Yes, even as a kid I remember news alternating between showing him as a mean right-wing Republican who hates poor people, and a doddering old fool. It wasn't nearly as bad as with Trump, and the neolib establishment has softened on him now. Leftists (communists) still hate him. I remember talking with a lefty younger co-worker about how Reagan's legacy looks better now and he said "no he was still a shitty president with trickle down economics."
Maybe because he said "Mr Gorbachev, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!"
-Ronald Reagan, 6.12.1987, "Berlin Wall Speech"
"...it was often seen as one of the most memorable performances of an American president in Berlin after John F. Kennedy's "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech of 1963..."
Reagan was controversial? Dude is the epitome of the milquetoast neo-con.
Yes, even as a kid I remember news alternating between showing him as a mean right-wing Republican who hates poor people, and a doddering old fool. It wasn't nearly as bad as with Trump, and the neolib establishment has softened on him now. Leftists (communists) still hate him. I remember talking with a lefty younger co-worker about how Reagan's legacy looks better now and he said "no he was still a shitty president with trickle down economics."
Maybe because he said "Mr Gorbachev, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!"
-Ronald Reagan, 6.12.1987, "Berlin Wall Speech"
"...it was often seen as one of the most memorable performances of an American president in Berlin after John F. Kennedy's "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech of 1963..."
Well, you can see why they are mad.
He tore down the Anti-Fascist wall and all the AfD came in. Simple as.