Think about it, Ronald Reagan picked George H.W. Bush as his running mate. If George H.W. Bush never became vice president and then president, it wouldn't have led to George W. Bush becoming president. Dubya did a lot of damage during his presidency and that led to Barack Obama getting elected and having to clean up his predecessor's mess. Unfortunately, the Republicans were brazenly unfair to Obama and ruined his chances of having an outstanding presidency which led to Hillary Clinton losing to Donald Trump.
So basically if we didn't make the decisions that we did in the past none of what happened today would have happened?
Genius logic bro. Genius!
There is a reasonable argument to be made that the anti-intellectualism cultivated by Reagan and perfected by W. Bush paved the way for Trump.
Or that the shift in economic policy caused by Reagan paved the way for someone with Trump's ideology. Yeah, I guess you could say that Reagan is "responsible" for Trump, but not just because he picked HW Bush. And basically all presidents the past 36 years are "responsible" for Trump in their own ways.
I would argue G.H.W Bush probably deserves the least blame because he only served one term. The other two-term presidents deserve blame...Obama by virtue of actually being the president (and had been for awhile) when Trump was nominated and elected but also because of the weak economy during his presidency, Dubya because the Iraq War and the weak economy during his presidency made right-leaning voters question traditional Republican domestic and foreign policies, and Clinton because of NAFTA and MFN status for China.
