Reagan’s great America shining on a hill twisted into Trump’s dark vision of Christian nationalism

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(Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum) President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan greet Donald Trump during a reception in August 1983.

(Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum) President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan greet Donald Trump during a reception in August 1983.

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