June 16, 2026

The American Conservative Morning Briefing · Jun 16, 2026 · 4m

Good morning! Today is Tuesday, June 16th 2026, and this is The American Conservative's Morning Brief. Trump says the U.S.–Iran peace deal is "all signed," with terms reportedly including the return of $25 billion in Iranian funds, a mutual lifting of Strait of Hormuz blockades, and a sixty-day window to negotiate Tehran's nuclear program—though Israel signals it does not consider itself bound. Hawkish commentators from Mark Levin to Marc Thiessen are in revolt over the agreement, but Andrew Day argues the deeper shift is rhetorical: Trump is reframing the Islamic Republic as a rational…