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  White House President is ‘singular guiding hand’ on what occurs next, State Dept. spokeswoman says President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as workers install a large flag pole on the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images) By   John T. Bennett Posted June 18, 2025 at 3:07pm As President Donald Trump exited the East Room last Thursday following an impromptu midday news conference, he dismissed a reporter’s question about what it would take to get Iranian officials back to the negotiating table. Six days later, amid the president’s rapid shift from a diplomatic to a hawkish approach to Iran’s nuclear arms program, the Trump communications operation is waving off questions about the commander in chief’s consideration of joining Israeli strikes on Iran. The uncharacteristic communications strategy has given oxygen to Democrats to raise warnings about direct American involvement in the conflict. On Thursday, a CQ Roll Call reporter...

David Strom     12:00 PM | June 05, 2025 AP Photo/Alex Brandon This is gonna be fun to watch.  Ed wrote a great piece this morning about the  "reviews" of Karine Jean-Pierre's book , which is currently vaporware.  It's not the book that is the target of all this bile pouring forth, but Karine Jean-Pierre herself. After years of pent-up anger, the opportunity to strike out at her has attracted all comers.  Ed's piece focused on the "external" reviews--Scott Jennings and Stephen A. Smith taking KJP apart. And they were hilarious. After all the "now it can be told" books basically ignored KJP's role in Biden Brain Boondoggle, the actual appearance of KJP has reminded people of why they hated her so much.  Apparently, nobody hates Karine as much as her former colleagues, who apparently radiate it with the heat of a thousand suns. When Alex Thompson--whose book barely mentions her--asked her former colleagues yesterday about what they thought ab...