Trump Hosts Full Cabinet at Camp David as Iran Deal Talks Falter After U.S. Strikes
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Updated · CNBC · May 26
Trump Hosts Full Cabinet at Camp David as Iran Deal Talks Falter After U.S. Strikes
6 articles · Updated · CNBC · May 26
Wednesday’s Camp David meeting will bring Trump and his full Cabinet together as the White House weighs Iran talks, fresh U.S. strikes in southern Iran and the Israel war.
Tuesday’s strikes, which CENTCOM said were self-defense to protect U.S. troops from Iranian threats, undercut expectations of an imminent deal after Trump said Saturday an agreement had been largely negotiated.
Trump then narrowed that optimism, saying Monday any accord with Iran must be meaningful or there will be no deal, with fighting otherwise returning "bigger and stronger than ever before."
Marco Rubio said reopening the Strait of Hormuz is essential "one way or the other" and that work on deal language could still take a few days, while Pakistan rejected Trump’s push to fold Abraham Accords signings into an Iran deal.
The rare Camp David session underscores the stakes: the retreat has hosted major U.S. diplomacy before, and the war-driven disruption in Hormuz has already triggered a global energy supply shock.
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