Nostalgia has been a friend to Ronald Reagan. For decades since his first term as President of the United States in 1981, Reagan has been held up as representing the best of the Republican party, standing for small government, strong defense and conservative values. Washington Post columnist and biographer Max Boot spent 10 years scrutinizing the 40th US President and how the rise of Donald Trump has its roots in America's first Hollywood president. His book is called Reagan: His Life and Legend.
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