President Donald Trump has brought a decades-old interview back into the limelight, where he proposed that the U.S. should take control of Iranian oil facilities if attacked.
Trump, on Monday, took to his Truth Social to share a snippet from a 1987 interview he had with the late Barbara Walters. The original interview, aired on ABC’s 20/20, features a young Trump criticizing what he perceived as American weakness and advocating for a strong response to Iranian aggression.
The interview took place during the Iran–Iraq War, several years after the Iran hostage crisis. In it, Trump suggested that if Iran attacked the U.S., Washington should retaliate. …Full story available on Benzinga.com
