The end of WWII in Europe was less than stellar from a Western point of view due to the USSR push west as far as they could. Similarly in the Pacific theatre hundreds of millions of war weary people ended up being ruled by Reds and it is fascinating to explore why this had to happen. My reading tells me that the US Govt and White House was so “riddled with reds” since the 1930’s that many around FDR were working towards this Good Old Uncle Joe friendly outcome. The West is still paying for this.
Yes, Roosevelt’s last years were very damaging for the West and set up the post-war Communist empire that enslaved a third of the world. It could even have been worse if Henry Wallace had not been dumped as the Democrats’ Vice-Presidential candidate in favour of Truman at the 1944 Convention.
Humanity suffered enormously the last time America was led by a dotard whose administration was white-anted by socialist radicals. Pray it doesn’t happen again.
U.S. History: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)