President Donald Trump’s 12th Cabinet meeting of his second term took place at White House on Wednesday. The administration defended its immigration policy, including cracking down on illegal border crossings over the last 12 months, reducing fentanyl inflow from the southern border, and achieving a 50% drop in drug prices.But hanging over the meeting was the state of the Iran war peace deal negotiations.Trump claimed that high gas prices, due to the war, will come down. Yet stipulations over how to end the war are still unclear as Trump remains adamant that Tehran cannot possess a nuclear weapon.
Meanwhile, Trump bragged that his administration is cracking down on “waste, fraud, theft, and abuse like nobody’s ever seen before,” preparing for the United States, Canada, and Mexico to host the World Cup, and improving Washington’s infrastructure.
Here are the top five takeaways from the roughly 98-minute meeting:
Trump throws up roadblocks to Iran deal
Nearly three months since the Iran war started, the administration is still working furiously to negotiate a peace deal with Tehran. But there are a few key details that Trump insists must be hammered out.
