🚨 REAGAN THE VISIONARY
The “experts” told Reagan the Soviet Union was forever.
The “experts” told Trump peace in the Middle East was impossible without solving the Palestinian question.
Both men proved the experts dead wrong. 🧵
The “experts” told Reagan the Soviet Union was forever.
The “experts” told Trump peace in the Middle East was impossible without solving the Palestinian question.
Both men proved the experts dead wrong. 🧵
2/ In the late 1970s, America’s foreign policy was built on détente — appeasing Communism, ignoring human rights, and hoping to “manage” the Soviet Union forever.
Jimmy Carter even kissed Brezhnev at the signing of SALT II.
That was the Uniparty establishment’s vision.
Jimmy Carter even kissed Brezhnev at the signing of SALT II.
That was the Uniparty establishment’s vision.
3/ Then came Reagan.
He didn’t whisper about “managing decline.” He called the Soviet Union what it was: an Evil Empire.
He predicted Marxism-Leninism, not freedom, would be "thrown on the ash-heap of history."
The global elite called him reckless. A warmonger. A fool.
He didn’t whisper about “managing decline.” He called the Soviet Union what it was: an Evil Empire.
He predicted Marxism-Leninism, not freedom, would be "thrown on the ash-heap of history."
The global elite called him reckless. A warmonger. A fool.
4/ Reagan saw what they didn’t:
👉 Détente gave the Soviets breathing room
👉 Their economy was already failing
👉 A U.S. military buildup would break them
👉 Especially if we crashed oil prices and bankrupted them
His plan? Outspend, outlast, and out-believe the Communists.
👉 Détente gave the Soviets breathing room
👉 Their economy was already failing
👉 A U.S. military buildup would break them
👉 Especially if we crashed oil prices and bankrupted them
His plan? Outspend, outlast, and out-believe the Communists.
5/ The experts shrieked: “He’ll start a nuclear war!”
Instead, Reagan’s clarity emboldened Soviet dissidents, inspired freedom movements across Eastern Europe, and forced the USSR to play a game it couldn’t win.
Instead, Reagan’s clarity emboldened Soviet dissidents, inspired freedom movements across Eastern Europe, and forced the USSR to play a game it couldn’t win.
6/ And then came the moment:
“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
Two years later, the Berlin Wall fell. Two years after that, the Soviet Union collapsed.
Reagan called the shot. The "experts" never saw it coming.
“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
Two years later, the Berlin Wall fell. Two years after that, the Soviet Union collapsed.
Reagan called the shot. The "experts" never saw it coming.
7/ Fast forward to today.
The same “experts” said Trump couldn’t make Middle East peace. Then came the Abraham Accords.
They said tariffs would tank the economy. Instead, they revived American industry.
They said deportations were “impossible.” They aren't.
The same “experts” said Trump couldn’t make Middle East peace. Then came the Abraham Accords.
They said tariffs would tank the economy. Instead, they revived American industry.
They said deportations were “impossible.” They aren't.
8/ The establishment is almost always wrong. But it's always sure it's right.
Visionary leaders — Reagan then, Trump now — are the ones who change history.
And once again, it’s Trump versus the “experts.”
We know how this story ends. 🇺🇸
Visionary leaders — Reagan then, Trump now — are the ones who change history.
And once again, it’s Trump versus the “experts.”
We know how this story ends. 🇺🇸
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