President Donald Trump announced the end of his war in the only way he knows how: surrounded by gaudy gold.
Trump, 80, announced that he had signed the memorandum of understanding with Iran during his dinner visit to the Palace of Versailles in France on Wednesday.
“It’s signed, yeah,” the president told reporters outside the palace when asked about the status of the MOU. “I signed it in Versailles. I just signed it.”
The White House shared a video on social media of Trump signing the document while sitting beside French President Emmanuel Macron in the historic castle that once housed the French monarchy.
The signing of the MOU puts the 110-day war, sparked by the U.S. and Israel launching a joint bombing campaign against Iran on Feb. 28, on pause while negotiations continue for 60 days on critical issues such as Iran’s nuclear program.
Included in the terms of the agreement, other than the “immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts,” is the termination of “all types of sanctions” against Iran, as well as the establishment of a $300 billion “reconstruction and economic development fund” for Iran.
In return, Tehran “reaffirms that it shall not procure or develop nuclear weapons,” a promise the nation made previously as part of President Barack Obama’s Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in 2015.
Iran also indicated that the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz would begin immediately upon the signing of the document. The crucial trade corridor was fully open and unrestricted before Trump began his war on the Middle Eastern nation.
A formal signing ceremony is still scheduled to take place in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday.
Trump’s plan faced backlash from even his most loyal MAGA supporters, as the concessions made by the U.S. are a far cry from the “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER” he demanded in March.
Bizarrely, the president told reporters on Wednesday that it would be “a little bit unfair” if Iran were not to have ballistic missiles “if other countries have them.”
“What am I going to do? We’re gonna let Saudi Arabia have missiles, but [Iran] can’t have them?” he said. “Missiles aren’t the problem. Missiles—they hurt a little location, but they don’t blow up the planet."
Thirteen American service members were killed and hundreds more were wounded as a result of the conflict.
