Per. You know, the greatest tragedy with Donald Trump is he didn't listen to Winston Churchill's basic advice that to be a statesperson, you had to read history. And Had Donald Trump read any history about what happened with Mosaddegh and the overthrow of Mosaddegh in 1953 because Mosaddegh wanted to nationalize Iranian oil and how the cardinal sin of the overthrow of Mosaddegh has destabilized the region. He would never make a statement that the United States somehow wants to take over the Strait of Hormuz and engage in a kind of gunboat diplomacy. (15:43–16:02)
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Asserts that the overthrow of Mosaddegh in 1953, due to his desire to nationalize Iranian oil, destabilized the region.
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