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Posted on 03/26/2026 3:32:10 PM PDT by Libloather
WASHINGTON — President Trump ended two days of guessing Thursday by saying that Iran had gifted him 10 “big boats” of oil in a show of goodwill.
“They said, ‘To show you the fact that we’re real and solid and we’re there, we’re going to let you have eight boats of oil — eight boats, eight big boats of oil.’ … and I didn’t think much about it,” Trump said at a cabinet meeting.
“And then I watched the news, and they said … ‘There are eight boats that are going right up the middle of the Hormuz Strait, eight big tankers are going loaded up with oil right through,'” he went on.
“And I said, ‘Well, I guess they were right, and they were real, and I think they were Pakistani-flagged.’
“And I said, ‘Well, I guess we’re dealing with the right people.’ And actually, they then apologized for something they said,” the president continued. “And they said, ‘We’re going to send two more boats,’ and it ended up being 10 boats.”
Trump set off a frenzy of speculation Tuesday when he told reporters that he had received “a very big present, worth a tremendous amount of money” from Iran, which officials refused to identify, citing the sensitivity of ongoing peace talks.
After his big reveal Thursday, the president jokingly told special envoy Steve Witkoff, who was seated nearby: “I hope I haven’t screwed up your negotiations.”
Pakistan is serving as a mediator in the four-week-old conflict and Trump used the anecdote to bolster his claim that Iran is privately “begging” for peace after 27 days of heavy bombardment — despite public statements from Tehran to the contrary.
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That’s a crude remark!
I suppose you prefer refined?
The whole gift from Iran thing seems silly. I don’t think it helped Trump to talk it up.
Oils well that ends well
I don’t trust these guys but no one asked mem.
Tankers average 2 million barrels
20 million barrels if true.
$2 billion at $100 bbl.
and the guy who was called to open it up was killed by Israel last night, GPS tracking
Couple hundred boats of oil as down payment on cost of U
S. ops.
Your math isn’t mathing.
I loved it when Trump asked Steve Witcoff if he could tell everyone what the present was and Steve said “ you can do anything you want Mr. President “ 😉
Trump admin live updates: Trump confident Iran wants to make a deal: They’ve been ‘beat to s–t’
https://nypost.com/2026/03/23/us-news/trump-admin-live-updates-march-23-24-25/
The only person that wants a deal is Trump. This goes against his unconditional surrender pledge at the beginning of this war.
That’s how he expressed it...it was a “gift”....I didn’t give them a dime...He knew exactly why he said it that way.....you and I didn’t pay them....like Obama did.
One with a nuke on it? Hope they never get close to the U.S..
You made this point 10 Effing times! Enough already.
You can always skip reading my posts. Reading them is not required.
It’s hard to ignore your posts because they are so repetitive, like a small yapping dog.
They are being slick and this could cause a slippery slope.
The weapon will be shipped in a container is my guess.
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