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ForgoTheConsequence

(5,185 posts)
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 03:53 PM 7 hrs ago

Trump says Iran made a major energy-related gift to the US

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Iran had made a major energy-related concession to the United States, describing it as a positive development, although he did not give details.

"They gave us a present and the present arrived today, and it was a very big present, worth a tremendous amount of money," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/trump-us-is-talking-right-people-iran-says-tehran-badly-wants-deal-2026-03-24/

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Trump says Iran made a major energy-related gift to the US (Original Post) ForgoTheConsequence 7 hrs ago OP
He's bought off so easily. C_U_L8R 6 hrs ago #1
Operation TACO in full force drray23 6 hrs ago #2
Why am I not convinced? blue-wave 6 hrs ago #3
I call BS. But even if the great mystery is true - always the currency is money received - not Marie Marie 6 hrs ago #4
What a whore. 2naSalit 6 hrs ago #5
Sounds like something incredible.. Permanut 6 hrs ago #6
He's fucking nuts. mobeau69 6 hrs ago #7
I Call... GB_RN 6 hrs ago #8
What? They sent him a gold-plated generator? ananda 5 hrs ago #9
Trump was discussing this earlier in the day with Ronald Reagan. twodogsbarking 5 hrs ago #10
It was probably the early stock bet coming in when he made his TACO announcement yesterday. Vinca 5 hrs ago #11
The Al-Fred Noble Memorial Prize for Energy Economics? muriel_volestrangler 5 hrs ago #12
He's hallucinating again. A psychopath with dementia is a dangerous combination. littlemissmartypants 4 hrs ago #13
But we're going to invade any way Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 2 hrs ago #14
This is his standard tactic from his real estate grifter days jgmiller 2 hrs ago #15
A large wooden horse? Buddyzbuddy 2 hrs ago #16
trump lies a lot. republianmushroom 2 hrs ago #17
Tdump's transparency... purr-rat beauty 2 hrs ago #18
This man is insane and should be removed from office immediately. Ray Bruns 2 hrs ago #19
Attempting to pass his latest scam to the public. oasis 2 hrs ago #20

C_U_L8R

(49,351 posts)
1. He's bought off so easily.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 03:59 PM
6 hrs ago

Sorry Persians, you can't depend on a clown with no principles to actually help you.

drray23

(8,729 posts)
2. Operation TACO in full force
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 04:11 PM
6 hrs ago

If this stops the war great. It's obvious Trump.has no clues as to what he is doing and is trying to taco and claim victory.

Marie Marie

(11,254 posts)
4. I call BS. But even if the great mystery is true - always the currency is money received - not
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 04:18 PM
6 hrs ago

lives saved or made easier. God I wish he would just bless the ground 6 feet under with his magnificence.

Permanut

(8,364 posts)
6. Sounds like something incredible..
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 04:19 PM
6 hrs ago

Like no one has ever seen before, and many people are saying it's just amazing and unbelievable.

GB_RN

(3,554 posts)
8. I Call...
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 04:37 PM
6 hrs ago

Bullshit. No way in hell I’ll believe it unless confirmed by the Iranians. In fact, I’ll file it in the same (garbage) bin as the “We’ve been talking to the Iranians…” bullshit he spewed the other day.

Why anyone in the White House lets Cantaloupe Caligula the Corpulent in front of a camera or allow him phone/text* privileges is beyond me.

*As I understand it, he is unable to use a computer. I guess hitting the on switch is too complicated. And no, this isn’t a “Many people say…” bit. 😂

muriel_volestrangler

(106,149 posts)
12. The Al-Fred Noble Memorial Prize for Energy Economics?
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 05:12 PM
5 hrs ago

"For services to the Iranian oil industry, after lifting sanctions on it while bombing them".

They found some old lead piping, spray-painted it gold, and told him it was solid 24 carat stuff.

littlemissmartypants

(33,311 posts)
13. He's hallucinating again. A psychopath with dementia is a dangerous combination.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 06:51 PM
4 hrs ago
Characteristics of Psychopaths

1. Aggressive, callous, and cunning
2. Complete absence of conscience and empathy
3. Very adept at manipulating others
4. Willingness to engage in immoral, criminal conduct
5. Willingness to take what they want and do as they please, regardless of who is hurt or wronged
6. Deceptive ability to appear outwardly benevolent
7. Deceptive ability to behave in superficially charming ways to hide purely selfish motives
8. Willingness to use intimidation and violence to control others in order to satisfy their own needs
9. Willingness to intentionally violate the basic inherent human rights of others
10. Complete absence of any sense of guilt or remorse for the harm their actions have caused to others
11. Rationalization of their own immoral behavior
12. Will attempt to lay blame upon someone else for their own conduct
13. Denial, will deny their own wrongdoing outright
14. Utter contemptuousness toward the feelings and desires of their fellow beings
15. Pathological lying, will say anything without any concern for truth to advance their own hidden agendas
16. Ablity to feign [fake] normal human emotions and empathy
17. Distorted sense of the consequences of their actions
18. Total failure to accept any responsibility for their own socially irresponsible ways
19. Strong bellef that they will never be brought to justice for their criminal behavior

jgmiller

(687 posts)
15. This is his standard tactic from his real estate grifter days
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 08:15 PM
2 hrs ago

If people weren't negotiating with him he'd claim they did something nice and do it publicly. Usually the company he claimed did it wouldn't want to have the negative press of contradicting him so they would either do what he said or they would give him concessions. He's always thought that countries use the same logic as businesses and in some cases it works but most of the time it doesn't.

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