The 1980 interview in many ways foreshadowed the tone of Trump's future presidential campaign and general stance toward Iran as commander-in-chief.
, Trump said the US „should really be a country that gets the respect of other countries.“
Barrett replied: „Obviously you’re advocating that we should have gone in there with troops, et cetera, and brought our boys out like Vietnam.“ According to historians Brendan Simms and Charlie Laderman, as cited by Brookings, this was Trump’s first known comment on US foreign policy.
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