Ronald Reagan - The Making of a Leader (Full Documentary)

30 years after he left the White House, Reagan continues to put his stamp on American politics. Barack Obama himself didn't hesitate to rekindle the "Reagan spirit". However, no President in the history of the United States has ever tapped into as much passion as Reagan did. Worshipped by conservatives, hated or even despised by liberals, Reagan is undoubtedly one of the most controversial presidents in the history of the United States.
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For some, he was the American hero who defeated 'the Evil Empire'; for others, he was an irresponsible warmonger who brought us on the verge of the worst conflict with the Soviet Union. Today Americans take stock of his presidency, whether you are a liberal or a conservative there is something on which everyone agrees: Reagan's presidency is a turning point in the history of the Cold War, breaking with his predecessors at the White House. In 'The Making of a Leader', we narrate his timeline, peeling through the layers of Reagan's presidency through its peaks and troughs. The story of a rough-around-the-edges cowboy who reveals himself as one of the finest strategists of the 20th century. By changing the course of America's history, this cowboy will change the world.
Director: Antoine Vitkine
Length: 52'
Year: 2009
Producer: Daniel Leconte
This film is part of the series "The Making of a Leader" 6x52'.

[@ronaldreagan4862]

Thanks! I love watching my own documentaries!

[@shlokpatel3611]

I reallyliked u as a president and can u pls tell other positive documentarys about u as i cant fund any

[@rodney5969]

Same

[@browardcountyjiggas4880]

Ronald Raegan! Thanks for tripling our national debt, ruining the middle class, destroying labor unions, putting strikers in jail, and calling black people monkeys.

[@rodney5969]

@@browardcountyjiggas4880 you welcome

[@browardcountyjiggas4880]

@@rodney5969 thanks for having one of the highest unemployed economies ever

[@josephdonais4778]

1964... I was a year old. I saw him on the DMZ. Korea in the 80s, I was maybe 6 ranks back in formation. A lot of people mock Reagan. I am glad he was at the head of the poker table at the right time.

[@soc3266]

Who remembers Reagan? The World and we sincerely miss his leadership! Reagan the man was far from perfect but he was an excellent leader and he was exactly what the world needed

[@renatoj.rodriguez9600]

LOL...!! The world says F.U.

[@chboy80]

It was his 2nd term from 1985 to 1989 that really defined his legacy as the manoeuvres during those years set the wheels in motion to end the Cold War.

[@douglassauvageau7262]

In 1984, after seven years of service in the 'Ready Reserve', I was recruited into the Full-Time Oregon Air National Guard with private-sector credentials in technical support to a growing Information Technology sector. WE WON!

[@masterhendy]

Great documentary. A very different focus on the period that led to the Reagan-Gorbachev era. A fascinating look into the dynamics. Most other docs will tell the whole story including the end. This one is unique and a much needed analysis.

[@girl1213]

I miss him. He wasn't perfect, but he was there when he was needed. I wish we had someone like him now.

[@bendewet1057]

But you actually do, his name is Donald Trump. You just need, and have to take a good look! I'm telling you this, from the 'Outside' as a South African.

[@jackcraig4268]

The greatest president of my lifetime.......and I've been alive since Truman !

[@skychaserA330]

Ronald Reagan was Ronald Reagan... a true American... Showing conservative... being...himself! This is why America loves him

[@MrNajibrazak]

How would he handle China if he is the potus of today.

[@juanprietob]

@@MrNajibrazak He was an actor that didn't know jack shit about economic policy or foreign affairs. If you hate neo-liberalism/globalism you should thank him.

[@royaldomain4055]

@@juanprietob Maybe you should have ran for office if you knew better. Reagan knew much policy than you & Carter, both Bush, Clinton, Obama ever will.

[@jamesanthony5681]

Yup. He read the cue cards and did what he was told.

[@bendewet1057]

😂😅😂😅😊, Nonsense, Dear James!

[@brandonrodriguez1181]

If only Reagan could see America today

[@RRL110]

Right and its all due to his making. He set the course for it and the result is a mess.

[@user-py5kg4yw1r]

Ну немножко не соединённые допустим, можно сказать зазьединённые земли , почти одно и то-же. Раньше в моём Казахстане народы Китая кричали мне что я кушаю ихний рис у них дома. 😂😮😅 мы привыкшие. ❤❤❤

[@twt3716]

He played it beautifully.

