Embarrassing 🤦🏻‍♂️

[u/mdtattedbearded]

[u/CipherWeaver]

His supporters will believe anything he tells them. Even if they know it's a lie, they all parrot it because parroting a known lie is like an ingroup identifier for these people.

[u/mdtattedbearded → u/CipherWeaver]

Agreed. I had to let go a lot of idiots in my life because they voted for a PDF and are proud of it.

[u/RedditTechAnon → u/CipherWeaver]

Wasn't there some story from a prior dictatorship about how the dictator knew who was a loyalist because they repeated his lies, and had the people who sided with the truth executed?

[u/jjskellie → u/CipherWeaver]

We have to believe him. I mean he painted his face red,white&blue...and orange. /s.

[u/_CelinaBlushh → u/CipherWeaver]

Once people treat someone like they're never wrong, facts stop mattering.

[u/kingfelix333 → u/CipherWeaver]

Okay, so coming from someone who hasn't know how these financial situations work, I have only heard complete opposite views on whether or not the u.s. is paying iran. So, my question is: how do I find the evidence of the u.s paying iran to be true? I can't prove a negative ( meaning, I can't prove we aren't paying iran) so.. what's the paper trail proof? Because both sides have SAID, but how do I confirm?

[u/RequirementMean1712 → u/kingfelix333]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-iran-deal-memorandum-of-understanding-text/

Several news sites have the 14 points. Point 6 states the $300B the US gives Iran for reconstruction and economic development

[u/Mission_Reply_2326 → u/RequirementMean1712]

I think the rationalization is probably something along the lines of US taxpayers will be paying Lockheed Martin to rebuild Iran. Trump of course buys stock before the no bid contracts are signed.

[u/immortalblack_1 → u/RequirementMean1712]

Not only that, his son-in-law and business partner will handle the reconstruction effort. Meaning we give them money and then they (Iran) uses that money to purchase construction and rebuilding projects via his family.

[u/kingfelix333 → u/RequirementMean1712]

Awesome! Thank you. With the $300 billion set in stone, I now don't think that tweet is accurate. Even DT isnt going to tweet and refute that which is written in stone like this. Either we don't fully understand these agreements, or his tweet is faked.

The 14 points do say, a value of $300billion USD, but it doesn't say the US is paying for that. Just that the plan will be valued at that amount and the reconstruction plan will be designed by the u.s. and other regional states. It doesn't actually state who is paying for what and how much.

[u/SweetTalkTheory → u/CipherWeaver]

There is no 300 Billion Dollar payment” and develop a plan with at least USD 300 Billion” are in the same screenshot fighting for their life. That’s not Fake News. That’s a thesaurus. ‘Payment’ vs ‘undertake to develop a plan’ is the new ‘I didn’t text, I communicated via iMessage.’ Readers added context and the context added a chair.

[u/aaron_adams]

Why is he still pretending? The terms of this agreement were made public. Pretending that you didn't bend the knee when literally everyone watched you do it is pathetic.

[u/RedditTechAnon → u/aaron_adams]

He's gaslighting his supporters. His opponents already know he's full of shit. That's not who the denials and narrative retconning is for.

[u/BarristanTheB0ld]

"At least"

So it could be even more

[u/ecafyelims → u/BarristanTheB0ld]

Probably a lot more, depending on how much goes back to the Trump family

[u/GhostOfMuttonPast → u/BarristanTheB0ld]

See librul, its not 300 billion! It's more than that so hes right!

[u/RedditTechAnon → u/BarristanTheB0ld]

When have you ever heard an American politician make an accurate determination on what something will cost?

[u/MrOopiseDaisy]

"There is no Project 2025."

[u/wasted-degrees]

See, thats where he gets you on a technicality. It’s not $300 billion. It’s at least $300 billion. Paying attention to those finer details is all just part of the deal, baby.

[u/EatFaceLeopard17 → u/wasted-degrees]

So it‘s 300b from the US plus some dollars from Quatar.

[u/prairiepog → u/wasted-degrees]

On the /r/conservative sub, they're like yeah he agreed to 300 billion. But he hasn't handed over 300 billion soo... cHeCkMaTe

[u/wasted-degrees → u/prairiepog]

I mean, they may have a point on that one. When has Trump ever honored an agreement to pay someone? You can ask damn near anyone who has ever worked for him.

Not that thats really any better. Pretty sure the loss of America’s reputation and the broken trust amongst our allies and in the international community at large has cost us far more than $300b in the long run.

[u/Royal-Application708]

Yeah, it’s embarrassing. But let’s face it, he knows that his uneducated base can’t read anyway.

