ANGUS: The Meltdown and the Master - Trump, Reagan and How..
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2025 8:47 amThe Meltdown and the Master - Trump, Reagan and How 40 Years of “Freedom” Fuelled the Age of MAGA
Charlie Angus / The Resistance - October 31, 2025
EXCERPT: "Was it just me, or did you feel totally disoriented hearing the words of Ronald Reagan in the World Series ad?
He sounded so reasonable, like a real president. Heck, his vision of a peaceful world based on the free trade of goods almost made me nostalgic for the politics of the 1980s. Compare this to the lunatic tantrum of Donald Trump when the words of Ronald Reagan were shared with the nation. The Reagan years seemed golden by comparison. And then I came back to my senses.
Trump’s feigned rage about the Reagan message was classic right-wing gaslighting.
Donald Trump is not the antithesis of Ronald Reagan – he is the malignant spawn of the Reagan revolution. Trump’s decision to pick a fake fight over the words of Ronald Reagan is simply another manifestation of the dark carnival politics of MAGA - a world where everything is reflected back at you like a distorted funhouse mirror.
Ronald Reagan was another gas lighter. He claimed he would “Make America Great Again” when, in fact, his real focus was stripping away the protections of working Americans and paving the way for the oligarchs. . . .
Limos and excess were the symbols of Reagan’s new America. And nobody personified this more than Donald Trump. Reagan helped create a new kind of corporate tycoon: klepto investors. They bought up venerable companies with junk bonds, stripped the assets and stole the pension funds of workers. . . . .
The other key part of the Reagan revolution was his commitment to “free trade”.
Globalization wasn’t really about trading products; it was about the free movement of capital. The international trade agreements were written in a manner that prioritized the interests of investors over the rights of citizens and the domestic laws of nations. . . . . "
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Charlie Angus / The Resistance - October 31, 2025
EXCERPT: "Was it just me, or did you feel totally disoriented hearing the words of Ronald Reagan in the World Series ad?
He sounded so reasonable, like a real president. Heck, his vision of a peaceful world based on the free trade of goods almost made me nostalgic for the politics of the 1980s. Compare this to the lunatic tantrum of Donald Trump when the words of Ronald Reagan were shared with the nation. The Reagan years seemed golden by comparison. And then I came back to my senses.
Trump’s feigned rage about the Reagan message was classic right-wing gaslighting.
Donald Trump is not the antithesis of Ronald Reagan – he is the malignant spawn of the Reagan revolution. Trump’s decision to pick a fake fight over the words of Ronald Reagan is simply another manifestation of the dark carnival politics of MAGA - a world where everything is reflected back at you like a distorted funhouse mirror.
Ronald Reagan was another gas lighter. He claimed he would “Make America Great Again” when, in fact, his real focus was stripping away the protections of working Americans and paving the way for the oligarchs. . . .
Limos and excess were the symbols of Reagan’s new America. And nobody personified this more than Donald Trump. Reagan helped create a new kind of corporate tycoon: klepto investors. They bought up venerable companies with junk bonds, stripped the assets and stole the pension funds of workers. . . . .
The other key part of the Reagan revolution was his commitment to “free trade”.
Globalization wasn’t really about trading products; it was about the free movement of capital. The international trade agreements were written in a manner that prioritized the interests of investors over the rights of citizens and the domestic laws of nations. . . . . "
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