I just don’t know how this President (and former Presidents as well) can keep his cool in the face of vicious attacks.
He gets to ride in a badass helicopter. I think that would help chill me out… maybe.
Then again, Donald Trump has a helicopter and he’s off his nut 24/7.
Never mind.
With all due respect, Mr. President. It is pointless to argue with the mouth breathers.
Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi…
Oh wait.
Iran, Iran, Iran…
I don’t think the Republicans have even read the Iran nuclear deal. Why bother when you’re going to throw a hissy fit regardless. Facts only get in the way.
Trump would’ve declared bankruptcy to avoid making such payment to Iran.
Oh come on. Don’t be so cruel. They get their unfiltered information from none other than Fox and Trump gets his foreign policy from the news networks.
Ask those republicans if they think the people being held should have waited to be released, to avoid bad optics.
"With Iran Nuclear Deal Implemented, What Happens Next?
By RICK GLADSTONEJAN. 16, 2016
"Q. How quickly will Iran benefit economically from these changes?
A. The most immediate benefit to Iran will be access to roughly $100 billion of its money that was frozen in foreign accounts. Of that, outside analysts estimate roughly half already is committed to other obligations, like payments to foreign creditors. Iran also will be able to sell as much oil as it likes. But with the collapse of the oil market — prices have fallen 70 percent in the last 18 months — Iran will derive far less revenue than it had anticipated, and new Iranian sales could further depress prices.
More broadly, the lifting of the sanctions is expected to diminish a psychological cloud in Iran, even if it is not felt immediately. “Iran’s international logistics for banking and shipping and insurance was so ravaged by the sanctions that the relief they will get now, albeit not perfect, is a large step up,” said Farhad Alavi, a lawyer in Washington who specializes in sanctions and trade law."
Just wait until Tom Cotton learns of this, Mr. Obama.
Good article on this:
Also it wasn’t a “payment”
President Obama: “We’ve got a number of Americans being held all around the world, and I meet with their families, and it is heartbreaking.”
He continued:
“Why, just this morning, I met with Mrs. Priebus and her children. I was very nearly moved to tears.”
being a verbal ninja has its moments. Why create a new scandal when he can remind folks.that just because they want to see him go off doesn’t mean that day is today.
Amazing performance by the President, really amazing. The press come off as as some stunted Trumpian Greek chorus. Sad!
Well if they’re Trumpian Republicans then those Americans held by foreign governments are losers, Trump only pays for winners.
You may recall 1980, when the Reagan camp supposedly persuaded the Iranians to hang on to the Tehran embassy hostages long enough so that Carter couldn’t benefit politically from their release. It’s a conspiracy theory that was fairly convincingly debunked, but it’s not beyond comprehension, either.
You can read the transcripts for his words, but what his eyes were saying during the Iran explanation was “I cannot believe how incompetent you people are”.
Where was it debunked?