spaceghoti@lemmy.one to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agoDonald Trump mocks Jimmy Carter day after wife Rosalynn entered hospicewww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1613arrow-down121file-text
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minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoThat speech truly hurt him. The aborted rescue was at the very end and jacked up his legacy for decades. And about 2-minutes after Reagan took office, we got the hostages back. So now Carter looked weak and Reagan strong. I was just an elementary school kid, but those were my impressions at the time.
minus-squareCranakis @lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up18·edit-21 year agoIt came out years later that Reagan’s team likely orchestrated that deal, convincing Iran to hold the hostages until after the election.
That speech truly hurt him. The aborted rescue was at the very end and jacked up his legacy for decades.
And about 2-minutes after Reagan took office, we got the hostages back. So now Carter looked weak and Reagan strong.
I was just an elementary school kid, but those were my impressions at the time.
It came out years later that Reagan’s team likely orchestrated that deal, convincing Iran to hold the hostages until after the election.