[@dynamitedave1438]

I Remember Reagan, the Orchestrater of a new found Peace! The greatest US president that ever grace the Whitehouse and as one of the world greatest scholars wrote - a man for all season's - a man that will be sadly missed by everybody... I also remember Gorbachev, I remember him as a broken man, sad and gaunt face, a man with out a country, A once great country Now in ruins, not even a pot left to piss in, Reagan is the hero here

[@browardcountyjiggas4880]

I remember when he was tripling our national debt, ruining the middle class, destroying labor unions, putting strikers in jail, calling black people monkeys

[@dright928]

@@browardcountyjiggas4880 Yeah that's the prerequisite for being a good president

[@browardcountyjiggas4880]

@@dright928 you act like what I’m saying is false 😬

[@dright928]

@@browardcountyjiggas4880 No I'm taking the piss. I'm not denying your claims, I'm just giving them validity. That's the joke.

[@au7weeng534]

I resent being subjected to poetry (or drunken rants, hard to tell) when I don't expect it

[@Onlinesully]

he may well have been underestimated by many. probably not by Thatcher.

[@twt3716]

Yeah Thatcher adored him. I liked Reagan, hated the iron lady.

[@jamesanthony5681]

Certainly underestimated by Jimmy Carter. " *There you go again* " was the killer phrase by Reagan, to Carter, in the second debate.

[@user-py5kg4yw1r]

💡🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🏺🚬 Бамбук курят и шутки шутят ребята! Чем бы не тешились, только бы не плакали! 💈🪬🧿🚬🚬🚬⛏️⛓️⛏️⛓️💈

[@johnwinthrop2702]

Reagan was a flawed man not perfect by any stretch of the imagination but the more I learn about him the more I respect and am interested by him as political figure.

[@javierlandaverde4108]

He screwed up Central American countries very bad.

[@aaronjohnstone2800]

who isn't flawed? “If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956

[@2TrillSenna]

00:25 even Lenin couldn't miss this historic day.

[@ndelpurg]

where have you gone Ronald Regan our nation turns its lonely eyes to you

[@modejro]

God Bless our times for all posterity bless 🙏✨📜 forever 💕💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖♾️

[@randykarl4351]

Even I'm Not From USA.. Ronald Reagan And William Henry Harrison,President That I Love,Interesting,Amazing Personality About Them.... #Greeting From Sarawak,Malaysia

[@bendewet1057]

And, same here, from South Africa 😊

[@michealflaithbheartaigh4139]

The similarities to Trump are all too apparent.

[@michaelfalk1529]

Sure but Reagan had a way much more elegant way of conveying his messages. The great communicator

[@bendewet1057]

So What! DJT has a large Gun in his Waisrband, that doesn't mean that he will use it against the Leftist Lib Dems, with their puny, old little 3 inch Blade, and their desperate struggle against him.

[@LibertyStation92106]

Chump the FELON is a psychopath

[@docadams7099]

Tampico, Illinois seems like a town so small that, in driving, you blink and you miss it. I remember another town that seems that way to me: Bagdad, KY. I was on a bus driving through it. On one end there was country, then this seemingly big downtown, then country again. All within a minute.

[@georgetaylor3777]

I recently came upon Regan’s farewell address and in a most positive way was taken by its content. To some like myself, it might serve as a reminder of a previous president who to my knowledge, never gave a farewell address to the American people. I’m going to leave the link and no matter what your political affiliations or leanings might be, rest assured it will be beneficial. I enjoyed watching this documentary, a time when all factions of government appeared to be working together for the common good, when those attending press briefings showed respect for any president that might hold the position. I’m feeling nostalgia regarding the eight years President Regan served in office. I wonder where has the America represented in this documentary gone, where are we headed? kzbin.info/www/bejne/qavFZGapbrGchJI

[@torkristianberg8943]

I believe the most significant word he uttered in that documentary was during the McCarthy-hearings and the word was "...however..."

[@cf-kw5qo]

Yes peace through strength

[@minksnopes1765]

"However, no President in the history of the United States has ever tapped into as much passion as Reagan did. Worshipped by conservatives..." If you don't think that Obama was worshiped as much or even more by liberals, and with as much or more passion, you are a fool.

[@user-ve7rz3pm3h]

Obama was amazing

[@CINAMASTER1]

Gaming 2020 Obama was trash, trump is amazing. Best president since reagan

[@user-ve7rz3pm3h]

@Izzo Khan helped america recover from the worst economic crash on record, and was actually civilised, funny, but genuine. Sad you can't say the same for trump.

