Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 16/06/2026I may only be a novelist who doesn’t get out much, but I know that if you win a war, you don’t have to pay the loser $300bn 16472231354
Oul Lad @charge256.bsky.social · 17/06/2026The same ones that the genocidal war criminal Netanyahu has on Trump maybe? 010
Lauren Merry Vale (they/she) @pixielauren.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I would swear my lifelong allegiance and support to ANY mainstream media outlet that would run a "TRUMP SURRENDERS TO IRAN" headline, I swear to f*cking god 020
Eleanor @oleander0.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I am fine with allowing this fiction for the sake of peace. 000
hholymmack.bsky.social @hholymmack.bsky.social · 17/06/2026He says that it's going to pay, but he will not do it, he will leave all the expenses to the next guy in power...the next guy it's not going to pay, and Iran it's.goong to close the water way again, force US to make a move, and Iran now it's more ready to face any US action. 010
dregsfrolics @dregsfrolics.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Never lose sight of kickbacks. It is #DozyDonald and his looting, conniving, extremist band of thieves at the helm after all. 000
WadeBWard the B stands for "WOKE"💙❤️🩹💔🧠🎸🎤🎙️🎼🎶 @wadebward.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I'd vote for you! 000
Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Since this is escaping containment: I do understand that the US has paid reconstruction money to former enemies. The rhetorical point of my little post is simply that this is a major strategic defeat for the US and Trump should not be allowed to spin it as a win 716511
ElegantPride @elegantpride.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Accounts of the Iran deal mention the money that trump has offered Iran... $300 billion Boy, alot of money. $300 billion. - BUT - I don't know if that amount completely registers until you see it in dollars and cents... $300,000,000,000 000
Frannie, Part Owner of Canada @frannieagain.bsky.social · 17/06/2026To be fair, it’s less than $10B for every time they lost…. 000
thackwallop.bsky.social @thackwallop.bsky.social · 17/06/2026That’s the ‘Art of the Deal’. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 000
Friend of Jamis @bwsnorth.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Our house Risk rule is the winner cleans up, the loser is often too upset. 000
redG @redg187.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Oh yeah? What about Afghanistan then? Huh? Checkmate, librul 000
captainwest.bsky.social @captainwest.bsky.social · 17/06/2026It's a bribe, to let us walk away. We're going to be poorer, and even stupider than before. 000
jmarsh4037.bsky.social @jmarsh4037.bsky.social · 17/06/2026That’s because you don’t know aboutstatic.klipy.comDonald Trump's 'Art of the Deal' ReactionALT: Donald Trump's 'Art of the Deal' Reaction 000
Deborah Kay Kelly @dkkelly.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Well, you do if you wanna get out of the war with shipping reopened. 000
Bronstein-Nematode @bronstein-nematode.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Given the US treatment of Iran since 1953, $360B reparations is getting off lightly. I'm beginning to think this whole brouhaha was cover for opening Iran to Wall St investors. Why should Wall St pay for new infrastructure when they can get the US government to bankroll it. Where's my tinfoil? 000
sillymortal 👊 🇺🇸 🔥 @chrisbanks3.bsky.social · 17/06/2026he’s rather not anyone talk about that. it makes him realize what a dumb fucking loser he is. it took two years and no war or war dead for Prez O to get the JCPOA done. $1.7B returned from a dropped lawsuit some of it cash because of sanctioned banking, and provided access to $100B in frozen funds 100
steeler24girl.bsky.social @steeler24girl.bsky.social · 17/06/2026🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ 000
cantankerous55.bsky.social @cantankerous55.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Trump should never been entrusted with our nation nor our national security. 031
Pat Brady @workplacesols.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I’m stealing this from elsewhere but apparently Greenland is changing its mind about being invaded if it brings a $300bn bonus or anything close! 110
