Thank you for posting the link to that speech. Wow. Reagan was such a strong comforting figure - I wish we had that kind of leader now.
Awesome speech.
That’s because he not only acted like an adult, he actually WAS an adult.
Our current resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is a child pretending to be an adult. He’s effectively a 12 or 13 year old left home alone for the first time.