Trump says US making ‘hundreds of billions of dollars’ from oil due to Iran war

At a campaign event in Georgia on Saturday, President Donald Trump told supporters that the United States was making “hundreds of billions of dollars” because of the war. The verified evidence identifies the setting as a campaign event, the audience as Trump supporters and the speaker as Trump. It attributes the estimate to him, describing it as a statement he made to the crowd during the event. The material provided does not supply any further verified details about the claim’s basis, the mechanism by which the money was said to be made, or the period covered by the estimate.

The verified account characterizes Trump’s statement as relating to the financial impact of the war on the United States. It does not provide a breakdown of the “hundreds of billions of dollars,” identify a government program or revenue stream, or include supporting figures. It also does not provide additional verified information about the event beyond its location in Georgia, its campaign setting and its occurrence on Saturday. On the evidence supplied, the central factual point is that Trump made the claim to supporters and described the amount as being in the hundreds of billions of dollars.