JFK: The legacy of America's 35th president 

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AuntJ10, I agree: but it turns out that this nice guy is my favourite famous person too.

103 and a half.

Happy 102nd Birthday in Heaven Dear Sir May he RIP

I agree he’s my favorite too but question for u if rfk wasn’t assassinated do u think he would have been a good president

+freeguy77 I watched his inauguration too. I went to Catholic school and the nuns told us we could have the day off if we did a homework project and the project was to watch the inauguration.

There hasn't been a great president since Kennedy until now the two are a lot alike and that you are a lot different back then you had to be a really good speaker proper English where our new president says what's on his mind may hurt some people's feelings I really don't give a s*** I hope he doesn't as long as it's the truth our president now is a businessman John F Kennedy's family was also business people John F Kennedy was such a great speaker people wanted to listen our new president President Donald Trump we listen to him to see what's going to happen next cuz it's always something good or bad he tells it how it is and how it's going to be corrected I look forward to the news flashes and his speeches he came from a hard-working family his mom and dad didn't start out with money they worked and they worked hard to get where they're at the American dream it's possible for everybody how far are you willing to go

@@mararobertson7617 @Mara Robertson This is absolutely ridiculous and an extremely ignorant viewpoint. Trying to compare John F. Kennedy to the current fool in office is laughable. JFK was no saint, he had his faults and his missteps. But he was no blundering fool whose mind was swayed by mere compliments and flattery, he learned to love the gritty nature of politics. JFK was the better example of a Gemini: articulate, a gifted orator, with a healthy sense of humor and was a man made up of complex contradictions that made him more of a human, and less of a deity. Agent Orange represents the lower end; shallow, cares only about his own interests, blundering, a fool that has only served to further divide the country. To pin all your hopes on an idiot of his caliber is telling of your own character.

@Sharon Downs is,there real proof?

Because you could go the next day

He promised an era of peace while sending combat troops into Vietnam. Yup, the first president to send US troops to fight there.

@@jonathangrant3620 He never sent ground troops in, and resisted 9 times sending combat troops to SE Asia.

Yes😥😔💔, I RESPECTED AND ADMIRED THIS PRESIDENT👑, DISPITE HIS ERA BEING BEFORE MY TIME....

@@jonathangrant3620 Are you a man of lbj ,aren't you? who did create Vietnam War ? Who ordered to stop and withdraw total American Soldiers from vietnam? After his death the order was cancelled by lbj. lbj and nixon escalated the war by increasing Amercan soldiers and B-52's more and more hoping that the US would conquered resulted in the opposite, Americans and vietnameses died more and more. nixon appeared to negotiagion but the withdrwal so much delayed. who won?

@@jonathangrant3620 actually Eisenhower was the first president to send troops to vietnam

The first sensible comment I saw here.

They (the killers) didn't let him have the time he needed.

Enough time to prove he and his brother could be a threat to other groups' interests, though. I do believe RFK was the president America desperately needed. We still need a crusader like him now.

Not his fault.

@Marc Bell so he wanted to end corruption in America and they didnt like that? Color me surprised.

Me too Simon Leaf2

Stop glazing

@testicular Just stop it

@testicular JFK was sending resources for South Vietnam. LBJ was the one who sent American troops to Vietnam

@testicular Wait, do you have a source that states that JFK put the missiles in Turkey? I thought the missiles were sent to Turkey in 1959, during the Eisenhower administration I think Ike is one of the greatest presidents in American history, better than JFK (though I think JFK is VERY overrated, I would not put JFK in a top 10 list of best presidents), however, that is one of his main blunders

@@person3070 yeah whatever

​@@person3070 You are correct on Ike agreed sending those Jupiter missiles to Turkey in Oct. '59. "By the time the Turkish Jupiter's had been installed, the missiles were already largely obsolete and increasingly vulnerable to Soviet attacks." --Wikipedia quote. So Kennedy did the right thing to make the deal with Khrushchev to end the scary nuclear war edge that almost happened, in a worldwide disaster, by trading those old missiles for the ones in Cuba, and a promise never to invade Cuba. That deal saved the world from a holocaust of tens of millions dead within an hour, and millions more from fallout and a nuclear 'winter' blocking the Sun's life-giving heat for many months if not years! That alone gives Kennedy above-average rating. But he started the economic growth by his proposing the tax-rate cuts (as Ray-gun did in '81, and future ones, as Trump did in Dec. 2017), that made the economy perform better with more jobs and spreading prosperity to more people. He also helped pass and signed the 1962 Tariff Reduction Act (The Kennedy Round) of worldwide (foreign import) tax reductions that made more goods cheaper by reducing the price increases embedded in the import tariff tax for the poor, working, and middle classes! And, his most proudest achievement was his Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (signed on Aug. 5, ratified by the Senate by a huge 80-14 vote on Sep. 24. 1963; effective on Oct. 10, 1963) to stop nuclear testing in the atmosphere. A major stop to Strontium-90, with a half-life of 18 years in the body that can cause cancer, with the fallout in the atmosphere that destroys the land where it falls for decades.

