Fox News’ Peter Doocy was interrupted Wednesday by President Donald Trump when pressing for answers on the tentative peace deal Washington reached with Tehran last weekend, a deal that has sparked outrage among the more hawkish wing of the Republican Party.
Details of the deal, which is reportedly a 14-point memorandum of understanding, include an agreement that the United States would lift all sanctions on Iran and help the Middle East nation gain access to a $300 billion reconstruction fund. Critics have noted the deal’s similarities to provisions in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal reached by former President Barack Obama, which also saw the unfreezing of Iranian funds, a provision Trump had frequently criticized.
“You’ve been clear, President Trump, [that] the United States is not going to directly pay Iran, but the U.S. is going to let the Iranians start making billions of dollars selling oil, accessing this reconstruction fund,” Doocy said while in France before getting cut off by Trump.
“Only if they’re doing things right,” Trump responded.
Doocy attempted to continue his question before getting cut off by Trump a second time.
“Only if – Peter! Only if… we’re not doing anything, we’re not putting up money!” Trump said. “This $300 billion fund, it’s only if they’re doing things right. Remember this also: when you talk about billions of dollars? They’ve had much more than $1 trillion worth of damage done.”
In a follow-up question, Doocy asked if the president would “explain what the difference is between giving Iran U.S. dollars and unfreezing U.S. dollars,” a question Trump said was “an easy one to answer.”
“We have taken a lot of their money, and we have their money, we have taken their money – it’s not our money, it’s their money – and we froze it,” Trump said. “At a certain point in time, I guess we’re gonna have to give it back.”
Peter Doocy: Can you explain what the difference is between giving Iran U.S. dollars and unfreezing U.S. dollars? Trump: We have taken their money – it’s not our money, it’s their money – and we froze it. At a certain point in time, I guess we’re gonna have to give it back. pic.twitter.com/ZBhLVNfcqw — Alexander Willis (@ReporterWillis) June 17, 2026
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