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Friday, April 17, 2026

The U.S. and Iran are negotiating over a three-page plan to end the war, with one element under discussion being that the U.S. would release $20 billion in frozen Iranian funds ...

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But first, we need to establish what "transaction" Trump is talking about. It's this: A plan to free up $20 billion for Iran in exchange for uranium. This is what Trump intends to do.

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-- Brandon Friedman (@brandonfriedman.bsky.social) Apr 17, 2026 at 10:36 AM

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Didn't Trump/MAGA label Obama as a traitor for doing something like this?

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2026-04-17 09:56 AM | Reply

Why does Donald Trump want to give $20 Billion to that evil regime in Iran? Doesn't the Pope not understand politics?

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-04-17 09:58 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

Lol so now we're going to pay them for something Obama's deal was going to achieve before Trump broke it?

With, dare I say it, pallets of cash?

This administration is such a group of clowns who pales in comparison only to the idiots who still support it.

#3 | Posted by jpw at 2026-04-17 10:02 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 4

U.S. considers $20 billion cash-for-uranium deal with Iran

Trump begs Iran for peace to end the war he incompetently started and cannot figure out how to win and offers them $20 billion bribe.

Fixed.

#4 | Posted by censored at 2026-04-17 10:04 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Dummkopf Trumpf wants the "radioactive dust" from Iran.

Go send Barron to pick it all up.

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-17 10:16 AM | Reply

We have accomplished our goal of making everything worse than before.

Go ahead, step outside. Breathe. Admittedly, you won't notice much of a difference because the world today is pretty much the same as it was a few weeks ago, only more unstable. Which, again, and we cannot stress this enough, was the whole point.

#6 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2026-04-17 11:00 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

They should give Vance the Nobel Peace Prize just to piss off Trump.

#7 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2026-04-17 11:16 AM | Reply | Funny: 3

They should give Vance the Nobel Peace Prize just to piss off Trump.

Pakistan is the better bet.

#8 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-04-17 11:28 AM | Reply

"With, dare I say it, pallets of cash?"

Pallets of cash!
Pallets of cash!
Pallets of cash!

Yeah.

It's gonna be said a lot.

#9 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-04-17 11:34 AM | Reply

Womp womp.

#10 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-04-17 11:35 AM | Reply

Trumpy reminds me of a dog I once had.

I had to stick his nose in his own poop a lot until he stopped popping on my carpets.

(But never once did I ever consider taking him to the gravel pits!)

#11 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-04-17 11:37 AM | Reply

"Trumpy reminds me of a dog I once had"

Kristi Noem, is that you?

#12 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-04-17 11:41 AM | Reply

$20 billion.

So, only half of what Trump gave Javier Milei.

Iran should demand another $20 billion.

Why should Javi get more?

#13 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-17 12:27 PM | Reply

So, $20 billion for a stockpile of uranium.

But nothing to prevent them from enriching more?

What a sweet deal for Iran.

Will Bibi allow this?

What happened to regime change?

#14 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-17 12:30 PM | Reply

Trump Says Iran Has Agreed to Everything' on Nuclear Program
www.newsweek.com

... President Donald Trump said Iran has agreed to suspend its nuclear program indefinitely and will not receive any U.S. frozen funds, according to Bloomberg News and CNN.

Trump also told both outlets Friday that a deal to end the war with Iran -- which the United States and Israel launched in late February -- is largely complete. He said talks aimed at reaching a lasting agreement will "probably" take place this weekend.

NewsNation correspondent Kellie Meyer said on X Friday that she spoke by phone with President Trump. When asked directly whether Iran had agreed to stop enriching uranium, Trump responded, "Yes."

When Meyer followed up to confirm, Trump said Iran had "agreed to everything." Asked whether the outcome surprised him, Trump said he was "not surprised by anything," before ending the call. ...


#15 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-17 01:31 PM | Reply

Trump lies a lot.

Let's see what Iran has to say.

Most people have stopped listening to Trump and his administration when it comes to facts about this boondoggle.

#16 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-17 01:43 PM | Reply

What did Obama and Biden get for multiple pallets-o-cash? Nothing? An empty promise? Increased terrorism? Fully financed insurgency that maimed and killed US troops in Iraq?

#17 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-04-17 01:48 PM | Reply

What did Trump get for starting a war with Iran?

Humiliated, alienated, exposed as Netanyahu's ----.

Now he's paying Iran to end the war he started.

What a loser.

Visitard is gonna pull his pud with FishPedo over pedophile Trump begging the Iranians to agree to end this war and reopen the strait of Hormuz.

#18 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-17 02:09 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

What did Obama and Biden get for multiple pallets-o-cash? Nothing? An empty promise? Increased terrorism? Fully financed insurgency that maimed and killed US troops in Iraq?

#17 | Posted by visitor_

Thanks for reminding us that your cult is enraged about things that never happened while ignoring what is happening today.

#19 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-04-17 02:13 PM | Reply

What did Obama and Biden get for multiple pallets-o-cash? Nothing? An empty promise? Increased terrorism? Fully financed insurgency that maimed and killed US troops in Iraq?

