Reagan was a Dem until he was 53 years old...and a liberal.
he didn’t however..run for President holding those views and simply pretend to be a republican ! therein lies the difference, and a glaring difference it is!
Trump cannot be compared to Reagan. and before anyone foolishing brings up Reagan to defend the Clintonisa, they should get their facts straight. Reagan switched parties in 1962, which is 5 years before he was elected Governor of California (YES... Reagan was a politician). Before that, Reagan’s views changed in the 1950’s, as he endorsed the presidential candidacies of Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956 as well as Richard Nixon in 1960. Reagan gained national attention in his speeches for conservative presidential contender Barry Goldwater in 1964. Even then, he didn’t immediately run for POTUS, but a lesser office to prove his credentials matched his rhetoric.
In contrast, Trump supported the candidacy of Bill Clinton, and credits Slick Willy as the best president in the last 20 years, said Marxist Hillary would make a good president, said he was moved by Obama’s speech, and didn’t change his supportive views on Obama or flipped his liberal positions (abortion, gun control, universal healthcare, eminent domain, etc.) until March of 2011 (when he first ran for POTUS). Can you imagine Reagan endorsing McGovern or saying Carter would make a good president before running himself? He would have never won.
Reagan was the “Great Communicator” who artfully conveyed a vision of American Exceptionialism to the masses, while Clintonista Trump uses Twitter to vent his inner foul-mouthed juvenile.
Reagan was a God-fearing Christian man, while at best, Trump is a deist who says, “I’m not sure I have ever asked God’s forgiveness. I don’t bring God into that picture.” Please STOP comparing the fraud to Reagan.