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that there are discussions underway at the White House about whether or not President Trump is going to have to start wearing a bulletproof vest for future events in public.
Jackie.
Now that in the last day and a half we have seen oil prices come down as much as any single day since COVID, officials here are really optimistic that they will soon be proven right about gas prices.
In the meantime, officials in the West Wing have been tasked with highlighting good economic news that has nothing to do with the war in Iran.
And they have decided to send President Trump on a West Coast swing to promote the impact last year's Big Beautiful Bill can have on this year's tax returns.
Now that in the last day and a half we have seen oil prices come down as much as any single day since COVID, officials here are really optimistic that they will soon be proven right about gas prices.
In the meantime, officials in the West Wing have been tasked with highlighting good economic news that has nothing to do with the war in Iran.
And they have decided to send President Trump on a West Coast swing to promote the impact last year's Big Beautiful Bill can have on this year's tax returns.
Officials here are making no apologies.
There's no second thoughts about the president's very, very strong language yesterday where he was talking about ending Iran as a civilization.
They believe here, based on the ceasefire that has started, has been announced, that the tough rhetoric is the reason the Iranians have agreed to a ceasefire, at least in principle.
And so they like the way that things are going here.
They are still just trying to figure out how to marry up a 15-point White House proposal with a 10-point Iranian proposal.
After the F-15E shootdown became public, the president's first comment on Truth Social was, keep the oil, anyone?
He also posted earlier today, our military, the greatest and most powerful by far anywhere in the world, hasn't even started destroying what's left in Iran.
Then electric power plants.
New regime leadership knows what has to be done and has to be done fast.
The president confirmed this crash won't change his plans for negotiations with Iran, telling NBC, no, not at all.