On Monday, President Donald Trump arrived in Israel to formalize a historic peace deal and also to take a victory lap as he spoke to the Knesset as the U.S. ally celebrates the release of hostages just over two years since Hamas launched its deadly terror attack on Israel.
Trump has been openly campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize since he returned to the White House, talking up his supposed skills as a dealmaker and savvy businessman. He notably brought Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to heel after Netanyahu bombed Qatar.
He also said that the actual Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, told him, "I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it."
But Trump's focus on foreign affairs has largely come at the expense of focusing on arguably the most pressing challenge he faces right now: ending the government shutdown.
So far, Trump only had one perfunctory meeting with leaders in Congress before he posted a racist trope video of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero standing alongside Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer saying nobody likes Democrats because of "all of our woke trans bulls*** in an AI fake.
Where the Trump administration has engaged in the government shutdown talks, it's mostly been through Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, who has announced cancellations of projects and the firing of federal workers. Trump likened him to the grim reaper in a recent Truth Social post.
This has mostly left House Speaker Mike Johnson to fend for himself.
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