He also led a war effort that involved singlehandedly defeating Japan, defeating an alliance that by the time he got involved included Germany, France, Italy, Hungary, Austria, Romania, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and others, and did it in 3 years and a few months completely and totally - unconditional surrender - and left the U.S. at the end of the war richer than when it started, and about half of the entire world economy. Probably the single greatest leadership feat in human history - what else can be compared with it?
Howdy John. FDR remains arguably our most overrated president. For help with my reply, I cheated and asked Grok this semi-loaded question, which it answered fairly and well, considering it took less than a second: "FDR is generally credited with leading a war effort in WWII that defeated the Axis powers in less than four years. What are the arguments for and against the idea that FDR by his actions and his planning and his personality were largely and perhaps uniquely responsible for winning the war and leaving America as the world superpower and strongest economy." https://x.com/i/grok/share/7LdYXhjAHrvIuvElDVK6vyfHv See you soon....
He also led a war effort that involved singlehandedly defeating Japan, defeating an alliance that by the time he got involved included Germany, France, Italy, Hungary, Austria, Romania, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and others, and did it in 3 years and a few months completely and totally - unconditional surrender - and left the U.S. at the end of the war richer than when it started, and about half of the entire world economy. Probably the single greatest leadership feat in human history - what else can be compared with it?
Howdy John. FDR remains arguably our most overrated president. For help with my reply, I cheated and asked Grok this semi-loaded question, which it answered fairly and well, considering it took less than a second: "FDR is generally credited with leading a war effort in WWII that defeated the Axis powers in less than four years. What are the arguments for and against the idea that FDR by his actions and his planning and his personality were largely and perhaps uniquely responsible for winning the war and leaving America as the world superpower and strongest economy." https://x.com/i/grok/share/7LdYXhjAHrvIuvElDVK6vyfHv See you soon....
And he's the one of them that I most respect....