WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Last weekend, President Donald Trump greeted guests at a children’s charity gala inside his private Mar-a-Lago club. “Have a good time, everybody,” Trump told the crowd, clad in gowns and tuxedos. “We gotta go work.”
Then, beyond heavy, gold-plated doors and layers of security at the same estate, he watched “Operation Epic Fury” unfold from a separate space converted to a makeshift “situation room.” From there, the president, alongside his top aides and national security officials, observed B-2 bombers striking Iranian military targets and Israeli forces targeting senior Iranian leadership, ultimately killing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The White House released photographs of the heavily curtained space, complete with rows of classified phone lines and monitors.
Then, early Saturday morning, Trump announced a “massive and ongoing” U.S. military operation in Iran from Mar-a-Lago’s presidential press room.
By the night’s end, Trump moved from war planning to a Republican fundraiser all
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