Despite his defeat, Bush left office with a 56 percent job approval rating, and he remained popular with the public until his death in 2018. Historians generally view Bush as a passive, hands-off president who was 'successful in foreign affairs but a disappointment in domestic affairs.' In polls of historians and political scientists, Bush is generally ranked as an average president. Historians generally view Bush as a passive, hands-off president who was 'successful in foreign affairs but a disappointment in domestic affairs.' In polls of historians and political scientists, Bush is generally ranked as an average president. 5.2.1 Fall of the Eastern Bloc. After the Malta summit, Bush sought cooperative relations with Gorbachev throughout the remainder of his term, believing that the Soviet leader was the key to peacefully ending the Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.
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