Iran speech

- General Milley gives Trump the side-eye during his speech

Trump's speech contained lies, of course, one of which was that President Obama had given billions of dollars to Iran. Trump said ...

"[...] they were given $150 billion, not to mention $1.8 billion in cash. Instead of saying ‘thank you’ to the United States, they chanted 'Death to America .... The missiles fired last night at us and our allies were paid for with the funds made available by the last administration."

That $150 million actually belonged to Iran, it's own assets frozen by the US and released after they won a court case. The rest of the money ....

As for the $1.8 billion, Iran did get a payment of roughly that amount from the U.S. Treasury. But that was to pay an old IOU, according to the Associated Press. In the 1970s, Iran paid the U.S. $400 million for military equipment that was never delivered because the government was overthrown and diplomatic relations ruptured. After the nuclear deal, the U.S. and Iran announced they had settled the matter, with the U.S. agreeing to pay the $400 million principal along with about $1.3 billion in interest. The $400 million was paid in cash and flown to Tehran on a cargo plane. The arrangement provided for the interest to be paid later ...
- Fact check: Trump discusses escalation of tensions with Iran in televised speech

It's really pathetic that Trump is compelled to criticize Obama at every opportunity. Trump must feel so terribly inferior to the previous president.

There was much on twitter about the speech (#TrumpSpeech). One tweet I found particularly apt was this one ...