Opinion: Reagan knew how to apologize. Trump? Not so much.
President Ronald Reagan at a news conference at the White House in 1987. Reagan said he never deliberately lied to the public, although he admitted to a misstatement about Israeli involvement in the Iran-Contra affair. By Mark Weinberg March 10 at 8:00 AM Mark Weinberg, a communications consultant, served as special assistant to the president and assistant press secretary in Ronald Reagan’s White House, is the author of “Movie Nights with the Reagans.
Usually, when getting ready to address the nation in a prime-time Oval Office address, Reagan looked forward to it, or at least accepted the circumstances requiring him to do so.
It turned out to be a watershed moment for the Reagan presidency. By uttering the words the nation had long waited to hear, Reagan was able to turn the corner on Iran-Contra. What may have bothered Reagan most about the Iran-Contra affair was not what his rogue subordinates did — although he was mad about it — it was that polls showed the public did not believe him when he repeatedly said he was not aware of the scheme. He knew that without the people’s trust, he could not govern effectively, but even more than that, he just could not accept the fact that he was telling the truth but some people thought he was lying.
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