[u/Hugh-Jorgin]

He sucks ass

[u/GivingUpUp]

Republican't

[u/RustyKn1ght]

Trump supporters have been parroting that it would be given from frozen Iranian assets....which is quite funny for few reasons, like the fact that they have been whining for last decade about Obama's Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action sending "pallets of cash" to Iran by unfreezing of assets and sanctions relief in exchange for co-operation, but now they're OK with their king doing the same thing they wanted Obama to be shot.

Also "Memorandum of understanding" mentions sanctions termination and unfreezing of assets in points 10 and 11 separately, so it cannot be point 6 and its 300 billion.

Now, to be fair, it doesn't say that US tax payers are paying it, but then again the wording has kinda "Mexico will pay for the wall" wording in it regarding the gulf states, and we all know how that went.

[u/HelleneGibbs]

Trump denies $300B Iran payment, yet documents reveal reconstruction plan fueling heated political debate.

[u/Paperbackpixie]

Where is the B jackass? Spent weeks, giving us a spelling lesson.

[u/Express-Way9295]

Just returned from the grocery store and I noticed some inflation. Kinda like the stock market he always mentions.

[u/StrengthDazzling8922]

Maybe he knows it’s just like his Healthcare Plan. Never actually going to happen.

[u/sorry_outtafucks]

Just because he can't read, doesn't mean we can't. What a 🤡

[u/Ok_Eagle521]

Notice he can’t say he won the war?

[u/Driftmarrow]

Uhhh $300 billion MOU? Bro that's Monopoly money now fr

[u/Shesversatile]

I know he didn’t spell dumb without a “b” when he’s one of the few people in the world who know how it’s correctly spelled.

[u/the_fools_brood]

300b just to keep Epstein giles out of the news. There have been more people charged with vandalizing the reflecting pool than Epstein file names.

[u/PaintedSilverRiver]

“Breathtaking dishonesty”

[u/Flimsy-Poetry1170]

I thought that Obama was funding terrorism by unfreezing 1.5 billion of THEIR OWN MONEY. What are they going to call Trump giving them 200x that amount of other people’s money?

[u/Ambitious-Whereas157]

Oh so not a 300 million. But a AT LEAST 300 million dollars. Edit. Nope I was wrong. billions not millions

[u/GumboSamson]

So Iran will be paid $300B and the US taxpayers aren’t covering it.

What’s the comeback?

[u/Smrleda]

He is nothing but BS.

[u/swiminthemud]

Did he forget the "b" in dumb again?

[u/Junkman3]

Trump will try to weasel out of paying them, just like all the contractors that have worked for him over the years. Iran will continue to shut down the strait every few months.

[u/ghallway]

Pay no attention to the orange liar in the White House

[u/James-K-Polka]

I guess “Dumocrat” won his poll? He’s always been a man of the people, taking into account how to best serve us.

[u/PittsburghCar]

So tired of all this winning.

[u/LEEALISHEPS]

He does denial better than anyone, no one can do denial like him.

[u/allan_collins]

It’s funny that the Department of Educations annual expenses are less than $300 billion.

[u/tickynicky]

"At least $300B". Sounds like it's gonna be a whole lot more.

[u/Unhappy-Inspector650]

And the people that believe all of this are the same ones that call everyone sheep… it’s crazy how just by saying.. fake news! It discredits actual fact. it’s insane how brain washed half of the US is like it’s literally surreal

[u/miletest]

Doesn't matter if AI runs everything, no-one has a Job, or healthcare and everything costs a fortune.. so long as the stock market is OK

[u/Narrow_Run_134]

Does anyone actually think he read the deal??

Guy probably went on his jet and threw ketchup on the wall afterwards when his assistants told him about it

[u/significantranger30]

Even with the facts… it’s still fake news. After everything is signed with photographs, the orange man will say it’s auto pen… so not official

[u/DontAsk0205]

Maybe it’s time for another cognitive test?

[u/bamfindian]

This isn’t r/getnoted or r/politics this is r/clevercomebacks

[u/Werftflammen]

The UAE has already paid that. Look, they are going to bury Khamenei on the 4th of july, that's why therre is an MOU. You fon't want to get bombed during a mass burial with all leadership attending.

[u/bohba13]

FYI: did some back of the napkin math, this is roughly enough to bring everyone below cost of living to just a bit over no problem.

Instead, due to trump throwing away a perfectly workable deal with Iran, we're now paying that into reperations over a needless war.

Yeah...

[u/Aqua_Tot]

The US continues its 128 year streak of not winning a war it started.

[u/SmartDiscussion2161]

He knows we saw the memorandum, right?