Trump Administration Targets Hezbollah’s Billion-Dollar Financial Network

In a bold and unapologetic move, the Trump administration has struck a devastating blow to Hezbollah’s global financial network, choking off a billion-dollar pipeline that has fueled terror, war, and Iran’s influence across the Middle East.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions Thursday targeting high-level Hezbollah operatives who have funneled tens of millions of dollars from Iran into Lebanon to fund attacks, smuggle weapons, and tighten the group’s stranglehold on Lebanese politics.

Among those sanctioned:

• Ossama Jaber, who facilitated covert cash shipments across borders

• Ja’far Muhammad Qasir, a top Iranian-Hezbollah conduit

• Samer Kasbar, a key node in the laundering of over $1 billion since January 2025

These operatives exploited Lebanon’s cash-based economy and unregulated exchange houses to bankroll terrorism while Tehran pulled the strings from behind the curtain. But that pipeline is now under siege.

Treasury Under Secretary John Hurley made the administration’s stance crystal clear:

“Lebanon has an opportunity to be free, prosperous, and secure but that can only happen if Hezbollah is fully disarmed and cut off from Iran’s funding and control.”

It’s the type of clarity and backbone the world lacked under Democratic leadership. The contrast couldn’t be more striking.

While President Trump backs Israel with firm action, the Biden-Harris administration weakened our closest ally with leaks, delays, and diplomatic games. Just last year, Biden officials exposed Israel’s planned ground operations in Lebanon to The Washington Post effectively warning Hezbollah in real time. That leak wasn’t just reckless. It was dangerous.

Consider the pattern:

• In September 2024, Biden’s team leaked Israel’s military plans against Hezbollah.

• In 2021, Biden officials exposed Israeli airstrikes targeting Iranian assets.

• During Obama’s presidency, sensitive intelligence leaks crippled Israeli deterrence and emboldened Tehran.

Even worse, the Biden administration delayed weapons transfers to Israel, tried to protect Hamas-linked UNRWA staff at the United Nations, and warned Israel not to strike Rafah Hamas’s last stronghold. When Israel needed a steadfast partner, Biden gave them bureaucracy and betrayal.

Let’s be honest: the Democratic foreign policy machine doesn’t want to confront Iran. It wants to appease it. And every time it does, Hezbollah grows stronger, Iran becomes bolder, and Israel faces the consequences.

President Trump has once again reminded the world that America’s strength lies not in soft talk or leaked memos, but in decisive, strategic action. Sanctioning Hezbollah’s financial operators is more than symbolic it cuts directly into the terror group’s ability to operate and signals to Iran that its days of unchecked proxy warfare are over.

This isn’t just about the Middle East. It’s about reasserting American strength and standing firm with our allies. While Democrats continue to play both sides, Trump draws a hard line: You’re either with Israel and freedom or with Iran and terror.

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