President Reagan's Remarks on South Africa with Reporters on September 6, 1985

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President Reagan's Remarks on South Africa with Reporters on September 6, 1985

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Full Title: President Reagan's Press Briefing on South Africa and Employment Statistics and then a Questions and Answers Session with the Press in the Press Room on September 6, 1985
Creator(s): President (1981-1989 : Reagan). White House Television Office. 1/20/1981-1/20/1989 (Most Recent)
Series: Video Recordings, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
Collection: Records of the White House Television Office (WHTV) (Reagan Administration), 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
Transcript: www.reaganlibr...
Production Date: 9/6/1985
Access Restriction(s):Unrestricted
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Contact(s): Ronald Reagan Library (LP-RR), 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, CA 93065-0600
Phone: 800-410-8354, Fax: 805-577-4074, Email: reagan.library@nara.gov
National Archives Identifier:51669832
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@thehumanrightschannelbythe3958 4 жыл бұрын

South Africa was a victim of Cold War politics

@linkskywalker5417 4 жыл бұрын

A combination of that and entire regime that involved racial segregation

@thewingedhussars6313 3 жыл бұрын

@@linkskywalker5417 which was the British fault .

@linkskywalker5417 3 жыл бұрын

@@thewingedhussars6313 Not that the boers or the blacks ever had a good relationship. Still, after abolishing slavery, the British descendants of those who made things in SA even worse tried to rectify what their ancestors had wraught, and even fought a war against the boers, at least in part over it.

@linkskywalker5417 3 жыл бұрын

@magicblanket So should slavery have been kept in?

@linkskywalker5417 3 жыл бұрын

@magicblanket Which is no better when the Saudis or Chinese do it than it was when the boers did! And lat's face it, the boers contributed to the plague that is modern slavery! Why did the Saudis and Chinese adopt, of all things, the worst parts about the history of western civilizations?

@p.v.b533 2 жыл бұрын

Respect for not turning your comments down

@CortezEspartaco2 6 жыл бұрын

You can tell how uncomfortable he is. He keeps trying to weasel out of it, trying to step off the stage, pushing the questions into the press secretary instead.

5 жыл бұрын

Melanie Willard That should have been is campaign slogan.

@josephpalau897 Жыл бұрын

God Bless State President Botha and those who died fighting communism in Southern Africa

@jochimbenschneider1915 11 ай бұрын

Botha was right.

@mikecameron6667 2 жыл бұрын

This is the day I was born. Kinda surprised I found anything, but here I am!

@hmsdefender408 5 жыл бұрын

Trump" I am the new Reagan and I'll yell at those fake news

@johngore7744 2 жыл бұрын

I’m a Canadian of 60 years old and I am definitely more left of center than either Reagan or Rump. But I also know it takes both the left and right sides of the brain and democratic governments to function. Reagan was an old Mcarthy witch hunt hold out. But even that is better than that bowl of mashed carrots called Trump. And I’m not a fan of Biden either.

@squidmeta Жыл бұрын

based

@bryanhurd9955 2 жыл бұрын

WELL, South Africa is doing great now

@pretcil8 2 жыл бұрын

Yea because a country with a unemployment rate with 35% is great!

@malibongwe3491 2 жыл бұрын

@@pretcil8 yea, it's better than apartheid!

@pretcil8 2 жыл бұрын

@@malibongwe3491 I didnt even talk or mention anything about apartheid so you're comment has no point

@christobosman5710 Жыл бұрын

@@malibongwe3491 apartheid was far better , the country had a future for all its people , today almost 80 murders per day , blackouts , government bankrupt and corrupt as you can get , how far do you want me to go on , if you stil disagree proof me wrong with facts , I can state mine with facts .

@frankcogallo Жыл бұрын

South Africa today under the communist ANC we are bankrupt,greylisted,corrupted,murder capital and unemployment rate is 54 % and climbing..Not looking promising.

@jacobzaranyika9334 Жыл бұрын

At least he did the right thing in the end. Truth prevailed. South Africans made it.

@janventer7942 4 ай бұрын

Made it how? White South Africans didn't, or do you not consider them South Africans?

@andrewlambert7246 2 жыл бұрын

With all respect but he didnt know what he was talking about.

@valbeauregard5190 6 жыл бұрын

You can hate or love Ronald Reagan policies but something is sure Ronald Reagan was a kind man.

@NotYourTypicalNegro 5 жыл бұрын

No he wasn't he was a devil and a good actor.

@davidverster9523 5 жыл бұрын

Reagan was a fantastic president..

@kabelomaragelo2745 3 жыл бұрын

Evil man disguised as a kind man

@lif3andthings763 3 жыл бұрын

@@davidverster9523 he was a shit president he ramped up the war on drugs which has cost on trillions of dollars, destroyed millions of lives, killed thousands upon thousands, and only strengthened the cartels. He also deregulated industry leading to more deindustrialization and the rise of corporate power in the US and the destruction of thousands of small businesses and the complete take over of massive chains like Walmart. Also the continued stagnation of wages.

