Trump's unraveling 'deal' with Iran
The 11th Hour with Ali Velshi
MS NOW, Ali Velshi
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🗓️ 19 June 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The 11th hour starts now. |
| 0:03.2 | Try as he might, and he sure is trying, Donald Trump cannot sell his so-called deal with Iran, |
| 0:08.7 | not to the American people, not even to his own Republican Party. |
| 0:12.2 | The latest signs of its unraveling next. |
| 0:14.4 | Plus, we'll head to Chicago to take in the sights and sounds of the star-studded dedication |
| 0:18.7 | of the Obama presidential library, including the speech |
| 0:22.2 | that brought tears to the former president's eyes and will bring tears to yours. |
| 0:26.5 | And I'm going to tell you about a rare species of venomous reptile that each twice, maybe three |
| 0:31.6 | times a year. This reptile has a secret that is right now saving American lives. |
| 0:42.6 | Tonight's nightlight is the story of the doctors and scientists who made the choice to fight when their work came under fire to protect you. |
| 0:51.7 | Tonight, the very unpopular memorandum that Donald Trump signed yesterday seeking to end the very unpopular war that he started with Iran is already falling apart. |
| 1:01.6 | The deal is so widely derided that it may be one of the few things that Donald Trump might want to remove his name from. |
| 1:08.8 | But at the moment, he's still defending the memorandum of |
| 1:11.7 | understanding, describing it in a new interview tonight as, quote, unconditional surrender, end |
| 1:16.8 | quote. And by that, he means Iran's unconditional surrender. Now, I'm no linguist, but I've had a |
| 1:24.8 | working knowledge of the English language for some years now. And my sense is that what Iran came out of this deal with is not unconditional surrender. But hey, maybe I'm wrong. And if I am, guess what? I surrender. Because surrendering to Donald Trump now seems to mean coming out on the better end of a deal. Maybe it's my Canadian English. So let's hear what a bunch of prominent Americans are saying about this agreement. |
| 1:45.7 | This memorandum has been called ill-advised, a disaster, a huge mistake, a pretty humiliating loss, the worst foreign policy blunder in decades. |
| 1:56.3 | Those are exact quotes, and not a single one comes from a Democrat. |
| 2:00.8 | They are all from members of the president's own party and other popular conservative |
| 2:05.1 | figures. |
| 2:06.1 | The memorandum of understanding addresses virtually none of the war stated and constantly |
| 2:11.2 | shifting objectives. |
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