Why Is Ronald Reagan Anti-Communist

“How do you tell a Communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.” Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of The United States and 33rd Governor of California. Reagan represented the conservative Republican Party. Before his political career, Reagan acted in over 50 Hollywood films. As a child, he agreed with the Democratic Party, but as he grew older, he became a Republican. Reagan ran three times to become President of the Republican Party, and the third time, 1980, he won both the nomination and presidential elections. During his presidency, he cut taxes and increased the money spent on defense. While he was a President, the whole country experienced an economic upswing, which is mainly the reason why he was re-elected in 1984. Reagan strongly opposed the spread of communism and he tried to defeat the Soviet Union by speeding up the arms race. During his second term, he started to become closer with the Soviet Premier Mihail Gorbatšov. Even though he was known as optimistic,
In November, 1986, Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reported that U.S has sold weapons to Iran secretly just to get the hostages freed. A plane that was transferring weapons from U.S. was shot down in Nicaragua. November, 21, Oliver North and his secretary started to shred all the documents that said they and numerous of others were involved in the Iran-Contra Affair. Reagan even tried to deny his involvement to the whole scandal by saying that “A few months ago, I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions still tell me that’s true, but the facts and evidence tell me it is not.” This shows, how two-faced and untrustworthy he actually was since he could not even admit the