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Camp David, Iran, and “Winning”
President Donald Trump held a Cabinet meeting at Camp David on Friday, using the retreat near Thurmont, Md., as he said he and the United States “just want to win” in the war with Iran.
““We just want to win,””
Trump told reporters at the meeting that “They cannot have a nuclear weapon,” and when asked whether Americans should be prepared for back-and-forth strikes between the US and Iran to continue, he responded, “A little bit.”
The Hill reported the meeting was the 13th Cabinet gathering of Trump’s second term, coming three months before the November midterm elections, and it described Trump as also seizing on Spain’s migration crisis.
The Hill said Trump began the meeting by noting it was “something very unique,” and it quoted Trump describing Camp David as “a very, very special room.”
Spain migration and Minnesota cyberattacks
At the Camp David meeting, Trump linked his warnings about Spain to the midterms, saying, “It looks like an invasion of a country by hundreds of thousands of people,” and adding, “that same thing is going to happen to us if the Republicans don’t get elected.”
The Hill reported that “Some 60,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into Spain’s tiny Ceuta territory over the past 24 hours,” and it said “at least 57 have died on the journey.”
The Hill also said Trump deflected blame for cyberattacks that targeted 30 water systems in Minnesota by calling Democratic leadership “grossly incompetent,” and it quoted him: “They blame it on Iran.”
In the same exchange, Trump said, “I don’t think so. I think I blame it on Minnesota because they’re grossly incompetent,” while the article noted agencies had warned that Iranian hackers were targeting water and wastewater systems.
Hamas deal, anti-weaponization fund
During the question-and-answer session after the public portion ended after about an hour, Trump commented on the latest developments regarding the war in Iran and a deal he announced Thursday involving the Palestinian group Hamas.
“Trump also lamented that a $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund to compensate his allies was “dead””
The Hill reported Trump called the Hamas agreement a “great breakthrough,” and it said the administration framed it as helped along by the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran, which the article described as Hamas’ prime backer.
The Hill also said Trump lamented that a $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund to compensate his allies was “dead,” and it quoted him saying, “I wish it weren’t, to be honest with you.”
Trump continued to defend those who could benefit from the fund, mainly people who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and The Hill quoted him: “Their families have been ruined,” adding that those people “wanted to go to a rally or an event and ended up spending the rest of their lives in horror.”
