Article continues below advertisementUpon returning to the White House from Florida on Sunday, March 1, President Donald Trump ignored questions from reporters regarding the ongoing U.S. and Israeli military strikes in Iran and instead focused his comments on newly installed statues in the Rose Garden.The president had touched down in Washington, D.C., after spending the weekend at Mar-a-Lago - where he had been monitoring Operation Epic Fury, a joint U.S.-Israeli campaign that resulted in the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.