Trump and Macron hold bilateral meeting after U.S. and Iran agree to deal to end fighting

[0:00] I wanted to say – I mean, to command President Trump for celebration yesterday and to welcome [0:07] President Trump and his ministers and his team for being here in Evian for the G7. [0:13] I think yesterday was signed a very important agreement, a peace deal with Iran. [0:20] And it's a very important one because, first, it will fix the nuclear issue, and it's a [0:26] very important matter for peace for the whole world. And it will reopen all of us. It will [0:34] provide peace in Lebanon. And so we are ready to take our fair share of the burden and be [0:39] part of the commitment of the international community in order to support this deal. And [0:45] we will discuss about that together and with colleagues later on. But it's a very important [0:50] step towards peace, but as well for global economy. We will have the occasion to discuss [0:55] about the war in Ukraine in order to re-engage together and negotiate a good and solid peace [1:02] and sustainable peace. And President Zelensky will be with us as well tomorrow. And obviously, [1:07] we will have the occasion to bring this G7 to speak about a series of issues from rare earths, [1:13] critical minerals, trade, et cetera, where we have to build convergence among the G7 members. [1:19] And it will be the occasion for us to celebrate the 250 years of independence for the U.S. And [1:29] Versailles is a good place because this is where the king and his minister of foreign affairs [1:34] at the time did support the U.S. during years, but as well prepared what we called the Paris [1:41] treaty in 1783, which was, I mean, the final point of this war. So it's a great honor and [1:49] a great pleasure to have you, Mr. President, in Evian and Berlin. [1:52] Thank you. Thank you. So Emmanuel has been a special friend of mine. We've had a fantastic relationship. [2:02] We've worked on many deals together. I'm very happy to say very signed. The deal's all signed. [2:11] And the strain is already partially opened. As you know, they're doing a little hunting for a couple [2:18] of mines that they've already found. But it's essentially ships are starting to go out now. [2:26] On Friday, it'll be completely opened. We got along very well with Iran. It's a different set of leaders. [2:32] As you know, the first set is gone. The second set is gone. And we found the third set to be very [2:38] smart, strong, very smart. But we ended up making a deal. I felt badly that we had to go back on the [2:47] attack for two nights. And I thought a third, but we made it before that happened. But I think a lot [2:54] of great things are going to happen in the Middle East right now. And very importantly, the oil is [2:59] plummeting down. And the stock market is shooting up like a rocket today, like record kind of numbers. [3:08] And the oil has taken its biggest plunge. And we're into the low numbers. Not quite back yet, Kevin, [3:17] to the extent. But we're getting close to the numbers we were before it all started. And the main thing is [3:23] that Iran will not have a nuclear weapon. They fully agree to that with strong policing powers. And [3:29] they won't have a nuclear weapon, which is what it was all about, because they probably would have [3:35] used it if they had it. So we had two big moments when they terminated the JCPOA. That was the Obama [3:42] deal, the Barack Hussein Obama deal. And when I terminated that, it was very important because [3:48] it was a road to a nuclear weapon. It was a horrible deal for the United States. It was a deal where [3:54] billions of dollars was given to Iran. It was a deal where 1.7 billion in cash was put [4:01] on a Boeing 7, well, not a 7-7, 57, I guess, right? But it was put on a big, beautiful Boeing [4:10] 7-57. They needed a Boeing 7-47, to be honest with you, because it was a lot of cash. 1.7 [4:17] billion was taken out of the banks and given to Iran. And on top of that, tens of billions [4:23] of dollars was paid. So they tried to bribe them to make a deal. That didn't work. It never [4:29] works. And we've done a great job. And hopefully it's going to be a good relationship and we're [4:37] going to get along. And if we don't, we go back to where we started. But I don't think [4:42] that's going to be necessary. The Iran deal that we made is going to bring a lot of success [4:51] to the world, because the oil was really clogged up there for a while. He would call me on occasion, [4:56] say, come on, please. Let's go with the oil prices. But the oil is coming way down. So [5:02] I'm very honored by it. I want to thank you for your help. You've always been a help. And [5:08] it's an honor to be with you. We had a very good conversation yesterday with President [5:13] Zelensky