AND THEY WERE GIVEN $150 BILLION NOT TO MENTION $1.8 BILLION IN
NOT TO MENTION $1.8 BILLION IN CASH.
CASH. >> YOUR REACTION TO THAT,
>> YOUR REACTION TO THAT, SECRETARY KERRY?
SECRETARY KERRY? >> IT IS AN OUTRIGHT LIE, AN
>> IT IS AN OUTRIGHT LIE, AN OUTRIGHT LIE BY THE PRESIDENT OF
OUTRIGHT LIE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT THEY WERE
THE UNITED STATES THAT THEY WERE GIVEN $150 BILLION.
GIVEN $150 BILLION. THEY WERE NOT.
THEY WERE NOT. AND THE MONEY THAT THEY DID
AND THE MONEY THAT THEY DID RECEIVE WAS THEIR MONEY BECAUSE
RECEIVE WAS THEIR MONEY BECAUSE THEY SUED THE UNITED STATES OF
THEY SUED THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND WON IN COURT AND
AMERICA AND WON IN COURT AND WERE BEING PAID INTEREST.
WERE BEING PAID INTEREST. SO AMERICAN CITIZENS WERE PAYING
SO AMERICAN CITIZENS WERE PAYING INTEREST EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT
INTEREST EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT WAS ACCRUING.
WAS ACCRUING. MORE AND MORE BILLIONS OF
MORE AND MORE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT WERE GOING TO GO TO
DOLLARS THAT WERE GOING TO GO TO IRAN.
IRAN. WE CUT THAT SHORT.
WE CUT THAT SHORT. WE NEGOTIATED A DEAL THAT
WE NEGOTIATED A DEAL THAT GREATLY REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF
GREATLY REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY WERE, IN FACT,
MONEY THEY WERE, IN FACT, SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE UNDER COURT
SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE UNDER COURT ORDER, AND THEY WOULD HAVE
ORDER, AND THEY WOULD HAVE RECEIVED IT EVENTUALLY.
RECEIVED IT EVENTUALLY. AND WE TRANSFERRED THAT TO THEM,
AND WE TRANSFERRED THAT TO THEM, MOST OF WHICH THEY OWED TO OTHER
MOST OF WHICH THEY OWED TO OTHER COUNTRIES AND OTHER PEOPLE IN A
COUNTRIES AND OTHER PEOPLE IN A MASSIVE DEBT THAT IRAN HAD
MASSIVE DEBT THAT IRAN HAD ACCRUED.
ACCRUED. SO THE FACT IS THAT HE HAS LIED
SO THE FACT IS THAT HE HAS LIED ABOUT THAT.
ABOUT THAT. AND ALSO THE BUDGET OF THE IRGC
AND ALSO THE BUDGET OF THE IRGC WAS WELL TAKEN CARE OF BY
WAS WELL TAKEN CARE OF BY IRANIANS, BY THE REGIME, WHICH
IRANIANS, BY THE REGIME, WHICH WE DIDN’T LIKE.
WE DIDN’T LIKE. NOBODY LIKES WHAT THEY’VE BEEN
NOBODY LIKES WHAT THEY’VE BEEN DOING IN THE REGION.
DOING IN THE REGION. AND EVEN DURING OUR NEGOTIATIONS
AND EVEN DURING OUR NEGOTIATIONS ON THIS AGREEMENT, WE RAISED
ON THIS AGREEMENT, WE RAISED SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN,
SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN, SANCTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS,
SANCTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS, SANCTIONS FOR ITS SUPPORT OF
SANCTIONS FOR ITS SUPPORT OF HEZBOLLAH, SANCTIONS FOR ITS
HEZBOLLAH, SANCTIONS FOR ITS BEHAVIOR IN ITS MISSILE PROGRAM.
BEHAVIOR IN ITS MISSILE PROGRAM. WE RAISED THE SANCTIONS AND WE
WE RAISED THE SANCTIONS AND WE CONSTANTLY SAID TO PEOPLE, THE
CONSTANTLY SAID TO PEOPLE, THE FIRST CHALLENGE IS TAKE THE
FIRST CHALLENGE IS TAKE THE NUCLEAR WEAPON OFF THE TABLE.
