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Trump’s Mother’s Day Attack: Obama “Greatest Sucker”

5/11/2026

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Trump Slams Obama

President Donald Trump used a Mother’s Day Truth Social post to call former President Barack Obama the “greatest sucker.”
The post claimed Obama gave Iran a “lease on life” via 2015 deal and sent $1.7 billion in suitcases to Tehran.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian responded on X, saying Iran will not bow to United States.
At a Rose Garden luncheon, Trump said “angel moms” lose children because of open-border policies.

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Trump Condemns Iran

President Donald Trump declared Iran has been “playing games” with the United States for 47 years and is now militarily defeated.
The cash claim stated $1.7 billion was flown to Tehran in suitcases, saying Iranian officials had never seen such funds.
Trump said Barack Obama gave Iran a “powerful lease on life” via 2015 nuclear deal.
He said Iran’s “A team,” “B team,” and part of its “C team” are eliminated.

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Historical Context

On Nov 4 1979, Iranian students led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, holding 52 diplomats for 444 days until Jan 20 1981, when the Algiers Accords ended the crisis that had crippled Jimmy Carter’s presidency and spurred the failed Operation Eagle Claw. Donald Trump’s 2024 claim that Barack Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal gave Iran a “lease on life” echoes that long-standing U.S. grievance.

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Trump Slams Obama

President Donald Trump used a Mother’s Day Truth Social post to call former President Barack Obama the “greatest sucker.”
The post claimed Obama gave Iran a “lease on life” via 2015 deal and sent $1.7 billion in suitcases to Tehran.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian responded on X, saying Iran will not bow to United States.
At a Rose Garden luncheon, Trump said “angel moms” lose children because of open-border policies.

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