Trump’s Saturday: LIV golf, punishing gas prices and radio silence from Iran
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Key Points:
- Illinois Governor Pritzker criticized Rep. Duffy for taking a seven-month family road trip filmed for a reality series while serving in the Cabinet, with Duffy's wife defending the trip as nonprofit-funded.
- Rep. Ted Lieu condemned MAGA evangelical leaders for focusing on worshiping a "golden calf" amid rising gas prices and inflation.
- Iran has not responded to a U.S. one-page peace proposal sent earlier this week, despite expectations from Trump and Rubio for a reply by Friday.
- The U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports remains active, with military interceptions near the Strait of Hormuz, while Iran refuses to negotiate peace as long as the blockade continues.
- Iran's Foreign Ministry dismissed the U.S. peace proposal as absurd, accusing the U.S. of hypocrisy in claiming to seek peace while maintaining a hardline stance.
