He did it by never letting his critics keep him from doing the right thing, whether it was firing PATCO or giving the Berlin Wall speech and asking the commies to tear down the wall.
God blessed the USA with Reagan, and lets hope he does again and enables our next POTUS to cripple the corrupt and degenerate marxist public and private sector unions by declaring all States of this union to be "Right to Work States"
Amen....Rest in Peace, President Reagan. The American public heard your plea.