Burgunfaust @burgunfaust.bsky.social · 17/06/2026America has along tradition of rebuilding the nation that it bombed to hell, like Germany and Japan. 000
kristofarian @kristofarian.bsky.social · 17/06/2026it Ain't Over til bibi SAYS it's Over and When it IS Over bibi's gotta Trial needing Attending one which he Cannot Afford to attend cuz the Odds are NOT good and so it con- tinues 073
cc-1-2-3.bsky.social @cc-1-2-3.bsky.social · 17/06/2026FFS! Can we just put the novelists in charge? 000
emoontxwriter @emoontxwriter.bsky.social · 17/06/2026You are so right. I'm also a novelist who doesn't get out much but also an OLD woman who's seen more wars than I wanted to, and this is insane. 000
theclevermonkey.bsky.social @theclevermonkey.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Well, "have too"? Maybe not. But could and would. Let me introduce you to Japan. Look, deal sucks COMPARED to JCPOA. BUT, if changes create a new Japan in 75 years that unintended consequence would be worth the investment in Iranian people. 120
Dolly Madison @dollyrealmadison.bsky.social · 17/06/2026We could have had Healthcare And an entire list of everything they stole from us Here we are watching our tax dollars burn 🔥 1154
Patch Bohan @patchbohan.bsky.social · 17/06/2026We need to find everyone who was upset when Obama unfroze Iran's assets who now supports Trump and smack them in the back of the head. 061
Andy Smart @andysmart1948.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Tactically it's a masterstroke! I understand Canada, Cuba, Mexico and Greenland are planning to surrender tomorrow. 150
PaisleySkyy @paisleyskyy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026No, you need a huge list of things Trump doesn't have. Things like a knowledge of history, a strategy, intelligent advisors, an interest in someone beyond oneself, a connection to reality, and a friend who isn't on the same drugs that you are. For starters.... 000
Peace @marymarta.bsky.social · 17/06/2026It’s called the Yankee Deal - you win but they buy the win from you for $300bil so they can claim it! 000
Manuel Olmo @manuelolmo.bsky.social · 18/06/2026And it wouldn’t hurt so much if that money went to the Iranian “people,” like the families of those schoolgirls. 000
Nondescript Man @oldcrank.bsky.social · 17/06/2026But we’re on to Trump, as is the whole world. Everyone looks to Americans to fix this shit by taking the Nazi from power But, ya know… rules and norms Hitler counted on them as well Don’t believe your eyes and ears, kids! Trust the system, the con, the story you’re told, the traitor, the rapist 010
Janis💙🦋🇳🇬🇺🇦🇵🇹🇦🇱🇨🇦🇳🇱🇪🇺 🇨🇻🇩🇴🇰🇷 🇳🇴🇯🇵🇹🇼l🇨🇩 🇭🇺🇦🇺🇵🇪🇬🇱🇿🇦🇬🇭🇮🇪🇩🇪🇧🇼🇪🇸🇫🇮🇫🇷🇲🇺🇬🇧🇲🇽🇵🇦🌎🌏🌍 @jsplace.bsky.social · 17/06/2026🤣🤣🤣 000
jellydonuts.bsky.social @jellydonuts.bsky.social · 17/06/2026It happened in the US once. After the Civil War the north gave the south a lot of money for reconstruction. They also handed the south control of the US federal government. /s 100
mycatsname.bsky.social @mycatsname.bsky.social · 17/06/2026We pay them $300 billion. They charge now for the Strait of Hormuz No agreement on nuclear materials 13 dead Americans, hundreds wounded. Are we done winning yet? 000
P.S. @workforpeace.bsky.social · 17/06/2026supposedly, it’s private monies “The new fund is a private investment vehicle, not a reconstruction or reparations program and will not include any government money or grants…” www.reuters.com/business/fin...reuters.comExclusive: Iran deal includes $300 billion fund, more than half of which already committed, source saysInvestments pledged span energy, logistics, manufacturing and transport, a source told Reuters. 110
realitycheck01.bsky.social @realitycheck01.bsky.social · 17/06/2026New rules apparently … First prize now goes to the loser. Why do you think Trump got the FIFA Peace Prize … world’s biggest loser. 000
Pamela Fiore... and live alone in the bee-loud glade @pfiore8.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Hari, you get out just enough And fucking bingo 000
EdFo @timewitness49.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Stop believing that this is, in practice, real. No money will end up in Iran. US taxpayer's money will be paid out in contracts to his real estate family and friends to "rebuild" Iran. Contracts that will never need to be fulfilled, but follow the money to get nearer the truth. 000
🍁 LadyFireHorse 🍁 my photography @LadyFireHorseLens 📷 @ladyfirehorse.bsky.social · 17/06/2026A smart human once said, “if Iran is not losing, they’re winning”. 010
