It’s not Reagan’s fault per se, but I think a lot of this goes back to the Challenger tragedy, and how the press called Reagan the “Consoler in Chief”, as if that was what a President is there for, it set the expectation going forward that it was the main job for the President.
Yes...that is a valid view.
I will say, I could almost understand the Challenger Disaster, though. It was unique, significant, and traumatic to our nation.
Trump signed this, and I disagree with him doing so.