President Trump announced a sweeping economic campaign against Iran on Tuesday, describing it as the most far-reaching economic action his administration has taken against any single country following Tehran’s refusal to accept a negotiated agreement.
In remarks characterizing the effort as an “Economic D-Day,” the President said Iran’s navy, air force and industrial base have been degraded, its currency devalued, and its economy left in a precarious state. He extended the warning beyond Iran’s borders, telling other governments and commercial actors that any party providing an oil-smuggling route, a currency swap line, a ship registry or a front company for the Iranian regime would face significant economic consequences of its own. The President reiterated his standing position that Iran will not be permitted to obtain a nuclear weapon. Separately, he signed a new National Space Transportation Policy, an action tied to a stated target of one thousand launches per year by 2030.
The daily guidance released by the press office showed a largely closed-press schedule. The President began the day with Executive Time at 8 a.m., taped a radio interview at 9 a.m., convened a policy meeting in the Oval Office at 11 a.m., and held Signing Time at 2 p.m. Pool call time was set for 9 a.m., and the press office issued a lunch lid until 1:10 p.m. Earlier in the morning, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spoke with reporters outside the White House, where he said he expects bond prices to continue falling and anticipates the recent oil price spike to recede once the economic measures take effect. Bessent confirmed that the national debt has crossed forty trillion dollars and argued that economic growth remains the primary mechanism for addressing it. He also criticized a Democratic attorney general over what he characterized as corporate welfare, citing a tariff refund of nearly one billion dollars collected by Target on Chinese and other foreign-made goods. Reporters shouted questions on Iran and the economic action as rain moved through the area. Later in the afternoon, country music artist Luke Bryan appeared in the briefing room and posed for photographs at the podium; the White House did not indicate the purpose of his visit.
At 3:48 p.m., the President and First Lady Melania Trump entered the Rose Garden for an event expanding her signature initiative. Roughly two hundred chairs had been set out under eighty-eight degree heat and heavy humidity, with jazz playing as guests arrived. The First Lady opened her remarks by telling the audience, “Good afternoon. I heard you missed me.” Kevin Hassett, Doug Burgum, Jarrod Agen and Sen. Markwayne Mullin were among those seated. IndyCar drivers Scott Dixon, Alexander Rossi, Graham Rahal and Scott McLaughlin presented the First Lady with a commemorative hat, and Roger Penske delivered remarks. The program began ten minutes ahead of schedule and ran eighteen minutes. The President stood alongside the First Lady throughout.
According to a White House statement, IndyCar and Fox Corporation donated two million dollars to fund Fostering the Future scholarships at Indiana University and Purdue University, bringing the program’s network to twenty-six participating schools. An IndyCar race car carrying BE BEST and Fostering the Future branding was displayed in the Rose Garden. The car is scheduled to run in the Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington this weekend on FOX. Elsewhere, Cabinet secretaries traveled across the country: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Dubuque, Chris Wright in the Permian Basin, Sean Duffy in Grand Rapids, Doug Collins at the Omaha VA, Howard Lutnick in Bakersfield, Kelly Loeffler in Indiana, and Sen. Mullin in Alaska. Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to visit a manufacturing plant in Brewer, Maine, on Monday.
This is the White House Rundown from Next News Network, anchored by Chief White House Correspondent Gary Franchi, covering presidential actions, press guidance and official communications from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue over the previous twenty-four hours. The program is carried by streaming partner Trump Daily Posts.
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