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Look, for the Iranians, they don't believe one single word of the memorandum of understanding.

For them, it's an element in the struggle. Sometimes you struggle by shooting things. Sometimes you struggle

by signing things, but no piece of paper ever written can bind the Islamic Republic of Iran. That is Trump, too. He also

thinks that way. So we have two people who fundamentally don't believe in the written word or their

own given word, and they have signed a memorandum of understanding.

It's 1 p.m. on Sunday, June 21st here in New York City, happy Father's Day to all the dads listening. It's 8 p.m. on Sunday,

June 21st in Israel, as Israelis reckon with the outcome of the Iran war chronicled in the

Memorandum of Understanding, which was signed late last week. It seems like a paradox. Israel and the

United States just led one of the most militarily successful campaigns in the modern

history of the Middle East. They degraded Iran's air defenses. They set back Iran's nuclear program.

They destroyed Iran's navy. A lot of its conventional military capabilities. They left Hezbollah

battered and leaderless. I can go on. By every military measure, this was an outstanding performance.

And then President Trump flew to a G7 summit and signed a piece of paper that, according to the agreement,

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