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President Donald Trump is reportedly set to convene a full Cabinet meeting at Camp David on Wednesday, as tensions with Iran grow increasingly thin.
The report was circulated by multiple outlets and confirmed by Fox News on Tuesday. The upcoming meeting represents a somewhat rare move that has set tongues wagging about the content of the discussion amid a tenuous ceasefire with the Iranian regime.
Negotiations with Iran have been somewhat difficult, but President Trump has signaled that discussions could be entering a final phase, noting this week that things were “proceeding nicely!”
“It will only be a Great Deal for all or, no Deal at all — Back to the Battlefront and shooting, but bigger and stronger than ever before — And nobody wants that!” he wrote on Truth Social.
Another development on the negotiation front is the president’s announcement that Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile would be destroyed, whether inside or outside of the regime, is to be determined.
“The Enriched Uranium (Nuclear Dust!) will either be immediately turned over to the United States to be brought home and destroyed or, preferably, in conjunction and coordination with the Islamic Republic of Iran, destroyed in place or, at another acceptable location, with the Atomic Energy Commission, or its equivalent, being witness to this process and event,” President Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday.
The upcoming meeting at Camp David also comes just after the United States struck Iran following the IRGC’s reported attempts to lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
“U.S. forces conducted self-defense strikes in southern Iran today to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces,” CENTCOM Spokesman Capt. Tim Hawkins told Jennifer Griffin, who shared the comments on social media. “Targets included missile launch sites and Iranian boats attempting to emplace mines. U.S. Central Command continues to defend our forces while using restraint during the ongoing ceasefire.”
CENTCOM also released a statement on Tuesday clarifying reports in the media suggesting that the U.S. Navy had begun to escort or assist commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, via Project Freedom, which was paused weeks ago.
“Project Freedom has not resumed, and U.S. forces are not currently escorting commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz,” CENTCOM stated.
