Trump forgot to bring Iran deal to signing -- leaving Rubio scrambling for printer: report

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Raw Story

June 19, 2026 1:10PM ET


Secretary of State Marco Rubio scrambled for a printer inside the Palace of Versailles after President Donald Trump went to the sign his Iran deal — without bringing a copy with him. A new report sheds light on the chaotic behind-the-scenes details of how the historic agreement came together.

According to Agence France-Presse, Trump decided to sign at a candlelit dinner in Versailles "quite spontaneously" — the text hadn't even been printed, leaving Rubio to hunt down a printer somewhere inside the grand palace. When Trump finally put pen to paper, he used a fat black marker, the crockery still on the table after a dinner of lobster and caviar.

The deal itself had been announced three days earlier — on Trump's 80th birthday, June 14 — while he was still in Washington, celebrating by watching MMA cage fights at the White House. The signing venue had shifted multiple times. French President Emmanuel Macron had said the deal had already been signed "electronically."

It had then been expected that Vice President JD Vance would formalize it with top Iranian negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf in Switzerland. Trump then muddied the waters by saying it would be signed "tomorrow, maybe the next day" — before simply signing it himself at the Versailles dinner, reportedly impressed by the palace's "golden splendor."

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/rubio-scrambles-printer-iran-deal/

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Link to AFP (via Yahoo! News) REPORT - From Versailles to a Swiss mountain: a week of dizzying Iran diplomacy

[Ocelot II]

1. He was so impressed by the golden splendor of Versailles that he suddenly decided

that he had to sign the MOU right then and there rather than let Vance sign it in Switzerland the next day - of course completely oblivious to history and another disastrous agreement signed at Versailles...

[erronis]

2. t'rump just wants to get rid of this mess he made. Sign something, anything. Sign the f'in tablecloth.

[madinmaryland]

4. All for the better. More time to spend on EPSTEIN, EPSTEIN. EPSTEIN!!

[Lovie777]

3. No, it's up to the Secreaty of State to have the documents.................

and staff.

[chowder66]

5. Show us the document! I want to count the Lobster butter stains!!!!!!!

[Rebl2]

6. No wonder

Rubio looked so mad at the signing

[Grokenstein]

7. Doesn't he have an entire team of knob polishers to take care of such things?

You know--carry his documents, write his posts, make sure he's got his pants on, all those sorts of things? Where were they at? Shopping for diapers?

[reACTIONary]

8. The ReTreaty of Versailles