Answer :
When Reagan kept trying to influence the USSR, he hoped that this U.S. influence would lead to the USSR will becoming less threatening.
What was Reagan's hope?
President Reagan did not like the power that the USSR had and he did not like how threatening they were to U.S. security.
As a result, he tried to use his position as President to influence the USSR to reduce how threatening they were.
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