Chilling photos show the tense moments President Trump and Vice President Vance orchestrated the monumental strikes on Iran while hundreds of miles apart.
Trump, wearing a “USA” cap, led discussions from Mar-a-Lago with his national security team, pictures shared by the White House show.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, joined the president in monitoring the mission.
Vance oversaw a second cohort of officials from the Situation Room in DC, which was dialed in to the Mar-a-Lago operations.
Seated at the head of the table, Vance was joined by US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt had said earlier Saturday that Trump would be monitoring the situation in the Middle East from Mar-a-Lago — where he is spending the weekend at his club in Palm Beach, Florida.
The president had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by phone shortly after Operation Epic Fury was carried out.
“The President and his national security team will continue to closely monitor the situation throughout the day,” she wrote in a post on X.
“I love Trump!”, said one Iran student, reflecting the sentiment of some young people who celebrated the offensive. See below:
Unbelievable 😂
Iranian high school students are THANKING president Trump for striking the regime in Iran.
“I love Trump!” One student says pic.twitter.com/Yazc638iU6
— Throwback Iran (@Tarikh_Eran) February 28, 2026
