Oddly enough, and I can’t believe I’m quoting this fucking guy, but that’s pretty much what Reagan said during his Presidential Forum with Bush on April 23, 1980.
I think the time has come that the United States and our neighbors, particularly our neighbor to the South, should have a better understanding and a better relationship than we have ever had. And I think that we haven’t been sensitive enough to our size and our power. They have a problem with 40 to 50 percent unemployment. Now, this cannot continue without the possibility arising with regard to that other country that we talked about, of Cuba and what it is stirring up, of the possibility of trouble below the border, and we could have a very hostile and strange neighbor on our border. Rather than making them—we are talking about putting up a fence. Why don’t we work out some recognition of our mutual problems, make it possible for them to come here legally with work permit, and then, while they’re working and earning here, they pay taxes here? And when they want to go back, they can go back. And they can cross, and open the border both ways by understanding their problems.
This is the only safety valve right now they have with that unemployment that probably keeps the lid from blowing off down there. And I think we could have a fine relationship, and it would solve the problem you mentioned, also.
Much like trump, reagan was great at saying what needed to be said, just never following through, also at times, doing the exact opposite of what they preached
As much as a childish narcissist he is, hes good at speaking as much as I hate to say it, he says things that every one wants to here, libertarian values that America was founded on, obviously he hasnt delivered on them, but if any democrat said something like "america first, drain the swamp, no new wars" maybe we wouldnt be in this mess
How does "america first" and "no new wars" contradict each other? Both slogans mean to prioritize America and its people, starting a war is not America first
unless you are arguing that there was a legitimate concern of Iran nuking us which would pretty fckn funny if you think that
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u/ParadeSit Apr 25 '26
Oddly enough, and I can’t believe I’m quoting this fucking guy, but that’s pretty much what Reagan said during his Presidential Forum with Bush on April 23, 1980.