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Has Trump Averted a Benghazi and a Jimmy Carter Debacle?

January 6, 2020 By Debbie Young

President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks on the death of Soleimani at Mar-a-Lago on Friday, January 3, 2010, in Palm Beach, Florida. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)

“This will not be a Benghazi,” vowed President Trump to reporters on New Year’s Eve. “This will never, ever be a Benghazi.”

A Little History

On 4 November 1979, Iranian extremists stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran:

  • 66 hostages seized
  • 52 hostages held for 444 days

A Military Fiasco

When Carter informed a sleepy nation at 7 a.m. that eight American servicemen had just died in a secret rescue operation, dubbed “Desert One,” it became a metaphor for a military fiasco.

Ironically, the presidential election would be held November 4, 1980, the one-year anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Iran. Carter lost 44 of 50 states to Ronald Reagan. Reagan crushed him in the popular vote, 51-41 percent, and won the Electoral College 489-49.

Trump Has Averted a Jimmy Carter Hostage Situation

No one knows, of course, how President Trump will fare in his reelection bid in November. But this much we know already: he will not be facing a hostage situation at the hands of Iranians at our embassy.

Donald Trump has averted a Benghazi, and he may have averted a Jimmy Carter as well.

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Debbie, our chief political writer of Richardcyoung.com, is also our chief domestic affairs writer, a contributing writer on Eastern Europe and Paris and Burgundy, France. She has been associate editor of Dick Young’s investment strategy reports for over five decades. Debbie lives in Key West, Florida, and Newport, Rhode Island, and travels extensively in Paris and Burgundy, France, cooking on her AGA Cooker, driving through Vermont and Maine, and practicing yoga. Debbie has completed the 200-hour Krama Yoga teacher training program taught by Master Instructor Ruslan Kleytman. Debbie is a strong supporting member of the NRA.
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