Yeah, we were all so proud of Bay of Pigs, VIetnam, the Berlin Wall, his opposition to MLK's March on Washington, etc.

Damn right

@@jonathangrant3620 No one said he was perfect, or that he intended for such fiasco to happen. And it doesn't take away from his efforts to inspire, as president he had to deal with a congress which had a strong conservative coalition, who were more then happy to block legislation, while Bay of Pigs was a operation with the goal to overthrow Castro, that in reality would have caused new headaches for America due to the plan needing the Cuban people to willingly support the coup. The March of Washington aspect was likely because showing open support would risk Kennedy being unable to pass more legislation anyway. Vietnam was a thorn in the side of America even before Kennedy took office, it being in such a sorry state that the South was bound to fall thanks to its own president, and his nationalist catholic zeal. Kennedy himself though, despite this, still tried and did inspire many. He made many feel proud despite the hardships.

@@Godzilla_64 Bay of Pigs, Vietnam were done by his cabinet ministers whom were the War Barons,

@@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723 hmm, I completely forgot about this comment. I would refute that as at least a few of them certainly don't deserve much sympathy, but I would argue that it was on them and not on JFK directly. Sure he ultimately choose them, but getting into that topic would call for now isn't appropriate for me to cover since I only know so much. I still stand by what I said though. Vietnam was a problem brewing before he took office, Bay of Pigs was a gamble that didn't take off due to fear of Soviet action against West Berlin, and finally Kennedy having to perform a balancing act between himself and a very conservative Congress. Still, he did set the ground work. He got a man name Meredith, a black man, able to attend university in a all white school. He passed the Equal Pay Act of 1963. Got the US out of the recession from 1958. Create the Peace Corps, an organization that still exists and helps nations all over the world. Negotiate the removal of missiles from Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis. And Push the US to reach the moon and win the space race. He also began work in Civil Rights when he proposed a bill for it in 1963. He also planned on withdrawing troops from Vietnam anyway too.

Damn right imagine going from him to LBJ to Nixon to Dumya and Trump....all the inspiration is gone...all the charisma is gone... the love for science and arts is gone...the war and war mongering,massive corruption and lies are now common.

Vern Pascal LBJ was mega bad

Sean

@@vernpascal1531 jfk jr and Donald trump are working together in secret. It sucks that he’s gonna be praised when he dies. And yes, jfk jr is still alive. Just faked his death

@Sean Cautela that’s true. The democrat party is a shell of its former self. And I’m not talking about it’s slavery days. I mean the golden days. Like the days when jfk was around

Karanveer Singh while I agree that JFK was definitely presidential, he was not the last president to fit the true definition.

@@kaymuldoon3575 he was everyone after was trash

Farhanking7864 reagan?

Reagan is a meme lord too

Reagan???

Preach fellow American 🇺🇸 😍😇🦾

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sunshinedelights we’ve got a great president now. JFK just happened to be more classy.

@@donald_the_savage1234 that's your opinion, not a fact.

@@donald_the_savage1234 LOL! This is a joke right? There ain't been a great president since JFK was assassinated

+Darrell's Wortham nah he was one of the best

Ignacio Marquez Actually he would probably be an average one judging from his presidency. Only his achievements of the Cuban missile crisis shadows his controversies

Was he good because he started us down the road in Vietnam by putting over 17,000 troops there? Was it the Bay of Pigs where the US looked weak and stupid? Was it his inaction when the Berlin Wall was built? Or was it when he told MLK not to stage a rally at the Lincoln Memorial?

You are seriously ill informed.-probably an Oswald did alone knucklehead as well. JFK did everything humanly possible to never put in ground troops. 8 times he resisted putting in ground troops in Laos and Vietnam.

He put in ground combat troops. First president to do so. He had no authority from Congress to do so. Learn to read and do research before writing such a poorly drafted comment.

Indo Wrangler Trump is that man!

@@sufficientlyrandom8184 all he does is create jobs and NOTHING else!

