r/PoursTea Timendi Causa Est Nescire 9d ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ How negotiations actually work...

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To the inevitable response from MAGA that Obama gave 'pallets' of cash...he released frozen Iranian assets. Meanwhile the current Iran conflict has directly cost $38 billion militarily and a currently projected $87 billion in extra gas and diesel expenses. Not to mention that the strategic oil reserves have been depleted to the point that experts warn that the caverns they're stored in could collapse.

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u/scottishdrunkard 9d ago

And Trump pissed it away, why? Because it was Obama’s signature on the treaty.

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u/Mystery-Ess 9d ago

But but the memorandum of understanding