The money Obama claimed he gave the terrorists was from 1979. The reason no other president ever returned the money before Obama was because other presidents knew the money was tied up in court and other presidents respected the rights and responsibilities of courts, not individual politicians, to decide matters still in court.
It's ironic you should mention about presidents respecting the courts when Trump has no such talents. He doesn't respect anything.
The fact remains and you know it, the money Obama gave them was already theirs. You implied it was taxpayers money to save his arse and you're a liar.
Incidentally. It was Obama and other great powers that brokered the deal to stop nuclear proliferation in Iran. Not only was it clever when he used their money to secure it, they sign a deal to do nothing for ten years. As you will recall, there was nothing until Trump came along and destroyed that agreement not because it was wrong but because he want complete destruction of anything Obama did.
So here we are now. USA military anchored off Iran and Trump is facing defeat because his narcissism and ego failed to accept a good decision before.
He continues to bully Iran as if he will persuade them with force. They are at home and that's a military assert. They control the Straits and will continue to do so.
In the end Trump will leave defeated but claim victory as he always does.
Meanwhile, Estonia requested he deliver the military weapons they've already paid for. Basically he said they will not be getting them because they are needed by USA. He added there will be no refunds.
That decision now puts eastern Europe at a more vulnerable position from Russia. Putin is loving Trump being POTUS. China is assisting Russia and Iran in depleting all over USA weaponry in the meantime.
USA cannot win the Iran war. All the bluster and hand waving equates to nothing. The off ramp is not visible as Trump and his ego destroy trade and finance across the world. The irony is he's destroying USA simultaneously.
The Maga crowd can be counted on one hand now. His polls are so low they'll need watering soon.
The midterms will be his Eldorado. Two years of impeachment are pending and a couple more assassination attempts, one successfully , are in the wind.