President Donald Trump signed a fresh paper copy of U.S.-Iran memorandum after electronic signing, according to report

President Donald Trump signed a paper copy of a U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding on Wednesday, after the administration had signed the agreement electronically on Sunday, a senior White House official told The New York Post.

The report said the physical signing took place during a dinner associated with President Trump’s meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, with the president signing the document by hand after previously signing an electronic version.

According to the New York Post, the administration’s earlier electronic signature was completed on Sunday, and the Wednesday hand-signing was intended to produce a signed hard copy of the memorandum for the other side to hold as part of the document exchange process.

The memorandum’s terms were not detailed in the report, and no text of the agreement was included in the publication account cited for this report. The New York Post described the episode as another instance of the administration completing a formal signature step for the same memorandum.

In practice, governments often exchange executed copies of agreements after initial sign-offs, including to ensure both parties hold the same version, to streamline document administration, and to document signature authority through a signed paper record.

The administration did not provide a separate public statement in the New York Post account beyond the description of the signature timing. The White House official’s characterization, as relayed by the newspaper, centered on the process of signing and delivering the memorandum rather than on any new policy content.