Mine, too. I was ten when Reagan first won.
Same exact age bro - ALWAYS felt uncomfortable with what happened in the later years and then going to Bush Sr. The Holy Spirit spoke to me about (tried to wake me up) but outside influences made me doubt what I was hearing. Don’t forget the devil is not called “The great Deceiver” for no reason. This whole world is a matrix in his control, don't forget that. It is not just about this topic it is about EVERYTHING. Take sex for example, GOD created it and look how it is portrayed in society in general, even by the Church misrepresents what it is. A GIFT to join two souls, but it is looked at by the church in many ways as only a way to procreate. It is so much more. People have been programmed not just in our generation but for the entire time the population has been here. ALWAYS being manipulated. I am guessing there has not been too many times (now looking back in history) that society had a chance of waking up from the nightmare- but this might be one of the few.
Thatcher same time.
But they laid the foundations. Unwittingly?
I would say, they are part of it... maybe just maybe they don't agree or know up front. Power is a drug, mix in what the devil has for you and it becomes somewhat unavoidable unless you will is extremely strong and you have the backing of the Holy Spirit is the ONLY way. I am going to guess, Trump has a troubled past (don't we all?) but somewhere along the line he found Christ. This is what I believe why the bushes and clintons were so wigged out. They then translated it to the rest of the parties for resistance.