Asked whether they believed Trump has or has not “committed serious federal crimes,” 54 percent of poll respondents replied that he had. But 19 percent of them confirmed they’d still vote for this criminal ex-president in 2024. Along the same vein, 13 percent of those who believe Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results “threatened American democracy” still plan to vote for him next year.
You can argue that Reagan was an effective president because he did look and communicate the part. Whether you agreed with his policies or not, he was “presidential” and had huge standing both locally and internationally
https://www.reagan.com/the-great-communicator-ronald-reagan
Compare that to the ever shrinking Republicans since, where their image and prestige on the world stage is just less and less over time…. Until you have an embarrassment to the nation and five year olds everywhere
Just because I like this story.
First meeting between Gorbachev and Reagan. Protocol was set in advance. Americans show up to the meeting place, talk to the reporters, then wait for the Russians to arrive. Gorbachev and his people arrive, walk over to where the reporters are waiting, and then suddenly Reagan comes outside and walks down these beautiful marble steps to greet the Russians.
The reporters go nuts, because this kind of picture never happens. The Russians are standing there with their mouths open, looking like stooges, while Reagan stands there looking like a King who has summoned some peasants for a banquet.
That a story Gorbachev told about what it was like dealing with that dirty so-and-so.