Trump Flirts With $15 Billion Bailout for Iran, Sources Say

[demmiblue]

Source: Daily Beast

President Donald Trump has left the impression with foreign officials, members of his administration, and others involved in Iranian negotiations that he is actively considering a French plan to extend a $15 billion credit line to the Iranians if Tehran comes back into compliance with the Obama-era nuclear deal.

Trump has in recent weeks shown openness to entertaining President Emmanuel Macron’s plan, according to four sources with knowledge of Trump’s conversations with the French leader. Two of those sources said that State Department officials, including Secretary Mike Pompeo, are also open to weighing the French proposal, which would effectively ease the economic sanctions regime that the Trump administration has applied on Tehran for more than a year.

The deal put forth by France would compensate Iran for oil sales disrupted by American sanctions. A large portion of Iran’s economy relies on cash from oil sales. Most of that money is frozen in bank accounts across the globe. The $15 billion credit line would be guaranteed by Iranian oil. In exchange for the cash, Iran would have to come back into compliance with the nuclear accord it signed with the world’s major powers in 2015. Tehran would also have to agree not to threaten the security of the Persian Gulf or to impede maritime navigation in the area. Lastly, Tehran would have to commit to regional Middle East talks in the future.

While Trump has been skeptical of helping Iran without preconditions, In public, the president has in public at least hinted at an openness to considering Macron’s pitch for placating the Iranian government—a move intended to help bring the Iranians to the negotiating table and to rescue the nuclear agreement that Trump and his former national security adviser John Bolton worked so hard to torpedo.

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[NickB79]

1. Great businessman. The greatest.

Yuge business sense.

[lagomorph777]

40. So...bribe them a $billion more than he says Obama did?

[bucolic_frolic]

2. ROFLMAO

Now Trump wants Iran back in the Obama-era nuclear deal! This is rich indeed.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. ...

[sheshe2]

27. Is this the 'F'Art of the Deal.

[BumRushDaShow]

33. !

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. So Trump pulled out of the agreement, imposed sanctions, Iran then pulled out too

and now Trump supports $15bn of credit (paid for by whom?) for Iran to make up for the damage he did to their economy, In return for Iran going back to the agreement he was the first one to break. And for them not "threatenings the security of the Persian Gulf or impeding maritime navigation in the area", which they weren't, before he tore up the agreement. And committing to talks.

Net result: he screwed with the world economy, and the livelihoods of many Iranians, for a promise of talks.

What an asshole.

[mr_lebowski]

6. I would presume the world easily has $15B of Iran's oil money frozen ...

Just like when Obama 'gave Iran billions!' according to IQ45 ... really it was just un-frozen Iranian money. And that was like $130B IIRC.

I imagine it'd work the same this time, assuming that much is frozen somewhere in the world.

[Bradical79]

39. This was called "opening line of credit"

So wouldn't that be a loan rather than unfreezing of their own assets?

[sprinkleeninow]

31. You succinctly outlined it. I understood all, but please do not ask me to repeat

what I just read. 🙃 😌

"Is it soup [impeachment] yet?"

Very good!

[mr_lebowski]

5. What a moran ... unbelievable ...

[Iliyah]

7. Psycho

p.s. How does BiBi fee about this

[Flaleftist]

8. Satire writers must be getting migraines trying to think of stories.

[cstanleytech]

9. They would be stupid to trust Trumps word. nt

[NCjack]

10. All "great" deal makers pay kickbacks. nt

[patphil]

11. Welcome to the bizzaro world of Trump.

Fuck everything up and then take credit for "fixing" it.
Or is this just one of his many pretend deals?

[doc03]

12. So it's ok for Trump to pay Iran. The Republicans

raised hell because Obama gave them their own money back.

[doc03]

13. I am the world's greatest negotiator believe me. nt

[bluevoter4life]

14. But please

Go on and tell me how the $1.8 billion Obama sent to Iran is treasonous.

[MarcA]

15. Speak Loudly and carry a Little Stick. n/t

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. tRump wants Iran to obey Obama treaty that tRump abrogated because tRump said it was a bad deal.

He wants us to believe that only he can fix the crisis that he created.

[Midnight Writer]

17. Trump blinked today on Iran and China. Mr. Hannity is not going to like this.

[brewens]

18. Hannity has probably already put the kibosh on that. n/t

[crazytown]

19. Bolton's first shot?

[rickford66]

20. Hey World. Pull my finger.

[jmowreader]

21. Uh-huh

If President Obama would have proposed offering a $15 billion bribe to the Iranians, the first person to call for Obama’s impeachment would have been Donald Trump.

[mountain grammy]

22. you realize he a fucking lunatic.. we'll have to wait and see.

[rpannier]

23. Today williness

Tomorrow f off

[Takket]

24. He wants to pay them 15 billion to do what they were doing for free?

[Sapient Donkey]

29. It's a good deal. It really is. Trump is a businessman. He knows what he is doing.

/Sean Hannity

[underpants]

34. Glad I scrolled down. My exact thought.

[Roy Rolling]

25. Lend them taxpayer money?

Or, rather, the money we borrow from China to finance the services people like Trump refuse to pay taxes for? He’s happy to lend someone else’s money.

[C_U_L8R]

26. Wait a goddamn minute

So Republicans get foaming-at-the-mouth rabid when Obama gave the Iranians their own money back... but they're okay with their orange trump-sphincter giving them a gigantic handout??

[Sapient Donkey]

28. Should be interesting to see what his cheerleaders at Fox News say about this....

I'm sure Hannity will come up with a reason about how this was Trump's plan all along and that needlessly messing things up so that it ends up costing Americans 15-billion dollars is a good a thing. I'm just not sure how they'll do it.

[Zambero]

35. Yes, they are perfectly OK with that

Basically reinstate our role in the international agreement brokered by John Kerry during the Obama administration, throw in a few more billions of U.S. $$$ in for good measure, and claim full credit with photo-op. Another WIN!!!

[Hoyt]

30. Not opposed to something like this, although don't trust trump to follow through.

[truthisfreedom]

32. It appears he's going 'round in circles and the money is going down the drain.

Sounds like one of his casinos.

[Vinca]

36. This guy is the worst business person in the history of time. He bashes Obama for giving Iranians

their own money back, but now he wants to shovel $15 billion taxpayer dollars at them. How many more months of this can the country endure? We're headed the way of the casino.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

37. But

weren't he and other Republicans complaining about Obama giving Iran money for the deal?

[Recursion]

38. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

Sorry, one second...

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA



This stable genius has now given up all the guarantees of the Iran deal, and still is talking about giving them the money.

Art of the deal...

[LudwigPastorius]

41. Once again, nixing a deal and creating a crisis so that he can "solve" it.

See: NAFTA, South Korean Trade Deal (KORUS), Trans Pacific Partnership, etc.