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DemocratSinceBirth

(102,048 posts)
3. TBF it's going to be paid by the GCC nations
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 10:57 AM
1 hr ago

But that's only one of the terrible elements of the deal. That's why the MAGA KING hasn't released the entire document.

thucythucy

(9,168 posts)
2. There has to be a catch.
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 10:56 AM
1 hr ago

I bet there will be a huge rake-off to Trump family interests.

Imagine the outrage from MAGA if Obama or Biden tried to do this.

thucythucy

(9,168 posts)
5. Absolutely.
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 11:00 AM
1 hr ago

The man does nothing that isn't designed to benefit himself.

This whole administration is a carnival of corruption.

dugog55

(386 posts)
7. You don't have to imagine anything.
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 11:03 AM
1 hr ago

Every time someone brings up Obama's deal with Iran, the MAGATS all go crazy saying Obama gave them $50 billion dollars. Even though all that money was Iran's to start with. We are dealing with 30% of a population that couldn't solve a 2 + 2 problem if you gave them a clue.

gab13by13

(32,983 posts)
6. Double that number and I may believe it.
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 11:02 AM
1 hr ago

What's the real number to keep gas from hitting $7/gal on the 4th of July?

RockRaven

(19,935 posts)
8. Over 200X the money that Obama released to Iran (b/c courts ruled he must) which The Dotard never stops moaning about!
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 11:04 AM
1 hr ago

Two hundred-plus fucking times as much!!!

Ars Longa

(638 posts)
10. Trump is directly Looting the US Treasury for $350B ---to payoff the Ransom Money to
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 11:07 AM
1 hr ago

the Iranian Mullah's regime...
that is the language Dems should be using...over and over and over.....

Deuxcents

(28,024 posts)
12. Billions here, billions there. We're to believe there's no funds for SS, Medicare, sciences?
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 11:20 AM
1 hr ago

Buckeyeblue

(6,463 posts)
16. You could make the argument that he already has
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 12:14 PM
37 min ago

Can we rebuild? Of course. But he's fucked up so many things that it's beyond fixable. We'll need a rebuild. And a reckoning.

surfered

(14,831 posts)
13. I'm old enough to remember when Trump criticized Obama for "giving" Iran $150 billion.
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 11:29 AM
1 hr ago

Which was actually Iranian assets frozen due to sanctions to get Iran to agree to the 2015 agreement limiting their nuclear program and providing for inspections. That agreement was between the US, Iran, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and China.

That was the agreement Trump tore up. And here we are, the worse for it.

J_William_Ryan

(3,624 posts)
18. The criminal Trump regime - the most corrupt and dishonest.
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 12:45 PM
6 min ago

“A draft memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran has been reported to include a proposed $300 billion (£223.6bn) postwar fund for Iran. The New York Times reported that the proposal has been described differently by each side at the table — with an Iranian official calling it a 'reconstruction programme,' while two diplomats familiar with the latest draft referred to it as an international 'investment fund' that the United States would help facilitate if a final deal is reached.
[…]
The rebranding of Tehran's reparations demand into an 'investment fund' appears to be a deliberate diplomatic manoeuvre. The American side redefined the amount as an international investment fund, intentionally avoiding the words 'compensation' or 'reparations,' according to diplomats familiar with the draft. This idea has been attributed to Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.”

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/us-draft-peace-deal-with-iran-includes-300-billion-reconstruction-fund-as-trump-withholds-final-signature/ar-AA24oaRk

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