in 1984, reagan won in a major landslide by winning 49 out of the 50 american states. during his second term, reagan focused on ending the cold war. he held many meetings between margaret thatcher, pope john paul ii, and soviet leader mikhail gorbachev. they first met at the geneva summit in 1985. later they both discovered their passion of ending the war. reagan met four times with soviet leader mikhail gorbachev, who ascended to power in 1985, and their summit conferences led to the signing of the intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty.