I posted this in /r/AskHistory but then I found this subreddit which has many more followers.
hi! always room for more discussion, but fyi, you'll find some info in these posts. The first two have been archived by now, so if you have follow-up questions, ask them here & mention the relevant user's username to notify them
Why did Reagan direct his famous quote, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!", to Gorbachev? - featuring /u/restricteddata
Why did Ronald Reagan say, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" if the wall was in Germany, and Gorbachev was the President of different country. - featuring /u/lazespud2
How much did Reagan actually have to do with the fall of the Berlin Wall? - featuring /u/cavetroglodyt