[@user-ve7rz3pm3h]

@heath mcdonald That's complete bullshit. He helped racial relations, not hinder them. We did recover from 2008, and much faster than if there was a republican in charge. Trump crashed the economy this year... all Trump has done is quote mediocre economy numbers and jump on the Obama bandwagon. Not to mention the racial tensions which exist today.

[@tcfluharty]

You're right. Obama was and is still worshipped. However he did absolutely nothing good for this Country.

[@Goodnewsglobal]

After reading Teddy Kennedy's book I got a very good idea of Reagan and his mind. He was extremely cunning and well informed. He didn't give Kennedy an inch and Teddy still liked him. Reagan did what he wanted but all the while being very polite about it... interesting man...

[@aM-qu1tz]

which book by kennedy?

[@Goodnewsglobal]

@@aM-qu1tz True Compass.. 👍🇺🇸

[@Goodnewsglobal]

@@aM-qu1tz The best one ever though is Joseph P Kennedy - The Hollywood years.. covers everything... 👍

[@aM-qu1tz]

​@@Goodnewsglobal thanks!

[@kevinrandalrulach]

nice. thanks for sharing this :)

[@aryanm23]

32:40 44:10 50:00

[@user-ee3mw7cy1d]

Great documentary thanks you....why an advertisement so frequently throughout ?? I am so tired of good stuff like this being ruined by an add every 6 seconds, put good content out there ok we expect an add but man every what was it 6 mins RIDICULOUS.

[@user-ee3mw7cy1d]

6 ads in 33 mins cmon mate I am happy to view as it is a great doco but seriously

[@ibtehaljabeen01]

Best President of the 🇺🇲

[@dapper_gent]

My dad hated Reagan. I'm glad he did what he did for the tranportation industry.

[@user-py5kg4yw1r]

What kinda industry!, я боюсь спросить 🙋🏻‍♂️ 😂😂😂 трап? Транс? Это точно 💯 скоро юбилей будет 70! Как к Винокура на Аншлаге половина зала пожалели что дайперсы не одели на концерт 😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤

[@olegstepanov2054]

RIP Mr. President you were the best...

[@nativenation3296]

( Covid-19 ) Sunday, April 19, 2020 7:38am Toronto, Ontario Canada

[@strongdan1]

Thanks ❤❤❤✝🕉☯☮

[@mikenet1862]

The best

[@AirCargoHeavy]

"Blurred for reasons of youth protection"? You lost me there.

[@bizzjoe]

That was a weird one alright .. lol

[@onetwomany5276]

Bro is this the dude from Call of Duty?

[@eduardocruzlopez560]

Yes lad

[@cf-kw5qo]

Prophetic words of what is happening now ..

[@nikokaapa]

The narration is so spotty and weird and technically messy, that I wonder if to take any of its information seriously.

[@benmiddleton9984]

Much like Reagan's economic boom in the 80s, Donald Trump had A similar economic boom during his presidency. Income for middle-class households went up $6,000 under trump, drug prices were cut nearly in half and African American household ownership were at all time highs.

[@robfrancis8690]

Joe Kennedy Junior, I mean Ronald Reagan, made a splendid actor President.

[@hagdore]

No mention of Iran Contra? What a glaring omission.

[@bobblueford]

Or the VETO he signed that was to help the struggling farmers. Eventually many of them lost everything they had because he refused send help. He later (under heavy pressure) sent help, after it was too late.

[@moisesheredia2597]

What a great man, great heart, and brilliant mind!

[@browardcountyjiggas4880]

Great man? He tripled our national debt, ruined the middle class, destroyed labor unions, putting strikers in jail, calling black people monkeys. That’s a great man?

[@troywilson4694]

@@browardcountyjiggas4880 yes

[@browardcountyjiggas4880]

@@troywilson4694 if that’s great too you then you definitely have very low standards and don’t know the damage raegan caused the USA

[@browardcountyjiggas4880]

@@troywilson4694 great heart but yet he calls black people monkeys raegan would get destroyed in literally any debate I would rather trump another 4 years then that white Supremest

[@jamesanthony5681]

Brilliant mind?? Dutch never read a book in his life. Seriously.

[@angieg3624]

At minute 30:30 it’s as if he’s describing President Trump and the way he was also underestimated 🇺🇸

[@RoughRudeDragon]

Echo: CULTURE BEAT - MR VAIN.

