let s discuss with max a. fellow at council on foreign releases and the author the road not taken. you wrote a great article in the washington post , titled reagan was the gipper trump is the grifter. you say the comparisons between the two presidents a perfectly plausible proposition if you know nothing about reagan or trump. talk to us about that. how are they different? well, where to start. the differences are so vast it s staggering me people try to compare them. some of the trump supporters have to the nerve to suggest he is doing more than egan which is ridiculous you have to for starters remember the situation in the united states when reagan took power in 1981. we had double digit inflation. double digit interest rates. our economy was going through a rough spell. we had been through the iranian hostage crisis. the entire malaise was in the air. the country was in a dark spot. he rebuilt the military, cut taxes at a time when the tax cut
washington post , titled reagan was the gipper trump is the grifter. you say the comparisons between the two presidents a perfectly plausible proposition if you know nothing about reagan or trump. talk to us about that. how are they different well, where to start. the differences are so vast it s staggering me people try to compare them. some of the trump supporters have to the nerve to suggest he is doing more than egan which is ridiculous you have to for starters remember the situation in the united states when reagan took power in 1981. we had double digit inflation. double digit interest rates. our economy was going through a rough spell. we had been through the iranian hostage crisis. the entire malaise was in the air. the country was in a dark spot. he rebuilt the military, cut taxes at a time when the tax cut made sense because the economy was going into recession. now, contrast that with donald trump who took over after this long period of growth brought