Episode 777: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
Newt's World
Gingrich 360
4.6 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Newt’s guest is David Trulio, President and CEO of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute. They discuss the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and President Ronald Reagan's pivotal "Tear Down This Wall" speech at the Brandenburg Gate in 1987. The conversation highlights Reagan's strategic vision, his commitment to peace through strength, and his influence on the eventual dissolution of the Soviet Union. Trulio also discusses the Reagan Library's role in preserving and promoting Reagan's principles and legacy, including upcoming exhibitions on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Their discussion highlights Reagan's impact on American history, his economic policies, and his contributions to global freedom and democracy.
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| 0:00.0 | On this episode of Newt's World, thousands of Germans gathered at the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, and began to tear it down. |
| 0:14.0 | The act of tearing down the wall was the symbolic end of the collapse of the Civil Union and Communist Rule of East Berlin |
| 0:21.7 | and began the reunification of Germany. |
| 0:25.3 | Just two years before, President Ronald Reagan gave an address at the Brandenburg Gate on June 12, 1987. |
| 0:35.1 | Listen to what Reagan had to say. |
| 0:36.8 | General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union |
| 0:44.9 | in Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev |
| 1:16.6 | Mr. Gorbachev |
| 1:21.6 | Teared down this wall. |
| 1:38.6 | Here to discuss the 35th anniversary of the fall of Berlin Wall and President Reagan's enduring legacy. |
| 1:40.5 | I'm really pleased to welcome my guest and good friend David Trulio. |
| 1:44.6 | He is the president and chief executive officer of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute in Seamy Valley, California. |
| 2:09.0 | Thank you. David, welcome and thank you for joining me on Newtsworld. |
| 2:14.2 | Mr. Speaker, it is great to see you again and a thrill to be on your show. Thank you. |
| 2:17.7 | I should mention to our listeners, we're just a few days off from that anniversary, because both you and I have been traveling quite a bit in the days around the election. |
| 2:23.6 | I want to set the stage for our listeners who maybe don't remember how incredible this moment |
| 2:29.5 | when time was. Here is ABC News journalist Peter Jennings reporting live from Berlin on November 10th, |
| 2:37.9 | 1988. |
| 2:40.1 | From ABC, this is World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, reporting tonight from Berlin. |
| 2:47.6 | From the Berlin Wall specifically, take a look at them. They've been there since last night. |
| 2:51.6 | They are here in the thousands. |
| 2:53.6 | They are here in the tens of thousands. |
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