Trump Defends Iran Missiles as Self-Defense, Offers Space Force Uranium Monitoring and Affirms Support for Israel

President Donald Trump on June 17 defended Iran’s ballistic missiles as self-defense and proposed U.S. Space Force monitoring of Iranian uranium if extraction proved impossible. He also called skeptics of his Iran memorandum losers too blind to recognize his genius.

Vice President JD Vance stated on June 18 that Trump was the only world leader still sympathetic to Israel. Vance warned Jerusalem to respect the peace process, halt strikes in Beirut, and not go wild in Lebanon even as Hezbollah keeps firing. He placed Iran’s missiles and Israel’s self-defense on the same moral plane.

-Iran memorandum provides Iran with $344 billion in sanctions relief, asset releases, investments, and unlocked energy value. Of that total, about $24 billion flows through Qatar and another $20 billion through UAE channels, with a $300 billion redevelopment fund included. Washington Examiner reported the statements and the memorandum figures.