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Elissa Slotkin: President Trump loves to say peace through strength. That's actually a line he stole from Ronald Reagan. But let me tell…

On the recordMarch 9, 2025
President Trump loves to say peace through strength. That's actually a line he stole from Ronald Reagan. But let me tell you, after the spectacle that just took place in the Oval Office last week, Reagan must be rolling in his grave. We all want an end to the war in Ukraine. But Reagan understood that true strength required America to combine our military and economic might with moral clarity. As a Cold War kid, I'm thankful it was Reagan and not Trump in office in the 1980s. Trump would have lost us the Cold War.
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Elissa Slotkin
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Senator Slotkin criticizes President Trump for using Ronald Reagan's phrase 'peace through strength' and argues that Reagan would disapprove of Trump's approach to foreign policy.

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