Trump Wins G7 Backing on Iran Deal
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- Trump reversed his usual stance on multilateral summits, spending nearly three full days at the G7 in Evian-les-Bains and declaring 'a great deal of unity' after receiving unanimous support from allies for his tentative Iran agreement.
- G7 leaders — including Macron, Meloni, Merz, and Starmer, who had earlier criticized Trump for bombing Iran without consulting allies — welcomed the deal in a joint statement that credited 'the strong leadership of President Trump' for making it happen.
- Trump publicly named Vice President JD Vance as his designated scapegoat for the Iran deal, saying 'if it works out, I'm going to take the credit. If it doesn't work out, I'm blaming JD,' as Vance prepared to attend a ceremonial signing in Switzerland on Friday.
- G7 leaders united behind Ukraine for the first time in months, with Trump joining calls to deliver more air defense systems, interceptors, and long-range capabilities — a shift from his claim that Kyiv 'has no cards' in the war.
- Trump undercut the G7's coordinated China message by personally thanking Xi Jinping and Putin for staying 'neutral' in the Iran conflict, specifically crediting Xi for not supplying weapons to Tehran.
- Macron kept Trump from his early-departure habit with a post-summit dinner at the Palace of Versailles, where French officials noted the 1778 Franco-American alliance was first pledged.
Why it matters: G7 unity on the Iran deal gives Trump political cover to pursue the agreement, with Vance absorbing blame risk — but Trump's public gratitude to Xi and Putin for their 'neutrality' exposes a fault line: the same summit that produced a tough G7 statement on Chinese economic coercion also saw the U.S. president effectively carve out Iran as a bilateral matter with Beijing and Moscow.
