Posted on 06/19/2020 4:00:40 PM PDT by bitt
Pressed by journalist Margaret Brennan on the merits of the 2015 Iran deal, former Secretary of State John Kerry blamed the national media for not focusing on President Trump's false statements about the deal.
"I remember talking to you at the time. Money is fungible," Brennan said. "Why, though, did you think it was a risk worth taking if you knew the possibility of what would happen with that money?”
"First of all, Margaret, you are an expert in this," Kerry responded. "You were there. You know the president’s tweet is a lie. The president tweeted this morning because I am coming on the show, and he knew you would ask the question. Or would push you to ask the question. You and the media, I think, need to call a lie a lie."
The United States's relations with Iran have been front of mind for political pundits and lawmakers in recent weeks following Trump's decision to kill top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Iran has vowed to avenge Soleimani's death and last week launched a series of missile attacks on a pair of U.S.-Iraqi airbases.
“The missiles fired last night at us and our allies were paid for with the funds made available by the last administration,” Trump said in a news conference the next day. Republicans on Capitol Hill have repeated a similar line of talking points to attack Obama.
Little is known about Iran's military spending, making it virtually impossible to know if U.S. dollars paid for the missiles used in last week's strike on American bases in the region. Trump has referred to former President Barack Obama's overall policy toward curbing Iranian aggression as "a disaster" and claimed the missiles used by Iran were "paid for" by his predecessor.
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Money is fungible. So it doesn't really matter.
“Money is fungible. So it doesn’t really matter.”
I was just about to type that, word for word. I guess we agree.
Why is Kerry suddenly out from under his rock?
Can’t Biden defend himself?
To me the issue is why Obozo released those funds in the first place and had it shipped to them in cash. What was the urgency that they have it in cash? I he had just unfrozen their account we could have seen where the money went, at least in theory.
This is from months ago. Kerry was Secretary of State during Obama’s Iran scheming.
Oh, that's rich coming from him!
“...making it virtually impossible to know if U.S. dollars...”
Why did Kerry and Obama give the Iranians a plane load of cash delivered in the dark of night. Because neither of them had a clue about how to make a good deal for America. President Trump would have never done what those two clowns did. President Trump knows how to make deals and he knows how to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, and if we elect him again in 2020 he will to it again.
Biden does it too, when leftie malfeasance is pointed out, the answer is: “Focus on Trump”
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