Trump campaign criticizes Biden for engaging in a $6 billion prisoner exchange with Iran.
Former President Donald Trump Slams Biden’s “Disgraceful” Prisoner Swap Deal with Iran
“This is yet another Biden surrender and a further blistering humiliation of the United States of America on the world stage. But even worse, this decision will be extremely deadly,”
Trump said in a video released on Thursday. “Biden is giving $6 billion to the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism.”
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The deal with Iran, in which five imprisoned Americans would be freed and released to the United States in exchange for the release of several jailed Iranians and Tehran gaining access to $6 billion in Iranian oil revenue, was first reported by the New York Times last Thursday.
Republican critics, including Trump, have widely blasted the deal as a “ransom payment.”
“It’s also guaranteed that the fanatical Iranian regime will use this money to advance their nuclear weapons program, putting Israel, the United States, and the entire world in very grave peril,” Trump continued. “They are reportedly just weeks away from a nuclear bomb, something which would have never happened under the Trump administration. Tragically, Biden’s ransom payments also make it dramatically more likely that even more Americans will be held captive in the future.
“Because Biden has shown that he will pay gargantuan sums of money, meaning the kidnappers turn a massive profit, they’re making money hand over fist. In other words, Biden has put a bounty on the head of every American citizen abroad,” Trump added.
Former Vice President Mike Pence, now a Trump rival, alluded to the deal as a “ransom payment” when the deal was originally announced. “While I welcome the release of American hostages, the American people should know that @POTUS Biden has authorized the largest ransom payment in American history to the Mullahs in Tehran,” he posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“Biden is shamefully caving to Iran’s blackmail and extortion. Rewarding Iran for taking Americans hostage incentivizes more hostage-taking,” said Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Trump’s closest competitor. “The $6 billion ransom payment will help Iran build nuclear weapons, support terrorism, oppress the Iranian people, and assist Russia.”
Democrats and Biden officials pushed back against the attacks, claiming that the funds would only be accessible for food, medicine, and other humanitarian purposes. “For the last time, it’s so hacky to say it’s a ‘ransom’. It’s not,” argued Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT). “The fact that Iran is our enemy doesn’t change the law. And the law says the $6B is Iran’s money that we were holding. And it can only be used to buy oil and food for people in need.”
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Nevertheless, Trump argued that should he win his reelection bid for the White House, his administration will bring home American hostages without exchanging a ransom.
“Under my leadership, we brought home more than 50 hostages from all over the world and we never paid ransom money to do it. Not at all,” Trump concluded. “We did it with diplomacy and we did it through strength, and we will do it again when we are re-elected as President of the United States. Our country is failing. We are a failing nation. We will turn it around and we will Make America Great Again.”
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