I wish comics would return to the day when they were a fun escape instead of a mouthpiece for the writer's political ideals. This was just a fun appearance by Reagan. It doesn't give a hint as to the writer's political leanings, unlike the comics of the past 10-15 years, where they are constantly pounding the Republicans and praising the Democrats.
During this era of X-Men they had a number of cameo appearances by famous people. A few months later, during a fight in San Francisco, the X-Men are working with a couple of SFPD detectives, including a familiar-looking guy named "Harry" who carries a .44 Magnum, "The most powerful handgun in the world".
I stopped in the mid-90’s and didn’t realize how bad it got after that. I watched the tail end of a show about comic superheroes on History International today. God that was disgusting. Even Stan Lee lost quite a bit of my admiration for him. Captain America honestly after 9/11 going after the government for some plot to sell weapons to terrorists. WTF!!! Can’t portray Muslims as any type of enemy.