LincolnsDogFidoTIL Ronald Reagan was deeply influnced by SciFi when implementing policy. He reportedly initiated cybersecurity changes within the DoD after watching the movie WarGames and asking if it was plausible.
he also early onsent alzheimers dementia at the time too, so that played a part.
It wasn’t early onset. He was fucking old.
I’ve read reports that his mind started to noticeably go south after he got shot. Yes, he was fucking old, and that shock to his system did not help. He came very close to death, and many people who knew him said he was never the same after that.
And that happened two months into his first term.