Yes he did but he never took on the media the way Trump has.
Trying to belittle Trump by comparing him to Reagan is just silly. Reagan was the greatest President since Washington, in my opinion but not everything that happened in his administration was good. The same will be true of Trump for sure.
You came to a thread whining because people liked how Trump has started off his term, and got some push back. Get over it.
If Trump fails to follow through on his promise to secure and deport he will have failed to keep his word and damaged the Republic more than did Reagan's amnesty. We shall see.
I don't blame Reagan for most of those errors but to ignore the facts is silly. Trump will make some big errors as well but they will likely be forced errors caused by his own party just like Reagan had to accept. That is the way it works.
No - I came to the thread because people have taken to tearing down Reagan in order to prop up Trump when it’s unnecessary to do so. As I’ve said, different leaders in different times.
The fact that you think the 1986 Amnesty Act was the worst thing to happen to this country in the past four decades and thus lay that at the feet of Reagan shows that you do not understand the state of the country, or the world before Reagan came to be president. Illegal immigration was not the hot button issue it is today. The Soviet Union and it’s aggressiveness, inflation and high interest rates, the crumbling military, recession, tax rates in the 70% range.......that was the state of America then thanks to Carter.
Plus you directly imply that Reagan was afraid of the media because he didn’t do the 80s equivalent of tweeting. Reagan had no use for the media because he went right to heart of the American people. Hence his two landslide victories, 1984 being historical.
Trump is not Reagan. To attempt to compare them is pure folly. To attempt to tear Reagan down for his admitted errors (amnesty, Sandra Day O’ Connor, not responding to the 83 Beirut bombings) and not acknowledge his impact on the world is pure madness.