Agreed.
We need people to change their views. And we need leaders who can articulate reasons people should change. We need someone who can cut through the leftwing media brainwashing. These are things Trump can do well.
The democrat party has swung to the extreme left. The republican party is closer to the center on average, but there are centrists and extreme conservatives who balance that out. Reagan learned about the political system over a 17 yr period. It has been THIRTY since DT talked about running for president and while he wants to secure the border and make money, I don’t think he really knows people or the republican party. He only knows himself.
“Stacy McCain interviews Ed Yager, author of a new book Ronald Reagan’s Journey: Democrat to Republican.”
A key exchange:
Q. Why is Ronald Reagan’s early identification as a Democrat important to understanding his political career?
A. Because over about a 17-year period, from 1945 to 1962, he struggled to make sense of the political world. And he learned from his personal experiences there in Hollywood. He also learned from his personal experiences while on tour [as a spokesman for] General Electric, and he consistently discussed and debated political philosophy and policy issues with friends and family. And he also learned from a variety of books and magazines. …
So he was an engaged citizen, trying to make sense of the political world during the postwar period. Through these different sources … he developed his own political philosophy of having a hard-line position toward the Soviet Union in particular and international communism in general. His domestic policy views, those evolved later, during the mid- to late-1950s.
His political development was over a long period of time. It was gradual and sequential. … So that by 1962, when he changed his party affiliation, he had a coherent political philosophy that would guide him throughout his political career.
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/ronald_reagans_journey_democrat_to_republican/
DT has not ever said he would take a hard line at the nation that supports our greatest enemy and has shown aggressiveness with their military in higher frequency. Has DT spoken about that?
ROTFL, not at you but at an article written by realclearpolitics before they went DT. It is about his switching parties like wives...
THIS is the only thing that makes perfect sense...
“Judging by his petulance on the 2016 campaign trail, the easiest explanation is that Trump broke with the Democrats because he was peeved at the titular head of the Democratic Party. His pattern of donations changed markedly during Barack Obama’s second term as president. This change actually began a year earlier and it coincides with the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. Trump was a guest, and listened as the president made fun of Trump’s hair, his supposedly garish architectural taste, and his fixation with Obama’s birth certificate.
“The Donald kept up a tight smile as this roasting went on, but his expression froze in pique when the entertainer who followed Obama kept piling on. “Donald Trump often talks about running as a Republican, which is surprising,” said comedian Seth Meyers. “I just assumed he was running as a joke.””