TopHatCentury @tophatcentury.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Hello Hari Kunzru, I strongly disagree. I think Joe Biden leaving billions of USD in military equipment in Afghanistan was far worse. There is a difference between throwing money at a problem and spending money in a methodical manner. Sincerely, TopHatCentury 100
tomversion2.bsky.social @tomversion2.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I have always said about Felon 47, that POS breaks everything he touches. And this illegal WAR is just one more thing, that he broke. It didn't cost him anything to to fund his tantrum, but it cost the taxpayers a lot. Felon 47 never pays for anything, when he can get someone to pay for it. 010
DocLord @proflord.bsky.social · 17/06/2026The Marshall Plan paid $13.3 Billion ($125B in 2025 dollars) to 17 European countries. “The U.S. provided approximately $29.3 billion in assistance to Germany from 1946 to 1952, aid to Japan during the same period totaled about $15.2 billion.” (In 2025 dollars.) the US was the only winner to pay. 210
judyfidella.bsky.social @judyfidella.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Extremely well put! It's puzzling me as well... 030
Bren MacDibble @macdibble.bsky.social · 17/06/2026The US already had an agreement with Iran. They just wasted ammunition, lives, resources, upset the world, renegotiated a worse deal, and now expects a pat on the back like a toddler who smashed his toys but picked up the pieces. 'The Art of the Deal' was obviously ghost written. Friggen Man-babies! 1121
eugene @eugene290390.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Don't you know? We taken a transdimensional shift into the Bizarroverse... 000
Eduardo Gray🇪🇺 @eduardogray.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Please read your sources carefully. Nobody is proposing that the US pays 300Bn to Iran. 000
thenamesjane.bsky.social @thenamesjane.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Why didn't Trump just hand over the 300 billion $$$ in the first place if all he wanted was to negotiate a nuclear deal. Why bother to wage a war where thousands have been killed? I smell a rat! 000
Victor14403 @victor14403.bsky.social · 16/06/2026It's not hard to see how he bankrupted three casinos, is it? 000
Be Happy, Be Well, May no suffering come your way.✌🏾 @kaptruthbetold.bsky.social · 17/06/2026AND they get to keep all their toys! Iran still has their uranium!!🤷🏽♀️ 100
JULIE @rarebeef.bsky.social · 17/06/2026You break it, you bought it. US has paid out trillions to those countries it destroyed in war. BUT, peace terms always dictated that US corporations would win contracts in those countries and profit. War=profits. Follow the money. 000
Blue Blondie @blueblondie48.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Trump could give a shit who wins or pays- it’s not HIS money and he can lie with his useless Cabinet backing him up “that he most certainly did win”. 000
nmcb3299.bsky.social @nmcb3299.bsky.social · 17/06/2026That is what they made post WW1 Germany do in the form of reparations & it bankrupted that country & led to the rise of the Third Reich. Between 1919 & 1932 the reparations caused terrible economic depression in that country. 000
rogersunshinecoast.bsky.social @rogersunshinecoast.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Just goes to prove that fact is stranger than fiction 000
Charlemagne @charlemagne43.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Team Trump is paying Iran more twice as more money than Team Obama who paid zero dollars because the funds were from Iran frozen bank accounts. Plus Iran now completely control the Strait of Hormuz and will be able to get Nukes and a major threat to the Middle East and Israel 010
Barbara Longley Author (no DMs) 📎 @blongley.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Thrump attacked Iran at the request of Netanyahu. Thrump is incompetent, and so is everyone he has appointed, especially Hegseth. So, they made a mess, lost, and now WE taxpayers are paying for the cleanup on aisle STUPID-AS-F*CK. 000
silencedoogood @silencedoogood.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Can we even imagine how bad a leader must be, as the leader of the "free world", the, allegedly most powerful nation in the world, in history, in the history of the known (& unknown) universe, to lose to a third-tier power? He must be the worst leader in the history of the universe (known & unknown) 000
