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As details emerge regarding the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the United States and Iran, President Donald Trump appears to be pushing the idea that the war was justified because it prevented Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

However, the MOU doesn’t contain any enforcement mechanisms for preventing Iran from obtaining such weapons. It only requires the country’s leaders to pledge that they won’t do so — a promise they had already made multiple times before the war started.

Trump promoted his line of thinking at a press briefing during the G7 summit in France on Wednesday.

“This agreement is about one thing: that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon,” he said to reporters. “Never, ever, ever.”

“The rest of it is irrelevant, frankly,” Trump said regarding the agreement between the two countries.

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Trump: "This agreement is about one thing — that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon. Never ever ever. The rest of it is irrelevant, frankly."— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-16T12:55:45.346Z

Trump: "This agreement is about one thing — that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon. Never ever ever. The rest of it is irrelevant, frankly."

The president’s statement appears to signal that........

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