With the escalation of contradictions between Ukraine and Russia, Ukrainian President Zelenskiy swept the world overnight, and his comedian's humor and sense of humor are actually ridiculous, and then look at the tough and domineering Putin the Great, it is inevitable to make people sigh: Can actors really be good presidents?
Don't really say, the president has nothing to do with his origin, the actor can really be a good president, and if you don't believe it, you can see one of the greatest presidents in American history.
He was once a second-rate actor, in addition to being handsome, he was useless, but after he climbed to the peak of power, he not only saved the American people in the depths of the water, but also almost single-handedly disintegrated the former Soviet Union, and his acting skills on the international stage made the Soviet leaders hate the back teeth, he is the former US President Ronald Reagan.
Today we will take a look at how the actor became the president of the United States and how legendary his political career is.
In 1911, Reagan was born into an ordinary family in the United States, and unlike people like Trump and George W. Bush, his family was poor, and his parents worked hard to barely maintain Reagan's education.
After graduating from college, Reagan found a lot of jobs to share the pressure of his family, broadcaster, announcer, lifeguard, as long as he could earn money, he would throw himself into it without hesitation.
In 1932, a lot of hot money poured into Hollywood, and actors became a career of fame and fortune, and everyone aspired to become a hot star. Reagan was no exception, he came to Hollywood alone with all his belongings, and successfully signed a contract with Warner Bros. for 7 years with his handsome appearance and tall height.
At the same time, he also reaped the rewards of love and married Hollywood actress Jane Wyman.
After entering Hollywood, Reagan's quality of life has improved greatly, but if it continues to develop in this way, his life and the president have nothing to do with it.
Soon after, however, a major event completely changed the trajectory of Reagan's life.
In December 1941, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor also involved the United States in the whirlpool of World War II, and the patriotic Reagan enlisted in the army to shoot the film performance of the war money, which was at this time, Reagan was not only an actor in the hearts of the American people, but also the appearance of the defender in the film, and he also received a high support rate.
At the same time, Reagan also felt the charm of politics, gave up his career as an actor after World War II, entered the political arena, and finally defeated Ford by an overwhelming margin after decades of precipitation, becoming the fortieth president of the United States.
Since then, Reagan has embarked on his illustrious life, not only reviving the U.S. economy, but also almost single-handedly dismantling the superpower Soviet Union.
Compared with former U.S. President Roosevelt, who hung Hitler in a wheelchair, Reagan's changes to the United States are also recorded in history.
In the 1980s, due to the impact of the Vietnam War in the United States, the domestic economy was in a depression, inflation reached 20%, the national debt reached $1 trillion, nearly 8 million people were unemployed, workers' wages fell by 5% compared with the 70s, and the people were in a deep situation.
Reagan, who took office, stood up at this time, although he was an actor, he had a good economic mind, and launched a set of methods named after him to deal with domestic economic problems, which is what we know as "Reagan economics".
These include tax cuts, building infrastructure, strengthening public welfare, and creating more jobs, which not only lifted the United States out of its economic downturn, but also cemented its superpower position. Reagan was also known as the "savior of America" and was re-elected in the 1984 election.
However, this is not reagan's greatest contribution to the United States, if there is any reason why Americans worship and like Reagan so much, it must be that he used three schemes to disintegrate the Soviet Union.
In order to suppress the development of the Soviet Union, Reagan's first move was to strengthen the Western technology blockade of the Soviet Union, so that the cost of soviet application technology was greatly increased.
You know, the Soviet Union at that time was very dependent on Western technology, and by illegally obtaining these technologies, it could save 100,000 people research and development and a lot of time every year.
Reagan's scheme undoubtedly blocked the Soviet union's way to save money, and had a serious impact on soviet technology research and development.
In addition, Reagan also took advantage of the Soviet Union's southward march to Afghanistan to provide support to the Afghan Resistance Organization, a war that not only whitewashed the Soviet Union's dream of going south, but also greatly damaged the Soviet economy, with military spending alone as high as 45 billion rubles, not to mention casualties, which had a great impact on the comprehensive national strength of the Soviet Union.
If both the technological blockade and the war in Afghanistan could only deplete the Soviet Union, then the "Star Wars Program" was a brilliant way to really shake the foundations of the Soviet Union.
During the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, the Conventional Weapons and Equipment Technology of the Soviet Union lagged behind that of the United States, and it was only by relying on nuclear deterrence that it barely maintained its balance. But even so, the Americans felt frightened, afraid that one day the Soviet Union would choose to die with them.
To solve this problem, Reagan proposed a vision that if the Soviet Advantage was offset by a defensive net, wouldn't it be possible to sleep peacefully?
But at this time, the U.S. economy was just recovering a little, and there was not enough money at all, so Reagan used the acting skills he learned in Hollywood to solve the problem perfectly.
In 1983, Reagan made a televised speech proposing his plan, saying that the Soviet Union's nuclear deterrent capabilities had far surpassed those of the United States, and that if the Soviets had taken the lead in attacking, the United States might not have been able to withstand it, let alone other countries.
Therefore, Reagan suggested that everyone invest money in the development of a space weapon, so that the huge lethality of nuclear weapons can be avoided and all countries can be better protected.
Many Western countries listened to it and felt that Reagan's words were very reasonable, and they followed the Big Brother of the United States to complete this plan. Later, the "Star Wars Plan" began to be implemented, and the Soviet Union saw that its "must kill" was abolished, and it had no choice but to compete in arms, which eventually led to economic overwhelm and accelerated the time of disintegration. Reagan was also called by the media as "the man who crushed the Soviet Union without a single soldier.".
Throughout Reagan's legendary life, some people say that he is a hero of the United States and has consolidated the position of the United States as the world hegemon, but some people say that he is a scourge of the United States, after all, he has issued a large number of national bonds, resulting in the United States owing a lot of money to this day. But in any case, one thing is certain, Reagan is an inspirational great, and he still impresses everyone as an actor and lives out his own life value, which alone is still very different from Zelenskiy.
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