Writer of Reagan’s Brandenburg Gate Speech Praises Trump’s Oratory
June 21, 2017
What's that you say, Peter Robinson?
The writer of President Reaganโs famous โtear down this wallโ speech at the Brandenburg Gate praised President Trumpโs formal speeches in an interview with Foreign Policy.ย
Robinson said Trumpโs Riyad speech last month โfollows roughly the same pattern you saw at Brandenburg Gateโ with its message, โWe intend to remain active in the world; however, we also call upon world leaders to play your part.โ
Robinson went on to advise Trump to stop tweeting, and to assemble a speechwriting team so that he can stop delivering the sort of โcrude,โ โscattershot,โ โundisciplinedโ talks that โ[dilute] the moral authority of the presidencyโโand instead, more โactual speeches.โ
(Robinson will be interviewed on C-SPAN at 2:35 EDT this Sunday, June 25, looking back on the 30th anniversary of Reaganโs Berlin speech.โDM