This Russian eulogized Reagan as "a president who listened" though "we had to overcome mistrust"
So even though we don't pander to big business (ok, leave GE out of it even .... 
REAGANS EULOGY of United States on Nov 8, 2008 ... we had to overcome 
mistrust and the barriers of numerous problems and ... Former Soviet Leader 
Mikhail Gorbachev, in a tribute "A President Who Listened" (7 June 2005).