The Daily 202: Reagan White House viewed Trump and his 'large ego' warily

[BootinUp]

By James Hohmann June 22 at 8:25 AM
The Washington Post


Ronald and Nancy Reagan in 1988 (Mike Sargent/AFP/Getty Images)

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Alarm bells went off in Ronald Reagan’s White House in the fall of 1987 when Donald Trump announced that he was considering a request to headline the biggest annual fundraiser for congressional Democrats.

John Kerry, then the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and Jim Wright, the speaker of the House, personally pitched Trump on chairing the event. Wright (D-Tex.) even trekked to Trump Tower, along with the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, as part of the courtship process.

Donatelli told Baker, the former Senate majority leader, to make the case to the New York developer that Republican economic policies had made possible the previous 60 months of growth. But the real message of the call to Trump was this: “If he chooses to raise Democratic funds, do it for the individual candidates and not for the entire party.” Ultimately, Trump decided not to chair the event.

-- Over the past year, Trump has routinely compared himself to Reagan and embellished his ties to the GOP icon. The Donatelli memo is one of several pieces of evidence in the archives at the Reagan presidential library here that show no meaningful relationship ever existed between the two men.

Trump was a registered Republican, but he maxed out to Jimmy Carter in 1980 and contributed to Walter Mondale ahead of 1984. (Covering his bases, Trump also cut a $1,000 check to Reagan’s reelection campaign.)

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[bunnies]

1. Reagan, eh?

No thank you.

[BootinUp]

2. The point is, Donald has a long history dreaming about the Whitehouse

and its not based on either Democratic or Republican policy.

[bunnies]

3. Ok then.

Let's explore it. What's it based on?

Also, why has no one else responded to this?

[oasis]

4. Trump has a way of turning folks off. Like a boisterous drunk

at a cocktail party.