Trump defends war deal in marathon presser, using semantics on why Iran is getting $300 billion

President Trump yesterday spoke astir Iran, Barack Obama, artificial quality and Herbert Hoover.

He besides talked astir immigration, drugs, Ebola, "lunatic" Graham Platner, California’s energy problems, Ukraine and Joe Biden hiding from the press.  

He besides said the 2020 predetermination was "rigged."

He said Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is simply a bully but "very frightened woman."

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President Donald Trump attends a greeting enactment gathering to "revive balanced, inclusive, and sustainable economical maturation for the payment of all" successful the beingness of the G7 countries, spouse countries, the International Monetary Fund, and the OECD, arsenic portion of the G7 summit, successful Evian, eastbound France, connected June 17, 2026 (Ludovic MARIN / AFP via Getty Images)

And helium complained astir "fake news," said the media person "so small credibility," singling retired CNN and the New York Times, and calling ABC "horrible" and NBC and CBS "terrible."

For much than an hour, from the G7 acme successful France, the president of the United States kept connected talking, immoderate of it rambling oregon stream-of-consciousness, and ending with a gag that had immoderate information to it.

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When Fox’s Peter Doocy asked wherefore helium wasn’t attending Friday’s woody signing successful Switzerland, Trump said helium mightiness but that the program was to nonstop JD Vance.

"If it works out, I’ll instrumentality the credit," Trump said. "If it doesn’t enactment out, I’m blaming JD!"

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. (Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)

This was striking due to the fact that Marco Rubio, who opposed the statement down the scenes and is simply a imaginable 2028 rival to the vice president, has remained strikingly silent astir the woody for 2 days.

Before I get to the substance, I person to constituent retired 1 thing.

For each the repetitions and boasting – did you cognize that our state was a laughingstock 2 years agone and is present wide respected? Trump showed an bonzer bid of the material. It was extemporaneous, with the president lone occasionally glancing astatine notes.

I notation this due to the fact that of the caller absorption connected Trump turning 80 and sometimes closing his eyes oregon concisely nodding disconnected successful meetings. I cognize this due to the fact that successful our past hour-long interview, helium besides handled immoderate I threw astatine him. So let’s chopped the dementia chatter.

Trump was connected the antiaircraft astir the memorandum of understanding. He said if Iran doesn’t behave, "we’ll deed them with Patriots."
 
In a presser devoted to a way to peace, helium was again threatening to weaponry his caller partner. Trump said the last 2 days of combat were "brutal" due to the fact that helium had dropped $200 cardinal worthy of bombs connected the panic state, and believes that’s what persuaded the Iranians to motion the memo, prompting him to cancel the 3rd time of bombing.

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Pressed by reporters connected whether the warfare had achieved his ambitious goals, Trump explained that helium had accomplished authorities alteration – which he’s precocious claimed wasn’t his extremity – by sidesplitting the archetypal 2 levels of Tehran’s leadership.

But the top friction was astir money. The thought that Iran would person $300 cardinal has not antecedently been disputed by the White House. This has driven the astir antagonistic governmental attacks and media coverage, crossed the ideological spectrum, that I’ve seen since the last days of Watergate.

"We’re not putting up 10 cents," Trump insisted. 

President Donald Trump gestures arsenic helium addresses the media alongside United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer (L), U.S. Commerce caput Howard Lutnick (2L), U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (2R) and U.S. Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent (R) during a closing property league astatine the G7 summit, successful Evian, eastbound France (Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

But this was specified semantics. The U.S. has frozen $300 cardinal successful Iranian assets, truthful Trump says it’s "their" wealth and should beryllium returned.

He besides said that he’s not acrophobic with Iran having ballistic missiles, due to the fact that different countries person them and truthful it would beryllium unfair to deprive the Iranians. Keep successful caput that different countries don’t termination tens of thousands of their ain radical and money panic groups that person murdered hundreds of thousands of others.

Republicans person led the complaint against putting disconnected talks astir Iran’s longtime extremity of gathering atomic weapons. Trump said Iran has agreed to ne'er make specified weapons, but, of course, the Iranians are known for lying, cheating and breaking agreements.

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Critics besides accidental that reopening the Strait of Hormuz conscionable gets america backmost to wherever things were earlier the war.

Only "stupid people" would accidental helium should person continued bombing, the president proclaimed. He said helium had avoided an "economic catastrophe" and that "we stopped a holocaust." 

Iran had endured $2 trillion successful damages, Trump said, and it would instrumentality 15 to 20 years to rebuild.

And besides, lipid prices are rapidly dropping.

Trump wrongly said of Israel’s reaction: "I deliberation they’re happy." The information is that Israel is furious astir the arrangement, and Bibi Netanyahu has said "it’s his decision" but told reporters "we person our interests." Trump cursed retired Netanyahu for his continued attacks successful Lebanon and made definite everyone knew it.

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Don’t hide that this memorandum is lone a leafage and a half, and adjacent Trump described it arsenic a benignant of outline for further negotiations. So it’s not truly a "deal" arsenic overmuch arsenic a communal statement to support talking.

The president did marque quality connected 1 different front, though who knows if we’ll perceive thing astir it again.

He said helium wanted to commencement "denuclearization" talks with Russia and China to trim atomic stockpiles.

"We don’t request to beryllium capable to stroke up the satellite respective times over."