Social media users are wondering if the Obama Administration is dishonest or incompetent.

The answer is “both,” and here is the latest proof.

Iran is claiming it has access to more money in the granted sanctions relief than was originally reported, and the State Department’s Marie Harf laid the blame on the Treasury Department for the “discrepancy.”

Harf was responding to the Wall Street Journal’s Jay Solomon who observed that there was a $50 billion difference in the funds Iran was supposed to get in the administration’s nuclear deal and what they are claiming to have.

#Iran claims it now has access to $100B in frozen oil revenues under #IranDeal; @WhiteHouse said it would be $50B. https://t.co/7FLW8owUaG

— Jay Solomon (@WSJSolomon) February 2, 2016

.@WSJSolomon Important clarification – it was experts at @USTreasury Dept who did the math & determined how much $ Iran would actually get

— Marie Harf (@marieharf) February 2, 2016

Social media users recognized that a $50 billion margin of error is no small number, and being the result of a math error was hard to believe.

Looks like the Obama administration had a $50 billion rounding error on sanctions relief handed over to #Iran https://t.co/htuLjlVjd0

— Jordan Hirsch (@jordanchirsch) February 2, 2016

Administration either dishonest or incompetent. Which is it? @marieharf https://t.co/aV8WDuLoH5

— 19thAmendment (@XIXAmendment) February 2, 2016

@XIXAmendment @marieharf BOTH Dishonest and Incompetent!

— Richard R. Goss (@Longsnapper50) February 2, 2016

@marieharf @WSJSolomon @USTreasury so you lied

— D the Feudalism Cat (@Gator9358) February 2, 2016

Harf’s “clarification” came under fire as social media users questioned the distinction she was making. David Rothkopf, CEO and Editor of Foreign Policy magazine, thought it was just “weird.”

@marieharf @WSJSolomon @USTreasury Is that really an important clarification? Isn’t Treasury part of the administration? Weird distinction.

— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) February 2, 2016

.@djrothkopf @WSJSolomon Not weird distinction. When people use “White House,” it sounds political – often inadvertently. Not the case here.

— Marie Harf (@marieharf) February 2, 2016

@Scully64 @djrothkopf @WSJSolomon @RyanBLeslie don’t bother arguing with -> @marieharf – there’s no reasoning with blind incompetence.

— Christopher Bowen (@bowenswharf) February 2, 2016

Harf pressed on.

@marieharf @djrothkopf @WSJSolomon the decision makers at the White House and Treasury serve at the pleasure of the president

— Brandt (@UrbanAchievr) February 2, 2016

@marieharf @djrothkopf @WSJSolomon the buck stops anywhere but the White House.

— Jonathan Greenberg (@JGreenbergSez) February 2, 2016

Looks like @marieharf is doing the “wasn’t me!” to Treasury as well, which has done the finest work on Iran.

— Jordan Hirsch (@jordanchirsch) February 2, 2016

@marieharf @WSJSolomon @USTreasury Methinks you need to take a day or two beyond the Beltway. That is a very strange clarification.

— Bruce Levine (@levine_bruce) February 2, 2016

@marieharf @djrothkopf @WSJSolomon I’ve got an idea, how about figure that about before you negotiate the deal? The stupid burns my eyes.

— R Thomas (@Plate0fShrimp) February 2, 2016

Twitter users summed it all up.

@WSJSolomon @GayPatriot @WhiteHouse @BrianFMurphy In this case, it’s likely that Iran is more credible.

— George Orwell (@GeorgeOrwellian) February 2, 2016

@marieharf @djrothkopf @WSJSolomon I think its important to note we only found this out from Iran.Liars.

— convoice (@convoice) February 2, 2016

@marieharf @djrothkopf @WSJSolomon So Iran is more accurate then Obama Admin on this?

— House King (@AndrewKing06) February 2, 2016

@marieharf @djrothkopf @WSJSolomon I think it’s important to point out that Iran is now more trustworthy than our Administration. Good times

— GoodGrief (@KiloMick) February 2, 2016

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