A White House pool clip shows President Trump's exchange with a reporter who quoted Trump's 2020 remark — 'Iran never won a war, but never lost a negotiation.' The president laughed and confirmed the quote was his own. The light moment came as the full text of the 14-point US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding continued to circulate, detailing an immediate end to hostilities on all fronts, the lifting of sanctions and the naval blockade, and a $300 billion reconstruction fund for Iran.
The exchange, circulated by Israeli journalist Amit Segal (N12), shows a reporter telling President Trump in the Oval Office: 'A wise man once said, in January 2020: "Iran never won a war, but never lost a negotiation."' Trump asked who said it, and the reporter replied, 'Donald Trump.' The president laughed.
The moment came as the full text of the 14-point Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the U.S. and Iran was published Wednesday evening, two hours earlier than the first official reports. The document — confirmed by multiple Israeli and international outlets — provides for an immediate and permanent cessation of hostilities on all fronts, including Lebanon; the lifting of all U.S. sanctions and the naval blockade within 30 days; a $300 billion U.S.-backed reconstruction fund for Iran; and a commitment by Tehran not to acquire or develop nuclear weapons, with enriched material to be diluted on-site under IAEA supervision.
The MoU sets a 60-day timeline for finalizing a comprehensive agreement. The White House has not commented on the clip. Trump's original remark came in January 2020, after the U.S. killed Qassem Soleimani and Iran retaliated with a missile strike on Ain al-Asad airbase. As The Zioneer reported earlier Wednesday, the full text of the MoU was published by Barak Ravid and independently corroborated.
What remains open: The White House has not formally confirmed the document's status as a signed text, and the timeline for the signing ceremony in Islamabad — initially reported for Friday — has not been updated.
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