{"id":2607479,"date":"2026-05-27T15:25:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T19:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-takeaways-from-trumps-12th-cabinet-meeting\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T15:26:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T19:26:48","slug":"five-takeaways-from-trumps-12th-cabinet-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-takeaways-from-trumps-12th-cabinet-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Five takeaways from Trump&#8217;s 12th Cabinet meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Ffive-takeaways-from-trumps-12th-cabinet-meeting%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=2607479&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>President Donald trump\u2019s 12th Cabinet meeting of his second term was held at the White House, where officials emphasized recent enforcement steps on immigration and other domestic wins, including efforts aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-designates-fentanyl-as-a-weapon-of-mass-destruction\/\" title=\"... designates fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction\">reducing fentanyl flow<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-faces-an-absolutely-brutal-september-filled-with-high-stakes-deadlines\/\" title=\"Congress Faces An Absolutely Brutal September Filled With High-Stakes Deadlines\">lowering drug prices<\/a>. The meeting, though, was dominated by uncertainty around negotiations for an end to the Iran war peace talks.<\/p>\n<p>trump said he wouldn\u2019t be cozy allowing Russia or China to take over iran\u2019s enriched uranium,and he suggested he wants countries such as Saudi Arabia,the UAE,and Qatar to join the Abraham accords-though he indicated that wouldn\u2019t be a strict condition. He also acknowledged that the governance may be able to strike a good deal,but not necessarily a perfect one.<\/p>\n<p>In other developments, Trump publicly praised outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard for what he characterized as reforms and efforts against terrorists and cartel members. He then interrupted Cabinet updates to discuss construction and beautification projects in Washington, D.C., pitching lengthy details about renovations around major landmarks. Trump also dismissed claims about anti-ICE protesters,once again asserting they are \u201call paid for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>the administration canceled a planned Cabinet event at Camp david due to bad weather,marking a rare off-site visit that would have possibly given Trump more room to discuss the Iran war and election politics away from cameras.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> 12th Cabinet meeting of his second term took place at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"125\">White House<\/a> on Wednesday. The administration defended its <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/immigration\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/immigration\/\">immigration<\/a> policy, including cracking down on illegal border crossings over the last 12 months, reducing fentanyl inflow from the southern border, and achieving a 50% drop in drug prices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But hanging over the meeting was the state of the<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\"> Iran<\/a> war peace deal negotiations.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4583706\/trump-vance-fraud-save-social-security-balanced-budget\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says Vance\u2019s anti-fraud efforts will save Social Security and lead to \u2018balanced budget\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4583285\/watch-live-trump-holds-cabinet-meeting-white-house\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WATCH LIVE: Trump holds Cabinet meeting at White House<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4583044\/pam-bondi-return-thyroid-cancer-battle\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Pam Bondi to make Trump administration return after undisclosed thyroid cancer battle<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump claimed that high <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gas-prices\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"940\">gas prices<\/a>, due to the war, will come down. Yet stipulations over how to end the war are still unclear as Trump remains adamant that Tehran cannot possess a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Trump bragged that his administration is cracking down on \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/waste-and-fraud\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"610\">waste, fraud<\/a>, theft, and abuse like nobody\u2019s ever seen before,\u201d preparing for the United States, Canada, and Mexico to host the World Cup, and improving Washington\u2019s infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the top five takeaways from the roughly 98-minute meeting:<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-trump-throws-up-roadblocks-to-iran-deal\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump throws up roadblocks to Iran deal<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly three months since the Iran war started, the administration is still working furiously to negotiate a peace deal with Tehran. But there are a few key details that Trump insists must be hammered out. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump did not appear willing to allow Russia or China to take over Iran\u2019s enriched uranium as part of any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-a-protester-interrupt-a-live-ukrainian-news-segment\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did A Protester Interrupt A Live Ukrainian News Segment?\">future peace deal<\/a> to end the Iran war.\u00a0\u201cNo, I wouldn\u2019t be comfortable,\u201d he told reporters when asked about the issue. \u201cThat would not make me comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/energy\/iran-has-not-agreed-hand-over-highly-enriched-uranium-stockpile-senior-iranian-2026-05-24\/\">reportedly<\/a> not agreed to give \u200bover its highly \u200benriched uranium stockpile as part of a preliminary peace deal with the U.S. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump also claimed he wanted to see Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and others join the Abraham Accords as part of a deal, but admitted it would not be a requirement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019d like to have them join the Abraham Accords. It\u2019ll be historic if they do it,\u201d he said. \u201cI think they owe that to us. To be honest, I think, because that really would be a tremendous sign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">  \u201cI\u2019m not going to give you, you know, what\u2019s contingent, what\u2019s not,\u201d added Trump. \u201cI can say that we can make a good deal right now, but maybe not a great deal.\u201d <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-trump-praises-outgoing-dni-director-tulsi-gabbard\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump praises outgoing DNI Director Tulsi Gabbard <\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toward the beginning of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cabinet\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2618\">Cabinet<\/a> meeting, Trump offered several words of praise for Gabbard, who <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4579695\/tulsi-gabbard-resigns-after-husbands-bone-cancer-diagnosis\/\">resigned <\/a>from her role as director of national intelligence after her husband, Abraham Williams, was diagnosed with bone cancer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI want to express our tremendous gratitude to our outgoing director of national intelligence, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tulsi-gabbard\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1024\">Tulsi Gabbard<\/a>, who\u2019s a terrific person, actually,\u201d Trump said. \u201cTulsi has worked tirelessly to restore trust and focus on the intelligence, and with the intelligence community, they all respected her.