Trump plans rare Cabinet meeting at Camp David amid Iran tensions

Donald Trump was set to take his Cabinet to Camp David for a rare meeting Wednesday, a move that immediately gave the gathering more weight than a routine session at the White House. The plan could still change if inclement weather rolls through the Washington, D.C., area.

A White House official said all Cabinet members were expected to attend, and the meeting was expected to highlight administration successes in the economy, small business, the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, and foreign policy updates. Tulsi Gabbard, the outgoing director of national intelligence who leaves her post June 30, was also expected.

The choice of Camp David matters because the secluded mountain retreat has long signaled urgency, privacy and high-stakes diplomacy. This meeting comes as the administration faces heightened tensions over Iran after new U.S. strikes and renewed pressure on diplomacy, making the Cabinet session feel like a foreign-policy huddle as much as a domestic update.

Formally known as Naval Support Facility Thurmont, Camp David sits in Catoctin Mountain Park in Frederick County, Maryland, near Thurmont and Emmitsburg. The White House says Franklin D. Roosevelt began using the retreat for diplomacy, Winston Churchill attended the first such meeting there in May 1943, and the 1978 summit there produced the Camp David Accords with Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin. Bringing the Cabinet there remains unusual, and that rarity is part of the message: the administration is using a place built for secrecy and diplomacy to underscore the stakes abroad and the cohesion it wants to project at home.