{"id":2583721,"date":"2026-03-25T14:18:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T18:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-iranian-leaders-did-something-that-was-amazing-sent-him-a-very-big-present\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T14:21:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T18:21:02","slug":"trump-says-iranian-leaders-did-something-that-was-amazing-sent-him-a-very-big-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-iranian-leaders-did-something-that-was-amazing-sent-him-a-very-big-present\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Says Iranian Leaders &#8216;Did Something That Was Amazing,&#8217; Sent Him a &#8216;Very Big Present&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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-says-iranian-leaders-did-something-that-was-amazing-sent-him-a-very-big-present%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=2583721&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--><p>The article reports that President Donald Trump claimed Iran\u2019s leadership signaled a willingness to make a deal with the United States, describing a \u201cpresent\u201d related to oil and gas that Iran allegedly sent and that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-emails-show-how-family-spurned-public-schools-despite-public-stance\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Emails Show How Family Spurned Public Schools Despite Public Stance\">arrived today<\/a>, worth a \u201ctremendous amount.\u201d Trump said the details would remain secret and suggested the gesture showed the right people where involved in negotiations,referencing a video he posted on X. The piece also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >includes accompanying social media reactions<\/a>, including a tweet thread discussing the oil-and-gas present and its possible link to the Strait of Hormuz. Analyst Behnam Ben Taleblu is cited as saying internal turmoil in Iran has empowered the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) but that the iranian state remains weakened, with the IRGC growing in influence. A separate State Department tweet quoted in the article asserts that Iran will not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bolton-taliban-may-seize-nuclear-weapons-from-pakistan-says-pakistani-military-has-radical-islamists-in-its-ranks\/\" title=\"Bolton: Taliban may seize ... from Pakistan, says Pakistani military has radical Islamists in its ranks\">obtain nuclear weapons<\/a> and that the United States holds a favorable bargaining position. The article is interwoven with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-trump-holds-rally-in-warren-michigan-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"WATCH LIVE: Trump holds rally in Warren, Michigan - Washington Examiner\">embedded media<\/a> and advertising elements.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump indicated Tuesday that Iran&rsquo;s leadership has signaled it is willing to make a deal with the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re going to make a deal,&rdquo; Trump said in a video <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/2036514179943674045\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> to X. &ldquo;They did something yesterday that was amazing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They gave us a present, and the present arrived today. It was a very big present, worth a tremendous amount of money,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said the details would stay under wraps.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; HOLY SMOKES. President Trump just said Iran&rsquo;s leaders sent him a &ldquo;present&rdquo; as part of proving who is really in control<\/p>\n<p>The present, related to oil and gas, arrived today, worth a &ldquo;tremendous amount of money&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They gave us a present, and the present arrived today. It was a&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U71lqnbEJr\">pic.twitter.com\/U71lqnbEJr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/2036514179943674045?\">March 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not going to tell you what that present is, but it was a very significant prize,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They gave it to us, and they said they were going to give it, so that meant one thing to me &mdash; we&rsquo;re dealing with the right people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the present was related to Iran&rsquo;s nuclear program, Trump replied, &rdquo; It was oil and gas-related, and it was a very nice thing they did. But what it showed me is that we&rsquo;re dealing with the right people, &rsquo;cause, you know, you don&rsquo;t know,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The leadership was killed, all gone; Khamenei, all gone,&rdquo; Trump said, noting that former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei&rsquo;s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, who was selected to follow his father, was &ldquo;racked up pretty good.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether the present was linked to the Strait of Hormuz, which has been blocked since the war with Iran started, Trump said it was.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was related to the flow&rdquo; of oil and the strait, he said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/5798853-trump-iran-oil-gas-present-strait-of-hormuz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Behnam Ben Taleblu, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington, D.C., think tank, said that turmoil within Iran has given the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps greater control over the government, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/who-actually-runs-iran-right-now-key-power-players-trump-claims-talks-top-official\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No doubt both the 12-Day war and this current conflict have trimmed the commanding heights of the Islamic Republic&rsquo;s political and military leadership,&rdquo; he said. &nbsp;&ldquo;But it has also expedited the trend lines inherent in Iranian politics, which is the dominance of the security forces and the ascendance of the IRGC.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yes, there is more IRGC control over the state than ever before, but the state is weaker than ever before and more of a national security rump state than ever before,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">PRESIDENT TRUMP: There won&rsquo;t be any nuclear weapons. Iran has agreed to that.<\/p>\n<p>We&rsquo;re in a good bargaining position. We&rsquo;re way ahead of schedule and they have no navy, air force, or missile protection. Most of their launches we&rsquo;ve killed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FbwVcC6MND\">pic.twitter.com\/FbwVcC6MND<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Department of State (@StateDept) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateDept\/status\/2036525399379791998?\">March 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It shouldn&rsquo;t particularly preoccupy Washington, who is and isn&rsquo;t offering negotiations,&rdquo; Ben Taleblu said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The preeminent preoccupation of Washington has to be working toward a military win at a political win, and that does not come by working with the IRGC, but actually beating them on the battlefield and supporting the forces most arrayed against them in Iran, which are the Iranian people,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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He claimed Iran did something \u201camazing\u201d yesterday and sent a \u201cpresent\u201d today-an oil-and-gas-related gift of substantial value-though he indicated the details would be kept confidential. Trump suggested the gift shows they\u2019re dealing with the right people in Iran and tied it to the Strait of Hormuz and oil flows. He also asserted that Iran\u2019s leadership had been weakened or removed, mentioning that former Supreme Leader Khamenei and his son Mojtaba were \u201cracked up,\u201d and he implied the present related to control over Iran\u2019s strategic assets.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts offered a different perspective. Behnam Ben Taleblu, a scholar at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said turmoil inside Iran has empowered the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at the expense of the broader government, arguing the IRGC\u2019s influence has grown even as the state remains relatively weak and more of a security-focused rump. Trump, meanwhile, claimed there would be no nuclear weapons and touted the United States as being in a strong bargaining position, noting Iran lacks a capable navy, air force, or missile defense after many launches were neutralized. 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