Reagan started the tradition in 1989 when he left a letter for his successor, his own Vice President George H.W. Bush. Since Bush, each handover has been from a member of one party to the other. Reagan wrote to H.W. Bush, “Don’t let the turkeys get you ...
A look at the history of presidential letters and whether President Biden will continue the tradition by writing a note for his predecessor-turned-successor, Donald Trump.
President George W. Bush pauses at his desk after he signed a Joint Resolution commemorating Ronald Reagan's 90th birthday in the Oval Office of the White House, Feb. 15, 2001. Credit: AP/Ron ...
Americans turn to their leaders for solace in times of mourning. Donald Trump has used national tragedies to make political points or demean critics.
Ever since the second and third presidents, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, died on the same day — July 4th, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence — the American presidency has thrown up a goodly number of calendrical coincidences.
President Donald Trump has the lowest initial approval ratings of any president since 1953 — except for himself in 2017.
Happy Presidents' Day to such great US presidents,' read the post over photos of Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, George Bush and even Richard Nixon. President Biden was pictured in the center of ...
The real reason there is a federal deficit is not because of federal employees or government, but due to the tax cuts for the rich and corporations taken by Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush ...
As Republican Ronald ... by Reagan’s campaign manager William Casey, who was appointed the director of Central Intelligence (now National Intelligence) in the incoming administration. Reagan’s top aides, including running mate George HW Bush and ...
President Donald Trump was already in the midst of a moment like when Ronald Reagan fired the air traffic controllers as a deadly aviation disaster struck. Except Trump was trying to remind federal employees who is the boss much more broadly than Reagan was as he stared down an illegal strike.
He must pursue a variety of spending cuts that will clearly serve the interests of the American public as a whole, and not just his supporters.
A disquieting Washington visit leaves me with a sense that America is making a big break from the past.