Donald Trump admits he didn't see video of $400 million exchange with Iran
- 8 years ago
In a rare move, Donald Trump was been backing off a false claim that he saw footage of a $400 million million payment being unloaded from a US plane in Iran.
The GOP nominee twice claimed this week that it was provided by Iranians "to embarrass our president because we have a president who's incompetent."
Trump admitted to the error Friday morning in a tweet that read, "The plane I saw on television was the hostage plane in Geneva, Switzerland."
Trump originally made criticism of the US delivery of $400 million in cash via a plane to Iran -- the first installment of $1.7 billion in payments related to a decades-old dispute over an unfulfilled us arms purchase and a hostage negotiation for four American prisoners.
The GOP nominee twice claimed this week that it was provided by Iranians "to embarrass our president because we have a president who's incompetent."
Trump admitted to the error Friday morning in a tweet that read, "The plane I saw on television was the hostage plane in Geneva, Switzerland."
Trump originally made criticism of the US delivery of $400 million in cash via a plane to Iran -- the first installment of $1.7 billion in payments related to a decades-old dispute over an unfulfilled us arms purchase and a hostage negotiation for four American prisoners.