President Ronald Reagan on Larry King 1-10-1991 Full Hour 

Yes he does

Pretty insane that he lost basically no hair, I mean how often do you see an 80 year old with hair like that

Well technically 79 he turned 80 on Feb 6.

@@liammccarthy9388 He didn’t lose any of his hair. His hair just became grayer as he aged.

Ronald raygun never gets old

Ghassan jenainaty so different from the current POTUS...

Both of them

Surely he didn’t fund right wing extremists to murder Nicaraguan political opponents

The last great generation

Here's another 1991 interview with Reagan, where he is even sharper and more candid. No Alzheimers there. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TRFFDR0S5Ms.html

I heard that based on the fact that he would fall asleed during his cabinet meetings, he began to show signs of it before he left office.

He Never fell asleep. That was just made up. Even on Air Force One, while others took a time out, he'd be working.

@@Yobbie72 His own son confirmed that in his second term he did sometimes fall asleep in cabinet meetings.

well, he was never there, so how would he know? @@APOCALYPSE_X-MEN

Having just gone through watching the degradation and death of my father due to Alzheimer's, I recognize in this video the early signs of what could be called "pre-dementia". He still had most of his faculties, but the incidents of explainable "senior moments" were getting more and more frequent. Even when he talks about remembering so much of his younger life but completely blanking on certain scenes in a movie. My dad lost pieces of himself over an 8 year period. The first things to go were the things he was best at: photography, video production, his immense knowledge of cars. By the time he was diagnosed officially there had already been many incidents like what we can see in this interview and others from the time. Even several years after the official diagnosis my dad was fully capable of functioning, but the last 2 years he was not even aware of where or who he was. The degradation was rapid and unmistakable. I agree that it is extremely unlikely that he was exhibiting any tangible evidence of dementia while in office, but even if he had been it would have been at a low level and unlikely to affect decisions or policies.

CodeTech I'm a Reagan historian, and I've pinpointed 1992 as the year when he went into deep decline. 1991 both here and with a taped interview with Hugh Sidey, he is completely lucid, on the ball, sharp. In 1992 he started to lose whole chucks of memory. He was still functional through to 1994, but that's when the wheels started to come off and he was diagnosed. As for his presidency, I did notice a decline in 1988 in terms of speech, and at times he seemed very quiet and withdrawn: but his diary is very clear, and lucid, so whatever he was going through, it did not affect his mental faculties at that point.

He is showing signs here. More limited vocab, more stumbles, more pauses. Keep in mind that he had likely prepared extensively for this interview, too.

In my studies and with the videos I've watched I agree with CR- 1992 seems to be pivotal year where the disease was entering into the more classic and recognizable stages. Per a NYT article: "On Sept. 13, 1992, Mr. Reagan made a campaign speech for President George Bush in Yorba Linda, Calif. In suit and tie on that sweltering day, but speaking more slowly than in the past, Mr. Reagan drew thunderous cheers from the shirt-sleeved crowd. Dr. Lawrence C. Mohr, one of the White House doctors in Mr. Reagan's second term, was seeing him for the first time in six months, and afterward, the doctor and the former President talked. As usual, Mr. Reagan asked about Dr. Mohr's family. But Mr. Reagan ''was distant,'' he said, and seemed ''preoccupied, which was unusual, because Ronald Reagan is a person who was engaged when he would talk to you.'' At the end of the conversation, the doctor continued, ''Mr. Reagan asked me, 'What am I supposed to do next?' There was a blank look on his face.'' Dr. Mohr said he guided Mr. Reagan away and wondered ''what had caused the change and what was going to happen.'' It seems that condition really started to kick up at some point in '92. After a visit to the Mayo in Aug of '93 apparently Mr. Reagan was put through a year long battery of tests and the diagnosis came out in '94. As for CR's notice of decline in 1988, I cannot help but wonder how much of that was more of his years getting to him and just being plumb worn out from being president for 8 years. I cannot even begin to imagine the demands placed upon the individuals in that position let alone being almost 78 when leaving office.

I though same... Good command of facts and details!!

Ahahaha yeah.

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I was born in 1997 too I feel the same way ever since seeing his funeral back in 2004 I’ve always had an interest and admiration for him

laymen's terms : "im gay" -supernerd4677

Watch the 4 part show "The Reagans" released in 2020, it gives an excellent insight into him and his Presidency. You might think twice after ...

