[jim macomber]

"Ronald Reagan was three years into the decade-long twilight of his illness, and unable to recognize most of his colleagues from the Washington days. But Mr Ravin wanted to express his appreciation. “Mr President,” he said, “thank you for everything you did for the Jewish people, for Soviet people, to destroy the Communist empire.”

And somewhere deep within there was a flicker of recognition. “Yes,” said the old man, “that is my job.”

--Even then, his core was intact.

[Kozak]

The irony that Mark missed is it happened in "Armand Hammer Park".

A great admirer of the Soviet Union, friend of Stalin and later Breznev and holder of the Order of Lenin. One of the centuries truly "Useful Idiots" that Lenin so praised.