President Donald Trump was inside the Oval Office when Iran launched its retaliatory strike on the U.S. base in Qatar, a senior administration official told ABC News.
It occurred when the president received his national security briefing in the Oval Office, as listed on his public schedule.
Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Dan Caine and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tracked the developments in the Situation Room along with other senior officials, according to a senior administration official.
Members of the president’s national security team circled in and out of the Oval Office throughout much of the day to provide updates, the official said.
