MembersTrump went to war to end Iran’s missile threat. Now he endorses it

Any deal must cap the country’s missile stockpile and ban missile production, as well as open its missile and drone sites to inspectors.

Ari Cicurel

Jun 24, 2026 at 3:15 pm

| Topics: Trump, Iran

Iran's missiles and drones at an arms exhibition in Tehran (August 2023) – the new agreement with Washington gives Tehran a free hand in rebuilding its arsenal. Photo: EPA/Abedin Taherkenareh.

Ari Cicurel

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(JNS) US President Donald Trump launched the war against Iran in part to remove the ballistic-missile threat he long railed against. On June 17, he announced that Iran can keep them.

At the G7 summit in France, Trump said Iran’s missiles only “hurt a little location” and “aren’t the problem,” doubling down by saying “⁠if other countries have them, it’s a little bit unfair for them not to have some.” The Memorandum of Understanding sets no limit on those missiles and leaves them off the agenda for later talks.

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