{"id":3203,"date":"2026-06-20T11:04:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T11:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=3203"},"modified":"2026-06-20T11:04:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T11:04:27","slug":"inside-trumps-mad-dash-to-sign-an-agreement-with-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=3203","title":{"rendered":"Inside Trump\u2019s mad dash to sign an agreement with Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div> <div>\n<button>\n<strong>\n<span><svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span>Summary<\/span>\n<\/strong>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<\/button>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>President Donald Trump insisted on signing an agreement with Iran during dinner at Versailles, surprising his host and aides.<\/li>\n<li>The 14-point memorandum of understanding, which has drawn criticism from Trump&#8217;s supporters, already appears fragile.<\/li>\n<li>The negotiation process involved multiple twists and turns and several near-collapses, including tension with Israel over US efforts to secure an agreement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<span>AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            President Donald Trump was about to sit down for dinner at Versailles on Wednesday when he surprised both his host, French President Emmanuel Macron, and some of his own aides with a demand: he wanted to sign his agreement with Iran then and there.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=3195\">Democratic states scramble to prevent potential Trump administration interference in their elections<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Trump\u2019s top diplomat had received word on the way to the palace that the document had been finalized. But there was already a signing ceremony scheduled for two days later at an ultra-exclusive mountainside retreat overlooking Lake Lucerne. Vice President JD Vance, the top American negotiator of the accord, was supposed to head to Switzerland to ink the memorandum of understanding and begin the next round of technical talks with Iran.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Trump, however, was adamant the agreement take effect immediately. He insisted he sign it that night. Macron advised them he could arrange it quickly, according to officials familiar with the events.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            As the two presidents strolled the Hall of Mirrors, inspecting the frescoed ceilings glorifying the early reign of Louis XIV, Secretary of State Marco Rubio was with the French foreign minister, finding a printer to spit out the memo. If anyone had concerns over Versailles\u2019 haunted history as the host of peace signings \u2014 namely the one that ended WWI but gave rise to another \u2014 they didn\u2019t raise them.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            As it turned out, Friday\u2019s event in Lucerne never happened. Vance delayed his trip after Iran pulled out of the gathering amid a flareup in violence between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. The parties had agreed to a renewed ceasefire as of Friday morning. But the Iran agreement, only days after Trump signed it, appeared more fragile than ever.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Lebanese army officer stands as police officers and emergency personnel work at the site of an Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, on June 14.\" class=\"wp-image-3200\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1736ffcf5768722f39f457e43810b47d.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1736ffcf5768722f39f457e43810b47d.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1736ffcf5768722f39f457e43810b47d-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>A Lebanese army officer stands as police officers and emergency personnel work at the site of an Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, on June 14.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Zohra Bensemra\/Reuters<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Trump and Vance have every reason to get started on the next phase of the agreement, which is intended to nail down commitments from Iran on curtailing its nuclear program. Each man has come under withering criticism even from their supporters, who see the agreement as a capitulation that offers concessions to Tehran while extracting little in return.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker, for example, said Thursday that a $300 billion reconstruction fund included in the sixth paragraph of the memo makes the payments in the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal \u201clook like a pittance.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Trump has grown defensive, insisting it was US military dominance that brought Iran to negotiations in the first place. \u201cWe didn\u2019t meet out of desperation, Iran did. They are FINISHED!\u201d he wrote on social media Friday. \u201cWe\u2019ll play out the 60 days. They get no money, not ten cents!\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Still, after months of war, the 14-point memorandum of understanding clearly came as a relief to a president who\u2019d long been ready for the conflict to end. Advisers had warned that global oil stockpiles were shrinking. Republican anxiety about the upcoming midterm elections was fevered.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Trump acknowledged himself this week that it was economic concerns that led him to sign the agreement, telling reporters he feared being compared to Herbert Hoover, the American president who presided over a market crash that began the Great Depression.