Donald Trump is making a rare admission he was wrong — in claiming he saw a video of a U.S. cash payment going to Iran.
Trump tweeted Friday that “The plane I saw on television was the hostage plane in Geneva, Switzerland, not the plane carrying $400 million in cash going to Iran!”
Trump has been expressing outrage about a $400 million payment the U.S. made to Iran this year. It was delivered on the same day that Iran released four Americans they had detained. Republicans call it ransom; the Obama administration says it was money the U.S. legally owed Iran.
Trump said Wednesday he saw video showing the money being delivered. The campaign acknowledged Thursday that this was incorrect, yet Trump repeated the claim hours later at a rally.
(AP)
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Well he’s now 1 step ahead of the lying Clintons who’ll never admit anything. ” I don’t remember, I don’t recall, I can’t recollect.”
“What difference does it make” the latter about the Benghazi victims! Or Slick Willie’s “It depends what the definition of is is”
Also Trump is usually just denying the intention of some obnoxious comment. Whereas the Clintons are always denying their multitudinal crimes.
@uncle ben smart comment!
Uncle Ben – Drumpf is a dellusional narcissist. He has never apologized or asked forgovness in his entire life. He is a lowlife. The only reason he admitted to not seeing this video is because it is quite obvious that in true reality (as opposed to tye Trumps version of it) it does not exist. The man is insane and as the polls show Americans both Republican and Democrat recognize that the presidency is not a job for a deranged lunatic.
She will do anything for power do you imagine anybody with any dignity staying with a philandering husband the only possible answer is that for power she will do anything
Hey, crazykanoiy. The only one who is insane is you, just like your name says. It gets you exited that Trump commented on the “wrong” plane, but it does not outrage you that Obama and Kerry committed outright treason. It looks like it is OK with you that Iran uses this blood money to finance Hamas that murders fellow Jews (may be you are not one of us). Your true “crazy” nature is shown for every one on this forum to see.
He hasn’t acknowledged that he was mistaken about Ted Cruz father.
Who cares about this issue!
America elected president who gives our tax money to Iran, hezbollah and hamas. Clinton iran deal was her baby,
Trump is our only choice in this election.
ANyone who would for Killary needs their head to be examined.If G-d forbid she wins, her first day in the office will be to pressure Israel!
The fact that Trump fell into this hole shows he and his advisors (if he listens to them) are at best naïve. Whatever and whoever Clinton is, if Trump keeps on making missteps like this he’ll hand ger the election.
Trump is a deranged lunatic but he’s still better than Hillary. So for now it’s ABC! Anybody But Clinton
There was a cash payoff for the hostages. They were paid in foreign currency. The hostages were held at the airport overnight waiting for the ransom to be delivered. And the Iranians did take a video of the event, there are a few US news sites that show a photo of the delivery.
The mainstream media is so completely biased and in the bag for the Democrats that they are happy to focus on Trump’s error on which video he looked at, and ignore the scandalous payoff.