{"id":11344,"date":"2026-06-17T20:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T17:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=11344"},"modified":"2026-06-17T20:18:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T17:18:00","slug":"donald-trump-we-achieved-more-than-we-wanted-with-iran-agreement-to-be-finalized-immediately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=11344","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump: \u201cWe achieved more than we wanted\u201d with Iran \u2014 Agreement to be finalized immediately"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>According to Donald Trump<\/b>, the <b>agreement with Iran<\/b> exceeds the <b>goals of the U.S.<\/b> and is expected to <b>be signed immediately, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>In <b>a particularly geopolitically charged setting<\/b> on the <b>sidelines of the G7<\/b> summit, <b>Donald Trump<\/b> presented the <b>agreement with Iran<\/b> as a development <b>of strategic importance for Washington<\/b>, arguing that it not only meets the <b>original objectives of the U.S. side<\/b>, but <b>exceeds them in critical areas<\/b>. As he noted, <b>the process is now entering the home stretch<\/b>, with the <b>signing of the agreement expected imminently, within the next 48 hours<\/b>, at a time <b>when <\/b>international interest is intensifying regarding the implications and power dynamics in the &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/tomanifesto.gr\/Middle East<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Donald Trump<\/b> expressed his <b>satisfaction with the agreement reached with Iran<\/b>, on the sidelines of the <b>G7 summit in France<\/b>, stating that the <b>agreement \u201cachieved everything we sought and even more\u201d<\/b>.<\/p>\n<h3>The safeguards <\/h3>\n<p>He argued that this development leads to an end to the conflict and ensures that Tehran will never acquire nuclear weapons. He stated that the agreement with Iran would be signed \u201csoon.\u201d \u201cTomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow.\u201d He also said that a copy of the agreement had been sent to Israel, a \u201cgood partner.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a press conference before leaving the summit, the U.S. president described the timing of the leaders\u2019 meeting as particularly significant, noting that \u201cit could not have come at a better time.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>The goal <\/h3>\n<p>According to Trump, the agreement brings an end to the current crisis, provides for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and ensures that Iran will never acquire a nuclear weapon. \u201cThat was the goal from the start,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, he thanked Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping for their \u201cneutrality\u201d during the war.  He said that Xi and Putin \u201ccould have made things much more difficult for us,\u201d adding that he had a \u201clong discussion\u201d with Xi. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have portable weapons capable of shooting down aircraft,\u201d he said. \u201cI told him that I would really appreciate it if he didn\u2019t give or sell any of those things to Iran. And you know what? For the most part, he didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we hadn\u2019t reached this agreement, we could have continued the bombings for another three weeks, two weeks, four weeks, or even two years. No one knows,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cI didn\u2019t want to see an economic disaster caused by the war.\u201d<br \/><\/h3>\n<p>At the same time, he noted that Iran\u2019s new leadership consists of \u201cvery intelligent people\u201d and appears \u201cmuch less radicalized\u201d compared to the past, while, he assessed that the new Iranian leaders will take a different course.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe they will behave very differently. I think they see a different way of life, one they\u2019ve never been exposed to until now,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, the U.S. president acknowledged that continuing the war would have serious economic consequences: \u201cI didn\u2019t want to see economic disaster. If you had continued like that, that could have happened,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cWe will bomb again if an agreement with Iran is not reached within 60 days\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThis is a Memorandum of Understanding. If it isn\u2019t finalized within 60 days, that\u2019s fine\u2014we\u2019ll resume the bombings. I don\u2019t want to do that, because the agreement is very good, but we may be forced to do so, because we will never let them acquire a nuclear weapon,\u201d the U.S. president emphasized at another point.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, he maintained that the Iranian side has accepted this specific condition and that it will be clearly reflected in the final text of the agreement.<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cI told Netanyahu to adopt a more moderate approach toward Lebanon,\u201d<br \/><\/h3>\n<p>At the same time, he referred to his cooperation with Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu, whom he described as \u201ca very good man,\u201d adding that the Israeli prime minister \u201csometimes gets a little more excited than he should.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had an excellent working relationship. He was an excellent prime minister,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also revealed that there were disagreements between them regarding Israeli operations in Lebanon: \u201cI told him he could take a more measured approach. Maybe they don\u2019t need to tear down a building every time someone linked to Hezbollah enters it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these specific disagreements, the U.S. president emphasized that cooperation between the two countries remains particularly close, noting that Netanyahu often describes the United States as the \u201cmajor partner\u201d and Israel as the \u201cvery small partner.\u201d \u201cAnd that\u2019s true,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cI feel very sorry for Lebanon; Israel could have handled the Hezbollah issue better.\u201d<br \/><\/h3>\n<p>Continuing his criticism, he argued that Israel \u201ccould behave better\u201d and manage the conflict with Hezbollah more effectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love them as partners. They\u2019re excellent. But they could do a much better job on this issue. I don\u2019t think they\u2019re doing well, and I feel very bad for Lebanon,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump went on to refer to Lebanon\u2019s \u201cwonderful culture,\u201d which, he said, was full of \u201cprofessors, doctors, and lawyers.\u201d \u201cIt was an incredible culture, perhaps the most advanced in the Middle East for years and years, centuries. And over the last 50 or 60 years, it has simply been destroyed. They are living in hell.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cWe have inflicted $2 trillion in damage on Iran\u201d<br \/><\/h3>\n<p>The U.S. president stated that any economic relief Iran receives as part of a peace agreement with the United States will depend on the actions of Tehran, while making it clear, however, that Washington does not intend to provide financial aid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t need to give them anything,\u201d the U.S. president said pointedly.<\/p>\n<p>He did, however, leave open the possibility of foreign investment in the country, arguing that Iran needs significant funds to repair the damage caused by the conflict. \u201cSome people may want to invest in Iran. Anyone can invest in whatever country they want, but there aren\u2019t many countries that need investment quite as much,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to argue that U.S. military operations have caused enormous destruction in Iran, estimating their cost at between 1.5 and 2 trillion dollars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Donald Trump, the agreement with Iran exceeds U.S. objectives and is expected to be signed immediately\u2014tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.<br \/>\nIn a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}