Trump Downplays Iran Uranium as $500,000 Asset After War-Ending MOU
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Updated · Common Dreams · Jun 16
Trump Downplays Iran Uranium as $500,000 Asset After War-Ending MOU
3 articles · Updated · Common Dreams · Jun 16
Summary
Trump said there is “no rush” to retrieve Iran’s highly enriched uranium and suggested the US could ask “why even bother,” calling it worth only about $500,000.
At the G7 summit, he said the material was sought more “psychologically” than urgently, even though he added the US still planned to get it and claimed only the US and China had the needed equipment.
The remarks came a day after Washington and Tehran announced a memorandum of understanding to end the war, with Trump saying Iran would be limited to enrichment levels unusable for military purposes.
White House officials said the nuclear details still face two months of negotiations, underscoring uncertainty over terms Trump had previously cast as a central war objective.
Trump’s latest comments also sharpened a pattern of shifting messages: he has alternately said the uranium must be destroyed, was too deep to matter, and was unnecessary except for public relations.