Trump Planning Jaw-Dropping Payment to Country He Bombed

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President Donald Trump is considering a https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-accidentally-makes-bombshell-admission-about-his-war-in-all-caps-tirade/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-accidentally-makes-bombshell-admission-about-his-war-in-all-caps-tirade/">deal with Iran that would return $20 billion in frozen assets back to the U.S. adversary, a new report alleges.

Trump and his proxies are negotiating over a three-page plan to permanently end hostilities, with an element of the discussion being the unfreezing of billions in Iranian funds in exchange for Iran giving up its stockpile of enriched uranium, four sources tell https://www.axios.com/2026/04/17/iran-us-deal-20-billion-frozen-funds-uranium" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.axios.com/2026/04/17/iran-us-deal-20-billion-frozen-funds-uranium">Axios.

The site reports that there has been steady progress toward a deal this week, but “significant gaps remain.” Trump, 79, announced just before markets opened on Friday morning that the Strait of Hormuz was back open.

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