Trump: Venezuela Revenues Covered Costs of Iran War
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Trump confirmed that Venezuela's revenues compensated for the costs of the war on Iran.
Translated by Qiyas from الجريدة — Original source
U.S. President Donald Trump said that the money the United States spent on the war with Iran had been “compensated many times over,” as he described, by revenues from Venezuela, reaffirming his commitment to preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
Trump told reporters at the White House, “We have spent relatively small amounts in the war with Iran to ensure that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon. We have recouped what we spent by more than ten times from Venezuela’s revenues.”
He added that the war with Iran “is not a conventional war,” noting that talks were still ongoing to reach an agreement and that “we have plenty of time.”
He said, “Yes, there are talks. They want to talk and continue talking, but look: they are not paying their soldiers’ salaries, nor are they paying their police salaries. They are facing, as you know, numerous problems, and we have time.”
The U.S. Department of Defense (Pentagon) had stated in its recent reports that the total cost of the war and U.S. military operations against Iran had exceeded $47 billion as of mid-October.
