Any Chance We Can Have That $300 Billion Invested in the United States?

[jotathought]

Iran is making out like gangbusters....

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/iran-deal-includes-300-billion-fund-more-than-half-which-already-committed-2026-06-16/

Wouldn't it be nice if we could cajole the nations that are investing over there to invest over here instead?

I'm sure that someone will be by to highlight all of the other commitments that Trump has supposedly gotten (many that originated well before he was convicted 34 X)...why not hold out for $300 Billion more?

To put that in perspective...the state budget of Mississippi is $7.4 billion...less than 1/30th the size of what Iran is getting without lifting a finger....

A government appropriation, a state budget, foreign direct investment, venture capital, and private infrastructure funding are not interchangeable concepts simply because money is involved.

You keep reducing every discussion to “money moved, therefore it’s the same thing.”

That’s not financial analysis. It’s the kind of reasoning you get from social media posts, memes, and emotional talking points rather than an understanding of economics, finance, and capital markets.

You might want to start with Economics & Finance for Dummies.

 

[candycorn]

A government appropriation, a state budget, foreign direct investment, venture capital, and private infrastructure funding are not interchangeable concepts simply because money is involved.

You keep reducing every discussion to “money moved, therefore it’s the same thing.”

That’s not financial analysis. It’s the kind of reasoning you get from social media posts, memes, and emotional talking points rather than an understanding of economics, finance, and capital markets.

In terms of a terrorist state like Iran...it all spends the same when they go shopping for missiles, drones, frigates, etc...

You might want to start with Economics & Finance for Dummies.

I'll read it after you do.

 

[drudge X]

The country paying reparations is the country which lost the war.

So US lost WWII against Germany and Japan?

 

[Robert W]

Elaborate...

Here is my view on the fiasco of the fund inside the larger fiasco of the surrender which is inside the overall fiasco of the war itself.
Feel free to correct me where I'm wrong.

I'm told that Arab nations (unspecified of course) will invest $300B to rebuild Iran. Why $300B? It sounds rather arbitrary to me but $300B is the figure. The figure of $300B is a football stadium in the US....I would have hoped that we did a lot more than $300B worth of damage. Anyway...I'm told it's not reparations...its investments being made by Arabs. An investment isn't a grant or a gift or foreign aid...it's an investment. What is the payoff for the investors? Its hard to see how Egypt (an Arab nation--insert another one if you like) building highways in Tehran is going to help Egypt. Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation building a refinery whereby they take Iranian crude and sell it will make a nice return on investment. More oil on the open market is good for consumers...not so good for ExxonMobil, Aramco, Texaco, Chevron, etc...

Its puzzling why American companies are being frozen out of this investment market since we are the ones who, quite bizarrely, created the market with our tomahawks and JDAMs and dead and wounded soldiers--all who wore the stars and stripes.

I'm also told that the investments are contingent on Iran's behavior. Who is going to first decide if they "crossed the line" and secondly, who is going to enforce it? The US? We're going to send our pilots back into harm's way to do what exactly.....destroy what the Arab nations are investing in? Its really hard to imagine the arab states welcoming Israel to destroying their investments...or anyone else for that matter.

Running in the background on all of this is that EGPC (Egypt's national oil company--just to name an investor) likely doesn't give two shits about Iran getting a nuke. They won't be targeted and they certainly don't care about Iran sponsoring terrorist groups.

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I will help you understand a lot better.

 

[candycorn]

I will help you understand a lot better.

Ahh...so I got it all right. Cool.

 

[jotathought]

In terms of a terrorist state like Iran...it all spends the same when they go shopping for missiles, drones, frigates, etc...

I'll read it after you do.

Your entire argument depends on the assumption that every dollar entering Iran is unrestricted and immediately available for any purpose— that it’s fungible. (I can provide dictionary definition if needed).

In reality, it doesn’t work that way with how foreign investment, infrastructure financing, capital markets, or sanctions compliance work.

The details you’re dismissing are the entire reason these financial mechanisms are treated differently in the first place.

I might suggest “I Don’t know what the **** I’m talking About”

 

[drudge X]

I will help you understand a lot better.

Vance shut down the fake news within that 6 minutes.

 

[Rawley]

Iran is making out like gangbusters....

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/iran-deal-includes-300-billion-fund-more-than-half-which-already-committed-2026-06-16/

Wouldn't it be nice if we could cajole the nations that are investing over there to invest over here instead?

I'm sure that someone will be by to highlight all of the other commitments that Trump has supposedly gotten (many that originated well before he was convicted 34 X)...why not hold out for $300 Billion more?

To put that in perspective...the state budget of Mississippi is $7.4 billion...less than 1/30th the size of what Iran is getting without lifting a finger....

Saudi Arabia is investing $600B here, Qatar $1 trillion.

 

[Rawley]

So the same nations that Iran attacked are the ones making the investments????

Wow...okay.