NUCLEAR WEAPON OFF THE TABLE. AND THEN YOU HAVE AN ABILITY TO
AND THEN YOU HAVE AN ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE WITH IRAN
BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE WITH IRAN ON ALL OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT
ON ALL OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT CONSIDER ALL OF US, THAT NO ONE
CONSIDER ALL OF US, THAT NO ONE WHO STILL EVER TURNED AN "A"
WHO STILL EVER TURNED AN "A" BLIND EYE TO IRAN’S BEHAVIOR IN
BLIND EYE TO IRAN’S BEHAVIOR IN THE REGION, THAT THERE’S A
THE REGION, THAT THERE’S A BETTER WAY TO GO AT IT.
BETTER WAY TO GO AT IT. AND THE BEST WAY TO GO AT IT IS
AND THE BEST WAY TO GO AT IT IS WITH THE ABILITY TO HAVE FRANCE,
WITH THE ABILITY TO HAVE FRANCE, GERMANY, BRITAIN, CHINA, RUSSIA
GERMANY, BRITAIN, CHINA, RUSSIA ALL ON OUR SIDE HOLDING IRAN
ALL ON OUR SIDE HOLDING IRAN ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT BEHAVIOR
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT BEHAVIOR AND USING THE UNITED NATIONS
AND USING THE UNITED NATIONS NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL TO BE
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
ABLE TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. NOW THIS PRESIDENT HAS ISOLATED
NOW THIS PRESIDENT HAS ISOLATED THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE PRESIDENT HAS GOTTEN A RACK,
THE PRESIDENT HAS GOTTEN A RACK, PARLIAMENT, TO VOTE THAT WE HAVE
PARLIAMENT, TO VOTE THAT WE HAVE TO LEAVE IRAQ.
TO LEAVE IRAQ. THE DOOR IS OPEN TO QUESTION OUR
THE DOOR IS OPEN TO QUESTION OUR CAPACITY IN THE REGION.
CAPACITY IN THE REGION. THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN
THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN WEAKENED BY THE STEPS THIS
WEAKENED BY THE STEPS THIS PRESIDENT HAS TAKEN IN A SORT OF
PRESIDENT HAS TAKEN IN A SORT OF SHOTGUN, IMPULSIVE WAY, WITHOUT
SHOTGUN, IMPULSIVE WAY, WITHOUT A PROCESS, STATE DEPARTMENT,
A PROCESS, STATE DEPARTMENT, MILITARY, ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
MILITARY, ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PART OF A VERY SIGNIFICANT
PART OF A VERY SIGNIFICANT PROCESS OF EVALUATING THESE
PROCESS OF EVALUATING THESE KINDS OF DECISIONS.
KINDS OF DECISIONS. MOREOVER, THE PRESIDENT STOOD
MOREOVER, THE PRESIDENT STOOD BESIDES PUTIN IN HELSINKI AND
BESIDES PUTIN IN HELSINKI AND THREW THE ENTIRE INTELLIGENCE
THREW THE ENTIRE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY OF OUR NATION UNDER
COMMUNITY OF OUR NATION UNDER THE BUS AND CHOSE TO BELIEVE
THE BUS AND CHOSE TO BELIEVE PUTIN OVER OUR OWN INTELLIGENCE
PUTIN OVER OUR OWN INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. SO THERE ARE PEOPLE REELING ALL
SO THERE ARE PEOPLE REELING ALL OVER THE WORLD WONDERING ABOUT
OVER THE WORLD WONDERING ABOUT THE STEADINESS AND CAPACITY OF
THE STEADINESS AND CAPACITY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THIS ADMINISTRATION.
STATES AND THIS ADMINISTRATION. AND WE ARE NOT SAFER BECAUSE
AND WE ARE NOT SAFER BECAUSE THIS PRESIDENT HAS BEEN WILLING
THIS PRESIDENT HAS BEEN WILLING TO PERSONALLY INVOKE HIS
TO PERSONALLY INVOKE HIS ANTI-OBAMAISM TO SUCH A DEGREE
ANTI-OBAMAISM TO SUCH A DEGREE THAT HE’S RUN THE RISK OF WAR.
THAT HE’S RUN THE RISK OF WAR. THAT RESPONSE BY IRAN COULD HAVE
THAT RESPONSE BY IRAN COULD HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT.
BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT. AND IT IS NOT RIGHT FOR THE
AND IT IS NOT RIGHT FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO PUT THE UNITED STATES IN A
TO PUT THE UNITED STATES IN A POSITION WHERE WE ARE DEPENDENT
POSITION WHERE WE ARE DEPENDENT ON A REGIME THAT WE DON’T LIKE
