President Donald Trump needs to stop taking criticism so personal if he wants to accomplish what he has set out to do, political commentator Michael Reagan told Newsmax TV.
Reagan appeared on "Newsmax Now" and said his father — former President Ronald Reagan — was able to achieve success with the Russians in part because he let criticism roll off him.
"My father wouldn't take everything the press threw at him so personal," Reagan said. "This president takes everything — every question, everything that goes down — he takes it personal. And I think that's why my father was able to accomplish much with the Soviet Union and Mikhail Gorbachev because he didn't take it personal.
"They were throwing grenades at my father at Reykjavik because he wouldn't sign on with Mikhail Gorbachev to get rid of SDI [Strategic Defense Initiative] and what have you. But again, Ronald Reagan did not let those things derail him from what he wanted to ultimately achieve. And this president, if he wants to achieve much, has to let go of the personal side of it and get on with the business side of it."
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Trump routinely fires back at members of the media, his political opponents, and other critics when they lob criticism at him. That appeared to be evident during his Monday's press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, when he seemed to get defensive and shot down suggestions he or anyone on his campaign colluded with Russia to win the 2016 U.S. election.
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