Trump Tells ABC News Iran Deal Reachable 'Within a Week'; Heated Trump-Netanyahu Call — Trump Publicly Constrains Beirut Advance — Day 95

President Trump told ABC News on June 2, 2026 (Day 95) that he believes a Hormuz/ceasefire deal with Iran is reachable 'within the next week.' Trump claimed to have personally secured commitments from both Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Hezbollah intermediaries to pause strikes, framing it as a breakthrough that could preserve the Iran MoU negotiations that Iran had threatened to abandon on June 1. The diplomatic maneuvering was driven by Trump's assessment that the Lebanon front — not the nuclear file — was now the primary obstacle to closing the Iran deal. In a reportedly heated phone call with Netanyahu, Trump pressed Israel to scale back the Lebanon ground offensive. Trump publicly declared that Israeli forces would not advance on Beirut — a significant public constraint on Israeli military options that marked the most direct US-Israel tension since Day 82 (May 20). Lebanese authorities separately confirmed that Hezbollah had agreed to a US proposal under which strikes on Beirut would cease. Trump's ABC News statement came hours after Iran's FM Araghchi declared that the April 8 ceasefire 'applies across the region including Lebanon' and that violations carry consequences for both the US and Israel — suggesting Araghchi was leaving a diplomatic door open even as Foreign Minister Ghalibaf warned Iran could permanently halt negotiations if Lebanon operations continued. Al Jazeera headlined the day as 'Trump pushes Lebanon truce after Tehran vows to end talks.'