EXCERPT:
HOLMES: "Yeah, I mean, that was wild, Erin. And I do want to be very clear: There are so many White House officials who have been telling him day in and day out that inflation is a problem for him, that higher gas numbers are a problem for him, that this war in Iran is a problem for him because it is causing problems within the economy, which they believe that Americans care the most about. Just a reminder: part of the reason that President Trump was successful in 2024 is because his team and he were tapping into what Americans cared about in terms of the economy in a way that others just weren't. Now you see President Trump distancing himself from this. Now, president from grows increasingly frustrated when he feels like the messaging isn’t on his side, when he feels like he doesn’t have anything to rely on, to talk about to positives. He is one who likes to spin any situation, and it’s becoming much, much, much harder to actually spin what’s happening with the war in Iran and what’s happening currently with the economy. President Trump there lashing out at reporters, this is what he does when he can’t spin the narrative in the way that he wants to spend it. And I will tell you, going into this, as you say, consequential summit with President Xi, this is happening at a time where now the Iran war is looming over this. President Trump thought it was going to be over by now. That’s why he delayed this six weeks. He thought this wouldn’t be something that was going to cause any kind of overshadowing of the summit, but yet here we are again."