President Donald Trump on Wednesday called reports of a leaked memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran “false” and said the U.S. would not be giving Iran any money as part of the ceasefire framework.
Asked by Fox News’ Peter Doocy about reports of a $300 billion investment and reconstruction fund funded by Gulf allies, Trump responded, “It’s false. False.”
“You can invest if you want. I mean, what am I going to do, say nobody’s ever allowed to invest? No, we’re not investing. We’re not putting up $0.10. And, people can decide to do that, but that’s up to them. I mean, do you want me to say nobody’s ever allowed to invest in in a country?” Trump said.
“We are not investing in it and we do not have a fund,” Trump said.
Doocy asked Trump if he was asking Gulf countries to invest in any such fund. The president replied, “No, I’m not.”
“If they do it, fine. But I would say they won’t be doing it for a while until they find out the behavior. It’s a behavior thing, but we are not investing. That’s a false story that got picked up incorrectly,” Trump said.
Trump also said that the memorandum of understanding is not final and that if Iran does not behave that the U.S. would return to bombing the country.
“No, it’s not final it’s a memorandum of understanding and if I don’t like it, we’ll go back to shooting at them, dropping bombs on their head,” he said.
“If I don’t like it, if they don’t behave, we’ll go right back to dropping bombs right smack on the middle of their head, ok? Because they’ve misbehaved for 47 years.”
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