James R Steinhaus, Author @james-steinhaus.bsky.social · 17/06/2026if at thief give back what they stole it is not paying someone. 000
awakegirl.bsky.social @awakegirl.bsky.social · 17/06/2026That’s the logic of all the high IQ people.🤪🤪 030
Kolshack @redsun76.bsky.social · 17/06/2026It's almost like he wanted to give them money to begin with... 010
Jon @hrdbmw.bsky.social · 16/06/2026$300 billion is excessive, twice what the Marshall plan was, for example. 020
Peldrigal @peldrigal.bsky.social · 17/06/2026It doesn't matter: the median voter will think that it's all welfare queens' fault 050
lostmymind.bsky.social @lostmymind.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I should have become a novelist. I'd love to not get out more. 000
Redondo Dave @redondodave.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Waiting for media to actually show the damage US did to the infrastructure of Iran. Really sad that US blew stuff up and ruined any respect we had on the world stage. 000
Trace Taylor & the Creative Educators' Coop @creativeeducators.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I’m not either according to stacks of e-mail rejections on my desk, but I know if people mutilate, rape, torture, traffic, and murder children (lots of children), they belong in prison for life. What we know is horrific, which means what they won’t release is way worse, and yet… 000
Alexander Scamilton @t-paine-pamhleteer.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Anyone else remember The Mouse That Roared? It was a movie about a tiny country that started a war with the US so they could reap the benefits of reconstruction. 000
Bellinda @belnot.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Unless it is trumps own money & not from the taxpayers/citizens 000
Mike Foster @swanmore.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Possibly the tragic exception of Haiti, which kicked out the French colonisers but then was crippled by an indemnity paid to France until 1947... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_independence_debten.wikipedia.orgHaitian independence debt - Wikipedia 000
two12green.bsky.social @two12green.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Can we hand over the Pedophile-In-Chief instead? 000
R L B @rlb-21.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Comparing it to the Marshall Plan is a red herring. The Marshall Plan was to help our allies in the war rebuild, not our enemies. 111
Jimbo75 @jimbo75.bsky.social · 17/06/2026$299Billion goes into Fatso’s pocket / down to his last $300Trillion . 000
Richard Alloway @richardalloway.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Hari, did you know that you have to present ID when you buy groceries? 000
TakamineBill @takaminebill.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Clearly you do not understand the art of the deal, Trump style. 020
KatLouise @jesusforgives.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I'm so glad they're agreeing to peace, and I am sure the US owes Iran a lot of money. We killed their little children and made a huge mess. 010
David Wright (it/them) @auldgye.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Yep. The winner sets the terms. The loser pays up. 000
Nctwadumela-He who Greets With Fire! @nctwadumela.bsky.social · 16/06/2026😂😂😂😂See no body understands how Trump thinks. He’s the first won to ever win this way! We beat up Iran! We beat up Iran!😂😂😂static.klipy.comEddie Murphy Raw: Iconic Stand-UpALT: Eddie Murphy Raw: Iconic Stand-Up 000
acleareyedsoul.bsky.social @acleareyedsoul.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Thank God it’s not 300 Billion per win . Otherwise it would be over a Trillion 000
Tired, leaky brain. @columbojones2.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Meanwhile, we don't have enough food here. 000
Tired, leaky brain. @columbojones2.bsky.social · 16/06/2026I bet the families of the people killed by the Ayatollah will be so pleased. 000
Van der Burgh @stephenintheburgh.bsky.social · 17/06/2026He'll somehow rebrand it as his own Marshall Plan.static.klipy.comOprah Shouts 'Loser!'ALT: Oprah Shouts 'Loser!' 030
Humanist Son of a Preacher Man @dustythecritic.bsky.social · 16/06/2026We’ve aided in reconstruction multiple times after war with enemies. This one is just extra stupid. 140
