After the event, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Bloomberg TV that the signing Trump referred to took place two days ago and that it codified tariff agreements the United States and China made in the Geneva and London negotiations. It was not a comprehensive trade deal between the world's two largest economies.

Despite holding the title of defense secretary, Pete Hegseth has been reportedly iced out from Trump's war planning talks on Iran.

Democratic efforts in the Senate to prevent President Donald Trump from further escalating with Iran have fallen short