Ronald Reagan was also a Democrat once. 😇

If Republicans can go back to being like Reagan, not so divisive and looking to start a fight all the time, that would be great for America - and the world, even

Lol neolib

@@shanewilliams5150LOL tankie.

@@johnwinthrop2702 Proud Tankie right here.

Ronald Reagan was an absolute joke of a President. Wealth inequality is at an all-time high because of his trickle-down economics. All the wealth just went to the super rich.

actually he comes off a bit "forced" like he's trying on purpose to be sharp in order to cover something up and seems to have a hard time forming complex and complete sentences... stutters for regular words and seems to have to work to relay what he's thinking... at times he looks terrified as hell actually. which is what happens at the onset of Alzheimers.

ohmusicsweetmusic I didn't see that. And I've watched hundreds of hours of footage of him when he was President. Yes, he's a bit slower, but that's because he was 80.

No. He clearly is slow and taking time between words. Plus, he would of done much preparation to come across okay

Compare him to Biden who is also now 80 years old. Sleepy Joe is clumsy and so out of it that he makes Reagan look like a spring chicken.

No he isn’t

Didn’t he push crack into black neighborhoods and then started the war on drugs?

Nope. No truth to that at all. Everyone's taxes were cut across the board. Ultimately? Our economy doubled from 1981 thru 1988. Did we have a recession in 1990 - yes we did but it was nothing like the economic situation we had in 79-81. There is no truth at all to tax cuts for "the rich" sinking or hurting the economy. Plus provide any proof you can back.

Spunky1991 - I agree he was not perfect nor was FDR who is canonized by the left. I disagree about supply side trickle down being a failure. This concept has always worked in history - the 1920's (the Depression was by market over exuberance and buying on margin not lower tax rates), the 1960's with the JFK cuts, the 1980's under Reagan, the 1990's with the Clinton-Gingrich cap gains cuts and he early to mid 2000's under Bush. Remember in 2000-2001.

Spunky1991 - those tax breaks were for everyone. "Rich people" employ people. The more you incentivize the work for the better for growth. I am sorry but as a student of economics and one that has taught economics I totally disagree with your assertions Clinton did not rally the economy in 1993-1994. The real growth occurred starting in 96 thru early mid 2000. I can back that up with hard data. The 2008 recession occurred due or bad real estate loans and easy money. Obama has really not done a good job. It has bee so-so at best: Much of our growth and impetus has occurred to QE easy money and almost neg interest rates - yet we have never had a year above 3% GDP growth. Nothing real in organic growth terms. We have more people now on food stamps and Gov assistance than ever. Our deficit has gone up $10 Trillion since 2009. Our real unemploy rate is more like 8 to 10 percent and this does jot include underemployed. Really not a good track record.

Spunky1991 - ok fair enough we can agree to disagree . However I stand by my assertion that the tax breaks did not lead to recession. There is nothing to back that up if you have factual evidence to back that up then please share. I would love to see it. Second if things are so good why is the Federal Reserve so reluctant to raise interest rates? Normal historic rates are in the 3 to 4% area so there is nowhere for people to make any money right now with near negative interest rates other than the stock market. It's phony money. The auto market is doing well but most new car purchases are leases and financing is around 72 months now. Which signals lack of income. For interest Rates - They should have been raised long ago. What is your take on that?

Spunky1991 - over night? It's been 8 years....that did not happen during the Great Depression which was far worse....

Regardless, you can tell he slowed down a lot in the 1987-1989 period during his tenure.

Not gonna happen anytime soon... Larry King was a great journalist and a friend of Donald trump when he was working. He’s retired now. I agree with you 100%

When ted turner owned it

It was good news back in the day

He banned fully auto weapons and gave 2.5 million illegals citizenship. He was a terrible person.

Yeah, my dad became a millionaire under him.

@@09rja indeed

And the workers and union members?

he is father of all amaerican : )

same.

Back up jack!

WTF?! This Reagan love is insane...lol

Hes the grand father of the restoration of freedom. Trump is the father of freedom in america.

