A statesman chose to trust. Unfortunately his trust was breached.
Gorbachev, 8/30 1931 - 8/30/2022.
The tragedy of Gorbachev is this world will have no more Gorbachevs and U.S. has no more great statesman diplomacy since the Reykjavík Summit.
Reykjavík Summit remains the summit of modern U.S. diplomacy.