{"id":214205,"date":"2026-06-18T05:04:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T05:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-donald-trump-surrenders-himself-to-iran-deal-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T05:04:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T05:04:28","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-donald-trump-surrenders-himself-to-iran-deal-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-donald-trump-surrenders-himself-to-iran-deal-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: Donald Trump surrenders himself to Iran deal – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

President signs memorandum at Palace of Versailles where Germans were humiliated after losing first world war. Key US politics stories from Wednesday 17 June at a glance
The Trump administration<\/a> declared a \u201cmajor win\u201d but likewise the Hezbollah chief, Naim Qassem, proclaimed a \u201cgreat victory\u201d as the text of the 14-point US-Iran memorandum of understanding became public.
Iran\u2019s chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said: \u201cThe agreement is a record of US failure. People will see it and judge.\u201d Irna, Iran\u2019s official state news agency, released a photograph<\/a> of Iran\u2019s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, holding up a Persian-language document apparently showing his signature alongside that of Trump. According to Reuters<\/a>, Ghalibaf told state TV: \u201cEverything we sought to achieve through military action, we obtained several times over through negotiation; it was not even comparable.\u201d
The Trump administration has released the text of its 14-point agreement with Iran<\/a>, claiming it delivered a \u201cmajor win\u201d for the United States \u2013 even as it made significant political and financial concessions to Iran to reopen the strait of Hormuz and prevent a \u201cworldwide depression\u201d. Donald Trump was shown on a White House video signing the memorandum of understanding at the Palace of Versailles while still in France for the G7 summit. Germany signed the humiliating Treaty of Versailles at Versailles in 1919 after losing the first world war.
In extraordinary remarks on Wednesday, Trump went from threatening Iran with a new wave of attacks to suggesting the country had basic rights to enrich uranium for civilian use, that he would not pressure Tehran to abandon its ballistic missiles programme and the US was \u201cgoing to have to give back\u201d billions of dollars in frozen Iranian assets.
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Donald Trump<\/a> abruptly diverted <\/strong>the confirmation process for Jay Clayton as the US\u2019s top intelligence chief early Wednesday, in a move that will allow the president\u2019s controversial selection for acting director of national security, Bill Pulte, to assume the role and remain in place for at least several weeks until Clayton is confirmed.
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Georgia<\/a> Republicans declined to redraw the state\u2019s congressional map during a special session, defying calls from Donald Trump for widespread redistricting in the wake of a recent US supreme court<\/a> decision that effectively gutted a major section of the Voting Rights Act.
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January 6 defendants who assaulted police officers are pursuing legal claims for millions in compensation from the Trump administration<\/a> using an obscure federal process with minimal oversight, but which offers the Trump administration a way to compensate those responsible for violence even after scrapping its \u201canti-weaponization fund\u201d.
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The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged<\/a><\/strong> and signaled a possible rate hike before the end of the year.
Donald Trump\u2019s nominee to serve as a top independent watchdog<\/a><\/strong> at the Department of Justice has refused to call the January 6 insurrection an \u201cattack\u201d during questioning by US senators.
Air force officials have released the names of the eight men<\/a><\/strong> killed in this week\u2019s fiery crash of a B-52 during a test flight at Edwards air force base in southern California<\/a>.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened Tuesday 16 June<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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