@valbeauregard5190 3 жыл бұрын

@Nathan Hoffman President Reagan fought Communist and facism , Hitler and Stalin are the embodiment of authoritarian regime , Reagan motto was the governement was the problem not the solution . Reagan wanted minimum interference of the gouvernement in people s life unlike Hitler and Stalin who both were control freak. . As far as their personalities are concerned studyng these 2 mens (Hitler and Stalin) one can notice easily that these 2 mens were full of hatred from an early age .

@jacobzaranyika9334 Жыл бұрын

History repeats. Avoid the matter at hand.

@MartinMcfly410 10 ай бұрын

You nailed it

@garethmartin6522 2 жыл бұрын

What an evil man he was.

@jamesbedugraham8056 Жыл бұрын

Well he died of Alzeheimer on his sleep in 2004 you know

@jamesbedugraham8056 Жыл бұрын

He was fighting the Soviet Bloc.

@garethmartin6522 Жыл бұрын

@@jamesbedugraham8056 Yes exactly.

@garethmartin6522 Жыл бұрын

@@jamesbedugraham8056 Yes, sadly he escaped justice. But then, there is no justice in the USA, so hardly surprising.

@jamesbedugraham8056 Жыл бұрын

@@garethmartin6522 Maybe one day America will become a better day.

@patrickmuro5778 2 жыл бұрын

"Careless in my language"? Trying to dance around his endorsement of South Africa and apartheid, and refusal to honor the embargo. It is is a thin veneer indeed..............

@francicostrauss5566 4 жыл бұрын

No place in hell for Reagan

@jamesbedugraham8056 Жыл бұрын

I dont think Ronald Reagan was a smart man. He seemed clueless about the rest of the globe and the world.

@BBredChill Жыл бұрын

Hot Take

@rocadezona85 3 жыл бұрын

A US- led UN coalition with France, UK, Germany...should have intervened the minute South Africa stepped into Angola.That would have killed two birds with one stone. First, it would have denied Soviet-backed Cubans the excuse to intervene in the Angolan Civil War that was going on, and second ,it would have been for a good cause and provided moral justification for US military presence in the area and back to first point deterred any Soviet penetration.Fighting the spread of Apartheid would have helped fight the spread of Comunism.Now,once the South African army is kicked out of Angola,then chase them down South into Namibia and liberate them too in the process. Meanwhile the Soviets have no excuse to intervene cause the coalition is fighting Apartheid, not Comunism,but at the same time not giving any Comunist "liberation"guerrillas the chance to dominate. Then elections are called and boom,democracy in Angola and Namibia and all done in the name of fighting South African Apartheid...fucking perfect plan...why didn't we do this?

@andrewdutoit9571 2 жыл бұрын

@rocadezona85 Read up more about the Angolan Civil War and you'll find out that Cuba and the USSR were already active from the get go. South Africa only got involved at the request from the Americans.

@MeiPeaches 2 жыл бұрын

🤣😂😂😂

@andrewdutoit9571 2 жыл бұрын

If you really examine Apartheid, all it was about is a policy that White Africans didn't want to share their toilets with other Africans and the Liberals and Communists of this World villified it for their own ends.

@kylegoodreau2170 6 ай бұрын

you do realize south africa was asked by the United states to assist unita during the angolan Civil War right ? lol

@tennaj1367 10 ай бұрын

We all know who Reagan and the Republicans were back then.👎.. BTW... what's crazy is that the Republicans today would look at Reagan as a RINO. That's how far right wing Republicans have gone! 🤨

@user-gw1ye9cc6n 4 ай бұрын

Ppl forget the man was racist look at his record as governor of California

@TT_1221 3 жыл бұрын

I think he was clueless .. He only ever made a prepared statement then dodged questions. He would give a one liner answer on the way to a noisy helicopter or Nancy prompted him (caught one time at least). I never saw him give a proper press conference (Q&A) as President ....

@andrewdutoit9571 2 жыл бұрын

@TT1221 You must really think Bidens a screamer!

@davidrobertson7315 14 күн бұрын

You’re kidding right? Look at this channel! There’s an entire playlist of his press conferences. 30+ of them. Many lasted 30-45 minutes.

@TT_1221 13 күн бұрын

@@davidrobertson7315 He held fewer and fewer live press conferences over his 8 years, going almost a year in 1987 without any. Apparently because he kept putting his foot in it. Particularly after Iran Contra and another time he even sunk the dollar lower because he mis-spoke. His aides favored pre recorded 1 to 1 sit downs with generally supportive journalists instead.

@davidrobertson7315 13 күн бұрын

@@TT_1221 everyone makes mistakes speaking off the cuff. Even Reagan. But he had much fewer gaffes than Obama or Biden ever had. It’s not even close. Reagan was always extremely articulate and charismatic.

@TT_1221 13 күн бұрын

@@davidrobertson7315 Biden has been just as bad and Obama just bored the press pool to sleep! 🙄