Trump advisers urge him to limit interviews over contradictory statements

According to the newspaper, concern within Trump’s team has grown amid his high public profile during the escalation in the Middle East and talks with Iran. Trump has made sharp or inconsistent remarks that sometimes diverge from the official White House position.

The report says Trump has called journalists and given comments without consulting advisers, occasionally making loud or contradictory statements about the war and potential U.S. actions.

Sources told the WSJ that his closest aides have directly recommended limiting improvised interviews because they heighten the sense of instability and create problems for communication with allies and the public.

Trump does not always heed such warnings. According to sources, he sometimes jokes with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who learns important news only after it has already been published by journalists.

The article also notes that Trump occasionally agrees to reduce such media contacts but later returns to his usual style of communication.

On April 17, Politico reported, citing sources, that President Trump has become a “politically toxic figure” for Europe to the extent that even far-right groups — his closest ideological allies — increasingly see him as a burden.