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IT’S OVER
Trump said Wednesday morning that the MOU is over.
“I think the Iran deal is over,” he told reporters at the NATO summit in Ankara. “They attacked our ships. We hit them. They hit us back. That’s not a deal.”
It took 21 days.
Iran struck three commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday and Tuesday. The US revoked Iran’s oil sales waiver and launched strikes on Bandar Abbas, Sirik, and Qeshm Island. Iran responded by striking US military installations in Bahrain and Kuwait. No US casualties have been confirmed from those strikes. The exchange is now bilateral, multi-day, and escalating.
Iran’s President Pezeshkian posted on X, drawing a direct line between the World Cup and American foreign policy. “The U.S. government’s conduct as World Cup host follows its familiar foreign policy: bending rules, bullying rivals, creating obstacles, and cheating. This is their MAGA playbook. Iran rejects such games. We stand firmly for our rights.”
The MOU was signed on June 17. It called for the permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and a 60-day negotiating window toward a permanent agreement. Military operations have resumed on multiple fronts. The Strait remains contested. The 60-day window, if it still exists, has 39 days left.
Brent crude opened Wednesday at $78.57 per barrel, up $4.41 from Tuesday evening, the market’s best read on the probability of the agreement surviving.
🌍 TRANSLATOR’S NOTE: Iran’s president compared US conduct in the war to its conduct as World Cup host — bending rules for itself, applying them strictly to others. That comparison is not being made in American coverage but it is the frame Iran is offering the world, and it is landing in a week when Trump intervened in FIFA’s red card process on behalf of the US team and the rest of the football world noticed. The two stories — the FIFA intervention and the MOU collapse — are being read outside the US as the same story: a country that believes the rules apply to everyone else.
🇺🇸 What American readers need to know: Trump says the Iran deal is over. Iran struck US military installations in Bahrain and Kuwait overnight. The US struck Iran first. Brent is at $78.57 and rising. Gas hasn’t caught up yet. It will.
Sources: ABC News live blog (US — Trump “I think the Iran deal is over” quote verbatim confirmed, Iran struck US military targets Bahrain/Kuwait confirmed, Pezeshkian X post confirmed, July 8); CNN live blog (US — Pezeshkian “MAGA playbook” quote verbatim confirmed, UAE official criticized Iran confirmed, July 8); NBC News (US — MOU terms confirmed, GL X revocation confirmed, Bandar Abbas/Sirik/Qeshm Island strikes confirmed, July 7)
THE SUMMIT
Trump arrived at the NATO summit in Ankara with a list of grievances and spent Tuesday delivering them.
He demanded Greenland — again. “That should be controlled by the United States, not by Denmark,” he told reporters during a bilateral meeting with Erdogan. “Greenland doesn’t help Denmark. Denmark doesn’t spend money to really help Greenland, but it’s an important part for the United States. It’s surrounded by China ships and Russian ships.” He added that NATO’s refusal to support him on Greenland was what “hurt my relationship with NATO.” He suggested the United States could remove all of its troops from Europe in response.
He condemned Spain. “Spain is a wasted cause. We don’t want to do any trade business with Spain anymore,” he said. “Spain is a terrible partner in NATO. They don’t participate, they don’t pay. I don’t want anything to do with Spain.” Spain is the only NATO member that refused to commit to the alliance’s increased spending target, securing an exemption to cap its defense spending at 2.1% of GDP rather than the 5% target other nations plan to reach by 2035. Spain’s left-wing Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has been among the most vocal critics of the US war on Iran — and Spain denied US planes access to its military bases during the conflict.
He rewarded Turkey. Trump announced the lifting of CAATSA sanctions on Turkey, imposed after Ankara purchased Russia’s S-400 air defense system in 2019. That purchase led to Turkey being expelled from the F-35 fighter jet program. Removing the sanctions clears the path toward Turkey’s potential readmission, a significant concession to Erdogan, the summit’s host. Legal hurdles remain before Turkey could be fully reinstated in the F-35 program.
NATO Secretary General Rutte, working overtime to prevent the summit from becoming a showcase of alliance fractures, praised $258 billion in increased European and Canadian defense spending in 2025 and 2026. “It’s your win, your win,” he told Trump. Trump did not appear satisfied.
Finland’s President Alexander Stubb told CNBC, “Be more Arctic, be more cool. If it is about Arctic security, we have seven countries that are Arctic nations in the alliance. Finland has trained 1 million soldiers in Arctic conditions; we basically live in Arctic conditions. Let’s keep that in mind.”
Denmark’s Prime Minister reiterated that Greenland is “not for sale.”
Trump meets Zelensky today in a bilateral meeting. The MOU’s collapse is now the summit’s defining fact.
🌍 TRANSLATOR’S NOTE: PBS NewsHour’s AP wire coverage described European officials as “on edge” for how Trump would translate his fury toward the alliance into changes in US military posture. The specific grievances Trump aired — Greenland, Spain, Iran war non-participation, defense spending — are being read in European capitals not as a negotiating tactic but as a statement of intent. The Finland-Denmark-Spain reactions confirm it: no one is laughing at the Greenland demand anymore. They are calculating what it means if he is serious.
🇺🇸 What American readers need to know: Trump demanded Greenland, threatened to pull US troops from Europe, wrote off Spain as a “wasted cause,” and rewarded Turkey with sanctions relief — all on Day 1 of a NATO summit. Today he meets Zelensky. The MOU collapsed overnight. The summit has a different backdrop than it did yesterday morning.
