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U.S., Iran Reach Tentative Deal Pending Trump Sign-Off

Morning Joe

Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, MS NOW, Willie Geist

Issues, Washington, Politics, President, Campaign, Scarboro, Brezinski, News, Giest, Ms Now, Congress, Government, Election

3.98.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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U.S., Iran Reach Tentative Deal Pending Trump Sign-Off

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0:00.0

You have consistently been willing to do the hard things.

0:04.6

The things that your predecessor said should have been done, but they didn't have the guts to do them.

0:09.4

So you have really a very small window.

0:12.0

So if you wanted to play that game, then you would wait till the midterms are over,

0:15.6

and then the following hour you'll attack Iran because they cannot have a nuclear weapon. Most people agree

0:21.6

with me in that. But then it gets maybe carried into, you know, the next election, whether it's

0:27.0

a midterm or not. So you have a very short window for doing anything having to do with war.

0:32.6

But I don't view that window. I view it. I have to do what's right.

0:38.3

President Trump, in a taped interview with his daughter-in-law that will air tomorrow on Fox

0:43.1

News that comes as there appears to be a tentative deal between the U.S. and Iran. We're going to go

0:49.3

through what may be in it and where it stands this morning.

0:59.6

Also ahead, we'll bring you new reporting on the conditions inside immigration detention centers,

1:05.9

including the Dilley facility in South Texas, which is holding dozens of children.

1:11.7

Plus, we'll be joined by the reporter who dug into the Pentagon's deal with the company tied to Donald Trump Jr. and how the White House was directly involved. Good morning. And welcome to morning,

1:18.9

Joe. It is Friday, you guys, May 29th. Good to have you all with us. Along with Joe, Willie and me.

1:24.8

We have the co-host of our 9 a.m. hour, staff writer at the Atlantic, Jonathan Lemire,

1:30.0

and President Emeritus of the Council in Foreign Relations, Richard Haas, is with us.

1:35.1

So, Joe, before we dive into the news, the president there, getting a not a very hard-hitting interview,

1:43.6

but there's news this morning of a possible deal.

1:47.9

Yeah, and you know what's so I think remarkable about it is,

1:52.0

this is the first time the president has dared to even suggest

1:55.8

there may be a deal with Iran.

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