When Was America Last Great? Here's What Republican Delegates Said
Jul 22, 2016, 01:18 AM
The implicit premise of Donald Trump's slogan "Make America Great Again" is that the country was great at some point in the past but is no longer.
That raises the question: When was America last great?
Delegates on the floor of the Republican national convention in Cleveland who talked to TIME had different ideas. The clear winner was the Reagan-era, with the post-World War II period coming in close second.