Historian Craig Shirley: The Same Playbook Against Reagan Is Being Used Against TrumpPosted on February 21, 2024 Craig Shirley on Life, Liberty and Levin. “The same playbook that was run against Ronald Reagan in ’76 and ’80 and ’84. is being run against — they are pulling from the same playbook today against Donald Trump. It is that the same old tired accusations from the establishment, from the media classes, the left-wing media, from anybody who defends the status quo and opposes anything that challenges them.”