Ron Reagan, the liberal son of the late president criticized Donald Trump saying, “I think my father would be deeply disturbed that somebody as shallow and Donald Trump was managing to lead the race.”
Reagan appeared on “MSNBC Live” with Frances Rivera, and said that the former president would “not recognize the Republican Party that he sees today.”
When asked what his father would say about Trump’s candidacy and when would the Trump “bubble” burst, Ron Reagan replied, “I frankly thought it would have burst after the first debate but it didn’t. It seems that nothing, no outrageous statement that he can make, no, no revelation of how little he actually knows about policy, seems to deter that 25 percent or so of the Republican Party that likes him. They like the fact that he seems confident, he says things that, you know, he’s going to have a terrific health care plan, which frankly sounds a lot like Obamacare. Although I’m sure he would put his own name on it like a hotel or casino.”
Rivera later asked if Reagan if his father would be entertained by the current state of the GOP, and the son replied, “I don’t think he would be entertained. I mean it is amusing on certain levels. But not if you’re a Republican. I mean, it’s amusing for Democrats maybe but, no, I think my father would be deeply disturbed that somebody as shallow and Donald Trump was managing to uh, to lead the race there. And he would find it very curious, he would not recognize the Republican Party that he sees today.”