Trump Says Iran Sent Him a 'Very Big Present' Worth 'a Tremendous Amount of Money' but Will Not Say What It Was

Asked in the Oval Office on March 24, 2026 whether he trusted the Iranians in talks with U.S. representatives, Trump said he trusts nobody but alluded to a gift. "They gave us a present, and the present arrived today," he said. "I'm not going to tell you what that present is, but it was a very significant prize." Pressed, he said only that it was "oil- and gas-related."

An undisclosed item of value described by the president as arriving from a foreign government during wartime negotiations raises questions the public record does not answer: what it was, who received it, and whether it was logged as a foreign gift.

Trump gave no further detail and the nature of the item has not been publicly identified in the reporting reviewed.