Presidents, PMs, Chancellors, General Secretaries and even Popes: Alternate lists of leaders
May 20, 2020 11:28:58 GMT
Post by stevep on May 20, 2020 11:28:58 GMT
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) - 1933 to 1945
Winning four terms, FDR led the United States out of the Great Depression and into world wars against Germany and Japan.
He died soon after his inauguration for his historic fourth term.
Henry A. Wallace (D) - 1945 to 1953
FDR's VP. Retained on the ticket for the '44 election and succeeded FDR upon the president's death.
With a foolish belief in Stalin's 'good side' and a hatred for the empires of Britain and France, Wallace put US nuclear weapons under international control. He presided over the loss of Greece, Italy, post-war Germany, China, Korea and the Philippines to communism. France and Iran would later likewise enter the Soviet orbit too. America once more retreated to its own shores, giving up Europe and much of Asia too.
Going to war with the FBI, Wallace brought down Hoover and ran for re-election a second time in '52 but was unsuccessful.
Robert A. Taft (R) - 1953
Won election in '52 over Wallace. Aimed to re-align the West and defend Britain from war fears with a Soviet controlled Europe.
Died months into office with allegations that he was poisoned at the start of a communist coup orchestrated from Moscow.
General Douglas MacArthur (I) - 1953 to ??.??
Seized power to save the nation from the communists, locking up many enemies in the process and effectively cancelling democracy when his soldiers took over Washington.
Organised the Second Constitutional Convention following his taking of power to redraw the political dimensions of America.
Gods that's a dark path for the world, not just the US. Very likely going to lead to a nuclear exchange between the two nuclear super powers.
Steve
