Barack Obama actually said...

"I hereby order: Section 1. All property and interests in property that are in the United States...are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in."

"What we understood was that we had gone through a decade in which corporate profits were up."

"I want that to happen here in the United States of America."

"The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to take such actions..."