Reagan abandoned liberalism long before he was President. He was also Governor before he was President. Also the weight of his ego wasn’t keeping the moon in orbit.
Trump reminds me more of Wendell Wilkie.
Does Trump even have to be Reagan?
To expound, in 1940 there was hunger among the electorate for a Republican who would go after the Nazis, isolationism was prevalent in the GOP. Wilkie caught fire even though he was a recent ex-dem and had no experience in office. Kinda a parallel with Trump and the illegals.