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Trump allies describe a White House consumed by Iran and struggling to sell its wins.
President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on May 27, 2026 in Washington, D.C. | Jacquelyn Martin/AP
President Donald Trump’s second term started with the “days of thunder.” Now, he’s battling a different kind of storm.
A year and a half into his second term, Trump’s legislative agenda is stalled in a Congress he has undermined. He has yet to end the war he started in Iran, let alone the one he’s spent months trying to end between Russia and Ukraine. A series of court rulings has stopped the administration in its tracks on everything from an “Anti-Weaponization Fund” that could have been used to compensate the president’s political allies to renaming the Kennedy Center.
