"There you go again"
Yes Ronald Reagan started his presidency ball to the wall so to speak .Then John Hinkley Jr. Shot him ,he was never the same IMHO.
Why did George H.W. Bush and his cabinet determine that John W. Hinckley Jr. — the man who in 1981 tried to kill the newly inaugurated President Ronald Reagan — was a lone nut, and no conspiracy, foreign or domestic, was involved? How did they arrive at this conclusion just five hours after the shooting, without any thorough examination?

Imagine , then, to learn that John Hinckley Jr., the man who shot and nearly killed President Ronald Reagan in 1981 — an attempt which, if successful, would have resulted in then-Vice President George H.W. Bush moving up to the top spot — was none other than a friend of the Bush family.

How strange is that?

The Hinckleys and the Bushes have been friendly for decades, going back to the days when both families set down stakes in the dusty town of Midland, Texas, a magnet for the children of wealthy, East Coast families seeking to cash in on the oil boom.

The Hinckleys were donors to Poppy Bush’s political campaigns over the years, and they gave to support the first, unsuccessful bid for Congress of the young George W. Bush, in 1978. The families lived close to each other, they socialized; I saw indications that, at one point, they may have shared the same lawyer.

Even more strangely, Neil Bush, son of the vice president, was scheduled to have dinner with Hinckley’s brother, Scott, the day after the shooting.

The shooting took place on Monday, March 30, 1981. Neil and his wife, Sharon, were to have dinner with a girlfriend of hers who brought along Scott Hinckley as her date. Scott had supposedly been invited to round out the foursome.

Neil and his wife, and Scott, all lived in Denver at the time. Scott’s father’s oil company, Vanderbilt Oil, had its headquarters in Denver at that time. Scott was a company vice president.

Meanwhile, the shooter, John W. Hinckley Jr., lived from time to time with his family in a small town outside Denver. In fact, at the time he shot Reagan, he was living with his parents.

This put Neil Bush, the senior Hinckleys, Scott Hinckley, and would-be presidential assassin John W. Hinckley Jr. in close quarters over an extended period.

Neil might reasonably have been aware that John Jr. was having serious problems, and was in psychiatric care. And — given the Bush family’s politically-driven strategy of tracking and staying in touch with huge numbers of family friends and acquaintances, plus a fondness for sharing the doings of their network among themselves — the probability that Neil would have relayed to his parents John Jr.’s mental problems, and psychiatric treatments, is not remote.

Two things: (No, I don't know him personally. However, this is what I believe...)

#1 - Most of what you see of Trump these past 15 - 20 or so years is an act. He isn't that uncouth-sounding in person. For evidence, you only need to look at his media appearances and interviews in the 1980's & 90's.

#2 - People who do know and worked for him, LOVE him. Not just like, LOVE. I've heard many times that he is surprisingly charming in person. The only thing that can engender such love from good people is honesty.

People are SO used to the dishonesty of "tact" that they recoil at Trump's bluntness now. Honest people, however, find it VERY refreshing. This is not to say he doesn't say DECEPTIVE things. He does. The SMART know the difference. The LEFT cannot or refuses to.

To understand the change in him noted in #1, I think you have to realize that he's seen the evil of our government and the "elite class" up close all these years. I think he's actually wanted to run for president for decades and maybe he even prepared for it all this time. He has talked about it from time to time in interviews. Then you have to also realize that he's a student of Sun Tsu's "The Art of War" (hence, the title of his best-selling business book):

“All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.”

“Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”

Change "weak" to "like a buffoon" and you will see that his personality deception makes him appear stupid, or narcissistic and self-involved when he's watching them all. The "elite" relax and commit more crimes, do more damage to themselves in the public perception of them. He's making them EXPOSE themselves for who they REALLY are and they also keep doubling down on it because of their VISCERAL hate of him.

I haven't had as much fun watching the political theater in my life. We are truly living in an era of GREAT historical import. I feel bad for the people who refuse to see it.

Nope, I don't dislike Donald Trump. I think I LOVE him. :-)

Greetings, CG. First, I did not down vote your post. No need for that cheap crap during a civil conversation!

I haven't seen the details for the Trump administration's "Tax Reform II" proposal so I can't comment on whether or not he will be raising taxes anytime soon. So far "Tax Reform I" is a good start and seems to be working. There is no doubt in my mind, however, that the Communists (Democrats) would have introduced a plethora of "confiscatory spread the wealth" tax schemes requiring additional government bullies to go out and slap around the citizenry.

