Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Fiye da kowane batun cikin gida a 1975, manufofin kasashen waje sun shiga tsakanin shugaban kasa da masu sukar sa na ra'ayin mazan jiya. Bayan da Amurka ta kwashe Saigon da kuma rushewar Kudancin Vietnam
, wadannan suka suka kara kara. A shirinsa na rediyo, Reagan ya kwatanta janyewar daga Saigon da Yarjejeniyar Munich kuma ya yi gargadin cewa zai "jaraba Tarayyar Soviet kamar yadda ta taɓa jarabtar Hitler da shugabannin soja na Japan". Duk da yake Ford ya sake samun goyon baya daga masu ra'ayin mazan jiya bayan ceton SS Mayaguez a Cambodia, ba da daɗewa ba ya jawo fushin bangaren dama na jam'iyyar tare da jerin manufofin manufofin kasashen waje da aka tsara don inganta dangantaka da Tarayyar Soviet.