What Makes Ronald Reagan A Good Leader

Ronald Reagan is one of the best presidents the United States has had so far. He never gave up on the disaster America was becoming. He always strived to make the country safer, more peaceful, and stronger. Despite the confusion with his involvement in scandalous foreign affairs, he stood for what he promised. He had a sense of sanity and peacefulness in his poise and voice that could calm the worst of a storm. He truly knew how to comfort and provide for the people of America and never stopped fulfilling his promises. Reagan will always be remembered as a remarkable president and an honest leader.
Ronald Reagan won the hearts of American people by standing true to his beliefs on peace and tranquility. “When his campaign began, his first
He continually expressed the importance of keeping an eye on every detail in order to strengthen the country financially and structurally. Reagan would never be prepared for the turmoil that would come afloat involving the people in Iran and the Contra Rebels, otherwise known as the Iran-Contra Affair. In November 1986, investigations revealed that members of his National Security Council (NSC) were secretly selling weapons to the Muslim fundamentalist nation of Iran, officially designated as a terrorist state. Apparently, Reagan was aware and approved of the original arms for hostages deal. However, as his National Security Advisor John Poindexter testified, Reagan was not told about the illegal diversion of funds to the Contra rebels. The public was stunned by the news of the scandal Ronald was suppossively involved in and started to question the president’s “good” intentions. For a long time, the public was angry with the president even though there was more evidence supporting the innocence of him rather than the guilty. Reagan was so disappointed, even his wife Nancy said that “…he went into a state of depression because he felt that his reputation had been ruined.” (Brit 4). Eventually, the heat from the incident died down and soon after Ronald
Reagan was riding one of his horses when all of a sudden, the horse became spooked and threw him off and he landed on his head. The brain injury did not affect him other than he developed a severe case of Alzheimer’s. The disease slowly destroyed Reagan’s memory and he could only stutter a few words at the time. He barely remembered a select number of people other than his wife. Eventually Reagan could not even mutter a word other than the gestures he could give that only his wife understood. About a year after the injury, he died from the Alzheimer’s. His funeral took place at the Capitol Dome in Washington D.C. President George W. Bush paid his respects to Nancy and gave a speech on how honorable Reagan was as a president, disregarding the agenda that he had waiting for him back at the white house. Bush came to watch Mrs. Reagan smash the champagne bottle against the ship in honor of Reagan. Bush came to see the ship that replaced the USS George Washington, the USS Ronald Reagan. Nancy smashed the champagne bottle against the ship, unaware that it splattered all over President Bush. She laughed and said she only “…wished Ronald could be here to watch but she felt that in a certain way he was.” (Reagan