Ronald Reagan’s daughter: Father would be ‘appalled’ by Trump presidency
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Ronald Reagan’s daughter: Father would be ‘appalled’ by Trump presidency
Ronald Reagan's daughter, in a new op-ed, writes that her father would be "appalled" by President Trump's presidency.
Patti Davis reflects on her father's "love for America" in The Washington Post ahead of the anniversary of his death, and what he would think of the nation today.
"He would be appalled and heartbroken at a Congress that refuses to stand up to a president who not only seems ignorant of the Constitution but who also attempts at every turn to dismantle and mock our system of checks and balances," Davis wrote.
She also said her father would call on Americans "to recognize that the caustic, destructive language emanating from our current president is sullying the dream that America once was."
And Davis, who frequently criticized her father's policies, said Reagan would condemn Trump's frequent attacks on the press.
"He didn't always like the press - no president does - but the idea of relentlessly attacking the media as the enemy would never have occurred to him," she wrote. "And if someone else had done so, he wouldn't have tolerated it."
She also knocked Trump over his administration's crackdown on immigration.
"There is a difference between immigration laws and cruelty," Davis wrote. "He believed in laws; he hated cruelty."
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Ronald Reagan would have been appalled by Trump and his followers contempt for our laws...
Whenever Trump's disgraceful tenure as president ends, six weeks from now or six years from now, it will always be known as the most shameful period in American history that wasnt connected to slavery.
I was no fan of Reagan, but I do believe he loved America according to the way he understood it. I don't think you can say the same about Trump. Donald Trump is a psychologically impaired individual who is compelled by his nature to lie, cheat, bully, and preen and self-obsess. Someone like that hardly belongs in a position of power.
Whatever! Your ongoing anger and discomfort is noted. Try to hang on until his second term ends. Then it will be Nikki Haley's turn...our first female president.
Reagan gave us Supply Side Economics, cut and ran when 241 Marines were killed in Beirut, traded weapons for hostages, supported domestic terrorism in Latin America and would be "appalled" by the Trump presidency?
At least Reagan was not an international money launderer in league with thieves, drug cartels, arms merchants and treasury plunderers.
With the above being said, I can honestly admit that Reagan did have a good heart and for the most part was an honest man that could see the world beyond only himself. Trump-----is of the ilk where only himself is worthy of consideration.
No wonder her dad didn't talk to her for about twenty years. She really is nuts.
"Patti Davis, much like her brother Ron and her father, was never afraid to speak her mind for what she believed in. She often campaigned against her father’s conservative values. While he was in office, she was heavily involved in anti-nuclear activism. At one point, things were so intense that Patti was estranged from Nancy and Ronald for nearly 20 years. It wasn’t until her dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s that Patti patched things up with both her parents."
Why, because she is speaking out against your fearless leader?
There is absolutely no reason to think Ron would agree with her opinion. He was well aware that she's a looney.
No reason?
You miss the obvious ploy here. Patti Davis has taken a stance supported by the establishment. More to the point, the Republican establishment of which President Reagan was a member in good standing.
A desperate establishment where the lines between Democrats, Republicans and Loonies are becoming increasingly blurred.
That still doesn't make her "looney".
How does what you describe make her nuts?
How would Patti know? She detested her parents and separated herself from them for decades.