{"id":22495,"date":"2026-07-30T23:41:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T18:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=22495"},"modified":"2026-07-30T23:41:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T18:41:25","slug":"donald-trump-quickly-walks-away-from-reporter-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=22495","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Quickly Walks Away From Reporter Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<p>President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> walked away from reporters Thursday as they shouted questions in pursuit of updates Iran war updates.<\/p>\n<p>Trump spoke in front of the White House to announce his \u201cFreedom Haulers\u201d initiative to train and recruit military veterans for commercial trucking careers. In addition, Trump announced a strict federal crackdown on CDLs for non-citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Trump closed the presentation by saying, \u201cThis is going to be a big day for our wonderful patriots, are great veterans. They are going to produce like nobody else can produce. I want to thank you and especially all those people you are going to be hiring, and I know a lot of your competitors are also doing the same thing, so it is going to be really fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump thanked Transportation Secretary <strong>Sean Duffy<\/strong> and others, then closed with, \u201cBye. Thank you,\u201d before turning on his heel and escaping into the White House as reporters shouted after him. The strains of \u201cYMCA\u201d drowned out the questions, but one could be heard clearly <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Acyn\/status\/2082887539539742741\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saying<\/a>, \u201cHow long do you expect the war with Iran to last?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Trump raged to Fox News\u2019s <strong>Trey Yingst<\/strong> that \u201cwe are going to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/trump-rages-about-surprise-iran-attack-to-fox-news-were-going-to-beat-the-fcking-sht-out-of-them\/\">beat the f*cking sh*t out of [Iran]<\/a>\u201d in response to Tuesday night\u2019s surprise attack on U.S. troops in Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>Trump went on to say, \u2018We\u2019ll be hitting them hard. They\u2019re going to get a beating,\u2019\u201d Yingst told <em>Fox &amp; Friends.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday night, U.S. Central Command announced that it completed a \u201cheavy wave of strikes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt 10 p.m. ET on July 29, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces successfully completed a heavy wave of strikes against Iran in response to yesterday\u2019s attempted missile attacks on U.S. forces,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2082651747869147214\">CENTCOM reported<\/a>, continuing:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>CENTCOM assets struck dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in Iran, including military command centers, missile and drone facilities, coastal surveillance and defense sites, and maritime capabilities. The strikes aimed to further diminish threats posed by Iran and its proxies to American forces, commercial shipping, and neighboring Gulf countries.<\/p>\n<p>On July 28, IRGC forces launched multiple ballistic missiles from Iran in an attempted surprise attack on U.S. forces based in the Middle East. All Iranian missiles were successfully intercepted.<\/p>\n<p>More than 50,000 U.S. service members are currently deployed to the Middle East and remain highly vigilant, focused, lethal, and ready.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Watch the clip above via C-SPAN.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>New: The Mediaite One-Sheet &#8220;Newsletter of Newsletters&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe now!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump walked away from reporters Thursday as they shouted questions in pursuit of updates Iran war updates. 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