Speaking at a rally in Maine on Thursday, Trump claimed that the Iranian government released secret footage it had of the United States transferring $400 million in cash to Iran.
“You know why the tape was given to us? Because they want to embarrass our country,” Trump said. “They want to embarrass our country. They want to embarrass our president. Because we have a president who’s incompetent. They want to embarrass our president.”
Trump made similar comments on Wednesday, when he said then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was responsible for the negotiations that led to the payment. As the AP reported, he later claimed the payment was in return for the four Americans prisoners in Iran who were released in January, and then he changed his position again, claiming it was in return for the safe release of U.S. sailors who had entered Iranian territory that month.
Trump’s refusal to back down from his claims are remarkable — and have surprised analysts for a lot of reasons....
http://thinkprogress.org/world/2016/08/04/3805278/trump-iran-made-up-story/
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