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"We had a fantastic NATO summit, one of the best, everybody said so, even people who don't like me." "Five percent, that's what they agreed to. Nobody thought that was possible, believe me." "Iran is not going to be a problem anymore. We hit them harder than anybody's ever been hit." "The stock market is through the roof, and Fake News barely mentions it." "I get along great with Secretary General Rutte, great guy, calls me all the time." Sources: White House readout of NATO summit; wire coverage.

"Gaza is getting close, very close. We could have something very soon, maybe even by the end of the week." "Everybody wants this to end. Even Hamas wants it to end, believe me." "The hostages are what matters. Get the hostages back and a lot of good things can happen fast." "I've had many calls today, many calls. Everybody's cooperating, more than people know." "We're going to have peace in the Middle East. Real peace, not fake peace like other people talk about." Sources: White House pool report; Reuters Middle East coverage.

"We're working on Gaza, and I think we're getting close... I think it could be one of the easier deals we do, actually." "I'd love to see a ceasefire and I'd love to see all of those hostages taken care of." Sources: White House pool coverage, June 28, 2026.

"This morning, the Supreme Court delivered a monumental victory for the Constitution, the separation of powers, and the Rule of Law... in this case, the Supreme Court has rightfully stopped the excessive use of nationwide injunctions." "We have so many cases now that we can start filing, that we were waiting for this decision. And I think it's going to be one of the most important decisions in the history of our country." Sources: White House press conference remarks, June 27, 2026.

"The intelligence was very inconclusive... but I think it was very severe. It was obliteration." "You don't know that. You don't know until you go into the rubble, and everybody was incinerated." "The Fake News is trying to make this like a really bad attack, when it was one of the most successful military strikes in history." Sources: NATO summit press conference remarks, June 26, 2026.

"We have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the fuck they're doing." "I'm not sure if I did or I didn't [invoke Article 5]. I'm committed to being their friend." "NATO is not a rip-off. And we're here to help them protect their country." Sources: NATO summit remarks, The Hague, June 25, 2026.

"The ceasefire is in effect... Israel and Iran will not be shooting at each other." "Both Israel and Iran violated the ceasefire, but Israel violated it more." "I'm not happy with Israel... when I say 'we,' I mean Israel." Sources: Pool reports and wire coverage, June 24, 2026.

"I don't want to do anything that's going to hurt anybody, including Iran... I want to help Iran. I want it to be great again." "We may sign an agreement. I don't know. To me, it's a very simple deal." Sources: White House pool report and Reuters, June 23, 2026.

"If Iran doesn't live up to their agreement, or if they're not behaving, I will do what I have to do." "Well, we're going to take a look at it." "I get problems solved real fast, including with Bibi." "As long as they respect us, we're not going to have any trouble... we have total control of the strait." "I think the blockade was more impactful than dropping bombs, if you want to know the truth... It was like I said, they call it the steel wall. Nobody got through it. Not one ship got through... They got through if we wanted them to go through, and we could set that up again in about 15 minutes." "Obama gave them a road to a nuclear weapon. I gave them a wall against another. They'll never, under this agreement, even think about building a nuclear bomb." "money that's being unfrozen is going to be used to buy food... exclusively through the United States from our farmers. And corn, soybeans and al...

"You close it and you won't have a country. You won't even make it back to your f--king country." "If Oman gets in the way, we'll bomb the s--- out of them." "I can do whatever I want." Sources: NBC News and Fortune, citing a Fox News phone interview with Trey Yingst, June 21, 2026.

"services rendered as the Guardian Angel to the countries of the Middle East" — threatened to charge U.S. tolls in the Strait of Hormuz for "purposes of both past, present, and future reimbursement of costs," if no final deal within the 60-day window. Sources: AP/Fortune, June 20, 2026.

"There will never be one like this. This is very unique... it was built at a level that will probably never be seen again." "You just gotta calm down sometimes and use your head." Sources: CBS News and Times of Israel liveblog, June 19, 2026.

"The stock market just hit a new all-time high. The 401Ks just hit a new all-time high. And oil is dropping like a rock. Other than that, it's another day in paradise." "I have no higher privilege than serving as the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces... A 250-year tradition of the bravest and greatest heroes ever to walk the Earth." "I wanted to give it to myself, but I was informed I couldn't do it. And I couldn't find anything where I was actually worthy." "We expect a complete ceasefire on all fronts, including Lebanon, Hezbollah and Israel." "The United States is committed to PEACE, and we encourage everyone in the Middle East region to maintain their commitment to allowing our negotiations to beautifully unfold." "There are no limits... No, none. I haven't learned that lesson yet. I know there are, but there are no limits. We defeated them totally militarily." "We have the most powerful mili...

"I had very good talks with President Zelenskyy and with President Putin, and we'd like to see that one end. I ended eight wars and, to be honest with you, I thought this would have been one of the easier ones. But they're not liking each other too much and it makes it much more difficult." "It's really tumbling, it's, I guess, $74, $75 right now, so it's down... And on top of that, we will have an Iran without a nuclear weapon." "It's been happening from my first term when a very evil man named Soleimani was killed. That's when it started and nobody else did this but Trump." "My deal is a wall to a nuclear -- you're not going to have it, it's a wall to a nuclear weapon." "You know, deals are amazing, I've done them all my life... you never know with deals, do you? But you're going to find out pretty soon. I think it'll be done. They want to sign; they want to get back to a normal life." ...

