" You mean Ronald just stepped down after ten years?' he asked. She had to be putting him on.

'He just stepped down and George Bush became president.'

'And then George Bush shot Ronald Reagan to prevent him from seizing power?'

'No,' she said. 'I think they were friends.'

'Friends?' he asked. 'It makes me wonder how we lost the Cold War.'

'Good point. "

― Anthony Marra , A Constellation of Vital Phenomena