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

Trump defended his Iran agreement at the G7, arguing that U.S. military strikes forced Tehran to negotiate.

By Howard Kurtz Fox News

Published June 18, 2026 3:00am EDT

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Trump revisits Netanyahu's effort to stop Obama Iran pact

President Donald Trump held a press conference on the sidelines of the G7 to discuss his Memorandum of Understanding with Iran.

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President Trump yesterday spoke about Iran, Barack Obama, artificial intelligence and Herbert Hoover.

He also talked about immigration, drugs, Ebola, "lunatic" Graham Platner, California’s electricity problems, Ukraine and Joe Biden hiding from the press.  

He also said the 2020 election was "rigged."

He said Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is a good but "very scared woman."

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President Donald Trump attends a morning work meeting to "revive balanced, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth for the benefit of all" in the presence of the G7 countries, partner countries, the International Monetary Fund, and the OECD, as part of the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 17, 2026 (Ludovic MARIN / AFP via Getty Images)

And he complained about "fake news," said the media have "so little credibility," singling out CNN and the New York Times, and calling ABC "horrible" and NBC and CBS "terrible."

For more than an hour, from the G7 summit in France, the president of the United States kept on talking, some of it rambling or stream-of-consciousness, and ending with a joke that had some truth to........

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