Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Reagan aizivikanwa nokugara achiseka muupenyu hwake hwose, airatidza kuseka paaitonga, uye aiva nomukurumbira wokurondedzera nyaya. Nhetembo dzake dzakawanda uye mashoko ake anonakidza zvakanyorwa kuti "nyaya dzinosetsa" uye "dzinozivikanwa". Pakati pezvakanakisisa zvezvinonyadzisira zvake paiva nechimwe pamusoro peHondo Yemashoko. Sechiedzo chemakrofoni mukugadzirira kutaura kwake kwenhepfenyuro kwevhiki nevhiki muna August 1984, Reagan akaita majee anotevera: "Vanhu vokwangu vokuAmerica, ndinofara kukuudzai nhasi kuti ndasaina mutemo ucharambidza Russia nokusingaperi. Tinovamba kubhomba mumaminiti mashanu". Pfungwa yaReagan yokusetsa yakacherechedzwawo nemazana avaAmerica paTempelhof U.S. Air Base June 12, 1987. Ndichipa hurukuro yokupemberera makore 750 okuumbwa kweBerlin, bharuni rakaputika mumutsara wokutanga. Pasina kupotsa kurova, Reagan akaseka kuti "akandishaiwa", kutaura nezvomukomana wake
kuedza kuuraya kwokutanga muna 1981. Aichimbova mubetseri David Gergen akati, "Ndinofunga kuti kusetsa ikoko... ndiko kwakaita kuti vanhu vade Reagan".