President Donald Trump’s shifting statements on Iran have made it difficult for even allies to know the real plan for the war — let alone defend it to the American people.
Two House members told NOTUS that they weren’t given talking points on the current status of the war by the White House before they left Washington for the August recess. A MAGA strategist who had been invited to private briefings about the war with Vice President JD Vance and other top officials said those meetings have ceased and information is scarce. And it’s been more than 100 days since the Department of Defense held a press briefing for reporters.
“I don’t feel like I have good insight into their messaging strategy,” one person close to the Department of Defense said, requesting anonymity to speak freely. “I don’t feel like I understand it actually at all.”