{"id":2003993,"date":"2023-08-17T16:40:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T20:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-campaign-blasts-biden-over-6-billion-prisoner-swap-with-iran\/"},"modified":"2023-08-17T16:40:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T20:40:57","slug":"trump-campaign-blasts-biden-over-6-billion-prisoner-swap-with-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-campaign-blasts-biden-over-6-billion-prisoner-swap-with-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump campaign criticizes Biden for engaging in a $6 billion prisoner exchange with Iran."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-campaign-blasts-biden-over-6-billion-prisoner-swap-with-iran%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2003993&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former \u2062President Donald Trump Slams Biden&#8217;s\u200b &#8220;Disgraceful&#8221; Prisoner Swap\u2062 Deal with Iran<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;This\u2062 is yet another Biden surrender and a further blistering humiliation of \u2063the United States of America on the world stage. But even worse, this decision will be extremely deadly,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump said\u2063 in\u200b a video released on Thursday. &#8220;Biden is giving $6 billion to\u200d the \u200dworld&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-campaign-blasts-biden-over-6-billion-prisoner-swap-with-iran\/\" title=\"Trump campaign criticizes Biden for engaging in a  billion prisoner exchange with Iran.\">leading\u200d state sponsor<\/a> of terrorism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s\u2063 &#8216;Most \u2063Dangerous Case in Georgia&#8217; Could Also Be the Longest\u2063 Delayed<\/h3>\n<p>The deal \u200bwith Iran, in which five imprisoned Americans would be freed and released to the United States in exchange for \u200bthe release of several jailed Iranians and Tehran gaining access \u200cto $6 billion in Iranian oil revenue, was first reported by the New York \u2063Times last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Republican critics, including Trump, have widely blasted the deal as a &#8220;ransom payment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s also guaranteed that the fanatical Iranian regime will use this money to advance their \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evidence-of-undeclared-nuclear-activities-discovered-at-locations-in-iran-that-raise-new-concerns-report\/\" title=\"\u2018Evidence Of Undeclared Nuclear Activities\u2019 Discovered At Locations In Iran That Raise New Concerns: Report\">nuclear weapons program<\/a>, putting Israel,\u2064 the United States, and the entire world in very grave peril,&#8221; Trump continued. &#8220;They are reportedly \u2062just weeks away from a nuclear bomb,\u200d something which would have never happened under\u200c the Trump administration. Tragically, Biden&#8217;s ransom payments also make it dramatically more likely that even more Americans\u2064 will be held captive in the future.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because Biden\u2063 has shown that he will pay gargantuan sums of \u200cmoney, meaning \u200cthe \u2063kidnappers turn a massive profit, they&#8217;re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-is-just-part-of-the-problem-plaguing-the-marvel-cinematic-universe\/\" title=\"Woke Is Just Part of the Problem Plaguing the Marvel Cinematic Universe\">making money hand<\/a> over fist. In other words,\u200d Biden\u200d has put a bounty on the head of every American \u2064citizen abroad,&#8221; Trump added.<\/p>\n<p>Former Vice President Mike Pence, now a Trump rival, alluded to the deal as a &#8220;ransom \u200cpayment&#8221; when the deal was originally announced. &#8220;While I welcome the release of\u2062 American hostages, the\u2063 American \u2063people\u2064 should \u2063know that @POTUS Biden has authorized the largest ransom payment in \u200bAmerican history to the \u2064Mullahs in Tehran,&#8221; he posted on X, formerly \u200dknown\u2063 as Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Biden is shamefully caving to Iran\u2019s blackmail and extortion. Rewarding\u200b Iran for taking Americans\u200d hostage incentivizes more\u200d hostage-taking,&#8221; said \u200bGov. Ron\u200d DeSantis (R-FL), Trump&#8217;s closest competitor. &#8220;The $6 billion ransom payment will help Iran build nuclear weapons, support terrorism, oppress the Iranian people, and assist Russia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats and Biden officials pushed back against the \u200cattacks, claiming that the funds\u200c would\u200b only be accessible for food, medicine, and other humanitarian purposes. &#8220;For the last time, it\u2019s so hacky to say it\u2019s a &#8216;ransom&#8217;. It\u2019s not,&#8221; argued Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT). &#8220;The fact that Iran is our enemy doesn\u2019t change the law. And the\u2062 law \u2064says the\u2064 $6B is\u200c Iran\u2019s money that we were\u2063 holding. And it can only \u2064be used to buy oil \u2062and food for people in need.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Trump argued that should he \u2063win his reelection bid for\u2063 the White House, his administration will bring home American hostages without exchanging a ransom.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Under my leadership, we brought home more than 50 hostages from all \u200cover the world\u200b and we never paid ransom money to do it. Not at \u2062all,&#8221; Trump concluded. &#8220;We\u2064 did\u200b it with diplomacy and we did\u200b it through strength, and\u2062 we will do it again when we are re-elected as President\u2064 of the United States. Our country is failing. We are a failing \u200bnation. We will \u2062turn it around and we will Make America Great Again.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump criticized President Joe Biden&#8217;s &#8220;disgraceful&#8221; prisoner swap with Iran, joining other 2024 presidential hopefuls in condemning the deal. Trump called it another surrender by Biden, humiliating the United States on the global stage. 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