(CNN) It's not a new interview, exactly, since it was conducted in 1999 by Dan Rather, then with CBS News.

It's not exactly newsy, either, since Donald Trump doesn't say anything in the interview he hasn't said repeatedly since.

But it would certainly be right to say a newly surfaced nearly 13-minute "60 Minutes II" segment (remember that show?) proves the vast majority of Trump's political strategy, down to his exact criticism of John McCain, was very much formed nearly 20 years ago, back when he was selling a book, his name and a possible run for president.

He just broke the glass and went with it in 2016.

did not realize that Trump brought up McCain being captured in 1999 in an interview w Dan Rather https://t.co/myFqu69IC7 — Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) August 7, 2018

There are similar quotes, like those about McCain.

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