Reagan NEVER had to deal with Russia. When Reagan was alive NATO had a very real and important job, to protect us from the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. Both of those entities are deader than Reagan is.
Russia, Soviet Union, 2 sides of the same same evil coin
That’s why Reagan said “Trust but verify” ... he didn’t trust the lying bastards either
(Waiting for the Putin Groupies to accuse Reagan of being a Neocon Globohomo Warmonger because he wanted to keep NATO strong ...)
Other than in parts of Southeast Asia, Northern Africa and South and Central America-communism was dead.
The arms race is in part what enables myself to point out Russia is a gas station with a $2trillion economy.
I get the confusion!