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U.S. President Donald Trump wraps up talks with satellite leaders astatine the Group of Seven (G7) acme connected Wednesday (June 17, 2026) wherever he's been trying to merchantability his tentative statement with Iran arsenic a pact that volition guarantee the Islamic Republic ne'er develops a atomic weapon, adjacent though he's offered scant specificity astir however that would beryllium implemented.
Mr. Trump and his chap leaders are closing the ceremonial talks of the starring concern nations astatine a lakeside edifice successful the French Alps connected Wednesday (June 17, 2026) with sessions connected the aboriginal of artificial quality and fostering economical growth. The U.S. person besides plans to marque a halt for a glitzy dinner astatine the Palace of Versailles extracurricular of Paris earlier helium jets backmost to Washington. But first, Mr. Trump finds himself trying to quell skepticism astir the Iran agreement, a hard task fixed that neither the White House nor Iran person released the substance of the deal. He besides faces jitteriness from cardinal state Israel astir ending the struggle nether these terms.
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“It’s a large document,” Mr. Trump said of the memorandum that has yet to beryllium revealed, adjacent though U.S. and Iranian officials are acceptable to formally motion it astatine a ceremonial connected Friday (June 19, 2026) astatine a stunning edifice connected Switzerland's Lake Lucerne. “Here’s what it says: Iran volition ne'er person a atomic weapon. It won’t person 1 to buy, to make — it volition not person a atomic weapon. And I would accidental that’s astir 99.9% of what I wanted,” helium said.
But Mr. Trump volition proceed to person to bash a income job. Some members of his ain enactment are doubtful that the woody he's agreed to is beardown capable to defang Iran's atomic program. At the aforesaid time, helium faces an anxious planetary assemblage looking for him to travel done connected his committedness that the deal volition reopen the Strait of Hormuz to lipid tanker traffic, and support it open.
White House and Iranian officials person sometimes offered contradictory interpretations of what is successful the agreement. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Israel’s continued concern of confederate Lebanon, wherever Israeli forces person been targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah militants, would interruption the deal. “Without the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the territories they occupied during this war, the warfare has not afloat travel to an end,” Mr. Araghchi said.
Meanwhile, Mr. Trump told reporters connected Tuesday (June 16, 2026) that helium did not deliberation an onslaught connected Hezbollah by Israel would needfully descend the agreement, though helium said helium was “not blessed with the mode Israel has handled themselves with Lebanon and with Hezbollah.” “It conscionable goes connected forever,” helium said of Israel’s strategy. Israeli strikes successful Lebanon person killed astir 4,000 people, including hundreds of civilians, and displaced much than 1 cardinal since March 2. “Israel’s warring Hezbollah excessively long, and excessively galore radical are being killed,” Trump said.
Mr. Trump connected Wednesday (June 17, 2026) is besides expected to conscionable with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi astatine a choppy infinitesimal successful the U.S.-India relationship, successful portion due to the fact that of the war.
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The leaders’ gathering comes conscionable a week aft 3 Indian sailors were killed successful a U.S. subject onslaught connected a tanker successful the Gulf of Oman successful the midst of the American blockade targeting oil shipments passing done the Strait of Hormuz. The Indian Foreign Ministry has formally protested the incident.
Mr. Trump and Mr. Modi had a lukewarm narration during the U.S. President's archetypal term, but it's go much analyzable since Mr. Trump's instrumentality to office.
The President hiked tariffs connected India, earlier lowering them, implicit its reliance connected inexpensive Russian oil, and the Iran warfare has disrupted vigor supplies to India. There's immoderate angst arsenic good successful New Delhi that Mr. Trump's caller efforts to forge a trade truce with Chinese President Xi Jinping could undercut India’s entreaty arsenic an alternate manufacturing hub.
Mr. Trump volition besides clasp one-on-one talks connected Wednesday (June 17, 2026) with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, 1 of the 3 West Asian leaders who are attending the acme astatine the invitation of its host, French President Emmanuel Macron.
The G7 leaders met connected Tuesday (June 16, 2026) with Mr. el-Sissi arsenic good arsenic Qatar's ruling emir and the President of the United Arab Emirates for a moving lunch. They discussed processing vigor proviso routes retired of the Gulf, including via Egypt. Before the Iran war, a 5th of each lipid and earthy state traded passed done the Strait of Hormuz, a maritime chokepoint that Iran has efficaciously shuttered since the archetypal days of the conflict.
“Part of the discussions were, ‘OK, however tin we imagine, finance, and physique infrastructures, sometimes connected the terrestrial part, that volition beryllium capable to spell extracurricular of the way of the Strait of Hormuz?’” French Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pascal Confavreux said successful an interview.
Mr. Trump connected Tuesday (June 16, 2026) didn't fell his giddiness implicit Mr. Macron's plans to fete him astatine the Palace of Versailles to people America's 250th day adjacent month. He said the opulent mounting for the one-on-one meal was a origin successful his determination to widen his enactment aft the summit.
The palace was the residence of French kings from the clip of Louis XIV to Louis XVI. It regularly hosts Heads of State and overseas dignitaries. “I’m a instrumentality of beauteous places, and I was leaving successful the afternoon, and past the French President who happens to beryllium a precise bully man, invited maine to meal astatine Versailles,” Mr. Trump said. “And Versailles is not golden leafage — Versailles is the existent deal. And I said I’d similar to bash it.”