Sources: PBS NewsHour / AP (US wire — Greenland “controlled by United States” quote confirmed, China/Russia ships claim confirmed, troop removal threat confirmed, Rutte $258 billion confirmed, Denmark “not for sale” confirmed, July 8); CNN live blog (US — Spain “wasted cause” quotes verbatim confirmed, Spain 2.1% GDP confirmed, Spain denied US bases confirmed, Rutte “it’s your win” confirmed, July 8); CNBC (US — Stubb “Be more Arctic” quote verbatim confirmed, F-35 legal hurdles confirmed, Turkey CAATSA sanctions lifted confirmed, July 7-8); Time (US — “hurt my relationship with NATO” quote verbatim confirmed, Hegseth “shameful” response confirmed, July 7)
HOUSTON
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was looking for day laborers. His son was in the car.
At 6:50 Tuesday morning, ICE officers attempted to stop Salgado Araujo’s vehicle in the Magnolia Park neighborhood of east Houston, a historically Latino community. The Department of Homeland Security said Salgado Araujo rammed an ICE vehicle, refused multiple verbal commands, and attempted to run over an ICE officer. An officer fired his weapon. Salgado Araujo was struck in the abdomen. He was transported to Ben Taub Hospital with CPR in progress. He died there.
DHS identified him as a Mexican national without legal immigration status and described the shooting as self-defense. ICE said it was a “targeted enforcement operation.”
The League of United Latin American Citizens, which has been in touch with the family, gave a different account. LULAC said Salgado Araujo was driving through Magnolia Park looking for day laborers — work the neighborhood has historically provided — when he was stopped and shot. One of his sons was present and witnessed his father’s death. LULAC National President Roman Palomares called for an independent investigation. “This is not an isolated event across the nation,” he said. “We have seen a pattern of ICE involvement in shootings and excessive use of force. Each time, a family is left without answers and a community is left in fear.”
The FBI’s Houston field office is investigating a potential assault on a federal law enforcement officer. The DHS Office of Inspector General is leading a separate investigation into the shooting itself. The Houston Police Department was not part of the ICE operation and arrived afterward to direct traffic.
The Washington Post reported this is the first deadly ICE shooting since Renée Good and Alex Pretti were killed in Minneapolis in January. It is not the first time the official account has been disputed. In the Good case, DHS said she was trying to hit an agent with her vehicle. Local officials and witnesses said she was trying to drive away. Video confirms it. In the Pretti case, he was a nurse and a US citizen, shot ten times. In a January shooting in Minneapolis, an ICE officer charged with assault was later found to have filed a false police report. No ICE agent has been criminally charged in connection with any of the fatal shootings.
🇺🇸 What American readers need to know: An ICE officer killed a man in Houston Tuesday morning. His son watched him die. DHS says self-defense. LULAC says he was looking for work. The FBI is investigating. No ICE agent has been criminally charged in connection with any of the fatal immigration enforcement shootings since January 2025. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo is the third person killed by federal immigration officers since the beginning of this year.
Sources: NBC News (US — Salgado Araujo named, LULAC account confirmed, son witnessed death confirmed, Magnolia Park confirmed, day laborers account confirmed, Palomares quote verbatim confirmed, July 7); Texas Tribune (US — 6:50 a.m. confirmed, Ben Taub Hospital confirmed, gunshot wound abdomen confirmed, Houston Fire Department CPR confirmed, July 7); CNN (US — DHS statement verbatim confirmed, FBI investigating confirmed, Houston City Council ordinance reversed confirmed, July 7); Washington Post (US — “first deadly shooting since January” confirmed, Renée Good comparison confirmed, July 7); Houston Public Media (US — DHS OIG investigation confirmed, FBI Houston “potential assault” scope confirmed, FIEL Houston/Texas Civil Rights Project response confirmed, July 7)
WAR DAY 131 | NUMBERS AT PUBLICATION
🇮🇷 Iran: 3,468 killed, 26,500+ injured (Iran Ministry of Health, via Al Jazeera live tracker, last updated June 10 — does not reflect recent exchanges of fire)
🇱🇧 Lebanon: 4,230 killed, 12,179 injured (Lebanon Ministry of Public Health, updated June 25)
🇮🇷 US strikes on Iran and Iranian strikes on US bases in Bahrain and Kuwait: casualty figures not yet confirmed at publication time 🇮🇱 Israel: 35+ killed (tracker frozen June 10)
🌍 Gulf states/Iraq: 131 killed — tracker frozen June 10; does not reflect Iranian strikes on Bahrain and Kuwait
🇺🇸 US military: 13 killed, 381 injured (Al Jazeera live tracker, last updated June 10 — does not reflect overnight strikes)
🛢️ Brent crude: $78.57/barrel (OilPrice.com — up $4.41 from Tuesday evening; markets pricing in MOU collapse)
⛽ US national gas average: $3.80/gallon (AAA — pump prices have not yet caught up to crude spike)
Sourcing note: All war casualty figures sourced to the Al Jazeera live tracker, last updated June 10, 2026, except Lebanon. The tracker does not reflect Tuesday night’s US strikes on Iran or Iran’s subsequent strikes on US installations in Bahrain and Kuwait. Casualty figures from those exchanges have not been confirmed at publication time. All figures are floor estimates. Methodology differs between sources; figures are not directly comparable.
“Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government.” — Thomas Jefferson, 1789
