Donald #Trump channels his inner #Reagan - Trump tried, unsuccessfully, to persuade #SaudiArabia and other #OPEC members to bring down #Oil prices in order to put pressure on Moscow and "force the Kremlin to negotiate an end to the war with Kiev". His plan echoes Ronald Reagan's. In 1986 Reagan allegedly convinced Saudi Arabia to rise oil production so to drop the prices and thus hurt the Soviet economy. But this is 2025, the balance of power has changed, and taking a leaf out of Reagan's playbook doesn't guarantee success. In another attempt to channel his inner Reagan, Trump signed an executive order to initiate the construction of the "Iron Dome" missile defense system in the United States. This new defense system brings to mind Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), derisively nicknamed the Star Wars program, which intended to create a space-based missile defense system designed to protect the US from aerial threats. The SDI was impractical, expensive and dangerous. It is mostly remembered as Reagan’s greatest triumph as an actor-storyteller.

Well. we can't say he isn't energetic.
#Trump #Reagan #SaudiArabia #OPEC #Oil