Trump Holds 13th Cabinet Meeting at Camp David
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- Trump convened his 13th Cabinet meeting of his second term at Camp David, joined by new cabinet-table additions.
- Jay Clayton, incoming director of national intelligence, and Keith Sonderling, secretary of Labor, made their debut appearances at the meeting.
- Trump called Blanche a 'pawn' in the fight over the anti-weaponization fund during questions with reporters.
- Trump described Iran's leaders as 'very dishonest' in his remarks from Camp David.
- Trump lambasted the Senate during the press availability, though the available transcript cuts off mid-thought.
Why it matters: The 13th Cabinet meeting reinforces the pace of Trump's second-term personnel churn — Clayton's arrival at DNI and Sonderling at Labor — while his simultaneous attacks on Blanche and Iran's leadership show the administration continuing to fuse domestic personnel grievances with foreign policy posture in a single media cycle.
