President Reagan will meet presidents, prime ministers, a pope and a queen during his trip to Europe for the NATO summit, but will also be exposed to thousands of angry Europeans who despise him -- and some who may try to kill him.
In Paris, the president's first stop on his 10-day, 4-nation tour beginning Wednesday, grand boulevards and winding alleyways alike are lined with posters showing a combat commando gripping a submachine gun and saying 'the terrorist Reagan must be welcomed with hatred, raised fists and loaded arms.'
Bombs exploded last week at the Rome office of Pan American airlines and an insurance company with U.S. links. The communist group that claimed responsibility for the blast said, 'This is our greeting to the hangman Reagan.'
The president's personal safety has been most directly threatened in West Germany, cradle of the European peace movement that views Reagan as a warmongering nuclear cowboy.
Police in Bonn openly admit they fear that terrorists of the Red Army Faction, also known as the Baader-Meinhof gang, may be plotting an assassination attempt.
'President Reagan certainly would be considered the most important target by the Red Army faction,' West German chief prosecutor Kurt Rebmann was quoted as saying recently. 'If worst comes to worst, a suicide commando would have a chance in Bonn.'
A bearded man who identified himself as Gerard Budot paused Sunday to explain why he was busily pasting the commando posters along Paris' rue des Martyrs.
'Reagan is a threat to peace,' he said. 'I despise him and only by such demonstrations can we express our absolute opposition to his fascism.'
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TrumpReagan when he had the nerve to visit Europe. Millions of good people turned out to reject him and his attempts to start a nuclear war.Here's another good article that will warm your heart .
It cannot be overstated how much this bruised his ego. His handlers tried to shield him from it, but I made sure they failed.
You'd have to be in your sixties to have been around when this was happening.
I'm far older than that, but let us agree I'm at least 1 year over 65.