Is Trump paying Iran $25B to open the Strait?

[highplainsdem]

Is Trump paying Iran B to open the Strait?

— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 2026-05-23T22:56:00.575Z

[underpants]

1. Transactional. Not his money.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Iran and Trump make money, and US taxpayer gets screwed.

Americans paid for the war.
Paid higher prices for goods.
And will pay to end the war and make reparations.

Trump will somehow get richer.
And Iran will do great.

This is the expected outcome.
I would be shocked if there was any other outcome.

[Chasstev365]

5. And the media will call him a "great deal maker", when the deal is far worst than what President Obama had in place.

[Irish_Dem]

11. Exactly, media and Trump will brag how great he did.

We live in crazy upside down land.

[Lovie777]

10. And Iran still hates Israel.......

with 25b, Iran can keep building an arsenal and nukes.

The negotiations from what I’m reading sucks. And from what I’m reading Iran will not open the strait.

🤬

[Irish_Dem]

12. Exactly.

Sounds like Iran has all the cards.

[malaise]

3. Why is the US holding on to Iran's money?

That has long been my question

[badhair77]

4. He sure has lots of money to throw around.

[S/V Loner]

6. He will try to use that to offset...

reparations for the destruction we caused.
I don’t think that will work but it might in the short term.

[J_William_Ryan]

7. Trump caves in and pays a ransom to open the Strait

Trump starts a failed, illegal war of choice to destroy Iran’s nuclear capabilities and foment regime change and as a result a more radical, extremist regime is enriched to the tune of $25B and Iran makes no concessions as to their nuclear capabilities.

Trump’s incompetence and stupidity are beyond astonishing.

[kacekwl]

8. I would be cool with it if

dipshit Donnie went on national tv apologized to the world admitted he was a dumb ass and reinstated Obama's deal with Iran and tell Nyetenyahoo to fuck off. And of course resign.

[sop]

9. Trump says he's ended eight wars, this will be the ninth.

[surfered]

13. Republicans made a big deal of Obama releasing frozen Iranian funds as part of his nuclear deal.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

14. According to some sources, here are the terms of what trump agreed to

Link to tweet

According to Iranian and Arab sources Trump agreed to
-compensate Tehran by releasing blocked funds (at least $6 billion)
-lift sanctions
-remove American forces from around Iran (Iranian sources more specifically mention the naval assets in the region)
-lift the blockade
-ceasefire in all fronts including in Lebanon (basically allowing Tehran to rearm its proxy network and help Hizballah reasserts its control in Lebanon)
In exchange for
-gradual reopening of Strait of Hormuz with the transit remaining under Tehran’s management and control
-negotiations over other issues with no hard deadline (the 30-day negotiation window can be extended)
Washington has not denied any of these claims.
This is a total surrender, pretty symbolic if it is announced on Memorial Day.

[Midnight Writer]

15. Please proceed, Mr. President.

I want to watch you sell this "deal" to your MAGA friends.

The more I see of his bumbling, the more I worry that the fix is already in for our future elections. Republicans should be scared of the voters by now, and I don't see convincing signs that they are.

[Sneederbunk]

16. Just imagine the kickback he will get.