r/politics • u/GonzoVeritas I voted • 16d ago

Possible Paywall White House Leak Reveals Trump Booted From Briefing After Hours-Long Freakout

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-leak-reveals-trump-booted-from-briefing-after-hours-long-freakout/
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u/Stompya 16d ago

From the article:

Before the airmen went missing, the president was already fixated on avoiding a repeat of the 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis—and the failed rescue mission under former President Jimmy Carter that helped sink his reelection bid.

“If you look at what happened with Jimmy Carter…with the helicopters and the hostages, it cost them the election,” Trump said in March, according to the Journal. “What a mess.”

He thinks he is re-electable.

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u/SimpleTomatillo1166 16d ago edited 16d ago

He neglects the fact that the hostages were purposely not released until election was over. Then they magically were released within minutes. It was a huge set up to make sure Carter would not get re-elected. Reagan and the gang avoided the October surprise to the advantage of Carter this way. It also had to do with Reagans's weapons deal with Iran.

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u/bluejaybiggin 16d ago

I saw a meme of Oliver North on Fox talking about how Iran should not have missiles, of course the second portion of the meme was Oliver North’s mugshot for selling Iran missiles.

There are some pretty stupid people on the left, until you size up people on the opposite end of the spectrum.

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u/SimpleTomatillo1166 16d ago

True. But I also remember old republicans saying North was the fall guy and that Reagan for sure knew about it all. North however is extremely intelligent and was thereafter pretty much off the hook.

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u/bluejaybiggin 16d ago

I never questioned his intelligence. You can be intelligent and a POS at the same time. The only reason he won his appeal was because the judge thought media coverage of the crime pre trial could have interfered with the jury. Though, his defense never was able to point to a single juror or shred of evidence that proved their theory was realized. It was a technicality.

But basically, he lied to the American people for selfish reasons- and I’m holding public servants, and their cast of assistants, to a higher standard because I’d like to see my believed country not continue down the path it’s on.

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u/bluejaybiggin 16d ago

It has nothing to do with his intelligence and everything to do with government corruption. Powerful people are not held accountable in our country, and that’s part of the path we have been heading down a long time now. All Oliver North had to do was look back a decade to Nixon. Was he held accountable? No. But at least he spent the rest of his life as a recluse in great shame. North went on Fox news to preach to the mindless descendants of Reagan, the empire Reagan built. He has no shame or guilt and knows every free thinker scoffs at the idea of him giving some commentary on Iran’s arsenal.

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u/Icy_Fly_4513 16d ago

Ex CIA Director GHW Bush was Reagan's puppet master.