By Paul Bedard | Denver Gazette
Former President Donald Trump made no secret that he hated Washington, D.C., when he first ran for president. He even nicknamed it the “Swamp.”
But no modern president more than Ronald Reagan meant it as much and showed the city his backside as often.
Here’s how Reagan biographer Craig Shirley, the author of the forthcoming book The Search for Reagan: The Appealing Intellectual Conservatism of Ronald Reagan, described the Gipper’s disdain.
“Reagan left town whenever he could. He was at his California ranch for one year out of his presidency. He and Nancy went to Camp David almost every weekend. They got out of Dodge whenever they could. He didn’t like Washington. He didn’t like what it represented,” Shirley said in an interview.