Trump Angrily Defends Iran Deal, Belittling the One Obama Signed NYT - Top Stories By: Erica L. Green and Zolan Kanno-Youngs 17 June 2026 at 15:22 President Trump denied that the United States would be part of a $300 billion rebuilding fund for Tehran and argued that his agreement was better than the one Barack Obama struck in 2015. © Haiyun Jiang/The New York TimesPresident Trump at the Group of 7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, on Wednesday.