Trump forgot to bring Iran deal to signing -- leaving Rubio scrambling for printer: report [View all]
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/
Link to AFP (via Yahoo! News) REPORT - From Versailles to a Swiss mountain: a week of dizzying Iran diplomacy
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