He's partly right. Stagflation was another issue. Also Reagan was a natural actor, brainless but telegenic. The United States (Dulles) overthrew the democratic

He's partly right. Stagflation was another issue. Also Reagan was a natural actor, brainless but telegenic. The United States (Dulles) overthrew the democratically elected Mossadegh in 1953 and installed the Shah. Then Eisenhower, JFK, Nixon, Ford and yes Carter completely supported the Shah. The Iranian revolutionaries held that against us and in particular, against the then president, Jimmy Carter. Given what we did to them, they had a point. The resulting hostage crisis was the smallest humiliation the US ever suffered. Compare that to Saddam sending an Exocet into the Stark or Israel strafing the Liberty. Reagan made much of this crisis during the election, and the hostages were released on inauguration day. Then Reagan supported Iraq in their invasion of Iran AND also sold missiles to Iran. A strange foreign policy, mostly beholden to whatever Saudi Arabia and Israel wanted on a given day.