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Trump Loyalists Call BS on His ‘Terrible’ Peace Deal

The Daily Beast

June 18, 2026

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Trump Loyalists Call BS on His ‘Terrible’ Peace Deal

Evelyn Hockstein / REUTERSPresident Trump’s long-awaited peace deal with Iran has been slammed by some of his most loyal supporters.Trump, 80, used his visit to France to announced he had signed the memorandum of understanding with Iran on Wednesday. “It’s signed, yeah,” the president told reporters outside the Palace of Versailles when asked about the status of the MOU. “I signed it in Versailles. I just signed it.”Read more at The Daily Beast.

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