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swong19104

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16. Iran's money held in escrow

Reply to usedtobedemgurl (Reply #13)

Mon Jun 15, 2026, 01:48 PM

5 hrs ago

Since the 1970s have been returned by Obama. That’s my understanding. There’s no more Iranian money held by the US. This $300B is capitulation. Should come out of Trump’s pockets.

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That's not a ceasefire. That's a bribe. [View all] Swede 7 hrs ago OP

A bribe to be paid by U.S. taxpayers dalton99a 7 hrs ago #1

I thought he was releasing Iran's money, just like Obama did. usedtobedemgurl 5 hrs ago #13

Iran's money held in escrow swong19104 5 hrs ago #16

Thank you. usedtobedemgurl 5 hrs ago #17

End result: Pres. Rump spent billions of our dollars to increase our gas prices Torchlight 7 hrs ago #2

asdf durablend 7 hrs ago #3

300 billion only keeps Hormuz open for 60 days, gab13by13 7 hrs ago #4

Wrong, it is surrender with reparations... JCMach1 7 hrs ago #5

he is unilaterally bankrupting and disarming us... ret5hd 7 hrs ago #6

putin and other external and internal enemies have been very clever. erronis 5 hrs ago #11

Shhhh! The 300 billion of our tax dollars is secret -- declared national security info classified at the highest level. pat_k 5 hrs ago #7

The Republicans and Trump popsdenver 5 hrs ago #14

Excellent point. He must be really desperate to end the mess he caused. xuplate 5 hrs ago #8

He isn't. But someone in this maladministration must be. He's a psychopath. He's sleeping through the whole thing. littlemissmartypants 5 hrs ago #12

Sure. Why not. progressoid 5 hrs ago #9

But will still vote for Trump GenThePerservering 4 hrs ago #18

Obama had a better deal compared to trump LetMyPeopleVote 5 hrs ago #10

I wonder Katcat 5 hrs ago #15