White House report card: Bombs, ballots and a welcome jobs boost
Welcome to Friday’s edition of Washington Secrets. If a friend sent you this and you’d like to sign up, CLICK HERE. Today, we bring you the usual roundup of the White House week, plus we get the lowdown on who was present and who was missing from the U.S.-Venezuela oil deal ceremony. Have a great holiday weekend, and Secrets will be back at it on Tuesday.
TL;DR
- President Donald Trump's week was characterized by 'bombs, ballots, and a ballroom'.
- The week included addressing foreign challenges and questions about his focus on midterm elections.
- U.S. forces carried out strikes on rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz.
- The launchers were reportedly positioned to deploy naval mines.
- This marked the first U.S. strikes in a month against Iran.