How the GOP Went From Reagan to Trump
Sep 8, 2024 · As president, Reagan signed the 1986 Simpson-Mazzoli Act, which legalized millions of undocumented immigrants—exactly the kind of “amnesty” provision that Trump and his followers denounce...
How Reagan was more FDR than Trump - The Week
Mar 14, 2022 · The center-right liberal party of Ronald Reagan has become the antiliberal right-wing populist party of Donald Trump and his imitators.
Forty years after Ronald Reagan was re-elected, Republicans want ...
Nov 1, 2024 · Trump and his acolytes will look to repeat the dramatic changes in domestic policy achieved in Reagan’s first term. In his first year, Reagan introduced US$39 billion (£30 billion) in budget...
Ronald Reagan vs. Donald Trump: Similarities and Differences
Mar 6, 2018 · When Donald Trump took office, almost immediately, people began drawing comparisons to President Ronald Reagan. However, another subset of conservatives argued that the two were stark contrasts to one another. Which …
Biden got an Oval Office letter from Trump and may leave one in …
1 day ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — Ronald Reagan probably didn’t realize he was starting a tradition when he wrote a note congratulating his successor and left it in the Oval Office desk drawer after two terms as president. He did that for George H.W. Bush, his successor and vice president of eight years. Bush did the same for Bill Clinton, …
Republicans view Reagan, Trump as best recent presidents
Aug 22, 2023 · About four-in-ten Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (41%) say Reagan has done the best job as president over the past 40 years, compared with 37% who say Trump.
Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump, and the Future of the Republican …
Ronald Reagan is one of the most consequential presidents of the twentieth century. He was a leader of the conservative movement that displaced the Republican Party’s liberal-moderate faction and established conservatism as the prevailing ideology of the Party and as an influential force in American politics.
Make America Great Again: Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump
Aug 31, 2018 · Donald J. Trump supposedly authored the “Make America Great Again” slogan that defined his 2016 presidential campaign the day after Republican standard-bearer Mitt Romney lost to incumbent Barack Obama in the 2012 election.
Whose Ronald Reagan? - Foreign Affairs
Oct 22, 2024 · A large percentage of Republicans—around half of them, according to surveys conducted during Trump’s presidency—now consider themselves more supporters of him personally than of the party generally.
The history of defeated presidential candidates attending …
4 days ago · President-elect Ronald Reagan applauds as outgoing President Jimmy Carter waves to the crowd at Reagan’s inaugural ceremony, in Washington, Jan. 20, 1981. (AP Photo, File) ... outgoing President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump depart Washington en route to his Mar-a-Lago Florida Resort, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Jan. 20, 2021 ...