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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVance just admitted we are paying Iran $300 BILLION in reparations.
Vance just admitted we are paying Iran 0 BILLION in reparations.
— George Conway âï¸ðºð¸ (@gtconway.bsky.social) 2026-06-15T19:27:45.263Z
After losing the First World War, Germany paid US billion (22 billion gold marks) in contemporary currency. Adjusted for inflation, that was still only around -95 billion in today's dollars.
Lovie777
(24,358 posts)they claim that's Iran's money which was frozen. I do not believe that. Tell me I'm wrong.
If that is the US citizen's taxpayer money now we know why they are cutting services and programs, especially affordable healthcare subsides.
AloeVera
(4,597 posts)Only $2B of that is held in the US. snd only half the total amount is uncommitted funds.
Trump wants OTHER countries in the Gulf region - Arab nations - to pay for what he and Israel unnecessarily destroyed. Not the U.S. Not Israel.
600 schools and nearly 200 medical facilities alone have been damaged or destroyed. For starters.
Sound fair?
Lovie777
(24,358 posts)therefore, at this time, nope.
Another other administration semi sane could do that at least.
SheltieLover
(82,560 posts)I'd bet it's going straight to Iran's buddy, pootin.
JBTaurus83
(1,820 posts)Profited billions, and we are going to give a dangerous military government $300 billion? Sounds like a typical Dump catastrophe.
Irish_Dem
(82,786 posts)Scrivener7
(60,299 posts)BannonsLiver
(20,999 posts)Helluva job Trumpy!
riversedge
(82,097 posts)Trump caved. Simple as that.
Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 @jurgen_nauditt
Trumpthe biggest liar in American historywon't be able to spin this humiliation as a victory, even to his brainwashed MAGA idiots.
Trump has agreed to Iran's terms and achieved nothingabsolutely nothing.
The US has agreed to a peace deal with Iran; Donald Trump announced this early Monday morning. The details were subsequently released by the Iranian news agency Mehr.
So, nothing is final yet.
Essentially, Trump has caved to the Islamic Republic: The US commits not only to ending the war against Iran, lifting the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, withdrawing troops from the region, and ceasing interference in Iranian affairs, but also to lifting all sanctions, releasing frozen assets, and even paying reparations amounting to at least $300 billion. The US failed to make any progress on the core issue of nuclear weapons; that topic is to be addressed separately. Iran merely gave a formal pledge not to develop such weaponsa promise the country had already made before the outbreak of the war.
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Baitball Blogger
(52,855 posts)applegrove
(133,661 posts)Applegrove: Vance looks like he is holding the bag while Marco can run against the Iran deal in 2028.
applegrove
(133,661 posts)NEW: JD Vance about to get tossed under the bus.
— Adam Keiper (@adamkeiper.com) 2026-06-16T19:39:40.484Z
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GoodRaisin
(11,173 posts)He has simply surrendered to Iran to get the strait back open. Iran has kicked his ass, full stop.
Red Mountain
(2,399 posts)next time is going to be far worse.
applegrove
(133,661 posts)How the fuck do we have 0 billion to rebuild Iran after we spent billion bombing it, when we donât âhave the moneyâ for pediatric cancer research?
— JoJoFromJerz (@jojofromjerz.bsky.social) 2026-06-15T20:14:50.510Z