Abe

Never really understood the oration of B.H.O... all those pauses. Reagan on the other hand was magnificent.

that joke is Too much,you don't know Reagan,stop talking like like.

john dong understatement*

yang be how about you read the books before you start mouthing off

I noticed the cameras were slightly off angle as well. When they zoom out, Reagan is looking to the left of King, not at him. Its almost like he could be reading something or, like you said, the did it in 2 separate takes.

If you actually do research Obama did a lot of good. Stop jumping on the hate train like all the other kids. Also Obama was put into the shit storm bush left

+Allahu Akbar Thank god Obama opened up the bathrooms to all genders, god bless.him

Lol "great". If you consider increasing the deficit another $10 trillion, sluggish economy and middle east in hell "great" then yes, Obama's presidency is great.

Just like the guy in ***** profile pic.

***** Well, at least Mohamed did not have his butt fuck buddies get plastic surgery.

TheFlyingHogg Relax. We have TRUMP!!!!!!!!!

Frenite Trump is not a conservative, nor as great as Reagan by far. That's not to say he won't be a good president, or that he's worse than the alternative, but he is not perfect by far.

Cos Why Not Well just so you know TRUMP is now the head of the Republican Party making him the basic definition of republican. Ha

Larry King clint hill

Reagan wasn't that great. He destroyed the economy and the middle class, but just ignore that.

Same here 1987

He never had the balls.

@@Yobbie72 That's not a fair comment.

@@APOCALYPSE_X-MEN ​ 2 RAW 4 TV you got to have brass balls to run for President. Also, Powell didn't have the balls to resign in protest against George Bush's invasion against Iraq, which he knew was unnecessary. He sent fellow soldiers to their deaths based on his phony baloney United Nations testimony. His name is muck in history.

Classic...

President Reagan was hard of hearing

I thought he was very easy on him

But that's what they are, a former president

true, with one exception. Obama will never be called a president. We're going to disrespect him for the rest of his pathetic life

oh please save it for your wife..

+Matthew Jacobsen oml fucking child

Allahu Akbar haha! nice name! Mohommad was a child rapist

He was 80 years old.

BETTERWORLD SGT0589 I know this comment is old, but what policies weren’t you fond of?

Like Biden has memory loss

It's not the original broadcast, it's from 2004.

@@Sol_Solis even so.

This footage is from a rerun, when Reagan passed away in 2004.

He banned fully auto weapons and gave illegals citizenship. He was a terrible person and terrible Republican

He did not.

Yes, that was a good one with RR and Ann Sheridan. They made a number of films together. I also liked him in "The Hasty Heart" and "The Voice of the Turtle". "Desperate Journey" w/RR and Errol Flynn was a good romp too.

It’s the way the show was produced which is really annoying. Reagan is looking that way cause he was making eye contact with Larry king.

John Davis There were video games in '91

Edgar Allan Poe Read much further.

President Regan was a class act,i wouldn't let Obama train my dog.

I think Trump will be the new Reagan. Things will be repaired.

Spunky1991 I guarrantee you that Trump won't be anything like Hitler. Such things is what the political correct mainstream media is trying to make people believe in.

Spunky1991 Trump have already made clear that he will take advice from his opponents(Democrats, Clintons, Obama). A dictator would never do that, a dictator decides everything on his own like Hitler and Saddam Hussein did. Disaster? Making jobs for everybody, stopping the flow of illegal immigrants, drugs and unregistrated weapons.....is that a disaster? Lowering taxes so it will become easier to exist for all people...disaster? Making the best relationship ever between USA and Russia, the 2 largest nuclear superpowers in the world....a disaster?

Spunky1991 And there you crossed the line between debating something in a proper way, and beeing uncivilized by calling someone an "unqualified piece of shit". Young man or woman; you have a lot to learn about how to act in debates, and also about facts from our real world. The our planet is very far from how it is described by the mainstream media. "He shipped jobs overseas with his businesses"...."So how exactly is he going to bring jobs back to America when he's responsible for many of them leaving?"....Are you serious? Do you actually believe that Trump did that? Those statements are actually so far from truth as it is possible to come. The ones that have moved jobs out of USA is Obama and the Clintons, that is a fact that has been proved for 4(!) presidential periods when they had the power. 8 years of Clinton + 8 years of Obama, with increasing problems in American society all time. Now finally there is a person who is able to repair these things, Trump is definitely the best thing to happen to USA since Ronald Reagan.