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So a big surprise appears in 1987, and it is a full-page ad in the New York Times from developer Donald Trump.

And he takes a shot without saying the name at what is President Reagan's policy. You know, it's no small matter.

There's nothing about the foreign policy of the United States that a little backbone couldn't cure.

Woo!

No, we don't talk about that a lot now.

But, yeah, I don't believe the people in the Reagan

White House were very happy about Trump's letter at the time. And the main point that he makes,

or among many, the world is laughing at America's politicians. As we protect ships, we don't own.

Carrying oil, we don't need.

Destined for allies who won't help. Saudi Arabia, a country whose very existence is in the hands of the United States, last week refused to allow us to use their minesweepers, which are

sadly far more advanced than ours,

to police the Gulf. Why are these nations not paying the United States for the human lives

and billions of dollars we are losing to protect their interest? The world is laughing in America's

politicians. So in some ways, you know, you could say there's a couple of things here for my history compete up your politics.

We are, of course, you have that classic kind of thing that I've done on my podcast for 20 years, which is we've been here before.

And you certainly have the exact same straight

and the exact same problem that we had during the Iran and Iraq War

when Iran decided that America and Europe was supporting Saddam Hussein enough in the war

that it was time to target the shipping of major oil-rich nations.

And therefore, we found ourselves embroiled in protecting that.

Now, the doctrine behind that really is the very short-lived Carter doctrine that an attack

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