{"id":2029496,"date":"2023-09-12T15:59:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T19:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-biden-an-incompetent-fool-for-giving-iran-access-to-6b-in-prisoner-swap\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T16:01:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T20:01:57","slug":"trump-calls-biden-an-incompetent-fool-for-giving-iran-access-to-6b-in-prisoner-swap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-biden-an-incompetent-fool-for-giving-iran-access-to-6b-in-prisoner-swap\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump criticizes Biden for granting Iran access to $6B in prisoner swap, calling him an &#8220;incompetent fool.&#8221;"},"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\">34<\/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-calls-biden-an-incompetent-fool-for-giving-iran-access-to-6b-in-prisoner-swap%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=2029496&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 President Donald Trump Slams Biden&#8217;s Prisoner Swap Deal \u200bwith Iran<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Former President Donald Trump blasted President Joe Biden for his decision to give\u200b Iran access to billions of dollars as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-babylon-bee-headlines-that-no-longer-sound-like-satire\/\" title=\"10 Babylon Bee Headlines That No Longer Sound Like Satire\">prisoner swap<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Monday, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-gives-iran-access-to-6-billion-in-prisoner-swap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed<\/a> that Biden\u2019s secretary \u200bof\u2062 state, Antony Blinken, had signed off on\u2064 a deal\u2064 in which the United States would \u2064receive five\u200c Americans held captive in Iran\u200b in exchange for releasing five Iranian \u2063prisoners \u200cand $6 billion in frozen assets. In a series of \u200cposts on Truth Social, the current GOP frontrunner called Biden\u2019s move a\u2062 \u201cterrible deal\u201d that would lead to \u2063terrorism and further provocations against Americans abroad. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cCan you \u2064believe that Crooked Joe\u2063 Biden is giving $6 \u200bBillion to \u200cthe terrorist regime in Iran?\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/111049078045263523\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> to Truth \u2062Social on Monday. \u200c\u201cThat money [will] be\u2064 used for \u2063terrorism all over the Middle East, and, indeed, the World. This incompetent FOOL\u2062 is absolutely destroying America.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Monday, Congress was notified\u200d of the deal the Biden \u2064administration made with Iran. The agreement includes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-biden-an-incompetent-fool-for-giving-iran-access-to-6b-in-prisoner-swap\/\" title=\"Trump criticizes Biden for granting Iran access to B in prisoner swap, calling him an \"incompetent fool.\"\">blanket\u200d waiver allowing international \u2062banks<\/a> to \u200dtransfer $6 \u200bbillion from South Korea to Qatar without the possibility\u200b of sanctions from the U.S. Once\u200b in Qatar\u2019s central bank, Iran can request funds\u200c to pay for \u200chumanitarian goods, The \u2064Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-gives-iran-access-to-6-billion-in-prisoner-swap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trump criticized Biden\u2019s\u200d \u201caudacity\u201d \u2062in announcing \u2063the specifics of\u200b the\u2064 deal on September\u2063 11 and \u2062said that paying for hostages\u200c would \u200b\u201clead to kidnapping, \u2062ransom, and blackmail against Americans across the globe.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u200b freed many dozens of our people from various unfriendly countries\u200b and never paid a dime!\u201d Trump \u2063wrote. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In\u200b his series of posts, the \u200dformer president referenced evangelical Pastor Andrew Brunson, whose \u2063freedom he helped secure after being detained for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45841276\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">roughly<\/a> two years\u2062 in Turkey, in addition\u2062 to 57\u200b other hostages he says he helped free for \u201cZERO money.\u201d Trump said Biden\u2019s move sets a \u201cTERRIBLE \u2064precedent\u201d and urged the 25th Amendment be invoked. The 25th Amendment sets the \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/constitutioncenter.org\/blog\/can-the-cabinet-remove-a-president-using-the-25th-amendment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">framework<\/a> that allows the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">vice president<\/a> and a majority of cabinet members or a body\u200d approved \u201cby law\u201d formed by Congress\u200c to strip the president of his authority, according to \u2062the National Constitution Center. