Georges county executive was named the chair of youth for reagan. Hes looking quite youthful today, i might add. He supported then governor reagan during the president ial primary. Now, young larry hogan would 1980 as a delegate in the republican convention. We have a lot of reagan devote ease join us at the institute. I think Governor Hogan may rank above them all. You see, he did not just support in 1980,agan in 1976, 1984, he managed to support him in 2020 as well. I know you consider president reagan your political hero, governor, but that, sir, thats real dedication. By the way, you didnt have to do that just to be invited here today. Ladies and gentlemen, i want to thank you for joining us. We are honored to welcome you virtually to the reagan our center for civics, education and opportunity. We work at the nexus of these three pillars, answering ansident reagans call for informed patriotism to ensure a prosperous future for america. The governor knows quite a bit about this call
Have seen it coming. In theory i would like to start with what was my personal favorite moment in the book which is the first meeting between donald trump and steve bannon who would become a very influential political strategist in his world where he explains to trump that if hes thinking about running for president , he cannot do as a traditional republican. Can you describe the scene. Sure, thanks for having me, i was fascinated buy the book, it made no sense by this, one of the reasons you have to remember donald trump did not, as a bolt out of the blue, he had been speaking for years for running for president but he was not quite sure how he would really have an identity, sometimes he was a democrat, sometimes he was a republican, he flirted with the idea of running in ross perots at one point but in 2012 he was getting serious about it and david bossi, a conservative activist a hardline conservative activist was a friend of Donald Trumps and he decided to talk to him about running
Hi, there, im Judy Woodruff and im thrilled to be joining these three amazing authors today. You see them on the screen, they are George Packer whose latest book our man, richard holebooke and the end of the century, and peter baker, this fall the man who ran washington the life and times of James A Baker iii, two good books about two complicated and fascinating men. They were born a decade apart. Baker in houston in 1930, holebooke in manhattan in 1941. Baker a republican trained as a lawyer. Holebooke, a democrat, Foreign Service officer. Student of Foreign Policy. Their lives took very different trajectories, but they both ended up in washington where they became major power players. Peter, picking up on that, this was 0 m a man with great ambiti and that was even before he came to washington. It was. He was part of a houston aristocracy. His family basically built modern houston. He was expected of great things. He had a father who impressed on him the legacy. One thing they were n
Im Judy Woodruff and im thrilled to be joining the three amazing authors today. You can see them on the screen. They are George Packer whose latest book the man who ran washington Richard Holbrooke and the man who ran washington and the life and times of james a. Baker, iii. Two brilliant books about two complicated and fascinating men. They were born a decade apart. Baker in houston in 1930 and holbrooke in manhattan in 1941. Baker a republican trained as a lawyer, holbrooke a democrat Foreign Service officers student of Foreign Policy. Their lives are very different and they are project trees but they both ended up in washington where they became major power players. Peter, picking up on that this is a man with great ambition and i was there even before he came to washington. Yeah it was. He was a family of aristocracy. His family built modern houston and he was expected to do great things. A very dominating father who is in part done him the legacy of his family. One thing they were
Explains to trump he cannot if hes thinking of running for president cannot do it as a traditional republican. Can you describe this . He had been thinking of running for president but he wasnt quite sure. By 2012 he was getting serious about it. David who is a conservative activist was a friend of donald trump and decided to talk about running for president and he did not know donald trump at that point so he took him up to learn about this possibility. If he planned to run as an outsider, how would he do it. They basically said theres a new populist mood in the country and donald trump looked at him and said youre right thats what i am im a popular rest but he concluded he is right if hes going to run and be a popular rest and then of course he doesnt decide to run but four years later that is exactly what he does and in the meantime between 2012 and 2016 he starts the message and theres a lot of starting points for the revolution but thats one of the more intriguing ones. It is from