Trump, under pressure on Iran, takes his Cabinet to the woods

Under pressure over Iran, President Donald Trump convened his Cabinet at Laurel Lodge in the woods near Camp David, a setting his predecessors used for privacy but that Trump typically avoids. The meeting came Friday amid an “Iran war without end” and polling concerns, and Trump said it would be “something very unique.” It lasted under three hours and included red diner mugs in place of the White House’s cream-and-gold china, and Trump traveled by golf cart rather than a black suburban. He largely avoided direct talk about the conflict while Secretary of State Marco Rubio steered to other global issues. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth praised Trump’s “courage.”