I agree with you, and Reagan also had to endure the media, as Trump,
but
Trump surpasses him in that he went where Reagan did not.
1. Immigration
2. Iran
3. etc.
Different times, different media. I get it, and I think REagan was barely himself in the second term.
I’ve always thought that REagan, if he had run against and beat Carter, would have been the greatest president of all time. No way he would have abandoned the Shah of Iran.
Trump, is really our last great hope.
Agreed. They share other similarities as well. Both plain spoken, and not shy to engage the enemy with rhetoric. Both great communicators, with Reagan’s “Fireside Chats” being his version of Trump’s twitter in reaching the people past the media veil.