And you are smart as well so you know that Trump colluding with Russia was disproven over and over.
Iran was self inspecting their own nuclear facilities and would not let UN inspectors in so the money should have never been sent there in cash on pallets.
There is some truth to both of y'alls views. It is totally true that deal was a bad deal for the world.
But.
President Barack Obama didn’t give “150 billion in cash” to Iran.
The nuclear agreement included China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union, so Obama didn’t carry out any part of it on his own. The deal did lift some sanctions, which lifted a freeze on Iran’s assets that were held largely in foreign, not U.S., banks. The money that was unfrozen belonged to Iran. It had only been made inaccessible by sanctions aimed at crippling the country’s nuclear program. It was working then and its working now. Iran's govt is rich, the citizens are forced to live in poverty. Economically they are feeling the pain and I hope we ratchet those up even more. Now we have them getting help from Russia and China. Big shock there.
Secondly, $150 billion is a high-end estimate of the total that was freed up after some sanctions were lifted. U.S. Treasury Department estimates put the number at about $50 billion in “usable liquid assets,” according to testimony from Adam Szubin, under secretary of treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence at that time.
The deal didn’t get congressional approval. The Obama administration had maintained that the agreement wasn't a treaty, which would have required approval by the Senate. Republicans did try to block the deal, but they weren’t able to get enough support to pass the legislation in the Senate.
So yes they were paid, but an airplane with pallets of money didn't bring it. Iran never intended to stop building up their nuclear capabilities. Obama did another N Korea. If we pay you, you won't do this right? Scouts honor.
Israel will likely take the lead on taking out Irans nuclear weapons development.
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