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LIVE: Trump meets with Macron at G7 summit | NBC News

📅 Jun 15, 2026 NBC News 13 MIN 15234 VIEWS 19 SEGMENTS · 5 SPEAKERS
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What Donald Trump said

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Trump announced a signed deal with Iran, stating the Strait of Hormuz is partially open and will be fully open by Friday, with mines being cleared. He claimed Iran agreed to strong policing powers and will not have a nuclear weapon, contrasting this with the JCPOA, which he called a 'horrible deal' that gave Iran $1.7 billion in cash and tens of billions more. He said the deal does not include sanctions relief but is 'behavioral,' with effects starting if Iran complies. Trump mentioned he had good conversations with Zelenskyy and Putin about Ukraine, noting 25,000 people a month are dying, and plans to focus on that next. He declined to confirm attending Friday's signing, saying JD Vance will be there. He said the MOU will be released soon after Friday. He also mentioned wanting to address Lebanon and Hezbollah, and praised a French heavyweight fighter's win.

Key takeaways

  1. Strait of Hormuz will be completely opened by Friday, with ships already starting to go out.
  2. Iran will not have a nuclear weapon, with strong policing powers agreed to.
  3. Deal does not include sanctions relief; it's behavioral and takes effect if Iran complies.
  4. MOU will be released sometime after Friday, as it's a 'very powerful document'.
  5. Trump plans to focus on Ukraine next, citing 25,000 deaths per month.

Numbers and commitments

FigureWhat it refers toTypeAt
$1.7 billion Cash given to Iran under JCPOA metric 0:00
25,000 people a month Deaths in Ukraine conflict metric 0:00

Chapters

  1. 0:00Iran deal and Strait of Hormuz
  2. 4:13Signing ceremony attendance
  3. 4:38MOU release timing
  4. 5:20Sanctions relief and compliance
  5. 5:42International help and Lebanon

Questions asked in this interview

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  1. 4:13Hey, hey sir, are you going to try to attend the signing ceremony on Friday?
  2. 4:38President, when will the text of the MOU be released?
  3. 5:20President, does the deal involve any sanctions relief for Iran?
Donald Trump 0:00 ↗
We've worked on many deals together. I'm very happy to say, very, very signed. The deal's all signed. And the straits are already partially opened, as you know. They're doing a little hunting for a couple of mines that they've already found. But it's essentially ships are starting to go out now. On Friday it'll be completely opened. We got along very well with Iran. It's a different set of leaders. As you know, the first set is gone, the second set is gone. And we found the third set to be very smart, strong, very smart, but we ended up making a deal. I felt badly that we had to go back on the attack for two nights. And I thought a third, but we made it before that happened. But I think a lot of great things are going to happen in the Middle East right now, and very importantly, the oil is plummeting down. And the stock market is shooting up like a rocket today and like record kind of numbers. And the oil has taken its biggest plunge, and we're into the low numbers, not quite back yet, Kevin, to the extent, but we're getting close to the numbers we were before it all started. And the main thing is that Iran will not have a nuclear weapon. They fully agreed to that with strong policing powers, and they won't have a nuclear weapon, which is what was all about. They probably would have used it if they had it. So, we had two big moments when I terminated the JCPOA. That was the Obama deal, the Barack Hussein Obama deal. And when I terminated it, it was very important because it was a road to a nuclear weapon. It was a horrible deal for the United States. It was a deal where billions of dollars was given to Iran. It was a deal where 1.7 billion in cash was put on a Boeing 7... Well, not a 77757, I guess, right? But, it was put on a big, beautiful Boeing 757. They needed a Boeing 747, to be honest with you, because there was a lot of cash. 1.7 billion was taken out of the banks and given to Iran. And on top of that, tens of billions of dollars was paid. So, they tried to bribe them to make a deal, and that didn't work. It never works. And we've done a great job. And hopefully, it's going to be a good relationship, and we're going to get along. And if we don't, we go back to where we started, but I don't think that's going to be necessary. The Iran deal that we made is going to bring a lot of success to the world, because the oil was really clogged up there for a while. He would call me on occasion say, "Come on, please. Let's cut the oil prices." But, the oil is coming way down. So, I'm very honored by it. I want to thank you for your help. You've always been a help. And it's an honor to be with you. We had a very good conversation yesterday with President Zelenskyy and President Putin. And I see maybe we can do something there. I really do. I think they're both open to it. So, I'm going to... Now that this is finished, we're going to be focusing on that. See if we can get that one done. 25,000 people a month are dying, mostly soldiers, and that shouldn't happen. But, I had two very good conversations yesterday. We'll be talking about it. And we had a really exciting, I think maybe one of the most incredible evenings in the history of the White House. We had an evening last night with the fighters, and I was very happy. I called last night, very late last night, to congratulate you because in the heavyweight division a French fighter won. I don't know, is that maybe more important than the World Cup to some people? It might be. Yes, to some people it might be. You have a good team in the world. Very good team, but you have good fighters, too. And you're a great country. And it's an honor to be with you. Thank you very much.
Reporter 4:13 ↗
Hey, hey sir, are you going to try to attend the signing ceremony on Friday?
Donald Trump 4:19 ↗
Well, it depends. The JD's coming in for it. He was originally going to do it. I'll probably be gone by then. We're having dinner in a day and a half for it. We're going to be staying quite late. So, I may be involved, I may not. But JD was coming in for that specifically.
Reporter 4:38 ↗
Mr. President, when will the text of the MOU be released?
Donald Trump 4:42 ↗
I think pretty soon. I would say I mean, I want it to be released because it's a very powerful document. It's not like the Obama document, which was just a terrible document. This is a very powerful document, and I want it to be released. So, probably pretty soon. I would say after sometime after Friday. Because the strait opens completely. It's open now, but it opens completely. We have all the mines knocked out of them for the most part. We have a lot of lanes right now already. So, I think sometime in the very near future, yeah.
Reporter 5:20 ↗
Mr. President, does the deal involve any sanctions relief for Iran? When would that go into...
Donald Trump 5:25 ↗
No, it doesn't. Well, they have to... It's really a behavioral thing. If they do what they're supposed to do, that starts taking effect.
Reporter 5:42 ↗
Mr. President, what do you expect from France and...
Donald Trump 5:47 ↗
Well, I would hope them to do that. I don't think we're going to need much help because we have an agreement where it's going to be open and toll-free. We had a little argument over that. It's toll-free. So, I don't think we're going to need much help. But, I don't think it's a bad idea to have a ship or two up here from a few countries. You'd be a great country to do it. Because you never know what happens, but I think it's going to be open and I think it's going to be free sailing. We do want to see if we can straighten out the Lebanon thing because it just seems to never end. And that's a mini version of what we were doing, but it should not be tough. It should not be tough. So, Hezbollah, we have to have a little talk with them.

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