‘Prominent Republican President Ronald Reagan, who held office from 1980 to 1988,’
I stopped reading right there as this is an outright falsehood. Reagan never spent a day as POTUS in 1980 and left office in 1989.
With this type of glaring error, I decided not to even read further to decide if I agreed with the writer or if he even had a reasonable hypothesis.
I think the reference was to the 1980 presidential elections when President Reagan said “Shah is a Stalward” ally. It could have been worded better and i’m pretty sure they will correct it. However, don’t allow that one typo or mishap take away from the rest of the article.