Reagan told a variant of this joke: > 'It had to do with an American and a Russian arguing about their two countries,' Reagan said Monday, relating the story h

Reagan told a variant of this joke: > 'It had to do with an American and a Russian arguing about their two countries,' Reagan said Monday, relating the story he told Gorbachev. 'And the American in the story said, 'I can walk into the Oval Office, I can pound the president's desk, and I can say, Mr. President, I don't like the way you're running our country.' > 'And the Soviet citizen said, 'I can do that.' The American said, 'You can?' He says, 'Yes. I can go into the Kremlin to the general secretary's office, I can pound his desk and say, Mr. General Secretary, I don't like the way President Reagan's running his country.'' https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/11/18/Reagans-jokes-draw-Soviet-frown/2291564210000/ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/11/18/Reagans-jokes-draw-S...