{"id":2574993,"date":"2026-03-01T21:40:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T02:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-dodges-questions-on-iran-after-returning-to-washington\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T21:41:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T02:41:25","slug":"trump-dodges-questions-on-iran-after-returning-to-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-dodges-questions-on-iran-after-returning-to-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump dodges questions on Iran after returning to Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-dodges-questions-on-iran-after-returning-to-washington%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2574993&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cartel-kidnaps-mexican-marines-after-authorities-arrest-boss-wife\/\" title=\"Cartel Kidnaps Mexican Marines After Authorities Arrest Boss\u2019 Wife\">large-scale operation<\/a> against Iran, targeting the regime\u2019s 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >largely avoided direct media engagement<\/a>, 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 \u201cRecommended Stories\u201d related to Trump and the Iran operation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump dodges questions on Iran after returning to Washington<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2519086\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> did not speak to reporters after returning to Washington, D.C., on Sunday night, dodging questions about <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\">Iran<\/a> and instead admiring new statues in the Rose Garden of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\">White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. military began a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mic-problems-leave-biden-bumbling-in-high-stakes-meeting-with-putin\/\" title=\"Mic Problems Leave Biden Bumbling In High Stakes Meeting With Putin\">large-scale military operation<\/a> against Iran over the weekend with Israel, battering the regime&rsquo;s military infrastructure and killing former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4476333\/trump-predicts-more-us-deaths-iran\/\">Trump predicts more US deaths in Iran operation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4476327\/trump-iran-operation-four-weeks\/\">Iran operation to last four weeks, Trump says<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4476091\/trump-good-candidates-lead-iran\/\">Trump teases &#8216;good candidates&#8217; to lead Iran after Khamenei&#8217;s death<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Unbelievable statues, come and look at them,&rdquo; he told the reporters gathered outside, before walking away.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has thus far avoided addressing the media directly since the start of the Iran mission, dubbed &ldquo;Operation Epic Fury,&rdquo; on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>He did not host a press conference in announcing the mission, instead opting for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-governor-doug-ducey-signs-election-integrity-bill-reforming-absentee-voting\/\" title=\"Arizona Governor Doug Ducey Signs Election Integrity Bill Reforming Absentee Voting\">video address posted<\/a> 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kirbys-veteran-rebuff-confirms-white-houses-disdain-for-military\/\" title=\"Kirby\u2019s Veteran Rebuff Confirms White House\u2019s Disdain For ...\">service members&#038;rsquo<\/a>; deaths.<\/p>\n<p>The president has also spoken to some media outlets, though none were recorded.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4476333\/trump-predicts-more-us-deaths-iran\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4476333\/trump-predicts-more-us-deaths-iran\/\">TRUMP PREDICTS MORE US DEATHS IN IRAN OPERATION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.&rsquo;s military&rsquo;s capture of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro in January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump dodges Iran questions on return; admires statues<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2574994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/trump-dodges-iran-questions.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3823,5894,4245,3634,4086],"class_list":["post-2574993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-iran","tag-politics","tag-questions","tag-trump","tag-washington"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/trump-dodges-iran-questions.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2574993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2574993"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2574993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2574997,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2574993\/revisions\/2574997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2574994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2574993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2574993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2574993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}