{"id":37837,"date":"2026-06-18T20:32:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T20:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/37837\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T20:32:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T20:32:27","slug":"donald-trump-signs-initial-deal-with-iran-during-dinner-at-versailles-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/37837\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump signs initial deal with Iran during dinner at Versailles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By SYLVIE CORBET<\/p>\n<p>PARIS (AP) \u2014 French President Emmanuel Macron offered Donald Trump a glitzy dinner in Versailles \u2014 and the U.S. president seized the opportunity to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-israel-war-oil-deal-june-17-2026-19652f4611b704c0a991bf1f5bc9a4b9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sign an initial deal with Iran<\/a>\u00a0inside the palace.<\/p>\n<p>As Trump was about to leave France on Wednesday following three days of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/g7-summit-trump-macron-takeaways-versailles-0b3127724dbbf16dd36353247290568e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">intense diplomatic talks at a G7 summit<\/a>, he casually announced to reporters as he was getting into his car: \u201cWe signed in Versailles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In videos posted on X by Macron and a White House aide, Trump was seen seated at a table signing a paper copy of the agreement. He then handed the document and pen to Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Macron, sitting next to him, told him: \u201cGood job. Bravo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officials and guests applauded.<\/p>\n<p>One of the attendees, French Finance Minister Roland Lescure, described his surprise Thursday that the deal was signed during the dinner. Initial White House plans had considered a signing ceremony on Friday in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe literally saw Marco Rubio leave \u2014 I don\u2019t know if he had already printed the memorandum of agreement or went to print it \u2014 and come back,\u201d Lescure added. \u201cWe cleared the plates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"U.S. President Donald Trump is greeted by French President Emmanuel...\" class=\"size-article_inline\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781814747_226_France_US_Trump_95452.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>U.S. President Donald Trump is greeted by French President Emmanuel Macron and first lady Brigitte Macron as he arrives at the Palace of Versailles, Wednesday, June 17, 2026, in Versailles, France. (AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"U.S. President Donald Trump departs after the dinner at the...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781814747_859_France_US_Trump_34_99.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781814747_859_France_US_Trump_34_99.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>U.S. President Donald Trump departs after the dinner at the Palace of Versailles, early Thursday, June 18, 2026, in Versailles, France. (AP Photo\/Michel Euler, Pool)\n<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 2<\/p>\n<p>U.S. President Donald Trump is greeted by French President Emmanuel Macron and first lady Brigitte Macron as he arrives at the Palace of Versailles, Wednesday, June 17, 2026, in Versailles, France. (AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Asked whether Macron knew in advance that the deal would be signed, Lescure said he believed Trump had informed the French president shortly beforehand because the two arrived together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn any case, for us, ministers of the French government, it was a surprise,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>A French official said Rubio and French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot together reviewed the memorandum of understanding before bringing it to Trump for signing. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the details with the media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By SYLVIE CORBET PARIS (AP) \u2014 French President Emmanuel Macron offered Donald Trump a glitzy dinner in Versailles&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[195,36,5,337,26359,50,338,26358],"class_list":["post-37837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-france","tag-donald-trump","tag-emmanuel-macron","tag-france","tag-g7-summit","tag-initial-deal","tag-iran","tag-marco-rubio","tag-versailles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}