Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nokukurumidza pashure pokutora nzvimbo somutungamiriri wenyika, Reagan akavamba kuita nhano itsva dzezvamatongerwe enyika nedzoupfumi. Mitemo yake yezveupfumi, yainzi "Reaganomics", yakatsigira kuderedzwa kwemitero kuti ikurudzire kukura kwezvemari, kubvisa mitemo yezveupfumi, uye kuderedza mari inoshandiswa nehurumende. Muhutongi hwake hwokutanga, akapukunyuka kuedza kuuraya, akakurudzira Hondo Yokurwisa Zvinodhaka, akapinda muGrenada
, uye vakarwa nemasangano evashandi vomunharaunda. Mumakore ake maviri ehurumende, hupfumi hwakaona kuderedzwa kwe inflation kubva pa 12.5% kusvika pa 4.4% uye avhareji yegore negore GDP yekukura kwe 3.6%. Reagan akaita kuti mari yaishandiswa munyika ishandiswe, akacheka mitero, uye akawedzera mari yaishandiswa muchiuto, izvo zvakawedzera chikwereti chenyika yose. Nyaya dzekunze dzakanyanya kukosheswa muhurumende yake yechipiri, kusanganisira kubhomba Libya, Hondo yeIran neIraq, nyaya yeIran neContra, uye Hondo Yemashoko iri kuenderera mberi. Muna June 1987, makore mana pashure pokunge arondedzera pachena Soviet Union se"umambo hwakaipa", Reagan akadenha Munyori Mukuru weSoviet Mikhail Gorbachev kuti "abvise rusvingo urwu!", mukati mehurukuro paBrandenburg Gate. Akashandura mutemo weHondo Yemashoko kubva pakuzorora kuenda pakudzokera shure kupfurikidza nokuwedzera nhangemutange yezvombo neUSSR apo akanga achibatanidzwa mukutaurirana naGorbachev. Kukurukurirana kwacho kwakaguma nechibvumirano cheINF, icho chakaderedza zvombo zvenyukireya zvenyika mbiri idzi. Reagan akatanga utungamiriri hwake munguva yokuwa kweSoviet Union, iyo pakupedzisira yakawa anenge makore matatu abva pachigaro.