President Trump said Wednesday that oil reserves could have run out in four weeks if the Strait of Hormuz were not opened. “We run out of reserves at about four weeks,” Trump said in France while at the Group of Seven summit, discussing the recent memorandum of understanding with Iran. “You know, there are reserves…
Rep. Pat Fallon introduces the Espionage Protection Act to cut federal funding for universities with alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
President Trump said Wednesday that Iran could have its own nuclear program.“It is a little hard that when you say that somebody wants it, other people have it, other adjoining states have it, and you’re not letting them have it for purposes of electricity and things like that. It’s always a little tough. You have to use a little common sense,” Trump said at the G7 summit in France, alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.Trump leaves door open to Iran enriching: "It's a little hard when other people have it, other adjoining states have it, and you're not letting them have it for purposes of electricity and things like that. You have to use a little common sense." pic.twitter.com/oVfBz4nuI8— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 17, 2026It seems to be a sharp departure from Trump’s previous claims during the war. After months of insisting that the purpose of the war was to get rid of any nuclear capability, demanding “zero enrichment,” Trump is now saying that the country can use nuclear power for electricity.One wonders what Republicans in Congress—let alone the international community—will think of Trump’s latest concession. If a final peace deal between Iran and the U.S. doesn’t have any restrictions on the country’s nuclear program, it will be effectively worse than the 2015 JCPOA agreement with Iran.That agreement was drafted not only between the U.S. and Iran, but the other members of the U.N. Security Council, including China, Russia, the U.K., and the European Union. This deal was negotiated without Congress even being aware of the details. Iran will likely be receiving $300 billion in reconstruction funds, and now they might have a nuclear program too. What did the Trump administration accomplish?
Kamala Harris calls Trump's Iran deal a 'war of choice' and predicts it will cost Republicans in upcoming midterm elections at Vienna climate summit.
President Trump on Wednesday aired his frustration with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the Group of Seven (G7) summit in France, telling the Israeli leader to hold back attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon amid high-stakes negotiations with Iran. Trump, speaking at a press conference as the summit concluded, said Netanyahu “gets a little excited…
New York Times reporters annotated the agreement, which a senior official disclosed on Wednesday.
It’s more like a memorandum of little understanding!
US officials have described the MoU as 'performance-based', with Iran benefitting as it complies.
The Trump administration hailed its interim peace deal with Iran that’s meant to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, even as hawks in the US pointed to the billions of dollars of economic gains set to come Tehran’s way. Katherine Thompson, Cato Institute Senior Fellow: Defense and Foreign Policy, discusses the US, Iran deal and what to expect as it sets up 60 days of negotiations between the two nations. (Source: Bloomberg)