Right? The United States was then the decisive factor in every Italian election for the next 25 years. We did the exact same thing in Japan, where we effectively founded the Liberal Democratic Party, funded it, chose its leaders, and had them on the CIA payroll while they were serving in top positions in government. And I give you one other great example of American interference. It came when Bill Clinton was president. In 1996. Boris Yeltsin had to run for reelection. Everybody hated him in Russia. (52:48–53:02)
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