Author Topic: Reagan White House Files Show Ronald and Nancy Repeatedly Snubbed Donald Trump and His 'Large Ego'  (Read 437 times)

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.....In 1986, a 40-year-old Donald Trump sent a letter to then-First Lady Nancy Reagan inviting her to stay at his Mar-a-Lago mansion – which, he informed her, was designed to be the "southern White House" – when she came down for the American Red Cross Ball in Palm Beach, Florida.

According to a Washington Post review of Reagan Library archives, the East Wing staff had no clue what Trump was talking about – the first lady had not been invited to the Red Cross ball – but Mrs. Reagan nevertheless drafted a hand-written letter declining the businessman's invitation and telling him, "I am familiar with Mar-a-Lago." Then, apparently thinking better of the potentially ego-stroking line – she crossed it out......

https://www.yahoo.com/news/reagan-white-house-files-show-213006968.html



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Cue the Trump supporters "5-minutes of hate" aimed at Reagan.

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Cue the Trump supporters "5-minutes of hate" aimed at Reagan.

Flip a coin.  I'm betting they go with "oh, this is a hit piece...the Reagans worshipped him".
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Cue the Trump supporters "5-minutes of hate" aimed at Reagan.

Flip a coin.  I'm betting they go with "oh, this is a hit piece...the Reagans worshipped him".

It'll be both, one right after the other, with no sign of how painful the cognitive dissonance is. 

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It'll be both, one right after the other, with no sign of how painful the cognitive dissonance is.

Too true, my friend...too true...
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“In the outside world, I'm a simple geologist. But in here .... I am Falcor, Defender of the Alliance” --Randy Marsh

“The most effectual means of being secure against pain is to retire within ourselves, and to suffice for our own happiness.” -- Thomas Jefferson

“He's so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent.” --Foghorn Leghorn