Trump takes a page from Reagan’s playbook and helps pull off Israel/Hamas hostage deal
Forty-four years ago another agreement to release hostages took place on the eve of a a presidential inauguration.
On January 19, 1981, Democrat Jimmy Carter’s last full day as president, an agreement was reached to release the remainder of the 53 American hostages that had been held captive by militant Iranian students at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran for more than 440 days.
The hostages were released on January 20 just minutes after Republican Ronald Reagan was sworn-in as president.
