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Search results for "Trump agreed to pay compensation of 300 billion to re-build Iran"

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Ron Dermer stated on July 13, 2015 in a speech to a pro-Israel Christian group:
"In a few months, this deal would give Iran $150 billion" for its $300 billion to $400 billion economy, which is "like $8 trillion flowing into the United States treasury."
By Jon Greenberg• July 17, 2015
Donald Trump stated on August 26, 2019 in a post-G7 news conference:
"We made a ridiculous deal (with Iran). We gave them $150 billion. We gave them $1.8 billion, and we got nothing."
By Jon Greenberg• August 27, 2019
Hillary Clinton stated on January 21, 2016 in a Hillary for America campaign ad:
"On average it takes 300 Americans working for a solid year to make as much money as one top CEO."
By Riley Snyder• February 12, 2016
Donald Trump stated on April 30, 2018 in a press conference:
"In seven years that (nuclear) deal will have expired, and Iran is free to go ahead and create nuclear weapons."  
By Jon Greenberg• May 2, 2018
Donald Trump stated on March 15, 2016 in a speech at Mar-a-Lago:
Under the Iran nuclear deal, "we give them $150 billion, we get nothing."
By Linda Qiu• March 17, 2016
Donald Trump stated on April 26, 2018 in an interview on "Fox & Friends":
The nuclear deal gave Iran "$150 billion, giving $1.8 billion in cash — in actual cash carried out in barrels and in boxes from airplanes."
By Jon Greenberg• April 27, 2018
Donald Trump stated on October 23, 2023 in remarks at a rally in Derry, N.H.:
“When I came into office, Iran had $70 billion in foreign exchange reserves. … By the time I left, they had nothing. They were broke.”
By Louis Jacobson• October 26, 2023
Rick Perry stated on January 15, 2016 in Radio interview:
"Building a wall" on the U.S.-Mexico border "will take literally years."
By Eleanor Dearman• February 27, 2016
Bloggers stated on March 21, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"We could build 30 walls with the $150 billion Obama gave to Iran."
By Jon Greenberg• March 22, 2019
Donald Trump stated on March 21, 2016 in a speech at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington.:
"When those restrictions expire (in the Iran nuclear deal), Iran will have an industrial-size military nuclear capability ready to go."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• March 24, 2016
Mike Hymes stated on July 16, 2014 in a TV ad:
Del. Ben Chafin "took money away" from Southwest Virginia schools while voting to build a "politician's palace."
By Nancy Madsen• August 11, 2014
John Bolton SuperPAC stated on September 27, 2016 in a TV ad:
Says Deborah Ross "supports the Iran nuclear deal and the ransom it paid for hostages."
By Will Doran• October 12, 2016
Karen Handel stated on June 06, 2017 in a debate:
"Nearly $2 billion in cash was flown over to Iran, money that the Obama administration has admitted is being used for terrorists and to support further activities there."  
By Jon Greenberg• June 7, 2017
Charlie Crist stated on November 05, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC:
Says Rick Scott "cut education by $1.3 billion" in his first year, then "in his second year he decreases funding by $300 million to our state universities."
By Amy Sherman• November 11, 2013
Richard Burr stated on August 03, 2016 in a press release:
Says Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are "responsible for leading America into a deal that will arm Iran."
By Will Doran• August 5, 2016
Kevin Russell stated on October 28, 2015 in an opinion column:
"In almost every other country in the world, artists and musicians are paid when their music is played on the radio. In fact, the only countries besides the U.S. who do not have a radio-performance right are China, Iran and North Korea."
By W. Gardner Selby• December 7, 2015
Mike Huckabee stated on September 16, 2015 in comments on the CNN debate:
"We've just now given over $100 billion" to Iran, "the equivalent in U.S. terms is $5 trillion."  
By Lauren Carroll• September 17, 2015
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on November 08, 2023 in an ad:
Says U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin “voted to send hundreds of millions to Iran” to bankroll “radicals like Hezbollah and Hamas.”
By Tyler Katzenberger• November 24, 2023
Rick Scott stated on February 07, 2023 in an ad:
President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.”
By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• February 10, 2023
Marcy Kaptur stated on May 05, 2026 in an X post:
Republicans “want you to pay $1 Billion for a ballroom.”
By Maria Briceño, Louis Jacobson• May 8, 2026

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