Trump’s 22nd week: this is what happened last week

President Donald Trump spent his 22nd week in the oval office by participating in the G-7 summit, while managing the conflict in the Middle East, after Israel launched preventive strikes on Iran after months of attempted nuclear negotiation in the midst of the renewed concern that Iran advanced its nuclear program.

The country and the world waited during the 22nd week of Trump as commander-in-chief to see how the president plans to respond to the crisis in the Middle East.

The week started after the president celebrated his 79th birthday and participated in the massive parade in Washington, DC, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the US military on Saturday.

Vance to meet the federal police forces, the navies of Los Angeles in the midst of the anti-ice riots

The country and the world waited during the 22nd week of President Donald Trump as commander-in-chief to see how the president planned to respond to the crisis in the Middle East. (Evan Vucci / The Associated Press)

He then traveled Sunday evening in Alberta, Canada, for the G-7 summit, where he participated in several meetings of meetings with allies. The president met leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the European Union.

But the situation in the Middle East returned the president to the White House one day earlier.

The initial strikes of Israel on Iran on June 12 were part of its “Rising Lion Operation”, which targeted the Iranian nuclear and missile infrastructure. The strikes killed the best Iranian military leaders and beyond.

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The Israeli Air Defense system of the Iron Dome draws to intercept the missiles during an Iranian attack on Tel Aviv, Israel, on June 18, 2025. (Leo Correa / The Associated Press)

Iran said that strikes were a “declaration of war” and launched its own strikes on Israel – with a missile dam hitting the Jewish state throughout the week, some made it possible to cross the Israeli defense of the iron dome system and cause destruction.

On the way back to Washington, DC, the president stressed that Iran was “very close” to develop a nuclear weapon.

Earlier in June, the estimate of the International Atomic Energy Agency said that Iranian stocks included 60% enriched uranium which could become 90%. And last week, General Erik Kurilla, the head of the American central command, before the preventive strikes of Israel, said that Iran had the equipment to build a nuclear weapon within a week.

The Trump administration had been engaged in talks with Iran to conclude an agreement on its nuclear program, and the president urged the Islamic State to conclude an agreement. But the country withdrew from the current talks with the United States. The last series of conferences was scheduled for June 15.

The president, Monday evening, before leaving the G7, once again declared that Iran “should have signed the” deal “that I told them to sign”.

“What a shame and a waste of human life,” said Trump. “He simply said that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.”

The president added, in his social post, that he “said it again and again!”

“Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!” Trump posted.

Trump weighs striking Iranian nuclear installations: “I can do it, I may not be”

On Tuesday, the president announced that the United States had “complete and total control of the sky on Iran”. He also said that the supreme leader in the location of Iran Ali Khamenei had been determined.

The president said Khamenei is “an easy target”, but that it is “sure” in his hiding place.

“We are not going to get him out (kill), at least for the moment,” said the president. “But we don’t want missiles to be pulled on civilians or American soldiers. Our patience is thin.”

Supporters of Iraqi pro-Iranian groups have a cutting of President Donald Trump with a shoe around the neck, during a demonstration in Baghdad near the Green Zone, the ultra-secure district welcoming the United States Embassy, ​​on June 16, 2025, in the middle of Israel-Iran, the embassy embassy. (Ahmad al-Rubaye / AFP via Getty Images)

As for whether the United States strikes Iranian nuclear installations, the president said: “I can do it, I may not be.”

“Yes, I can do it. I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I’m going to do. I can tell you this, that Iran has a lot of problems, and they want to negotiate,” Trump told journalists on Wednesday. “And I said, why didn’t you negotiate with me before all this death and this destruction? Why didn’t you go? I said to people, why didn’t you negotiate with me two weeks ago? You could have done well. You could have had a country. It’s very sad to look at this.”

Trump, going back to his first administration, said that he refused to spread his military plans in advance. The White House said that the president would make his decision on how to manage Iran in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, the anti-immigration riots and customs that broke out in Los Angeles earlier in June slowed down while the president was waiting for a decision of the Federal Court in the Governor of California Gavin Newsom against the Trump administration for sending the National Guard without his authority.

A demonstrator signals an American and Mexican flag during a demonstration in Compton, California, on June 7, 2025, after the federal immigration authorities carried out operations. (Ethan Swope / The Associated Press)

Trump, earlier in June, ordered the National Guard to help the police in the midst of violent protests.

Thursday evening, the American court of appeal for the ninth circuit ruled unanimously in favor of Trump, saying that the president is authorized to keep control of the troops of the National Guard deployed in Los Angeles. The decision suspended an order from the lower court which referred the command of the troops to Newsom.

A president has not made a decision concerning the deployment of a national guard without the authorization of the Governor of the State since 1965.

Trump, in an article in his social truth, praised the court of appeal for their decision, praising him as a “victory”.

California Governor Gavin Newsom and President Donald Trump (Getty Images)

“Great victory before the ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on the president’s main power to call the National Guard!” Trump posted. “The judges obviously realized that Gavin Newscum is incompetent and badly prepared, but it is much larger than Gavin, because everywhere in the United States, if our cities and employees need protection, we are those who give them if the police and the local police could not, for any reason, to do the work.”

The president added: “This is an excellent decision for our country, and we will continue to protect and defend the American respectful Americans. Congratulations to the ninth circuit, America is proud of you tonight!”

Friday, Vice-President JD Vance went to Los Angeles to visit a multi-aging federal joint operations center and a federal mobile command center.

The vice-president also met leaders of the federal police deployed in Los Angeles, as well as the American navies deployed in the city.

Emma Colton and Diana Stancy of Fox News contributed to this report.