#17 | Posted by visitor_

Obama: An end to Uranium enrichment and the beginning constant, on the ground monitoring

Biden: Iran never got the money. It's frozen still even though they released 5 hostages.

Trump: Giving them 10 times as much money as Obama to get only the existing Uranium, no promise to end enrichment and no monitoring as of yet

If this is the deal, we lost the war.

#20 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-04-17 02:20 PM | Reply

What's to stop Iran from enriching uranium?

Trump just proved America can't beat Iran in a war.

Because Iran proved they can shut down the entire oil dependent world.

#21 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-17 02:32 PM | Reply

Iran has agreed to stop letting the US bomb them.

#22 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-04-17 05:11 PM | Reply

Iran has agreed to stop letting the US bomb them.

#22 | Posted by visitor_

Yes, we were really winning this...as they blow up our entire economy.

#23 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-04-17 07:18 PM | Reply

Iran has agreed to stop letting the US bomb them.
#22 | Posted by visitor_

And all we had to do was give them $20 billion of our dollars. Which we will borrow from China and pay them interest. On top of the $50 billion we spent bombing them so far and the ~15 dead American service members. At least it's no Benjamin Ghazi. We know how much the MAGAts hate that guy!

So much winning!

#24 | Posted by censored at 2026-04-17 07:24 PM | Reply

$20 billion?

That's almost silly cheap.

Trump always talks about "deals" I think it is his favorite word.

If he could pull this off, he could honestly say he made at least one good "deal."

#25 | Posted by madbomber at 2026-04-18 04:25 AM | Reply

"Because Iran proved they can shut down the entire oil dependent world."

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but right now it is the US that is shutting down the entire oil-dependent world.

Iran has said the straits are open. It's the US that's maintaining a blockade.

#26 | Posted by madbomber at 2026-04-18 04:27 AM | Reply

Bankrupting America day by day, waiting for the time when they can toss out FDRs safety net and turn us into an out and out fascist country.

#27 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-04-18 07:30 AM | Reply

Iran has said the straits are open. It's the US that's maintaining a blockade.

#26 | POSTED BY MADBOMBER

And today they say the straits are NOT open.

The first casualty in any war is the Truth.

And do you really expect the truth from either side of the conflict at this point?

#28 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-04-18 11:08 AM | Reply

"And do you really expect the truth from either side of the conflict at this point?

So... a little bit of back story. As a military dude, senior leaders come in with 100% credibility. But once you lose that credibility, it's gone forever.

Trump has no credibility. I assume that everything he says is --------. So yeah, in this moment, I view Iran as being a more credible source of information.

#29 | Posted by madbomber at 2026-04-19 06:36 AM | Reply

"senior leaders come in with 100% credibility"

One would/could/should hope/expect.
But not with this regime.
Nope, not with this regime.

#30 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-04-19 06:58 AM | Reply

Iran: Trump Is Lying About Any Uranium Deal
drudge.com

Reminds me of an old music biz joke:

"I'm negotiating a record deal with Sony ... I want them to to sign me and they don't want to."

#31 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-04-19 09:40 AM | Reply

They should give Vance the Nobel Peace Prize just to piss off Trump.

#7 | Posted by lee_the_agent

Why did Trump send inexperienced negotiators? For something as vital to the world economy as peace in the Gulf?

#32 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-04-19 09:44 AM | Reply

"Why did Trump send inexperienced negotiators?"

Loyalists and a bunch of kiss arses do not really make for good negotiators. Trumpy still thinks he can run a country like a business.

A "business" he can bankrupt then just walk away from.

#33 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-04-19 10:01 AM | Reply

Look at the empty arena for Vance's speech:

VIDEO: twitter.com

#34 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-04-19 10:17 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

FTA:

"Dummkopf Trumpf reportedly adopted a strategy of intentionally acting unstable and insulting towards Iran, in the hopes that it would push the victim of US aggression to negotiate an end to the illegal, unpopular, and costly war Trumpf initiated on behalf of Israel, an epic catastrophe which is now bankrupting the US economy and infuriating hard-working American taxpayers who are paying more and more for fuel and food."

The unorthodox tactics were reportedly the reason why the morbidly obese draft-dodging pedophilic accomplice of Israeli fugitive Benjamin Netanyahu made the recent string of imbecilic and controversial posts, incompetent junta apparatchiks pitched to The Wall Street Journal."

Source: "Stable genius"


#35 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-19 10:22 AM | Reply

Look at the empty arena for Vance's speech:
VIDEO: twitter.com

#34 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-04-19 10:17 AM | Reply

When The Police started touring the US in the late 1970s after the modest success of their first album and hit Roxanne, the trio found themselves at times booked in little American dives and few people in attendance for this unknown band.

Undaunted, the trio would play their full set in the nearly empty performance halls.

Afterwards Sting, Andy Summers, and Stewart Copeland would sit, drink, and chat with the few patrons who stayed for the entire length pf their set.

#36 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-19 10:37 AM | Reply

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