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[–] derram ago
https://archive.is/cpbxp :
'No one had ever entered the White House so grossly ill informed. '
'His White House staff found it difficult, often impossible, to get him to stir himself to follow even this rudimentary routine. '
'All of his disabilities—gross misperceptions and knowledge gaps—he carried into the White House. '
'I could never understand where power was in that White House; it kept moving. '
'Baker, a moderate, had been floor manager for Ford’s effort to deny Reagan the 1976 presidential nomination, and in 1980 he had run George Bush’s campaign against Governor Reagan. '
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[–] FreeSpeachRocks [S] ago
Well now we know Salon thinks Reagan was more ill informed than Trump. I'd call that a back-handed compliment.
[–] lord_nougat ago
I agree with their assessment. Trump appears to be ready to be a better president than Reagan was in many ways.
Fingers remain crossed.