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Alena Botros, Irina Ivanova

Former President Donald Trump’s debate reelection bid relied on a callback to Reagan’s 1980s America

Donald Trump (Credit: Kyle Mazza/Anadolu)

Former President Donald Trump was quick to name-check predecessor Ronald Reagan in Thursday’s presidential debate against President Joe Biden. 

Trump wasted no time in bringing up Reagan, who is beloved by almost all old school Republicans, and others, to seemingly make his points on abortion. The more significant callback to “Morning in America” was the former president’s ever-so-brief, and not-so-surprising, outline of his economic agenda.

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