In the United States president Ronald Reagan attempted to move the United States back towards a hard anti-communist line in foreign affairs, in what his supporters saw as an attempt to assert moral leadership (compared to the Soviet Union) in the world community.
在美国，罗纳德·里根总统试图使美国回到反共产主义的外交政策上来，他的支持者认为这是在试图维护在国际社会的正义统治（对比于苏联）。