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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Cite a source. I didn’t hear him use those terms.
Iran Calls B.S. as Trump Claims Iran Talks Are Underway
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-pulls-shocking-u-turn-123339574.html
Trump demands ‘unconditional surrender’ from Iran. But what happens after?
https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-demands-unconditional-surrender-questions-swirl-after-iran/story?id=130832790
I think he was addressing the idiots who have no sense of humor.....
oh yeah I remember that, unconditional surrender. Strange how many have forgot or even get angry when it’s mentioned.
10 x 2,000,000 =20,000,000
20,000,000 x $100 = $2,000,000,000.
My math is fine
Talking to yourself now?
Why can’t the U.S. Navy establish a convoy system so that the strait is not held hostage by Iran? Escort the tankers through
Take Kharg and hold it hostage. If they touch a tanker we shut off their oil exports.
Ok 10 oilers. I see the math.
Yeah - still pales in comparison to what that f’n somali scum
have stolen from us
My interpretation is that President Trump is trolling here.
Those tankers are going to China, Korea, and Japan. Some kind of "deal" was made. I wonder if they paid the Iran "toll charges".
Not that anybody is going to tell us what is really going on.
The guys who sent them are just establishing their bonafides as people who have some suck.
You don't even know the deal, you are a dumbass.
The “Art of the Deal” in plain sight?
“ you can do anything you want Mr. President “
Well, that’s obviously not true. He can’t do a damned thing without the blessings of a hundred liberal judges.
Sweet is nice. But sour will do in a pinch.
Damn. I like being the Dane if someone else if paying the Dane-geld!
“And that is called paying the Dane-geld;
But we’ve proved it again and again,
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane.” :D
Trojan Horse?
Beware of muzzies bearing gifts
Grinding exquisitely fine and slowly.
I think he’s just needling Iran.
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