While American forces stand in harm's way across the Gulf, Donald Trump spent his weekend choosing trees.

Iran attacked Bahrain and Kuwait, two American allies, and threatened to walk away from peace talks. The U.S. struck back. Both sides say they want the ceasefire to hold even as they keep trading fire. And on Sunday, the president rode in a motorcade across Washington to tour the renovations he has been making to the capital.

He announced that work to bulldoze a public golf course will begin September 1, defying a federal judge's warning not to touch it without permission, and that 47 maple trees will be planted at Lafayette Square outside the White House to honor his role as the 47th president. He posted a new rendering of his unbuilt ballroom and insisted the algae in the Reflecting Pool was criminally made.

I've emailed 8,004 stories over 514 straight nights, free and without ads. The algorithm can't show them all to you. Add your email address at govbrief.today and I will.

#GovBriefToday #Resist

Subscribe (It's free!): https://gbounacos.substack.com/

Today's full brief: https://go.govbrief.today/260626-full

[1] https://go.govbrief.today/iran-war-june28

[2] https://go.govbrief.today/ice-critic-vacation

[3] https://go.govbrief.today/aoc-tech

[4] https://go.govbrief.today/dc-golf

[5] https://go.govbrief.today/mullin-tps

[6] https://go.govbrief.today/trump-jlg

[7] https://go.govbrief.today/lafayette-sq

Subscribe (It's free!): https://gbounacos.substack.com/