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI didn\u2019t want to see economic catastrophe,\u201d he said Wednesday at the H\u00f4tel Royal in \u00c9vian-les-Bains as he concluded a Group of 7 summit.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            A few hours later, just after 11 p.m., Trump was in the Lower Gallery of Versailles putting Sharpie to paper at a long banquet table, plates and glassware clinking in the background.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cThis was not easy, I can tell you,\u201d he told his dinner companions, which included Wall Street titans and the chairman of France\u2019s largest luxury conglomerate. He lifted the memo to show them his signature.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cBravo,\u201d Macron offered. Someone snapped a photo of the document to send to Iran.\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        A chaotic rollout\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            The impromptu signing was the culmination of a mad dash to finalize the accord, peppered with myriad twists and near-collapses. At times, the process took on a sense of chaos, often fueled by Trump himself. For weeks, the president veered between signaling a deal was close and threatening to resume active hostilities if Iran didn\u2019t submit to his red lines.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Even after the memorandum of understanding was struck, the actual text was kept hidden from public view for days, in part because Pakistani mediators told American officials the Iranians wanted to wait for their own internal purposes, according to Vance.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Once it was finally publicized \u2014 which only came by way of a senior US official reading it aloud to reporters \u2014 officials described \u201cgentleman\u2019s agreements\u201d not contained in the actual text but reflecting back-channel understandings they said gave them confidence in the accord.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Vance, who has taken the lead in negotiations, told reporters on Thursday some of those side deals are written down, before adding: \u201cThe MOU, the gentleman\u2019s agreements, the final deal \u2014 words don\u2019t matter, ladies and gentlemen. We\u2019re about verification.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference at the White House on June 18.\" class=\"wp-image-3201\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2f0577066df0fd38376d6cc3c283bd3a.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2f0577066df0fd38376d6cc3c283bd3a.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2f0577066df0fd38376d6cc3c283bd3a-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference at the White House on June 18.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            US negotiators released the MOU, without waiting for Iran\u2019s senior leadership to sign off on the more detailed proposals, in part because they did not want to delay the next phase of negotiations, according to one source who is familiar with what Trump officials briefed to top congressional lawmakers. It would have required additional time to secure Iran\u2019s formal sign off on those still-secret proposals.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            But even the Versailles signing of the 14-point accord proved momentarily confusing, since US officials had already said Trump digitally signed the document earlier in the week.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Trump, it turned out, had only witnessed the earlier signing. On Wednesday, he wanted to make sure a hard copy was signed both by him and Iran\u2019s president to ensure the agreement took effect.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cIt\u2019s signed,\u201d Trump called out as he emerged from the palace just past 1 a.m. local time. \u201cSigned it in Versailles.\u201d\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=3191\">After recent losing endorsements, Donald Trump hedges his bet in South Carolina governor\u2019s race<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>\n        Trump\u2019s desperation to get out of war\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            Advisers inside the White House once projected the conflict would be well over by the time a string of celebratory summer events rolled around: the start of the World Cup, a UFC fight on the South Lawn on Trump\u2019s birthday, the nation\u2019s 250th birthday.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Instead, the war had become the percolating backdrop to all of it. A drag on the global economy and Trump\u2019s own popularity, his decision to launch strikes in February had come to shadow his presidency even as he tried to move on.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Inside the West Wing, many senior officials had long been pushing for an off-ramp. Members of Trump\u2019s political team advocated for a way out to protect vulnerable Republicans ahead of the midterm elections and the president\u2019s political legacy. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent shared concerns over the war\u2019s economic impact. Energy Secretary Chris Wright was wary of the effects to the world\u2019s energy industry, officials familiar with the matter said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cThere was broad acknowledgement that if this went on, it was going to get even worse,\u201d said one source familiar with the talks.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            During an internal meeting at the White House in early June, Trump and his aides decided to press for a general agreement with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and outline a broad framework on dismantling Iran\u2019s nuclear program.