Detente under Carter

Question 1

When did Jimmy Carter become president?

Answer 1

1977

Question 2

What two major problems did Carter face for foreign policy?

Answer 2

SALT 1 was an interim agreement, and talks for SALT 2, the final agreement between the superpowers, were progressing slowly
Detente was extremely unpopular with the American public, who viewed it an an amoral policy, which had effectively allowed Soviet influence to grow unchallenged