Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pana March 30, 1981, apo Bush akanga ari muTexas,
Reagan akapfurwa ndokurohwa zvakaipisisa naJohn Hinckley Jr. Bush akabva abhururuka achidzokera kuWashington D.C.; ndege yake payakasvika, vabatsiri vake vakamukurudzira kuti aende zvakananga kuWhite House neherikoputa kuitira kuti aratidze kuti hurumende yakanga ichiri kushanda. Bush akaramba pfungwa yacho, sezvo aitya kuti chiitiko chinokatyamadza chakadaro chaigona kupa pfungwa yokuti akanga achitsvaka kubvuta masimba uye maruramiro aReagan. Munguva pfupi yaReagan yaakanga asingachakwanisi kuita basa, Bush akatungamirira misangano yeCabinet, akasangana nevatungamiri veCongress nevatungamiri vokune dzimwe nyika, uye akaudza vatori venhau, asi akaramba nguva dzose mukana wokushandisa 25th Amendment. Kubata kwaBush kwokuedza kuuraya uye migumisiro yacho kwakaita kuti Reagan afare, uyo akapora ndokudzokera kubasa mukati memavhiki maviri kupfura kwacho kwaitika. Kubvira ipapo zvichienda mberi, varume vacho vaviri vaizogara vachidya pamwe chete musi weChina muOval Office.