Trump to Deliver Rose Garden Remarks and Hold Policy Meeting Friday
President Donald Trump will speak in the White House Rose Garden on Friday at noon before a policy meeting and LIV Golf dinner. The schedule comes as federal authorities investigate the NFL's streaming deals following lobbying by Rupert Murdoch. Separately, irregular trades worth more than $7 billion preceded major U.S. announcements on the Iran war.
Washington ExaminerPresident Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver remarks in the White House Rose Garden on Friday at noon. The event is open to the White House press pool. It remains unclear what Trump’s speech will be about.
Trump will participate in a policy meeting later Friday afternoon. He will then travel to his golf club in Sterling, Virginia, for a LIV Golf dinner before returning to the White House. Traders placed bets totalling more than $7 billion right before major US announcements relating to the Iran war.
The irregular trades occurred ahead of those announcements. They have prompted accusations of rampant corruption in Washington. The “highly unusual” trades have added to calls for regulators to step up their scrutiny of senior US government officials, including President Donald Trump.
Rupert Murdoch personally lobbied Donald Trump at a White House dinner in February 2025 about NFL media deals. Murdoch warned Donald Trump that if the NFL continued to sell more games to streamers it could damage broadcast networks like Fox. The Federal Communications Commission opened an inquiry into sports rights moving from broadcast TV to streaming after Murdoch's lobbying.
Sen. Mike Lee urged the Justice Department to examine the NFL. The Department of Justice is investigating the NFL's media deals. In 2025, 83 of the top 100 programs were NFL games. That figure rose from 72 of the top 100 programs in 2024.
The NFL told the FCC that ratings for NFL games dwarfed anything else on broadcast TV. The NFL is reportedly close to a new deal with Netflix. Netflix already shows NFL games on Christmas. , and the WSJ over its Jeffrey Epstein birthday-message story at the same time as the NFL lobbying.
A federal judge dismissed Trump's lawsuit against Murdoch last month. Trump vowed to refile the suit against Murdoch but has not done so yet. The article about Murdoch lobbying Trump was published in Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal.
Mark Hamill posted an AI-generated image showing Donald Trump in a shallow grave with the words “If Only”. The White House branded Mark Hamill “a sick individual” after the AI image post. Mark Hamill deleted the post and apologized on Thursday.
Mark Hamill said the president should live ‘long enough to be held accountable’. Mark Hamill is a longtime critic of Donald Trump. Ryan Cohen made a $56bn hostile bid for eBay. Ryan Cohen is GameStop’s CEO.
Key Facts
Story Timeline
5 events- 2026-05-08
President Donald Trump scheduled to speak in White House Rose Garden at noon, attend policy meeting, and attend LIV Golf dinner
1 sourceWashington Examiner - 2026-05-07
Mark Hamill deletes AI-generated image post of Trump and apologizes
1 sourceThe Guardian - 2026-04
Federal judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit against Murdoch
1 sourceBusiness Insider - 2025-02
Rupert Murdoch lobbies Trump at White House dinner on NFL media deals
1 sourceBusiness Insider - 2025
83 of top 100 TV programs were NFL games, up from 72 in 2024
1 sourceSportico via Business Insider
Potential Impact
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Continued public tension between Trump and longtime critic Mark Hamill
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Increased regulatory pressure on NFL media rights negotiations with streamers like Netflix
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Heightened scrutiny of trading activity ahead of sensitive government announcements on Iran
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