Creating jobs is great, but if it wasn't for Obama, unemployment would be way up. In 2010 unemployment was at 10% then in 2016 it was projected by several news channels and lots of networks at 5%, if it wasn't for his progress of dropping the percent down unemployment would still be a MAJOR issue.

Well guess what? JFK Jr. is alive.He's with Qanon

@@sufficientlyrandom8184 comparing trump to Kennedy is a joke.

You make it sound like it's in the future. Lemme help you, "he could have gotten reelected in 1964"

+jermom phat lol,agreed.

further using a hyphen re-elected. ( that's how we did it in the past) .

But wouldn't advise him to go to Texas next fall. I just have that feeling. Although young Bill Paxton may be in the audience.

Could? He would have won. Absolutely no doubt, a landslide I bet.

for any nation, well u would have to know every nation and their presidents and what they did. For america, yes

Me too, especially now.

JFK is not the best smh

Big C He’s up there for sure. He is one of the best presidents we’ve had.

So he is the best just because everyone else says so? Honestly what did he do?

Vietnam, Bay of Pigs, the Berlin Wall were all of his legacies.

Nonsense!

Its a good thing he's gone

Jonathan Grant, Vietnam involvement began with Eisenhower in late 1955. Kennedy inherited it. Although Kennedy did send advisers there during his Presidency, by September of 1963 he told Walter Cronkite that it was going to be South Vietnam’s war to win. The very next month, Kennedy drafted NSAM - 263, an order to bring home 1,000 of our troops from Vietnam by the end of December 1963. A total phased withdrawal of our remaining troops was to be completed by 1965. Coincidentally, Kennedy was assassinated on the very day that NSAM - 265 was being finalized by his Military Advisers. Kennedy was supposed to sign NSAM -263 when he returned from Dallas. LBJ became President upon the assassination of Kennedy, and escalated the Vietnam war. As far as The Bay of Pigs, Kennedy also inherited that from Eisenhower, who had planned it out with the CIA months before. Newly elected, Kennedy took the advice of the CIA regarding The Bay of Pigs. When Kennedy found out that the CIA had lied to him about the exact nature of The Bay of Pigs mission, he put a stop to it. Kennedy took full responsibility for the failed mission in an address to the American citizens, but also fired the CIA Director, Allen Dulles. As far as your Berlin Wall comment, that is so ridiculous that it doesn’t even deserve my time.

Well said

He was a good president

His death (and others) lent impetus toward breaking many cultural paradigms.

It's always should be that way...

Ultimately the character you show in private will affect your public persona. It is impossible to compartmentalize your life that completely. That is what Dr. Jeckyl attempted to do when he took on the persona of Mr. Hyde.

Danny Burch America was extremely racist back then though.

Donald_the_savage 12 Nobody cares really

fauticus but America is better now.

Danny Burch America was NOT great. He wanted to change that. Racism and Jim Crow laws ripped across the country. Sexism and homophobia would destroy people's lives. Kennedy wanted to make the world a better place. America was never great.

@@burntpercentage609 America was great back then despite our flaws. Yes we were flawed, but name a perfect country we should model ourselves after. I'll wait. JFK was a great president btw.

He was definitely a man ahead of his time, and his style was timeless too. He wouldn’t be remotely out of place if he existed today; probably would win the election again too :)

I remember him; I was in 1st grade, and it was the 1st time that our school brought in a T.V. to watch the coverage of that dreadful day!

America is doing great. 🇺🇸 Another 4 years! Trump 20202!

Cristal Hardy we need a proper leader not a pretender

I don’t know about Democrats but there’s one patriot I know...

Agreed with you there!!!! Senator Manchin and Senator Lisa ? (Arizona) are the only 2 Democrats that have their own mind and values. They don't allow themselves to vote party line, and they truly represent the people in their state!

@@egoapple5421 you know your mom.

He didn't believe in the authoritarian modern Dem's extremist dictator mentality (1964-present) who desire total control of the population in their monopoly Big Government thinking. He despised the 'liberal' label for himself, and those who wanted Government to do everything instead of by natural competition of free markets. He was controlling the crazy war-mentality in the Pentagon and Intelligence agency to veto their nutty war-hawk ideas, as Operation Northwoods was their idea on Mar. 13, 1962. It was to clothe some Army men in Cuban uniforms and attack Miami and other cities, to stoke rage against Cuba, to give the U.S. a (false) pretext to go to war to remove Castro from power in Cuba. He said to an aide after hearing that proposal: "Are they crazy?" He was correct in his thinking of their dangerous ideas and their constant war mentality against Cuba and the USSR!

