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Understanding Trump’s Iran Memorandum, by Nate Jackson – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Understanding Trump’s Iran Memorandum, by Nate Jackson

Patriot Post: Juneteenth
June 19, 2026

President Donald J. Trump signs a Memorandum of Understanding between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States at the Palace of Versailles, France on June 17, 2026. Source: Whitehouse.gov

By Nate Jackson, Patriot Post, June 18, 2026

President Trump’s administration has unveiled the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran, and there are both pros and glaring cons.

President Donald Trump has been teasing a deal with Iran since the middle of March, just a couple of weeks after the initial operations were launched. By early April, he announced a ceasefire that, as the weeks progressed, didn’t have much “cease” to it. Well, here we are, with the 14 points (transcribed below from a Trump administration official’s reading) of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to keep working toward a final deal. This isn’t the actual deal.

It doesn’t seem like we’ve achieved much, and I can’t say I’m full of confidence yet.

There are a couple of huge reasons for that. Namely, two of the 14 points outline how the U.S. will make money available now in exchange for promises of future actions. “Trust, but verify,” Ronald Reagan famously said. Memo to the Trump administration. ….

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