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, lets get this straight! We did a hostage\u200b TRADE with Iran. We gave them 5 very tough, smart people that \u2064they\u2064 desperately \u200cwanted. We likewise got back 5 people BUT, we also gave them 6 BILLION DOLLARS! How much of a \u2063kickback\u2063 does Crooked\u200d Joe Biden get?\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/111051842084249310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A\u200b spokeswoman from the \u200cNational Security\u2064 Council <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/national-security\/biden-administration-takes-steps-to-free-up-6-billion-in-iranian-funds-in-prisoner-swap-deal-56f2b7b9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defended<\/a> the deal and said U.S. officials would oversee the use of the\u2062 funds, calling it a \u201cprocedural step\u201d to ensure humanitarian aid\u200d gets to the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAs we have said from the outset, what is being pursued here is an arrangement \u200dwherein we secure the release of five wrongfully held Americans,\u201d National Security Council\u2063 spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said. \u201cThis remains a\u2062 sensitive and ongoing process.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/iranian-president-says-tehran-will-spend-6-billion-released-prisoner-e-rcna104475\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> \u200cwith NBC News\u2019s Lester Holt, \u2064Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said the money \u201cbelongs to the Iranian people, the\u200d Iranian government, so the Islamic Republic \u200dof Iran\u200b will decide what to do with this money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Iranian regime is considered \u201cthe world\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cotton-failed-iran-nuclear-deal-closely-related-to-russias-war-on-ukraine\/\" title=\"Cotton: Failed Iran Nuclear Deal 'Closely Related' to Russia's War on Ukraine\">worst state sponsor<\/a> of terrorism,\u201d according to a 2019\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/reports\/country-reports-on-terrorism-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> \u2064 from the U.S. State \u2062Department. In 2018, then-President Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Iran Nuclear Deal and reimposed sanctions against the country.\u200b The Biden \u200badministration is pursuing a possible revamp\u200c of\u2062 a\u2063 nuclear deal with Iran, \u200dand leaders \u200bfrom the two countries \u2062appear to be \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-national-adoption-month-and-with-114000-kids-waiting-for-adoption-heres-how-we-can-solve-it\/\" title=\"It\u2019s National Adoption Month \u2014 And With 114,000 Kids Waiting For Adoption, Here\u2019s How We Can Solve It\">taking small steps<\/a> toward \u201climited,\u2062 tentative de-escalation,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/us-iran-small-tentative-steps-lower-tensions-rcna103781\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to Deputy Vice President at Nuclear Threat Initiative Eric Brewer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trump\u2019s administration reportedly strongly emphasized securing the release of numerous Americans held \u2064hostage abroad. Former Secretary of \u200cState\u2064 Mike Pompeo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/08\/25\/us\/politics\/trump-hostages.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> it the Trump administration\u2019s \u201ctop\u2064 priority\u201d\u2063 in foreign affairs, according to The New York Times. During his tenure, Americans\u200b were freed\u200b from \u200dNorth Korea, Egypt, Turkey, and Iran, among other\u2062 countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Numerous other Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/republicans-slam-us-prisoner-swap-deal-iran-rcna104616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criticized<\/a> Biden for the deal with Iran. Sen. Lindsey Graham of\u2064 South Carolina said the agreement\u2064 would\u200c \u201centice rogue regimes, like Iran, to \u200dtake even more Americans \u2063hostage,\u201d\u200c and South Dakota Sen. John Thune said it puts Iran \u200cinto \u2063a\u2064 better position to \u201cdevelop a nuclear weapon and fund \u200bterrorists.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump criticized President Joe Biden for allowing Iran access to billions of dollars in a prisoner exchange. Antony Blinken, Biden&#8217;s secretary of state, approved a deal where the US would receive five captive Americans. 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