Compassionate conservatism was/is just an increase in the speed limit along the road to socialism.
Reagan would recoil in disgust at Trump’s support of Single-Payer Healthcare.
That would be enough for him to completely walk away from Trump.
But in his bestselling book, Art of the Deal, published at the conclusion of the Reagan presidency, Trump cited Reagan as an example of someone who could “con people” but couldn’t “deliver the goods.” Trump said Reagan was “so smooth” that he “won over the American people.” But at the conclusion of his presidency, “people are beginning to question whether there is anything beneath that smile,” Trump wrote
Another great article by Jeffery Lord. As usual, he’s spot on. Thanks for posting.