and President Putin. And I see maybe we can do something there. I really do. I think [5:21] they're both open to it. So now that this is finished, we're going to be focusing on that, [5:27] see if we can get that one done. 25,000 people a month are dying, mostly soldiers. And that [5:34] shouldn't happen. But I had two very good conversations yesterday. We'll be talking about [5:39] it. And we had a really exciting, I think maybe one of the most incredible evenings in [5:46] the history of the White House. We had an evening last night with the fighters. And I was very [5:51] happy. I called last night, very late last night, to congratulate you. Because in the [5:56] heavyweight division, a French fighter won. I don't know, is that maybe more important [6:02] than the World Cup? To some people, it might be. To some people, it might be. You have a [6:06] good team in the world. Yeah. Very good team. But you have good fighters, too. And you're a [6:12] great country. And it's an honor to be with you. Thank you very much. [6:16] Hey, sir, are you going to try to attend the signing ceremony on Friday? [6:20] Well, it depends. J.D.'s coming in for it. He was originally going to do it. I'll probably [6:26] be gone by then. We're having dinner in a day and a half, right? We're going to be staying [6:32] quite late. So I may be involved. I may not. But J.D. was coming in for that, specifically. [6:40] Mr. President, when will the text of the MOU be released? [6:43] I think pretty soon. I would say, I mean, I want it to be released because it's a very [6:50] powerful document. It's not like the Obama document, which was just a terrible document. [6:57] This is a very powerful document. And I want it to be released. So probably pretty soon, [7:02] I would say after sometime after Friday, because the strait opens completely. It's open now, [7:09] but it opens completely. We'll have all the minds knock out for the most. But we have a lot [7:15] of lanes right now already. So I think, I think sometime, I think sometime in the very near [7:22] future. Mr. President, does the deal involve any sanctions relief for Iran? When would [7:27] that go? No, it doesn't. Well, they have to. It's really a behavioral thing. If they do [7:34] what they're supposed to do, that starts taking effect. [7:37] Mr. President, what do you expect from France and the country? [7:48] Well, I would love them to do that. I don't think we're going to need much help because [7:53] we have an agreement where it's going to be open and it's toll free. We have a little [7:58] argument on that. It's toll free. So I don't think we're going to need much help. But I don't [8:03] think it's a bad idea to have a ship or two up here from a few countries. You'd be a great [8:07] country to do it because you never know what happens. But I think it's going to be open [8:11] and I think it's going to be free sailing. We do want to see if we can straighten out [8:17] the Lebanon thing because it just seems to just never end. And that's a mini version of what we [8:25] were doing. But and it should not be tough. It should not be tough. So Hezbollah, we have [8:31] to we have to have a little talk with them. [8:34] I just wanted to respond in French to the question that was asked in French [8:40] on the contribution. We are ready to have, from tomorrow, [8:46] hunters who are on the floor and who can help in the mission of observation. And [8:50] in 48 hours, they can obviously be deployed. And in two or three days, the port-avion with [8:56] the fighters who accompany the whole group. Obviously, all this is supposed to be [9:02] wanted and demanded by the United States and the Iran and the Oman, that is [9:07] the parties prenant of the accord and the two parties, in particular, [9:12] around the Detroit. And we have agrégé with the Britannic [9:17] a mission ad hoc. And already a vingtaine of countries have given their [9:22] contributions concrete and what they were prepared to do. And we are four to be [9:25] present in the region. So, this is an offer. We are at [9:28] our disposal. This montre the support of [9:30] the international community, our desire to reopen [9:33] this Detroit. And like the President said, [9:35] maybe that will not be expected and maybe that will not be [9:39] necessary. But in any case, it is a disposition [9:42] that marks our desire to help, our support and [9:47] our disponibility. And we are ready. [9:49] The President is a little bit easier to put [9:52] up what it is. [9:53] The President is here to discuss [9:54] and discuss this agreement. [9:55] On the other hand, we are ahead and [9:57] thank you very much. [9:58] Thank you. [9:59] Thank you. [10:11] Thank you. [10:12] Thank you. [10:13] Thank you. [10:14] Thank you. [10:15] Thank you very much. Thank you very much.