haha read up on Reagan . Some of the memoirs I ' ve read from his staff . it ' s almost funny . The guy would sit there in his robes watching old movies all day , ignoring everything that went on around him . He ' d fall asleep in meetings . He ' d forget the names of people who was talking to or in the middle of a conversation start talking about cartoons . They gave up at one stage doing actual proper meetings and resorted to making IIRC cartoons and comics to depict the world . Honestly , it sounded like a Dilbertlike PHB situation where the graph is a sad face or a smiley face . They would show him things like Apocalypse Now and be like Mr President , this is what ' s happening to get a response out of him . The guy . basically acted like he was an actor playing a part . He would have lines to learn for speeches . He ' d have choreographers showing him where to step , how to talk , how to shake hands . They would start and stop these training sessions with words like ACTION and CUT . I ' m not kidding . To Reagan it was just a silly adventure game .