Ronald Reagan’s son: Dad ‘would be confused by Donald Trump’

Michael Reagan, the son of President Ronald Reagan, said he thinks his father would be confused by presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. 

{mosads}”At best, he would be confused by Donald Trump and the way he’s running the campaign. I don’t think he’d be appreciative of the demeaning style of Donald Trump — the way he’s treated the other candidates — because my father knew that at the end of the day he had to bring everyone together to win an election,” Reagan said on “The Cats Roundtable” radio program Sunday.

Reagan said it will be difficult for Trump to defeat presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the general election if he doesn’t start reaching out to groups other than the people who frequently attend his rallies. 

“It should be the easiest slam dunk on the planet [to beat Clinton]. I think what hurts Trump is himself. He’s got to rise above it. He’s got to talk to people other than his base he’s been speaking to all through the process. If he can do that, he can win,” Reagan said. 

He also criticized the Department of Justice’s decision not to prosecute Clinton for her use of a personal email server while secretary of State. 

“At some point people have to be responsible for even the non-intended consequences of what they’re doing. It seems like the Clintons are never held to that kind of standard,” Reagan said.