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Originally Posted by schteve_d
I don't really get the uproar over the Reagan ad that Trump is so mad about. I've watched the whole original address a couple of times now. Yes, it was edited. Of course it was. It was a little over five minute address put into a 30 second commercial.
Now, I don't think that Ford should have done that and I think the timing was terrible. I think our provincial premieres should stay in their own lane, out of federal politics. Including our own.
But, I don't see what the right is so mad about. The entire address backs up what was in the edited portion. And to call it fake...
Could the U.S., and the world really, use a President Reagan right now!
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The uproar is definitely unwarranted. Technically I guess one could say that the Reagan address at the time is being taken out of context. His address at the time was specifically directed towards Americans and Democrats who were anxious about Japanese competition in the 1980s which was having impacts on the American economy and workers.
But the address was consistent with Reagans general view on tariffs, so they have no reason to be mad about it. Nothing that was edited out misleads anyone about Reagan's general views. In fact, Reagan was the biggest proponent of NAFTA at the time. He thought integrating Canadian industries and the economy into the U.S. as much as possible was important for the U.S.'s national security.
Trump likes to compare himself to Reagan and invoke his legacy, but it's clear that he has no idea what Reagan was all about.