While the world watched Trump fall apart, something worse was brewing

Hope For America with Heather Delaney Reese · May 29, 2026 · 14m

An angry and physically deteriorating Donald Trump sat slumped forward at the head of the Cabinet Room table, his shoulders sagging and his eyes so swollen they struggled to stay open as live cameras aired his twelfth Cabinet meeting. Marco Rubio sat stiffly to his right while Pete Hegseth watched from his left, both men wearing the tense, uneasy expression of people realizing the president was once again slipping off course in front of the world. But today's meeting had one purpose only: to distract from the unraveling of his presidency and to serve as cover for the dangerous things his…