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            None of the president\u2019s advisers ultimately opposed moving forward with that plan, an official involved in the talks said, with the group deciding to reassess where things stood over the course of a new, 60-day period for technical talks after the preliminary agreement to end the war was struck.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            In the weeks afterward, Trump\u2019s national security team met nearly every day to discuss the evolving agreement. Many were concerned that Tehran would not hold up its end of the bargain, administration officials directly involved in the negotiations said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were among the \u201cmost pessimistic\u201d about whether the Iranians would honor their commitments to make substantive concessions on their nuclear program, even if they agreed to negotiate on that issue, one of the officials said. But at various points, nearly every senior official \u2014 including Rubio, Vance and Trump\u2019s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner \u2014 raised serious reservations, the officials said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            But they ultimately reached consensus driven by Trump himself: \u201cWe want to get this thing over with,\u201d an administration official directly involved in the talks told CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        A rocky road, complicated by tensions with Israel\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            Still, it quickly became clear that Trump and his team\u2019s rush to conclude the war would face obstacles. Negotiating with the Iranians was a slow, pained process that involved lengthy delays in getting a response from Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who American officials believe is using couriers to conceal his location.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            US officials were waiting for a response to their latest proposal when, on June 8, an American Apache helicopter collided with an Iranian drone, leading to a dramatic water rescue of the US pilots and setting off a new round of retaliatory strikes.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Over the course of several days, Trump grew furious \u2014 believing both Tehran and the media were not taking his response to the incident seriously enough. He fumed at the White House as he ordered up daily rounds of bombardments.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            At the same time, a delegation of Qatari officials was in Tehran trying to extract a counteroffer from the Iranians that Trump could approve. As Trump was threatening another night of strikes, word arrived from the Qataris that some of the gaps in the two sides\u2019 negotiating positions had narrowed.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Trump called off the strikes, and entered his birthday weekend under the belief an agreement was closer than ever.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"President Donald Trump is seen during UFC Freedom 250 at the White House on June 14.\" class=\"wp-image-3202\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4a74be729c790ca22ebc62b42efd1ce1.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4a74be729c790ca22ebc62b42efd1ce1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4a74be729c790ca22ebc62b42efd1ce1-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>President Donald Trump is seen during UFC Freedom 250 at the White House on June 14.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Chris Graythen\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            It turned out another roadblock was looming. A deadly Israeli strike on a Beirut suburb on Sunday \u2014 Trump\u2019s 80th \u2014 set off another scramble to salvage a deal Trump believed was nearly complete. Israel was responding to attacks by Hezbollah, but Trump and his advisers interpreted the action as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s attempt to stymie the agreement.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            In an expletive-laden phone call, Trump excoriated Netanyahu. Meanwhile, his advisers worked to stave off an Iranian retaliation, which appeared imminent. In Tehran, Qatari negotiators held marathon talks to try and salvage the agreement, reporting back frequently to Witkoff, Kushner and other American officials on their progress.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            After 17 hours of discussions, the Iranians stood down the ballistic missiles that had been placed in launchers to fire toward Israel. Demands that changes be made to the text of the agreement were rebuffed by the Qataris, who warned Trump\u2019s patience was running thin.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Tehran did stick to one demand, however: Iran refused to have the agreement announced on Trump\u2019s birthday.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Fearing any more delays, mediators arrived at a creative solution. The accord would be announced just after midnight in Tehran, seven-and-a-half hours ahead of Washington, where Trump was preparing for a birthday cage fight on the South Lawn.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>CNN\u2019s Alayna Treene, Katie Bo Lillis, Zachary Cohen and Kristen Holmes contributed to this report. <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=3189\">Kennedy Center facing financial straits, difficult choices \u2013 and a judge who wants it to stay open<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump was about to sit down for dinner at Versailles on Wednesday when he surprised both his host, French President Emmanuel Macron, and some of his own aides with a demand: he wanted to sign his agreement with Iran then and there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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