Trump says released Iranian assets will return through food purchases US President Donald Trump has said that any Iranian funds released under recent agreements will ultimately be used to purchase food from the United States, benefiting American farmers. Speaking to reporters, Trump said: "All that money's coming back in the form of purchases of food, which they desperately need." He added that Iran's population required significant food imports and argued that the funds being unfrozen would effectively return to the United States through agricultural exports. "The money that we lift is going to go to our farmers," he said.