President Donald Trump claimed Tuesday that the US has “total control” over Iran’s money, with Washington effectively acting as Tehran’s banker as the two countries remain locked in a military conflict.
“We control their money, what they had, which is a lot,” Trump said in an interview with TV host Wayne Allyn Root. “We have total control of it. I’m their banker. I am their banker.”
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