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They called Reagan an ‘amiable dunce.’ Now it’s Trump’s turn

They called Reagan an ‘amiable dunce.’ Now it’s Trump’s turn

In 1981, one of Washington’s most respected Democratic elder statesmen dismissed the new president as an “amiable dunce.” Clark Clifford, a former Secretary of Defense, said it at a dinner; the phrase leaked and became the era’s shorthand. Kind,... Read more.

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