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    Trump Admin Renames Iran’s $300 Billion Reparations Demand an ‘Investment Fund’ to Avoid a Political Firestorm at Home
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    Trump Admin Renames Iran’s $300 Billion Reparations Demand an ‘Investment Fund’ to Avoid a Political Firestorm at Home


    Trump Admin Renames Iran’s $300 Billion Reparations Demand an ‘Investment Fund’ to Avoid a Political Firestorm at Home

    https://www.ibtimes.com/trump-admin-renames-irans-300-billion-reparations-demand-investment-fund-avoid-political-3803535

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    3. tissuecollider on

      So gas prices went up, supply chains were disrupted, and now the US has to pay $300 billion in reparations to Iran.

      All this winning is bankrupting the US

    4. Revelati123 on

      “If we give them 300billion and control of the straight they will unconditionally surrender!”

    5. 25thAmendNow on

      The cost of an illegal war: $300B payout to Iran, another roughly $100B or so for the actual cost of the war (?), another ~$59B in higher gas prices, various other economic costs from the Strait of Hormuz being shut down, the cost of human life. . .

      The cost of 4 months of distraction from the Trump-Epstein Files? Priceless.

      For everything else, there’s Fraudster Card.

    6. ATLfalcons27 on

      It’s gonna be so exhausting hearing the right say stuff like “oh the Dems said sending them money before was totally fine and now they are against an investment fund!”

    9. Prize_Proof5332 on

      “Witkoff and Kushner had suggested promoting real estate projects in Tehran ” why do these clowns think everything is a real estate deal? I’m not sure Trump Tower Tehran is a good idea.

    11. Crafty_Ish1973 on

      Republicans lost their shit when Obama unfroze $1.7B of Iran’s money. They’ll turn around and praise Trump for giving them $300B.

    12. MarsTellus13 on

      This is repackaging a part of the NY times article on May 28.

      If you read that article directly, it’s not at all clear if anyone on the US side actually agreed to any part of this. The fund is sourced to “two Iranian officials” with a specific caveat that nobody else would confirm or deny the amount and an inference that this resembles something Witkoff and Kushner said at some point.

      All of this is just noise. It’s not at all clear from the actual Times article if the two sides are ever looking at the same document or just selectively leaking shit they want at different times to different journalists.

      The Times even says as much explicitly: “Because the negotiations have taken place through the Pakistanis and Qataris, it has never been clear whether the Americans and the Iranians have been working on the same version of the memorandum, or who exactly has the authority on the Iranian side to signal an agreement.”

    13. Specialist_Lock8590 on

      Thanks for fixing a problem that didn’t exist until you killed 168 schoolgirls and tanked the global economy!

    15. ENORMOUS_HORSECOCK on

      Nothing seems to spin the red hats up even half as much as being confronted with losing a war. Ask them to explain how we won but have to pay $300B. It’s entertaining.

    16. 508G37 on

      I can’t even make fun of this. This whole thing was such an idiot decision.

    19. MentalSky_ on

      Odd giving the country you said you would annihilate an investment fund. 

    20. JohnAStark on

      So we spent $25-30 Billion to destroy as much of Iran as they could from afar, and now we have to spend $300 Billion to fix what we broke?

      This is exactly what the admin does everywhere it touches – destroys wantonly without plan or thought, gets caught in a bind finding out what damage they wrought, and then has to spend untold American dollars to undo the damage.

      I beginning to understand how he could bankrupt a casino.

    22. dallasdude on

      Excuse me what. 

      $300,000,000,000 – this needs to be 100% funded by seizing the assets of billionaires that bought this war with their bribes

    23. KnotSoSalty on

      Why don’t we charge it to Israel. It was their idea for a war in the first place. The least they can do is pay for it.

      No more weapons until they pay us back.

    25. Rough_Common6857 on

      The Obama deal paid $1.7 billion to Iran in a settlement related to past claims.

      The Trump deal is a $300 billion international investment fund to support Tehran’s postwar reconstruction.

      Im certain he will steal from it and iran will see none of it.

      Trump is a failure on all fronts and has destroyed America due to his pettiness and greed.

      How does it feel, MAGA? You enjoy your money going to so many different countries while your prices of food and gas go up and you have zero Healthcare?

    26. Effective_Base_3229 on

      300 billions is approximately $1000 for every person in the United States.

      I had the honor of paying $1000 to murder children, be financially squeezed by price increases, and protect a group of ultra-rich pedophiles. *queue God Bless The U.SA.”

    27. walterwhite1050 on

      Barack Hussein Obama gave Iran $1.7 billion of their own money. What a horrible deal I on the other hand who wrote the book art of the deal I’m gonna give them 300 billion because I am a top notch negotiator.

    28. morbob on

      If the Republicans were upset about Obamas $1.7 billion Iran deal, I’m sure the same MAGA crowd republicans are upset Trump is giving Iran $300 Billion in his new deal.

    31. rd1970 on

      So basically every American has to give Iran $1,000 because of Trump’s incompetence.

      That should be on billboards in every red state in America.

    32. Pocktio on

      So Obama unfreezing Iran’s own money was “giving then billions” but Trump literally giving them US tax payers money as reparation for his failures is a-ok?

      Just wanted to check MAGA reasoning here!

    34. ashtefer1 on

      Can trumps top doners pay it instead of us? They seem like they can afford it:

      **Elon Musk:** $428 Billion
      **Larry Ellison:** $276 Billion (Oracle)
      **Mark Zuckerberg:** $253 Billion
      **Jeff Bezos:** $241 Billion
      **Larry Page:** $179 Billion (google)

    35. OkMushroom995 on

      Someone tell the supposed “journalist” author of that article that the Obama administration didn’t “send $400 million to Iran.” It released Iran’s own sequestered assets back to Iran as part of a larger, very successful diplomatic effort to reengage with Iran and prevent it from obtaining nuclear weapons.

    37. strimd on

      Americans voted for this. Multiple times. Go team.

      This is one of the reasons why I don’t want to live in the US. I don’t like being around idiots who are capable of voting for this level of incompetence.

    38. Duna_The_Lionboy on

      GOP: Obama gave the Iranians 1.7 billion dollars on pallets full of cash, what a disaster for America!!

      (It was their money with interest accrued. Offered as part of the JCOPA which actively controlled their Uranium enrichment process)

      Fast forward to now

      GOP: $300 billion to the Iranians is an investment fund. See the masterful negotiating by our Deal Maker Supreme!!!

      (Despite all evidence that the war with Iran has had no positive effects and is making things worse long run)