I was in grad school in '79 and '80 and remember reading the exact same type of wild accusations and fear-mongering from around the world about Reagan. They called him Ronald RayGuns and were absolutely certain he would nuke somebody shortly after taking office - they moved that damned atomic countdown clock towards midnight when he was elected. People are the same...and the garbage they write is the same as it always was...
Not quite. Reagan had been a governor and knew the limits on his power. This anuran doesn't. He is accustomed to getting his way in business and he will put Obama to shame in his attempted use of EOs.
He has boasted of "forcing" businesses to hire Americans and to return manufacturing to America, of enacting tariffs on China, and making Mexico pay for the wall.
He cannot do those things on his own, and a GOP House (we'll lose the Senate if he's the nominee) will never approve of any of that stuff. Anybody want to bet he wouldn't try to do it on his own?
And Trump doesn't know jack about foreign policy. He wants to give a wet kiss to Putin, and ole Vlad is no doubt chuckling under his breath at this amateur.
And the "era of big government" will damn sure be back with Trump. He has never talked about reducing deficits, and says entitlements are fine just the way they are.
The man is not conservative and will wreck conservatism for a generation.