Trump tweets 'cute' — and fake — quote from Ronald Reagan about himself

(Image credit: Twitter/The Reagan Battalion)

published 8 July 2019

Yes, President Trump has met former President Ronald Reagan. No, Reagan never predicted Trump's political future.

On Monday, Trump retweeted a meme from an account seemingly impersonating the conservative Reagan Battalion, which featured a real photo of Trump shaking hands with the former president. Superimposed over the image was a supposed quote from Reagan, which read "When I met that young man, I felt like I was the one shaking hands with a president."

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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.