Can't allow Trump into office with zero experience in governing. Reagan was two-term governor of the 1/5 IRS-revenue state, Grand California, president of actor union for many years before getting to the White House. Reagan projected leadershipof solutions, enthusiasm and optimistism for being America; however, Trump convenes fear, hatred, ugly - so sad ! 山上无老虎，猴子当大王. Some say now it's different - No, it's not, only we don't have true leaders like Reagan.
"Reagan was always prepared and scripted. He didn’t “shoot from the hip” as Trump is prone to do.
In the Reagan Library, you can find his hand-writing drafts for his own speeches. His note-taking was superb, neat, to the point, showing his wisdom and acumen, heart-felt love for America. You gonna want so hard to be an American. An American passport means you're for America, working hard for goodness of the globe, of the USA - a broad love of human kindness.
Reagan told Mikail Gorbechev to “tear down that wall” referring to the dividing wall in Berlin between East and West Germany.
Now Trump is telling the people of Mexico he is going to “build that wall” and they are going to pay for it.
The Trump/Reagan comparisons are a product of the surface level analysis that invades today’s media. A caramel apple and a caramel onion look the same on the shelf. But all it takes is one real bite to tell a big difference."
I borrowed a common line from Reagan: May God bless America ! forever ! Particularly, in this troubled time of American history.
It's so dangerous to turn the entire religion back against the other groups including Chinese American with flaming languge of Trump, yelling "ban Muslim" = "Radical" itself. Trump doesn't have the global vision at all.
Read what the elected leaders:
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KENT BUSH: Trump is no Ronald Reagan
KENT BUSH: Trump is no Ronald Reagan
Kent Bush
The number of people who are trying to equate Donald Trump’s political rise to Ronald Reagan’s is staggering.
Both shared a background in the entertainment industry before becoming candidates, but that is the only true comparison.
In fact, Reagan’s son, Michael says, “If my father were anything like Donald Trump, Nancy never would have married him, let alone vote for him.” Reagan said. “As a Reagan, I’m not gonna support someone who is so demeaning.”
Reagan and Trump’s styles couldn’t be more different.
Both communicate well with their base. The difference in that base is what separates the two.
Reagan was conversational and built trust in his administration even while some things were going on that weren’t exactly above reproach.
One of Reagan’s most memorable moments came after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
“The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives,” Reagan said. “We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved good-bye and ‘slipped the surly bonds of earth’ to ‘touch the face of God.”
Can you imagine if that happened under President Trump? Remembering what he said earlier in this campaign about John McCain not being a war hero because he was captured, Trump would probably say, “I don’t think they were heroes. I like astronauts who don’t die.”
Reagan was always prepared and scripted. He didn’t “shoot from the hip” as Trump is prone to do.
One of the best examples of how the Republican voter base has changed in three decades can be seen in the approach to immigration.
Reagan was no hard-liner on immigration. In fact, he signed one bill into law that granted unprecedented amnesty to more than 3 million people who had come into the country illegally.
It has been 29 years since Reagan told Mikail Gorbechev to “tear down that wall” referring to the dividing wall in Berlin between East and West Germany.
Now Trump is telling the people of Mexico he is going to “build that wall” and they are going to pay for it.
The Trump/Reagan comparisons are a product of the surface level analysis that invades today’s media. A caramel apple and a caramel onion look the same on the shelf. But all it takes is one real bite to tell a big difference.
Kent Bush is publisher of Shawnee (Oklahoma) News-Star and can be reached at kent.bush@news-star.com.
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