"has to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon" (on Netanyahu) Israel had been fighting Hezbollah "too long and too many people are being killed." "You don't have to knock down an apartment house every time you're looking for somebody because there's a lot of people in those apartment houses – and they're not all Hezbollah." "I suggested to Israel to let Syria take care of Hezbollah because to be honest with you, I think they'd do a better job of doing it." "I didn't like that, not at all." "I let them know that." "It can." "I consider that the minor war. Iran's the big one, but we have that little pinprick out there that constantly rears its head and that's Hezbollah." "all hell will rain down" if Iran tries to get a nuclear weapon "This deal is a wall to a nuclear weapon." "The only thing that really matters to me is Iran will never have a nucl...

"the deal is all signed and the strait is already partially opened. As you know, they're doing a little hunting for a couple of mines that they've already found." "on Friday, it'll be completely opened. We got along very well with Iran... we found the third set to be very smart, strong, very smart, but we ended up making a deal. I felt badly that we had to go back on the attack for two nights, and I thought a third, but we made it before that happened." "the oil is plummeting down and the stock market is shooting up like a rocket today, like record kind of numbers." "the main thing is that Iran will not have a nuclear weapon. They fully agreed to that, with strong policing powers." "We had a very good conversation yesterday with President Zelenskyy and President Putin, and I see maybe we can do something there, I really do. I think they're both open to it." "25,000 people a month are dying, mostly -- mostly soldiers...

"This morning's attack on Beirut should not have happened, particularly on a special day when we are so close to a Peace Deal with Iran. Israel has the right to defend itself against threats, but the attack it was responding to was very small and meaningless, nobody was hurt, injured, or killed, and should not disrupt this important process. We are very close to a Deal that will bring peace to the region, including to Lebanon, and all sides should stand down. There should be no more attacks by Israel anywhere in Lebanon, but there should also be no more attacks by any other party, including Hezbollah, against Israel. This could be the beginning of a long and beautiful peace -- Let's not blow it!" "Senator Jack Reed, a Dumocrat from R.I., lied when stating the Deal we just made is not as good as the Obama disaster known as the JCPOA. Reed is either an outright fraud, or incompetent. The Obama Deal was a road to a Nuclear weapon for Iran, cash and all, one of the w...

"Barack Hussein Obama's Deal with Iran, the JCPOA, was an easy, beautiful, smooth road to a Nuclear Weapon, which Iran would have had six years ago, and would have used long before now. My Agreement with Iran is the exact opposite, A WALL TO NO NUCLEAR WEAPON! In fact, they no longer want a Nuclear Weapon, nor will they have one, either through purchase, development, or any other form of procurement. The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL. Our relationship with Iran is a much different and better one than previous Administrations have had. Unlike Obama's Hundreds of Billions of Dollars in payments to them, including 1.7 Billion Dollars in green, cold cash, no money will exchange hands. At the appropriate time, when all is calm, we will go in and get the Nuclear Dust, buried deep under the powerful sunken granite mountains, thanks to our beautiful B-2 Bombers and their brilliant pilots, and downblen...

"The terms that Iran leaked out to the Fake News have NOTHING to do with the terms that were agreed to, in writing. What they said, including their weak and pathetic statement on having a deal, bears no relation to the truth. Very dishonorable people to deal with. With them, there is no such thing as dealing in good faith. AMAZING! Also, their totally rebuffed Drone attack last night against Indian Ships leaving the Hormuz Strait is TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. They better get their act together, and FAST!" "very positive" (on Iranian FM Araghchi's public statement) Sources: Trump Archive (Truth Social), June 12, 2026; Barak Ravid/Axios (X posts), June 12, 2026.

"Just had a big day. I know you'll never be satisfied, but that's OK. That doesn't bother me at all. We just made a great settlement of the war with Iran, and we're going to be subject to finalization of documents, which should get done over the next few days, probably have a signing maybe in Europe, and it's a great thing." "Stock markets up 1,000 points. That means they like the deal." "we've been taking out many ships that nobody knew... over the last month, we've been taking out ships, big ships, quietly at night. You guys didn't know that... The last four or five nights we did 25, 22, 21, 26, 18 and 14. Who else would remember those numbers? Nobody." "They will not only not have. They will not purchase, develop in any way, any shape -- in any way, shape or form a nuclear weapon. They will not have a nuclear weapon." "Because they've taken a pounding. They've taken a pounding like very few people c...

"pay the price" (for taking "too long to negotiate a deal") "start signing a paper" (all Iran had to do) "the most violated ceasefire in the history of the world." Sources: CNN live coverage, June 9–10, 2026; Fox News' Trey Yingst reporting, June 10, 2026.

