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Donald Trump’s attack on the president of Ireland in front of Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin in the Oval Office hit a rough patch on Tuesday afternoon.

As the president jumped from topic to topic, he was pressed about comments made by the Irish president who stated, “The normalization of war can never be accepted. Now, more than ever, we must renew our commitment to peace and diplomacy in line with the principles of international law as set out in the United Nations charter.”

President Donald Trump lashed out at his former director of National Counterterrorism Center on Tuesday following the official’s resignation out of protest over the U.S. war against Iran, calling him “weak” and “not smart.”

Joe Kent was tapped by Trump in early 2025 to lead his administration’s key counterterrorism agency, and has long been seen as a loyal supporter of Trump and the MAGA movement. The Trump administration’s war against Iran, however, was apparently a bridge too far for Kent, who offered his resignation earlier on Tuesday in protest.

House Speaker Mike Johnson attempted to define President Donald Trump's claim that he would end the Iran war when he feels it in his bones to mean "informed by the intelligence."

"President Trump recently said that the war in Iran will be over when he feels it in his bones," a reporter told Johnson on Tuesday. "What does he mean by that?"

The abrupt resignation of Donald Trump’s director of the National Counterterrorism Center with a very public rebuttal of the Iran war could lead to more officials fleeing the embattled White House.

Early Tuesday morning, Joe Kent, who worked hand-in-hand with Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, dealt a devastating blow to the president’s war narrative that was already being greeted with no small amount of skepticism.

An explosive Senate committee meeting last week made headlines after Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) lashed out at immigration expert David Bier over what he called "hyperbolic” social media posts critical of the Trump administration, but on Monday, Bier revealed that he was taken aback by the GOP senator’s ill-prepared attacks.

“I am a little surprised that he seemed unprepared for his interrogation of me,” Bier told The Bulwark in a video interview. “He didn't really come with any arguments.”

President Donald Trump's call for reinforcements to open the Strait of Hormuz just created the "worst of all possible worlds," according to one analyst.

On Monday, Trump made several contradictory statements about whether the U.S. needs other countries to help it open the Strait of Hormuz, which accounts of 20% of all global energy trade. The Iranian regime has effectively closed the Strait to the U.S. and Israeli ships in retaliation for the two countries' conducting a coordinated bombing campaign in Iran that began in late February.

MS NOW's Rachel Maddow was beside herself on Monday as she discussed the Trump administration's latest "show-stopping scandal."

Earlier in the day, Mother Jones reported that the Trump administration is working to free Alexander Smirnov, a Russian spy who was indicted for passing false information about former President Joe Biden to the FBI. A recent court filing revealed that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is working on the effort to get Smirnov out of prison, which stunned Maddow.

A former White House ethics lawyer yelled on MS NOW while discussing President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as he entered what the lawyer described as the "World Series of corruption."

Over the weekend, The New York Times reported that Kushner has been soliciting funds for his investment firm while conducting diplomatic business on behalf of the U.S. government. Kushner is seeking to raise $5 billion from countries in the Middle East such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar, according to the report. This is happening at a time when Kushner is working with representatives for these countries on international issues, like releasing the hostages in Gaza and negotiating a settlement for the war in Iran.

Political analysts and observers were stunned on Monday after President Donald Trump casually dropped a threat to start a new war during a press conference in the Oval Office.

During an exchange with Peter Doocy of Fox News, Trump said he will take Cuba "in some form" at some point during his presidency.

A CNN political insider floated a new theory on Monday about the "former president" that President Donald Trump claims he spoke to about his decision to strike Iran.

Trump claimed during a press conference in the Oval Office that he had spoken with a "former president" who said he "wished" he had made the same decision to bomb Iran as the Trump administration. When pressed by reporters about the claim, Trump did not reveal who he was referring to. Former President Bill Clinton's team told CNN Senior Reporter Daniel Dale that Trump has not spoken with Clinton about Iran. Trump also denied speaking with presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.