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president also praised Gabbard\u2019s role in working with FBI Director Kash Patel,\u00a0acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, and Vice President JD Vance to crack down on terrorists. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe was able to expose a lot of things that we used at the FBI with Kash, with Todd, with JD, and everybody else was amazing,\u201d Trump said. \u201cShe dramatically reformed the Office of Director of National Intelligence, cutting the staff by 40%, and she prevented countless terrorists and cartel members from entering the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gabbard is the latest high-profile female Cabinet member to leave the administration, following former Attorney General Pam Bondi and former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who were dismissed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gabbard did not speak during the meeting, unlike other Cabinet members, such as Secretary of State Marco Rubio or Vance.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-i-love-construction\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018I love construction\u2019<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just over a half-hour into the meeting, Trump interrupted the flow of Cabinet member updates to deliver one of his own regarding construction projects across <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"260\">Washington, D.C.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president and the Interior Department have rushed into a series of beautification projects ahead of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/america-250\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"20120\">America 250<\/a> celebrations this summer, including a complete renovation of the Lincoln Memorial\u2019s reflecting pond, which Trump described at length for around 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump claimed that the Lincoln Memorial project required removing 10 dumpsters of garbage from the reflecting pool and that he drew inspiration for the new reflecting pool from his experience building a new pool at his country club in Sterling, Virginia, some two decades prior.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOver the years, I built hundreds of pools. I build them every time I build a building. I always like to build Olympic-sized swimming pools, and I was very aware of swimming pools \u2014 what goes into making a swimming pool. It\u2019s not as simple as people think. You never want it to leak, you want a beautiful surface,\u201d he explained. \u201cIt\u2019s very exciting, actually, to me. I love construction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump also noted that he personally donated around $10 million to renovate Lafayette Park, just north of the White House, but surprisingly did not comment on his biggest D.C. project: the renovation of the East Wing and construction of a new White House ballroom.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-ice-protesters-are-all-paid-for\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">ICE protesters are \u2018all paid for\u2019<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this year, it looked like the president\u2019s deportation agenda was going to be a major liability for Republicans heading into November\u2019s midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, two killings of American citizens by deportation officers in Minnesota led the president to shuffle Department of Homeland Security leadership and seek to carry out his agenda with a self-described \u201csofter touch.\u201d As the war in Iran stole headlines this spring, the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >immigration issue slowly slid<\/a> to the background, but over the holiday weekend, anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters in New Jersey, including a number of Democratic politicians, reignited the conversation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump was asked to comment on the scene during Wednesday\u2019s meeting, where he once again claimed that the protesters are \u201call paid for\u201d by some outside organizing group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou can see by the signs \u2014 the signs are all made by the same beautiful factory. It\u2019s a printing plant. In fact, I\u2019m thinking about using it, they do such a nice job. These aren\u2019t protesters, these people are fake. They\u2019re all paid for,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cWe run the finest facilities anywhere in the world of their type, but we have some horrible killers. We have killers, we have guys that have murdered numerous people in there, and these are the people they\u2019re trying to protect.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-5-a-canceled-field-trip\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. A canceled field trip<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump had planned on hosting Wednesday\u2019s affair at Camp David, the historic presidential retreat in rural Maryland, before traveling to New York later this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The canceled trip, scuttled Tuesday by the White House due to inclement weather, would have been a rarity for the president. The only trip to the compound in his second term came last summer, and he instead frequently spends weekends away from Washington, D.C. at his private clubs in Florida or New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The builder-in-chief hasn\u2019t openly criticized Camp David itself but has previously hinted that he doesn\u2019t personally enjoy the property in the same ways as his predecessors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4583706\/trump-vance-fraud-save-social-security-balanced-budget\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4583706\/trump-vance-fraud-save-social-security-balanced-budget\/\">TRUMP SAYS VANCE\u2019S ANTI-FRAUD EFFORTS WILL SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND LEAD TO \u2018BALANCED BUDGET\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCamp David is very rustic,\u201d he said during an interview back in 2020. \u201cIt\u2019s nice, you\u2019d like it. You know how long you\u2019d like it? For about 30 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, the off-site venue would have given the president more freedom to discuss the Iran war and, potentially, the midterm elections. The press is not typically allowed access to the facility. Former President Joe Biden held a trilateral summit with the leaders of Japan and South Korea in 2023, marking the first visit by reporters since former President Barack Obama hosted the G8 there in 2012.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s 12th Cabinet meeting: immigration defended; Iran deal uncertain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4297,"featured_media":2607480,"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\/05\/AP26147592135167.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[41383,39998,3634,32127],"class_list":["post-2607479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cabinet-meeting","tag-policy-updates","tag-trump","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26147592135167.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607479","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\/4297"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2607479"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2607483,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607479\/revisions\/2607483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2607480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2607479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2607479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2607479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}