 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nokukurumidza pashure pokutora nzvimbo somutungamiriri wenyika, Reagan akavamba kuita nhano itsva dzezvamatongerwe enyika nedzoupfumi. Mitemo yake yezveupfumi, yainzi Reaganomics, yakatsigira kuderedzwa kwemitero kuti ikurudzire kukura kwezvemari, kubviswa kwemitemo yezveupfumi, uye kuderedzwa kwemari yehurumende. Muhutongi hwake hwokutanga, akapona pakuedza kumuuraya, akatanga Hondo Yokurwisa Zvinodhaka, akapinda muGrenada, uye akarwa nemasangano evashandi vehurumende. Mumakore ake maviri ehurumende, hupfumi hwakaona kuderedzwa kwe inflation kubva pa 12.5 kusvika pa 4.4 uye avhareji yegore negore GDP yekukura kwe 3.6. Reagan akaita kuti mari yaishandiswa munyika ishandiswe, akacheka mitero, uye akawedzera mari yaishandiswa muchiuto, izvo zvakawedzera chikwereti chenyika yose. Zvinhu zvokunze zvakatonga nguva yake yechipiri, kubatanidza kubhomba kweLibya, Hondo yeIran neIraq, nyaya yeIran neContra, uye Hondo Yemashoko iri kupfuurira. Muna June 1987, makore mana pashure pokunge arondedzera pachena Soviet Union seumambo hwakaipa, Reagan akadenha Munyori Mukuru weSoviet Mikhail Gorbachev kuti abvise rusvingo urwu!, mukati mehurukuro paBrandenburg Gate. Akashandura mutemo weHondo Yemashoko kubva pakuzorora kuenda pakudzokera shure kupfurikidza nokuwedzera nhangemutange yezvombo neUSSR apo akanga achibatanidzwa mukutaurirana naGorbachev. Kukurukurirana kwacho kwakaguma nechibvumirano cheINF, icho chakaderedza zvombo zvenyukireya zvenyika mbiri idzi. Reagan akatanga utungamiriri hwake munguva yokuwa kweSoviet Union, iyo pakupedzisira yakawa anenge makore matatu abva pachigaro. 