They both loved amnesty so that’s one big thing that they both put on America. We’re still paying the price 36 years after he excitedly signed the amnesty bill.
A few things.......
All Presidents use leverage.......
The Republican part platform was not skewed away from Israel because of oil. This is just false. Reagan treated them as equals.
One key here is that 42 years later, the dynamic has changed. Much of the Arab world has moved two extremely radical islamic fundamentalism. They are not equals.
The second big key is Reagan was not doing this to appease swing state voters in an election year who align with islamic fundamentalism.