'What an embarrassment': Marjorie Taylor Greene slams reported $300 billion Iran reconstruction fund

Marjorie Taylor Greene, who had been distancing herself from President Donald Trump and his policies, added another item to her list of grievances this week, attacking the unverified details of a proposed U.S.-Iran peace agreement. The former Georgia congresswoman was specifically targeting reports that American taxpayers would be footing the bill for a $300 billion reconstruction fund for Tehran. "I want to tell you that's a bunch of bullsh**t," she said, arguing that the war was never one Americans had asked for or supported.

The outspoken conservative was taking to X to remind her millions of followers that Trump had won in 2024 on a pledge of "no more foreign wars". "Trump decided to bomb Iran and go to war on behalf of his good friend Israel's Bibi Netanyahu. He claimed that it was to stop Iran from having a nuclear weapon," she said, pointing out that no regulators or officials, including former DNI Director Tulsi Gabbard, had confirmed Iran was anywhere close to acquiring one. "But Trump went ahead and bombed them anyway."

As per Greene, the war already drained American resources at a reported rate of two billion dollars a day, while rising gas prices and inflationary pressures were squeezing households further. Against that backdrop, she called the fund an insult to injury. It should be noted, however, that while a deal had since been signed, its full details had yet to emerge from either side — and Reuters was reporting that the reconstruction fund, as discussed, would be financed by neighbouring Gulf states rather than American taxpayers.

Trump, in a Truth Social post, appeared to confirm as much, dismissing reports of America paying Iran as fake news being pushed by Democrats. Even so, the unconfirmed figure continued to draw scrutiny over the terms of a deal widely expected to be formalised by Friday. And the optics are further muddled by a prominent Republican voice keeping the story alive and loudly questioning the fine print of an agreement still taking shape.

Vice President J.D. Vance clarified the details in a Monday interview with CBS News' Ed O'Keefe. "They could have access to, funded by the Gulf Coast Coalition, so long as they honor their end of the obligation," he said. Vance also flagged that the deal faced an uphill battle at home in Tehran, warning that "the hard-liners in the Iranian system will overemphasize the benefits that Iran gets, while underemphasizing all the things that they have to concede, and all the things they have to provide, in order to get these benefits."