Trump moves Cabinet meeting to White House over storm threat

Donald Trump pulled his Cabinet meeting off Camp David and brought it back to the White House, citing possible bad weather conditions as thunderstorms threatened the Washington, D.C. area and raised doubts about travel by Marine One.

The move, announced Tuesday, delayed what would have been Trump’s first return to the Maryland retreat in almost a year. The Cabinet had been set to meet Wednesday at Camp David, where White House officials said all members were expected to attend, including outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.

The switch was more than a weather adjustment. Camp David has long served as a secluded setting for major national-security and diplomatic decisions, a place associated with distance from Washington’s daily churn and with carefully managed symbolism. Moving the meeting back to the White House kept Trump in the center of the capital and underlined his preference for controlling both setting and timing.

The meeting was expected to cover foreign-policy and domestic matters, including the administration’s economy and small-business record, highlights from the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud and updates on foreign affairs. Iran was widely expected to dominate the discussion as tensions deepened and negotiations over a peace deal continued.

Trump said the session was scrapped “based on the possible bad weather conditions.” The National Weather Service forecast showers likely and thunderstorms possible for the Frederick, Maryland area on Wednesday, with a high near 80 and a 70 percent chance of precipitation.

The retreat carries extra weight because Camp David itself is one of the most consequential backdrops in American diplomacy. It hosted the 1978 Camp David Accords signed by Jimmy Carter, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, and it has been used for major national-security meetings for decades.

Trump had held a Cabinet meeting at Camp David before, in September 2017 during his first term, when the session was closed to the press and focused on Hurricane Irma. He also visited Camp David in June 2025 for what the White House called a regular off-campus retreat of principals. For Trump, the latest change turned a planned seclusion into a public return to the White House, where the setting itself became part of the message.