Trump To Iran: ‘Compensation? YOU Owe US Compensation!’

by | Aug 11, 2026

President Trump has answered Iran’s call for US compensation over its unprovoked attacks on the country with a demand from Iran for compensation to the US and to its own citizens. Using widely inflated figures for protesters killed in Iran and inaccurate claims of Iran’s involvement in past terrorist attacks, Trump’s attempt to turn the tables on Iran appears almost comical. Also today? Why do we keep losing wars?

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  • Daniel McAdams

    Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity and co-Producer/co-Host, Ron Paul Liberty Report. Daniel served as the foreign affairs, civil liberties, and defense/intel policy advisor to U.S. Congressman Ron Paul, MD (R-Texas) from 2001 until Dr. Paul’s retirement at the end of 2012. From 1993-1999 he worked as a journalist based in Budapest, Hungary, and traveled through the former communist bloc as a human rights monitor and election observer.

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