dee68brown.bsky.social @dee68brown.bsky.social · 17/06/2026🤭You just don’t ‘appreciate’ the (gag!) Art of a DJT Deal😱 The Idiot faux-mob boss always pays to pretend he didn’t lose🤩 000
bookworm4715.bsky.social @bookworm4715.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Trump’s Art of the Deal. Remember, they say he’s playing 20 dimensional chess, he knows losing is winning in his dimension. 000
Zycr9 ✊👨👍 🌊 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🌊 @zycr9.bsky.social · 17/06/2026This is not rocket science. #TraitorTrump started an illegal war & spent billions of $ of tax payers 💰 and America lost soldiers, ammunition, equipment & bases during the course of it. This deranged, delusional & demented fool is spending another $300 billion of tax payers💰to repair what he bombed 012
Marvelous Max @moketchup.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Makes you wonder how he makes us all look like fools with his blatant corruption. 000
dextie.bsky.social @dextie.bsky.social · 17/06/2026King Pedo thinks we are stupid like his maggots! 000
BackwoodsFella @beauclairefella534.bsky.social · 17/06/2026So how much money is it going to take to keep the peace? Because all we're doing now is paying for protection from Iran. 010
We Were Right @wewereright.org · 17/06/2026static.klipy.comAre You A Fool? Wolf GestureALT: Are You A Fool? Wolf Gesture 000
Mor'e @morentropy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026The looooooser is the orange bloke. Pleased I'm not a yank. 000
Matt Haber @habermatt.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Yeah, everyone knows a heartfelt card from Hallmark’s Sorry I Threatened to Erase Your Civilization line is usually enough. 2693
joanie2fox.bsky.social @joanie2fox.bsky.social · 17/06/2026It’s the new and improved “ Monopoly “game ( losers win and you also pay to get in the game) 010
Farage will pay your medical bills. 😥😢 @mikdon.bsky.social · 17/06/2026What can Iran buy from North Korea for 300 billion? Or from Pakistan. Or from China. 000
bee-d.bsky.social @bee-d.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I presumed it was their own money being held by the US under the pretext of sanctions 110
cactusf1ower.bsky.social @cactusf1ower.bsky.social · 17/06/2026This whole administration is just learning lessons the hard way. With our money. 000
Laugh or go crazy @blue-dot-ca.bsky.social · 17/06/2026It's a framework of a surrender, not a real surrender. 010
Ezra Abrams @ezraabrams.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Truly astonishing that this post, which reports rumor as fact, is getting so much traction here In fact, it does not appear to be true that the recently signed framework includes 300B in reparations how can you, @harikunzru.bsky.social post such this without verification 000
Bouldersue53🐶🏈🍷 @sueb53.bsky.social · 17/06/2026And that fool would be on every TV station if it was a good deal 130
AnnieOPopoAgie 💙💙💙 @annieopopoagie.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Now you can put it in a novel and no one can say it wouldn’t happen! 020
bluesnreds.bsky.social @bluesnreds.bsky.social · 17/06/2026You might look up the Marshall Plan and Garoia, among other things. 000
Walter Right ™ I am the One Who Answers @justvon.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Bc your last name isn't Trump 000
Dontcha Feeder @dnftt2011.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Biden gives Zionist $310 Billion to exterminate Gaza BUT you forget that and Bark At Trump. Obama gave em $8 Billion a Year for 8 years.Bush Flooded Zionist in his 2 terms too. Get a White cane with a red tip if you're blind. 000
Aura 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇹🇼🏴 @aura-olympian.bsky.social · 17/06/2026At least not unless Iran is handing over half of their territory in exchange, like how 🇺🇸 paid 🇲🇽 after the Mexican-American War. Another shameful moment in the history of the 🇺🇸, another war caused by misconduct in this country inflicted on our neighbour. 010
Beverly @bevy-b.bsky.social · 17/06/2026300 mil, plus some sanctions relief, plus mgmt of a Strait where fees will be collected. And the real winner is...? 120
JD - Pittsburgh - Ex Union Leader - Organizer - Vietnam Veteran @jd1043.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Just imagine how much Russia will be paying Ukraine! 000
yimmysue.bsky.social @yimmysue.bsky.social · 17/06/2026But he was right about one thing...the American public has indeed become ''tired of all the winning''. 080