[@aowens5668]

As a historian myself I really cringe when I’m watching a “documentary “ that’s laced with the opinions of he who is making it. Just show us the facts and evidence, we’ll draw our own conclusions. This is the same reason the media is not trusted in America today. If you think he was a “war monger,” there’s nothing wrong with that. Just leave it out of a “documentary,” or at least leave it for a well defined op-ed section.

[@ItzPronto]

Either he was a warmonger or a wild spender because he really spent a fuck ton (that we didn’t have) on the military

[@a_man8386]

@@ItzPronto he saved your ass from USSR

[@bobblueford]

He did not save our ass from the USSR! The USSR saved our ass from the USSR. The decades of taking money out of their economy and putting it into their weapons supply is what destroyed them. Same as a billionaire that eventually loses everything. The greed finally consumes him.

[@bobblueford]

@@ItzPronto I wish republicans realized how similar they are to the Soviet Union...military first, economy second.

[@user-dl3xy3oe5h]

16年前 去俄羅斯旅遊 當地導遊談起昔日蘇聯領導人戈巴契夫 政策錯誤與領導失敗 導致蘇聯解體 內心非常悲憤 誰不希望自己國家繁榮昌盛 國土完整 而沒有城府的戈巴契夫遇上老謀深算的雷根 再加上接手的葉爾欽 俄羅斯想再度強大 舉步維艱 直到 普丁掌權 才有作為 但是也造成美國危機意識大增 於是聯合西方列強 遏制俄羅斯 成為美國人處心積慮的盤算意圖 烏克蘭成為大型火藥桶了

[@oldfan1963]

HA! The Corporations React to Showtime's "The Reagans."

[@aryanm23]

44:40

[@orhanpolat6389]

ronald is centre of the universe of the bodies

[@lazaruskarl2629]

I'm not even from America....but i want to say this..William Henry Harrison And Ronald Reagan is among US President that i admire...😊

[@shapoval91]

Why are you blurring it? don’t blur it. Let it show- this generation is so boring- blurring everything.

[@genepatrickvi8377]

Mr reagan was IN IT to WIN IT" not to just to live through it

[@kooka222]

I understand this was released in 2009, but after finishing it, the glaring biases towards Reagan make this a bit disappointing, talking about his presidency while hardly criticising him makes this really hard to trust as a clear picture of it all.

[@bobblueford]

That's exactly what makes it so clear and unbiased. Praising his triumphs and also pointing out his failures. This should always be done with both reps and dems.

[@videoua5]

March 9, 1983 Reagan called Moscow an evil empire!

[@jayd1426]

Reagan >>>>>>>>>> Trump

[@emperormiguel8327]

I like both 🤷

[@CINAMASTER1]

Both are amazing

[@Alan-eb6zi]

I love Reagan but in terms of accomplishments and the bullshit he has had to go through, *President trump all the way!!!!!*

[@browardcountyjiggas4880]

@@CINAMASTER1 Amazing? He tripled our national debt, ruined the middle class, destroyed labor unions, putting strikers in jail, calling black people monkeys

[@that_dude_tk7327]

@@browardcountyjiggas4880 who called who monkey?

[@user-xu4rf2lx2v]

President Reagan might physically be dead...but not his philosophy and doctrines and patriotism. What a United States President...I hope #47 will be at least half as good as #40!!! Green Beret General James w. Millington!!!!!!

[@walter6873]

Big contrast between trump and Reagan. Trump builds walls Reagan tears them down

[@cf-kw5qo]

Reagan was a great American president , like Washington , Lincoln , and president Trump

[@RedmondBarryII]

Bruh. What did he accomplish?

[@alexandradane3672]

The very last decent leader , to date , that America has properly had since the WW2 . Kennedy might have proven to be wise , temperate and sensible - had he not been so prematurely and cruelly cut down . Whilst being a “ Democrat “ , he was no fool and would never have led the Democrat Party into being such a wanton and ruinous liability . So that’s about it and still a huge pity that Reagan did not come to the Presidency sooner and for longer .

[@renealexander2703]

I miss the 80s.

[@alexandradane3672]

@@renealexander2703 Bless you . I’m of age now to reflect and miss the 50s but I still , do and so understand . 💐

[@buckan8r999]

I wish he didn’t sign the 1986 vax bill, we paid dearly for it for covid. you can’t sue big pharma because of that bill. New presidential candidates must advocate rescinding that bill!!

[@dwaynesbadchemicals]

Beginning of neoliberalism.

