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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They didn’t allow 10 boats of oil through as he said. It is false.
You really don’t think the situation and the political feints and parries could be divined by combing through the “news” do you?
Obviously the extent of the destruction of Irans military apparatus cannot be known at this time. Neither can the organization of the current “govt” of Iran. Trump can say or posture or do anything necessary to accomplish the goal of destroying current Iran bosses.
The huge mistake Hitler made during WW2...when his armies were getting wiped out by the Russians was to tell his armies that they should fight to the death. Which they did. His generals told him to retreat and reorganize. War changes a lot of prewar notions. A good war leader will adjust.
We are not losing like Hitler so this is different.
Trump trying to get out of a mistake he made. He said he would bomb power plants in two days. Later realized that was a mistake in saying so. He keeps extending the deadline. He should have dropped the whole subject by letting the deadline pass and not do anything.
It is stupid to negotiate a ceasefire to end the conflict if we are winning. Iran doesn’t want to end the war and has said so. Trump said that he wants an unconditional surrender. There is no need to negotiate.
Look at all of this brilliance wasted on the internet. Why aren't you in DC showing instead of running your mouth on FR? What a waste.
Save US from DJT , TDS 🤡
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