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
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Production Date: 9/6/1985
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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
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South Africa was a victim of Cold War politics
A combination of that and entire regime that involved racial segregation
@@linkskywalker5417 which was the British fault .
@@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.
@magicblanket So should slavery have been kept in?
@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?
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.
Melanie Willard
That should have been is campaign slogan.
This is the day I was born. Kinda surprised I found anything, but here I am!
My dad just told me about Reagan not condemning apartheid.
Yet, I’m a black conservative. I am looking forward to going down this rabbit hole.
America’s fate makes sense. It’s the moral footstool of South Africa. I love it. Disgusted by Reagan
Trump 2024 though.
Respect for not turning your comments down
Trump" I am the new Reagan and I'll yell at those fake news
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.
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In South African. I’m appalled by Reagan, but Trump is America’s best bet.
WELL, South Africa is doing great now
Yea because a country with a unemployment rate with 35% is great!
@@pretcil8 yea, it's better than apartheid!
@@malibongwe3491 I didnt even talk or mention anything about apartheid so you're comment has no point
@@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 .
South Africa today under the communist ANC we are bankrupt,greylisted,corrupted,murder capital and unemployment rate is 54 % and climbing..Not looking promising.
With all respect but he didnt know what he was talking about.
At least he did the right thing in the end.
Truth prevailed. South Africans made it.
Made it how? White South Africans didn't, or do you not consider them South Africans?
You can hate or love Ronald Reagan policies but something is sure Ronald Reagan was a kind man.
No he wasn't he was a devil and a good actor.
Reagan was a fantastic president..
Evil man disguised as a kind man
@@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.
@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 .
History repeats. Avoid the matter at hand.
You nailed it
God Bless State President Botha and those who died fighting communism in Southern Africa
Botha was right.
No place in hell for Reagan
"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..............
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?
@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.
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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.
you do realize south africa was asked by the United states to assist unita during the angolan Civil War right ? lol
I dont think Ronald Reagan was a smart man.
He seemed clueless about the rest of the globe and the world.
Hot Take
What an evil man he was.
Well he died of Alzeheimer on his sleep in 2004 you know
He was fighting the Soviet Bloc.
@@jamesbedugraham8056 Yes exactly.
@@jamesbedugraham8056 Yes, sadly he escaped justice. But then, there is no justice in the USA, so hardly surprising.
@@garethmartin6522 Maybe one day America will become a better day.
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 ....
@TT1221 You must really think Bidens a screamer!
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.
@@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.
@@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.
@@davidrobertson7315 Biden has been just as bad and Obama just bored the press pool to sleep! 🙄
Ppl forget the man was racist look at his record as governor of California
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! 🤨