[@waterlah2011]

Dominicans former prime minister Eugenia Charles. 36:52

[@douglassauvageau7262]

"A visceral enemy of totalitarianism"

[@deanschwenk1610]

I am trapped in Commiefornia. But I just bought a Reagan mask so I can Commense Random Reagan Sitings

[@ACF1901]

Lol reagan trying to speak directly to thr soviet union, but speaks to them in english lol

[@rn2811]

I love the look of the Russians while Reagan was speaking at the UN meeting unlike when Trump was speaking they just laughed at him.

[@digitaljman5744]

That video has re-emerged recently showing Trump was right - now look at the nation.

[@michellen2325]

Loved Reagan....

[@DontFeedTheTrolls]

More like... Ronald Reagan - The Beginning of the END

[@renealexander2703]

The Beginning of the END is now.

[@muqmuq6882]

6f

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

I thought Reagan was missing a brain until Trump came to town.

[@violetstameski664]

If it weren’t for Reagan you would not be sitting here, this moment in time discussing his intelligence. However your intelligence or lack there of shows in the stupid statement you posted.

[@skilletpro9696]

😕 💛 |

[@marthaball8029]

Narrator.... rethink that voice for the love of God!

[@198634]

I just watched the 3 part documentary on crave about him. This man was a horrible president ! An actor - and that’s exactly what he did for 8 years as president . We are lucky to all be alive because this man almost blew us all up and off the face of the earth !

[@rrrrrr-kb9sb]

The Russian who speaks at Marker 30:32 comes across as extremely gullible and uninformed

[@ajcristo4679]

Movie Star, Business man, American hero, not to mention of the sexiest men on the planet.

[@user-py5kg4yw1r]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 ох, спасибо за очень тёплые слова в адрес хорошего, доброго нашего Президента! Многие очень тепло с уважением относятся к нему и это приятно слышать в адрес порядочного Гражданина своего Государства!👍🤗🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️❤️❤️🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼💫❤️🥂 каждый из нас должен принадлежать к числу достойных и уважаемых.

[@patmo5197]

This is almost similar to Trump.

[@graham6132]

I Married a Communist - Philip Roth

[@user-py5kg4yw1r]

👄👅

[@haterswannahate4573]

Warmonger? Really?

[@nofelhemidov9032]

Last great american president.

[@Leann68]

President Trump was a lot like Reagan , that’s why I love President Trump , Trump was the greatest President since Reagan.

[@joshuavandercook4579]

President Reagan had morals and principles……trump not so much

[@woodyhayes7402]

You know how a person is a Conservative patriot parrot? if they cite Reagan as a true conservative. Reagan was conservative on the lips and his actions behind the scenes were that of a communist/liberal. so many fools runaround parroting Reagan as a conservative simply because this is what they were told. One simply needs to look at Reagans doctrine and implementing of laws, policies etc. to see he was not a conservative at all.

[@shadowmod3]

Greetings from South East Asia to us abroad we couldn't care less if he was a conservative or a democrat we only see a guy which had a big role in ending the cold war. to see Americans today rather tear their country apart and shake the very foundation of the global stability just for the sake of the domestic political satisfaction is a very disappointing thing. conservatives are conservatives but your democrats should be known and ignorant selfish bastards instead.

[@juanprietob]

Well, he was an actor that didn't know jack shit about economic policy or foreign affairs. His façade of a presidency was crucial to implement neo-liberalism. After 40 years of this failed ideology, we have Trump and the western financial system is on the brink of collapse.

[@rudy951]

@@juanprietob lol such a delusional piece of work you are. Reagan is ranked among one of the greatest presidents. And the economy under Trump is booming and booming. Nowhere near collapsing at all. Better yet, his administration keeps on breaking record after record and enjoys great support from minority groups such as the blacks, hispanics, LEGAL mexicans. I am sure that you won't believe me but just wait until Trump debs on CNN when he landslides the 2020 election. ;)

[@yearginclarke]

@@shadowmod3 I'm from the US and I agree with you there. This persistent and unnecessary fight between the right and left really grates my nerves when they could be doing so much more positive things with our energy than this never ending political fight that reminds me of the senseless stalemate of trench warfare in WW1.

[@nicc1905]

Jeffrey N well this didn’t age well....

[@fernaozinho]

Gorbatchev > Reagan

[@ACF1901]

Ronald Reagan "far right"? Lol thats funny.

[@derekbaker777]

Best President in my lifetime being born in 1980.

[@renealexander2703]

I miss him.