President Donald Trump denied claims that the United States would pay Iran as part of a peace deal.The details of the peace agreement with Iran haven’t been made public, but one reported detail was a $300 billion reconstruction fund that would be paid for by the U.S. or its allies. Trump firmly shot the speculation down in a Monday post on Truth Social.“Iran has agreed to never have a Nuclear Weapon! Also, the story that the U.S. is paying Iran 300 million Dollars is Fake News, put out by the Dumocrats!!!” Trump wrote, presumably referring to the $300 billion fund.
Vice President JD Vance stirred speculation earlier on Monday when asked about the fund by CBS News’s Ed O’Keefe, suggesting it was a possibility but would be paid for by the Gulf states.
“Well, Ed, that’s the sort of thing they could have access to, funded by the Gulf Coast Coalition, so long as they honor their end of the obligation,” he said.
“I think that one of the things you’re going to see, Ed — and people have to be skeptical of this — is that the hard-liners in the Iranian system will overemphasize the benefits that Iran gets while underemphasizing all the things that they have to concede and all the things they have to provide in order to get these benefits,” Vance added.