"It's alarming...". Yes, it sure is as the Communists (Democrats) have become quite open about empowering and inciting name-calling mob rule whether it be on the streets, in private businesses, or in Senate hearings.

And THAT, my friend, is proof there is a lot going on under the covers, and the sheeple donot see it, or acknowledge it, which is why we need more open publication of what is going on. You would not believe how many people think Q is a joke or a fake tool, or just have no idea what it is, and have no touch with what is really going on. But that describes the last 80 years, no one wanted to think we had a boatload of traitors trying to take the country away from us.

Yes, thanks so much Dobrien and Q!

I remember this but it was sooooo good to see it again!

"Ill take all the slings and arrows for you" - said the then candidate Trump. God bless him, he has been doing that for almost 2 years now. The enemy is relentless. Seeing the face of that traitor Hussein and Clinton again - just to think what would we now be had she been elected. And to also think how long Hussein is able to live his high life for all the crimes he committed against this country. The cabal is protecting him.

God bless president Trump and his family! Give him strength to persevere in his saga.

Thanks again Dobrien!!

I don't like 95% of the Federal Government. The less government, the better and the more necessary governmental actions are local, the better. The state has been growing for a long time and since Woodrow Wilson it has been growing exponentially. Even Reagan grew the government. Trump is disrupting a path to disaster that was expanded tremendously, and on purpose, by his predecessor. The more he tries to tear down the more opposition he will have from the swamp. Only a wild man like Trump could withstand the abuse he is taking and keep on going. Causing chaos in Washington does not seriously damage our Republic, the more the better. The elites don't understand that he is saving their ass from a revolt of the "deplorables" and their mindless opposition to every proposal is only moving them so far left that they will ever make back to sanity.

Pence is heavy duty into religion, which is not good. I tend to give more of a pass to trump. He isn’t intellectually consistent, but he would cut government is he could. I don’t see him into attention for attentions sake

Personally, and this is nothing against Donald Trump, because I believe he's doing an admirable job, I think Ronald Reagan was the best president in my lifetime.

I saw him do some amazing things during his presidency like getting inflation back down to single digits and scaring the Hell out of a terrorist regime (Iran). Then, again, after 4 years of Jimmy Carter, I may have been somewhat star struck by the man.

He is very succinct in this Oration.
https://youtu.be/G2qIXXafxCQ

He often puts coded messages in his tweets and that is his real intent with many tweets.

Trumps tweets often have a coded meaning.

The selling out of America . HRC BC BHO VPJB
No name to name a handful.

Very true the list of resignations is unprecedented.

She is a narcissist. That is a mental condition in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for excessive attention and admiration, troubled relationships, and a lack of empathy for others.

I love this one
https://youtu.be/G2qIXXafxCQ

terse
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adjective
sparing in the use of words; abrupt.
"a terse statement"
synonyms: brief, short, to the point, concise, succinct, crisp, pithy, incisive, trenchant, short and sweet, laconic, elliptical;
This feels like Deja vu. Hah

The democrats that I know (my sisters) obviously do not look for or consider facts .Rational thinking is suppressed by their emotions.

Yes the more they squeal the more over target Trump is.

It is disgraceful that these so called leaders,
Have no manners they act like spoiled little brats
They need to be slapped across their mouths.

The implied premise is President Trump is fighting for something good. I think he enjoys attention, and that's it. VP Pence would work deftly toward things I categorically disagree with. President Trump just gets attention. He says he's for asset forfeiture, getting the guns, ignoring the law, government arbitrarily violating people's rights, but he also says the opposite-- anything that gets attention.

You think I'm for capital punishment administered to the tune of sectarian chants? No.

President Trump is demanding more in the form of future taxes, although I suspect Clinton would have done similar, maybe not as bad, but we could call it even. That's the bipartisan consensus.

It's alarming how absent constitutional constraints, a democratic republic turns into a mob, empowering name-calling rabble of the world who otherwise would be harmless.

I like it! Their children would also not be allowed in our public schools and we can go back to everything taught in English!

True. One can hope he croaks off soon. He is wasting our money and just ruining lives

Sometimes Trump's petty tweets, make me want to take him by the ear and say, read about faux-global warming and the UN plans for the US, all bad. Instead, he fights with the NFL. However, he does know the art of the deal, he does stand up for things, unlike prior Republicans, and he does care about this country. Not exactly Reagan, or RFK, but I would not trade him for the other choices. If only he would lock Hillary up, bive them something to really squawk about.