Many will argue that the speech was, in fact, the first step towards nuclear disarmament while others will argue that the speech was entirely designed to intimidate the Soviet Union. The speech came from different angles and warned against nuclear war and the end of humanity as we know it, along with the use of nuclear weapons to prevent war. The purpose of the speech was to position the United States against the Soviet Union in terms of the peaceful use of atomic energy. The speech was conceived in such a way that not only the United States would adopt the peaceful use of atomic energy, but also the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union was moved by the speech to foster relations with the United States. The speech was an American victory in every sense because, regardless of the Russian response, the Americans would have seemed supportive. The speech gave Eisenhower the opportunity to turn atomic weapons into things for peace and prosperity. The speech was shared with the world to propose the idea of ​​peaceful negotiations between all countries with atomic capabilities. But the speech was a dialogue between the United States and the Soviet Union in the hope that each country could eliminate nuclear weapons or regulate them. Eisenhower found a way to achieve all of his goals from the speech by implicitly and explicitly targeting the Soviet Union throughout the entire speech. Eisenhower