President Donald Trump wrapped up a Cabinet meeting on Thursday without letting reporters ask questions. in an unusual twist, Trump wraps up the cabinet meeting but refuses to take questions from reporters pic.twitter.com/HEHXufku4b — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 29, 2026Many interpreted the exclusion of Kristi Noem from a public Cabinet meeting as a silent message from President Donald Trump. Interestingly, Attorney General Pam Bondi is also noticeably silent during the recent cabinet meeting. I just closed them because I wanted to get the hell out of there,” President Donald Trump said, soliciting laughter in the room. Trump jokes about sleeping in ‘boring’ cabinet meeting that lasted ‘three hours.’ https://t.co/3TBeELB1uZ pic.twitter.com/2PtaZKpnDS — Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) January 29, 2026The most telling moment came at the end.