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The former president did not say Democrats scream "the sky is falling" when Republicans cut the government budget.
White House staffers sought to protect Ronald Reagan from his more “conservative instincts” — but speechwriter Tony Dolan rescued some of the president’s most enduring words.
Talk about early voting: Ronald Reagan won the race for the White House 60 years ago. As columnist George Will quipped, “it just took 16 years to count the votes.” ...
When Ronald Reagan left the White House in 1989 he did so as the most popular US president since Eisenhower and the most influential president since F D Roosevelt.
SACRAMENTO — Running for president, Ronald Reagan repeatedly promised to “make America great again.” Thirty-six years later, Donald Trump grabbed the line and became the great plagiarizer ...
His name may be unfamiliar, but you know his words: Tony “Evil Empire” Dolan was President Ronald Reagan’s chief speechwriter ...
Reagan used the line in three Republican National Convention speeches and repeatedly on campaign trails. But you’d never catch Reagan wearing a red baseball cap with MAGA inscribed across the front.
"Ronald Reagan vs. #tariffs : 1987 speech finds new relevance in 2025," the embassy in the U.S. captioned the Monday post on X, alongside the clip of Reagan's second-term missive.