White House report card: One week away from peace in Iran, again
Welcome to Friday’s edition of Washington Secrets. As usual, our strategists run the rule over Trump’s week to see if he’s winning or losing. (Spoiler alert: The Democrat comes to a different conclusion to the Republican.) Secrets is taking a break next week, so will be missing from your inbox on Monday and Tuesday, but will be back down to business on Wednesday.
TL;DR
- Donald Trump is days away from meeting Xi Jinping in Beijing.
- Attention is divided between the Iran conflict and Trump's personal interests.
- Trump announced "Project Freedom" to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz, a plan later pulled.
- Trump-backed challengers defeated state senators in Indiana who opposed his redistricting efforts.
- The president downplayed concerns about rising energy costs.