Overview
- The Atlantic, which published its reporting Wednesday, quoted a confidant saying Trump has been telling insiders he is “the most powerful person to ever live.”
- A senior administration official told the magazine that he feels unburdened by politics and cited that outlook as a reason for ordering the strike on Iran.
- Follow-on coverage reported efforts to put Trump’s name and face on government materials and to replace the White House East Wing with a new ballroom.
- Reporting also detailed a prolonged war with Iran that has yet to yield a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as key U.S. allies keep their distance.
- Raw Story said unnamed insiders were told to prepare for an extended blockade of Iran, a claim that remains unconfirmed.