Trump visited the Federal Reserve headquarters, signed the rescissions package, and headed off to Scotland this week.

His comments come after Trump's top envoy, Steve Witkoff, said yesterday that he was pulling the U.S. team of negotiators out of Doha, Qatar, after Hamas' latest response in the talks, saying it "clearly shows a lack of desire to reach a ceasefire in Gaza."

The usual deflection tactics — releasing unrelated information, blaming Democrats and the media — haven't worked with this controversy.