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What Trump Wants

notus.org · 10h · first reportShare

President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Today’s notice: Iran plans remain elusive. The latest White House press secretary goss. House campaign updates from Michigan and Pennsylvania. And: Darline Graham’s campaign cash haul. THE LATEST If there’s an Iran plan, it’s a secret. Two House Republicans told NOTUS that they weren’t given talking points on the current status of the war by the White House before they left Washington for their August recess. A MAGA influencer who had been invited to private briefings with Vice President JD Vance and other top officials said the outreach has ceased and information is scarce. And it’s been more than 100 days since the Department of Defense held a press briefing. Left in the dark are Donald Trump ’s political allies, who not only want to help the president sell the Iran war but desperately need something substantive to say ahead of the fast-approaching midterms. NOTUS’ Jasmine Wright and colleagues tell the story of how the White House’