"We have ongoing negotiations in Iran and with Iran, that hasn't stopped. And we could have at least an idea by one or two days from now, but I think it's going well." "The blockade continues to hold 100 percent. Nothing is getting through our blockade. No oil, no income, no nothing, nothing's getting through the blockade." "We had a very good conversation, and he was hit and he hit back, and I can't blame him for that... And we're in the final throes of what will be a very, very good deal that will not allow in any way, shape or form, nuclear weapons, etc., and the Strait will open up right away." "I said, do what's right, but I want you to stop as quickly as you can because they have to stop. It's had to do with Lebanon, and it has to stop." "No, no, we have a good chance of doing it. We should be able to do it in one hour if you want to know the truth." "If we go and bomb, which we can do very easily ...

"Israel and Iran must immediately stop 'shooting.'" "Both sides, Israel and Iran, are looking to do an immediate CEASEFIRE! Final negotiations on 'Peace' are proceeding, subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way. The Blockade will remain in place, and in full force and effect, until a 'Final Deal' is reached. Things should move quickly. Thank you for your attention to this matter!" Sources: Trump Archive (Truth Social posts), June 8, 2026.

"I am going to call Bibi right now and tell him not to retaliate. Each of them had their fun. Israel had its strike, and Iran had its strike. We don't need another one." "The Iranian strikes didn't hurt anybody. Hopefully Israel is not going to retaliate. If Bibi strikes them back, it's just gonna keep going like the last 47 years — or the last 3,000 years." "We are very close to a final deal with Iran. It is going to be a good deal. I don't want it to blow up because of what is happening now." Sources: Axios ("Trump tells Axios he will ask Netanyahu not to strike back at Iran"), June 7, 2026.

"we're having great success with Iran... they're not going to have a nuclear weapon, and they're in no position to have a nuclear weapon." "A lot. I don't want to say how many, but a lot. A lot of oil is coming into our country... that's why it's at $97 a barrel instead of $300 a barrel." "Well, I don't mind. Let them deal. I'm the one that got them to this position and I think that's going to get worked out... it's a war that should have never happened, would have never happened if I was president." "25,000 people a month are dying, mostly -- mostly soldiers and that shouldn't happen." "It's not acceptable, not acceptable." "Well, I was never much of a fan of John Bolton... he wanted to go to war with anybody that opened their mouth... He's a dirty guy, and we caught him." "Senator Tillis is a loser. That's why he didn't run... stone-cold." "Well, they...

"Well, it would be a good reason. I'd be honest with you. If they kill US troops, I think I would do that very quickly. Yeah, that's a very interesting question." "Yeah, what does reject me? They didn't reject. Look, they're looking. I think Hezbollah -- I will tell you, they called us and they said, how about stopping? And I think you're going to see things happen over there. That's been, like, um, a little bit of a different world, but it's interconnected with Iran." "And it would be really nice if Lebanon could have some peace. Lebanon's been under attack for so many years and always like an underdog... I spoke to Bibi Netanyahu about that... And I actually spoke to Hezbollah about it. And I think progress has made." "We're the most powerful military in the world. We gave them a chance to help, but they chose not to, NATO... they all turned us down." "I've ended eight wars and soon to be a ninth... ...

"Israel, hey look, they've been a great partner. Bibi Netanyahu's been, for me, a great partner. For other people, not so good. For me, he's been very good." "Most powerful thing" (on the naval blockade of Iran, said it gave the US more leverage than military strikes) "As of this moment" Iran had agreed to allow the US in to dig up buried nuclear material once the conflict ends Negotiations were going "very well," even as Iran's foreign minister said there was no "significant progress" Sources: CNN live coverage, June 3, 2026.

"Iran's a big success. Wait until you see. That'll be a very big success, it's already -- we've essentially defeated the military." "And they've already agreed they're not going to have a nuclear weapon." "He's involved, absolutely." "Yeah, I think they have -- they have a lot of respect for him." "We have the blockade, which is amazing. Our Navy is great, our military -- we have the strongest military in the world." "I did, I wouldn't say angry, I was a little bit perturbed at his constantly fighting with Lebanon, you know. At some point I said, Bibi, we've got to stop this, we've got to stop it. But I have a very good relationship, we've done well together." "I like Bibi a lot, and I've worked very well with him... I'm a wartime president, he's a wartime prime minister." "I said he tricked me? I mean, I'm the one that started it because... I started b...

"Iran really wants to make a deal, and it will be a good one for the U.S.A. and those that are with us. But don't the Dumocrats, and various seemingly unpatriotic Republicans, understand that it is MUCH tougher for me to properly do my job and negotiate, when political hacks keep negatively 'chirping,' at levels never seen before, over and over again, that I should move faster, or move slower, or go to war, or not go to war, or whatever. Just sit back and relax, it will all work out well in the end – It always does!" "I had a conversation with Bibi Netanyahu today, asking him not to go into a major raid of Beirut, Lebanon. He turned his Troops around. Thank you Bibi! I also had a conversation with Representatives of the Leaders of Hezbollah, and they agreed to stop shooting at Israel, and its soldiers. Likewise, Israel agreed to stop shooting at them. Let's see how long that lasts – Hopefully it will be for ETERNITY!" "I had a very productive ca...