Yup

 

[candycorn]

Saudi Arabia is investing $600B here, Qatar $1 trillion.

And we're not getting any of the $300B going to Iran...whom we were bombing last week...

It would seem like we should be getting something out of all of the blood and treasure the US has spent over there. But if you're okay with Iran raking in a cool $300B + oil revenue...that's on you.

 

[Nostra]

And we're not getting any of the $300B going to Iran...whom we were bombing last week...

It would seem like we should be getting something out of all of the blood and treasure the US has spent over there. But if you're okay with Iran raking in a cool $300B + oil revenue...that's on you.

What should we get out of Ukraine?

 

[Rawley]

And we're not getting any of the $300B going to Iran...whom we were bombing last week...

Nope

It would seem like we should be getting something out of all of the blood and treasure the US has spent over there.

We are.

But if you're okay with Iran raking in a cool $300B + oil revenue...that's on you.

100% cool with Iran’s neighbors investing there. Why is it bothering you?

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Really? Nothing to do with it?

So the agreement that your blob is signing doesn't even mention the fund?

It likely mentions a bunch of things that we aren't part of but Iran is. You can't really not comprehend that this fund is by and for muslims and islamic countries.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

She is not stupid at all. She enjoys posting propaganda. Propaganda experts like her realize to be effective, one makes false claims then depends on us to reply to her false claims. It is an old tactic.

No, she’s an idiot. Just read more of her posts. It’s not an accident she’s just that ******* stupid.

 

[candycorn]

Nope

We are.

100% cool with Iran’s neighbors investing there. Why is it bothering you?

They're going to use that money to fund more terrorism....you used to be against that--like 72 hours ago. Now you're "100% cool with it"

 

[Missouri_Mike]

Who's going to stop them from investing this upcoming Monday?

Why would they when Iran sent missiles their way? They aren’t stupid.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

When we encounter a master of propaganda, as she is, we need other tactics than simply trashing her or others like her.

Your assessment is accurate. She is not stupid at all. She exercises her posts as a true propagandist.

In order to be a propagandist on her side you have to be pretty stupid. It’s an actual requirement. Otherwise you wouldn’t be like that.

 

[jotathought]

Iran is making out like gangbusters....

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/iran-deal-includes-300-billion-fund-more-than-half-which-already-committed-2026-06-16/

Wouldn't it be nice if we could cajole the nations that are investing over there to invest over here instead?

I'm sure that someone will be by to highlight all of the other commitments that Trump has supposedly gotten (many that originated well before he was convicted 34 X)...why not hold out for $300 Billion more?

To put that in perspective...the state budget of Mississippi is $7.4 billion...less than 1/30th the size of what Iran is getting without lifting a finger....

You started with, “Wouldn’t it be nice if those nations invested here instead?” While you’re more concerned with the commitment from Saudi Arabia and Qatar providing substantially more capital to the United States than the figure you’ve cited for Iran.

So which is it?

Are investors choosing Iran over the United States, or does investment in the United States suddenly stop counting when it undermines your argument?

You seem more interested in being outraged by a headline than understanding what the numbers actually represent. Economics for Retarded People 101.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Elaborate...

Here is my view on the fiasco of the fund inside the larger fiasco of the surrender which is inside the overall fiasco of the war itself.
Feel free to correct me where I'm wrong.

I'm told that Arab nations (unspecified of course) will invest $300B to rebuild Iran. Why $300B? It sounds rather arbitrary to me but $300B is the figure. The figure of $300B is a football stadium in the US....I would have hoped that we did a lot more than $300B worth of damage. Anyway...I'm told it's not reparations...its investments being made by Arabs. An investment isn't a grant or a gift or foreign aid...it's an investment. What is the payoff for the investors? Its hard to see how Egypt (an Arab nation--insert another one if you like) building highways in Tehran is going to help Egypt. Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation building a refinery whereby they take Iranian crude and sell it will make a nice return on investment. More oil on the open market is good for consumers...not so good for ExxonMobil, Aramco, Texaco, Chevron, etc...

Its puzzling why American companies are being frozen out of this investment market since we are the ones who, quite bizarrely, created the market with our tomahawks and JDAMs and dead and wounded soldiers--all who wore the stars and stripes.

I'm also told that the investments are contingent on Iran's behavior. Who is going to first decide if they "crossed the line" and secondly, who is going to enforce it? The US? We're going to send our pilots back into harm's way to do what exactly.....destroy what the Arab nations are investing in? Its really hard to imagine the arab states welcoming Israel to destroying their investments...or anyone else for that matter.

Running in the background on all of this is that EGPC (Egypt's national oil company--just to name an investor) likely doesn't give two shits about Iran getting a nuke. They won't be targeted and they certainly don't care about Iran sponsoring terrorist groups.

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How am I doing so far?

The whole thing is a messed up situation

 

[Robert W]

In order to be a propagandist on her side you have to be pretty stupid. It’s an actual requirement. Otherwise you wouldn’t be like that.

I like that.