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Reagan believed that he was President

Reagan believedthat he was President because he was calledto be President. He saw himself...

The Reagans • S01E04 • 2020

Reagan believed
that he was President because he was called
to be President. He saw himself as placed
at that time in history to move the world away
from Armageddon. [indistinct chatter] [Adelman] This notion of
Armageddon scared the dickens
out of him. So whenever the president
talked about Armageddon, basically
we would just slough it off or, you know, not answer it. What do you do about Armageddon? [projector whirring] [Alter]
From Goldwater in 1964 through the 1980 campaign,
he was a hawk's hawk

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Reagan believed that he was President

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because he was called to be President.

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He saw himself as placed at that time in history

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to move the world away from Armageddon.

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[indistinct chatter]

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[Adelman] This notion of Armageddon scared the dickens out of him.

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So whenever the president talked about Armageddon,

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basically we would just slough it off

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or, you know, not answer it.

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What do you do about Armageddon?

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[projector whirring]

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[Alter] From Goldwater in 1964

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through the 1980 campaign, he was a hawk's hawk.

Duration

40 seconds

Views

49

Timestamp in Movie

00:20:05

Uploaded

Jun 02, 2025

Season

1

Episode

4

Genres

documentary, biography, history

Production

Altimeter Films,Showtime Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

A four-part documentary series that explores the many surprisingly unexamined aspects of the Reagan White House, and how Nancy Reagan's paper-doll image was at odds with the power she ultimately wielded throughout her husband's pr...