President Trump is hosting his cabinet at Camp David on Thursday for the first time in his second term, a session that comes as the United States has resumed military strikes against Iran following the collapse of a de-escalation memorandum.
The meeting, scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. ET, marks a return to the presidential retreat for Trump, who last visited Camp David in June. That trip came shortly after he signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at de-escalating tensions and setting up a framework for a final deal with Iran, according to The Gateway Pundit.
That agreement has since fallen apart, and the U.S. military has renewed its bombing campaign against Iranian targets this week after a brief pause.
Renewed Strikes and a Collapsed Framework
U.S. forces carried out attacks on Iran on Tuesday and Wednesday, following a lull in operations that began when Trump called off strikes last Friday to continue negotiations. The pause was short-lived, however, after Iran launched what the U.S. military described as a “surprise attack” on American forces in the Middle East on Tuesday.
Speaking on Wednesday, Trump vowed a forceful response, saying, “We’re going to beat the f*cking sh*t out of them,” according to The Gateway Pundit. The remark came after Iran attempted missile strikes on a U.S. base.
U.S. Central Command released footage of Wednesday night’s strikes after the roughly two-hour-long mission concluded, The Gateway Pundit reported. No strikes were reported on Thursday, the day of the cabinet meeting.
A Return to Camp David
Thursday’s meeting is the first cabinet gathering at Camp David during Trump’s second term. The president had previously planned a similar trip in May but scrapped it, citing “bad weather conditions,” according to The Gateway Pundit.
The choice of Camp David as the venue for the meeting carries symbolic weight, given that the June session there was tied to the now-defunct Iran memorandum. The retreat has historically served as a setting for high-stakes negotiations and closed-door deliberations.
The meeting comes at a moment of heightened military activity and diplomatic uncertainty, with the administration balancing its stated willingness to negotiate with its ongoing use of force against Iranian targets.
Source: www.thegatewaypundit.com — https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/07/watch-live-president-trump-holds-cabinet-meeting-camp/