The Reagans was an interesting miniseries centred around former U.S. President Ronald Reagan & First Lady Nancy Reagan, for me to watch prior to the week we had last week.
The four-part series originally starting airing week to week, on November 15, 2020. In Australia you can watch the mesmerising close to four hour political series on Stan.
Like Donald J Trump, Reagan was a household name before he was the leader of the free world. Reagan like Trump did not seem incredibly smart, he also coined the slogan Make America Great Again. And this was back in the 80's. As a child it was almost time for me to visit the "Great" country.
Poverty and wealth equality is what first strikes me about the USA and the Republican party like to keep the rich, rich and poor, poor.
Through voter suppression and gerrymandering, the Republican party knows how to "steal" or even "rig" an election. American elections are like Eurovision, some states will always be blue (Democratic New York and California) whilst there are some serious red states (Republication strong holds like Texas).
Reagan and his second wife Nancy are fascinating. The four episodes is really one of the easiest watches of the summer series for me. From Reagan's Hollywood days to Governor of California, then to President. It's a wild ride.
There are some similar behaviours to how Trump got to where he did. His following however was 100% not the same "traditional" Republican following Reagan attracted. Trump's fans (as we saw throughout the week) are the stereotypical bottom feeders from the swamp we expected. The deplorables once called out by Hilary Clinton. The funny thing is Ivanka still swans around in her designer clothes, attending elite events whilst her fans look like they crawled out from one of America's poorest neighbourhoods.
History definitely is repeating again, I would love to watch more on the Clinton's and the Bush families moving forward. These powerhouse families in US politics is fascinating. Will the Trump's follow suit with Don Junior or Ivanka? You can bet your bottom dollar though, we may have seen the last of Eric and Tiffany Trump.
The Reagans streams now on Stan, its ace, so go check it out before American Gods season three starts later today on Amazon Prime.
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