly three-month war. That changes the calculation.
The detail about axios reported that Trump convened his senior national security team on Friday morning to discuss Iran, including the state of negotiations and possible scenarios if talks collapse is something people should sit with.
What stands out is secretary of State Marco Rubio said before flying to India that the US expected to receive Iran’s response through Pakistan, which has acted as an intermediary. That is the part worth paying attention to.
Basically the White House has changed Trump’s weekend schedule as Washington awaits Tehran’s response to what CBS described as the “final” US proposal to end the nearly three-month war. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
So the bottom line is trump had hinted at the reason on Thursday, telling reporters that the wedding was “not good timing” because of “a thing called Iran and other. Wonder how this will land.
Reading that “I feel it is important for me to remain in Washington, D.C., at the White House during this important period of time,” Trump wrote in a cryptic message on Truth Social — hard to argue with the logic there.
So the bottom line is secretary of State Marco Rubio said before flying to India that the US expected to receive Iran’s response through Pakistan, which has acted as an intermediary. Wonder how this will land.
In other words axios reported that Trump convened his senior national security team on Friday morning to discuss Iran, including the state of negotiations and possible scenarios if talks collapse. Curious to see how this develops.
Basically axios reported that Trump convened his senior national security team on Friday morning to discuss Iran, including the state of negotiations and possible scenarios if talks collapse. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
In other words “I feel it is important for me to remain in Washington, D.C., at the White House during this important period of time,” Trump wrote in a cryptic message on Truth Social. Curious to see how this develops.
What stands out is “I feel it is important for me to remain in Washington, D.C., at the White House during this important period of time,” Trump wrote in a cryptic message on Truth Social. That is the part worth paying attention to.
The fact that trump had hinted at the reason on Thursday, telling reporters that the wedding was “not good timing” because of “a thing called Iran and other really puts things into perspective.
In other words secretary of State Marco Rubio said before flying to India that the US expected to receive Iran’s response through Pakistan, which has acted as an intermediary. Curious to see how this develops.
Basically trump had hinted at the reason on Thursday, telling reporters that the wedding was “not good timing” because of “a thing called Iran and other. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
The bigger issue here is the White House has changed Trump’s weekend schedule as Washington awaits Tehran’s response to what CBS described as the “final” US proposal to end the nearly three-month war. That changes the calculation.
The detail about axios reported that Trump convened his senior national security team on Friday morning to discuss Iran, including the state of negotiations and possible scenarios if talks collapse is something people should sit with.
What stands out is secretary of State Marco Rubio said before flying to India that the US expected to receive Iran’s response through Pakistan, which has acted as an intermediary. That is the part worth paying attention to.
Basically the White House has changed Trump’s weekend schedule as Washington awaits Tehran’s response to what CBS described as the “final” US proposal to end the nearly three-month war. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
Defense Secretary is in a tough spot here, curious how they navigate it.
So the bottom line is trump had hinted at the reason on Thursday, telling reporters that the wedding was “not good timing” because of “a thing called Iran and other. Wonder how this will land.
Reading that “I feel it is important for me to remain in Washington, D.C., at the White House during this important period of time,” Trump wrote in a cryptic message on Truth Social — hard to argue with the logic there.