Senior aides to US President Donald Trump were surprised by his social media post that he had reached an agreement with Iran, the Wall Street Journal reports.
According to the report, Trump’s post on Truth Social on Sunday saying that the “deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete” came after Trump digitally signed the document in the White House soon after 5 p.m. local time (midnight Israel time).
But Trump’s own top aides were caught off-guard by his posts on the deal, which they thought was still being negotiated, the Journal reports.
The text of the agreement, which is said to be a page and a half long, has not been made public. During a press conference yesterday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed that Israel is not a party to the memorandum of understanding and does not yet know the full details of the agreement.
The Journal reports that Trump inked the deal while speaking to journalists, allies and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone, and as he prepared to attend the cage fights being held on the White House lawn in honor of his 80th birthday that day.
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