What is the purpose of the speech? Does Reagan want the audience to consider a specific perspective or idea? Could he have more than one intention for giving this speech?

Reagan's speech, emphasizing freedom and reunification, deliberately asked for more than Gorbachev would stretch to, which The Times saw as an effort to undercut Europe's perception of the Russian as a leader of peace. (The Soviet press agency Tass called it an "openly provocative, warmongering speech."