Trump dodges questions on Iran after returning to Washington
The article reports that after returning to Washington, President Donald Trump did not speak to reporters and dodged questions about Iran, rather admiring new statues in the rose Garden. It states that over the weekend the U.S. military, in coordination with Israel, launched a large-scale operation against Iran, targeting the regime’s military infrastructure and claiming the death of former Supreme leader Ali Khamenei. The piece notes that three U.S. service members have died in the operation, and that Trump has largely avoided direct media engagement, opting for video statements on Truth Social rather than a conventional press conference. The content is presented behind a paywall, and the article also lists several “Recommended Stories” related to Trump and the Iran operation.
Trump dodges questions on Iran after returning to Washington
President Donald Trump did not speak to reporters after returning to Washington, D.C., on Sunday night, dodging questions about Iran and instead admiring new statues in the Rose Garden of the White House.
The U.S. military began a large-scale military operation against Iran over the weekend with Israel, battering the regime’s military infrastructure and killing former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Despite the stunning developments and the announcement that three U.S. service members have already died in the operation, Trump was markedly silent when he returned to the White House.
Press barraged him with questions about Iran when he was taking in new statues of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson in the Rose Garden. But he ignored their requests for comment and instead fixated on the statues.
“Unbelievable statues, come and look at them,” he told the reporters gathered outside, before walking away.
Trump has thus far avoided addressing the media directly since the start of the Iran mission, dubbed “Operation Epic Fury,” on Saturday.
He did not host a press conference in announcing the mission, instead opting for a video address posted on his Truth Social account. Trump posted another video address on Sunday afternoon, in which he gave an update on the operation and addressed the service members’ deaths.
The president has also spoken to some media outlets, though none were recorded.
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The lack of media exposure is hardly normal for Trump and has not always been the case with the announcement of military campaigns he has launched in his second term.
While the first Iran operation against its nuclear sites last summer originally saw just a short address from Trump with no questions, he took numerous questions from reporters after the U.S.’s military’s capture of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro in January.
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