United States president, Donald Trump, giving press conference after G7 Summit. Trump says he did not want to see economic catastrophe as he defends Iran deal.

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EVIAN-LES-BAINS, FRANCE (JUNE 17, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ENTERING PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM, TO LECTERN

2. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“And this meeting could not have come at a better time. On Sunday we reached an agreement with Iran that achieves everything we set out to accomplish - everything and much more; ending the current conflict and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. That’s what it was all about. It was 99.9% Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. They can’t develop it, buy it, they can never have a nuclear weapon.”

3. WHITE FLASH

4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“The past two days have provided a chance to discuss the details of this historic agreement with many of our closest friends and allies including the G7 nations and many presidents and prime ministers. As you saw prime minister Modi was here, we had a long talk, he’s a great guy. They are thrilled that we made a deal - every one of them. There’s not one nation that came to us and said, ‘please sir, keep dropping bombs on them, please keep dropping bombs. The stupid people say that.”

5. WHITE FLASH

6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“Those last two days were brutal. Two hundred million dollars worth of bombs and it is expensive too, by the way, aside from everything else. And they knew I was coming for a third night, we informed them, you know, we’re coming for a third night. They didn’t have their navy, it sunk. They didn’t have their air force, it’s gone - not one plane. They didn’t have anti-aircraft equipment - so we got free rein. They didn’t have their leaders. But they have a new group of leaders and actually I think they’re smarter. I think hey’re very smart. I think they are far less radicalised. I think they’re really good, I think they love their country. You know, you talk about regime change - nobody will say that but… One set of leaders is all gone, the second set of leaders is all gone. Their third set of leaders is a little bit gone but for the most part, frankly, I think it’s regime change, I think they’re going to behave much differently. I think they see a different way of life that they were never exposed to .”

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8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“So the one thing I didn’t want to see - I didn’t want to see economic catastrophe. If you kept this going, that could have happened. But all I know is every time we talked about the possibility of peace, the stock market shot up like a rocket ship. It never went down. They didn't like it, the people, you know the Stock market is more brilliant than anybody else there is including the people on this stage other than me of course. Let’s see, what do you think Scott, is the stockmacrket more brilliant than you (AUDIO: No sir) Ooo, that’s a terrible statement. The stock market is quite brilliant and every time we said something amazing like ‘we’re gonna settle’, it would go up. And every time we said something negative, like guess what, we’re not going to settle, it would go down very big, right Peter, very, very big. Tells you something.”

9. WHITE FLASH

10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“I get so angry I guess, I’m allowed to get angry when I watch these dumbocrats, they talk about it all the time. ‘We had this deal done’. You had a deal that was going to give them, legally a nuclear weapon. And if that happened, Israel would have been blown away and in all fairness to Bibi Netanyahu who happens to be a good man - get’s a little bit excited sometimes - but he happens to be a very good man, we’ve had an amazing partnership, he’s been an amazing prime minister. We have a little dispute over Lebanon - you could do a little softer touch Bibi, you don’t have to knock down a building every time somebody walks into it from Hezbollah but it’s been an amazing partnership. But he will say, we’re the big partner and he’s the very small partner and that’s true.”

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12. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“And it’s a memorandum of understanding, if it doesn’t get done in 60 days, that’s alright, we go back to bombing. I don’t want to do that because it’s so good but we might have to because we’re never gonna let them have a nuclear weapon.”

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14. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“So the deal we reached on Iran on Sunday will be signed shortly, tomorrow, the next day… Deals, all my life is all about deals, that’s all I ever did is make deals, and crazy things happen with deals. I've gone into deals and it's a guarantee - no way it can not be signed and it doesn’t get signed and I’ve gone into deals you have no chance of making and they go like nothing so but we’re going to most likely sign a deal, they wanna sign a deal.”

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16. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“It’s appropriate that we release the agreement and we did send a copy to Israel, by the way. They’ve been a good partner. Again, I think they could do better, with respect to Hezbollah. Im not saying they shouldn't protect themselves, I'm saying when two drones are shot into the desert and drop - you don’t have to knock down buildings in Beirut. They could behave better. And frankly they could do a better job. I love them as a partner, they were terrific, but they could do a much better job with Hezbollah. On that, I don’t think they’re doing well.”

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18.(SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“I feel very bad for Lebanon - you know it was a great culture, they had the professors, the doctors, the lawyers- it was an incredible culture, maybe the highest in the Middle East, for years and years - centuries - and for the last 50, 60 years they have been just trashed, they have been living in hell.”

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20. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“Technical discussions and the removals of all stockpiles will begin immediately, we’’re gonna start that immediately and unlike Barack Hussein Obama who sent Iran pallets of cash any relief they receive under this deal, they’ll have to get based on merit and it won’t be from us, we don’t have to give them anything.”

21. TRUMP TAKING A QUESTION