[zencycler]

I agree, however it was a different time, more genteel and not as polarized and combative as things are now. So I think Reagan was better than Trump would have been for his time, just as Trump, now, is better than Reagan would have been if he was trying to get things done now as president.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

"More genteel (gentile)?" Dude, I lived through the 80s and Reagan was excoriated by the media, the Left, and the RINOs then just as Trump is now. You had the same Republican clowns like Warren Rudman (the John McCain in his day) going on the Sunday shows whining that Reagan was "going too far." Reagan preserved not through deft political tactics that Trump possesses, but through his personality and character.

I'm sorry, but Donald Trump is a mind-blowing political tactical commander. Think of how Reagan signed the stupid original amnesty deal compared to how Trump handled it. Even Reagan supported the Brady Bill.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Also even during that time in the 80s - right smack dab in the Reagan era - Trump was still talking about things that he is acting on now. Go see his interview with Oprah back then. Nothing has changed.

You and I and America are in the midst of history being rewritten and future leaders studying Trump just like generals are still studying Napoleon now.

[gogeo]

Exactly so.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Reagan was better than Trump would have been for his time

Nah...

Trump:"Mr Gorbachev, you're going to tear down this wall, and Russia is going to pay for it."