And health, he was constantly sick and in pain

@@seth210 true. i once read that if jfk hadn't died that day, he still might not have had a long life given his health issues. i believe it was a doctor who said that, can't remember for sure.

Not surprising that the so called “Bible Belt” hated the man. As a fellow southerner, it is interesting to live with such ignorant folks.

Hated by the narrow-minded, racists, J. Edgar Hoover, the MIC, the CIA, the FBI, the Mob, the Pentagon, big oil, and the greedy elite, which tells me that he was doing something right and good for the rest of US. RIP JFK

Why was he hated in the South?

@@asanta2023 Civil rights

Greater than TR? FDR? Ike? Truman? Bay of Pigs, Vietnam, Berlin Wall, assassination of Diem, etc, etc. We went from one crisis to the next under him.

@Jorge C. He inspired more people for the right reasons than any President since.

A piece of crap president. Almost got us destroyed. Pervert and not the brightest light on the porch. Were it not for his dad, JFK would be nothing. I repeat NOTHING!

@@jonathangrant3620 The Bay of Pigs preparations had started since Ike was president. Dulles had been working on this. The CIA launched this operation in a clandestine way. Vietnam; he did not want to get fully involved there ("That is their war. They are the ones who have to win it or lose it.") LBJ put us in Nam (fully) and many people think he was a great president because he signed the Civil Rights Act. The CIA did many things behind presidents' backs like the U2 that took off and was shot down while flying over Soviet airspace when Ike was on his way to meet with NK after he had ordered no launches or takes off of spy planes? How was Patrice Lumumba killed and who did it?JFK was very disturbed about this assassination. He knew how it was done and by whom but he couldn't say anything. The assassination of Diem? Same thing, CIA. Berlin Wall; who was going to stop it? Kennedy? How? Trump wants to build a wall in the south. Who is going to stop this nonsense? Russia? How? In many ways, the CIA put this country in crisis after crisis and the president had to find the way to get out of them. Kennedy got out of the Cuba missile crisis successfully and we can talk about it now. Had the crisis gone unresolved, we would not be here.

Bucky Brown you’re a simplistic, moronic, imbecile!

I respectfully disagree. Congressman Joseph Kennedy ran for a Senate seat in 2020, challenging the incumbent Joe Moakley in the primary. Moakley was in Congress longer than Kennedy was alive. Moakley and Kennedy had similar voting records. Moakley could take out footage of Joe Kennedy or his great-uncle Ted Kennedy praising him. Kennedy ran basically on the family name, asking the voters to pass the torch to a new generation. I'd ask why? Why at that moment? Where's the contrast between Kennedy and Moakley other than the age gap? Moakley was healthy enough for another six years. Why should Moakley's seniority be thrown out the window? Just because someone is the great-nephew of a former President? Kennedy probably ruined his chances for higher office. If he waited for either Moakley or Elizabeth Warren to retire, he could likely use the family name to help win the primary and general election.

Lack of snobbery? Everything he wanted or his daddy wanted for him was bought and paid for. He had as much contact with the common man was we have with Martians.

@madesh gandra Just ignore him. We call those biased haters with nothing to back up their arrogance.

I think we have, because life goes on, and we have no other choice. However, seeing who is in the White House now, it seems like we never recovered. And of course there will always be the question, of what might have been, and the same can be said about his brother Robert F. Kennedy, if he had lived and got elected I believe would have been on par if not better than JFK. I'm a great admirer of them both.

Frank Costanzo, You are correct.

Even though most historians think he’s the 5th best president.

There were way better president like Clinton JKF was trash.

Darrell Allen Oh My God, Respect Ok.

Darrell Allen JFK saved the world from World war 3 so no you are highly mistaken.

Darrell Allen you're highly mistaken. Kennedy crushes clinton's legacy even when it comes to cheating on their wives. Kennedy had them call girls, Monroe, and everything. Ya boy clinton had a chubby lewenski.

movieman175, JFK wasn't taken down by one of the lowest among us. That is the myth built by the powerful insiders in Government and their lackeys in the media. There were bigger forces at work in removing JFK as president. Lee Oswald was an FBI informant and a CIA asset, plus he taught himself the very difficult Russian language, so he was no dummy. He was on the first floor of the Texas School Book Depository building when the shots from the Grassy Knoll and the Sixth Floor were fired. That is the fact on where he was, when interviewed by the Dallas police on the Friday evening of Nov. 22.

Wait a little longer 😂

Doubt it

Jon K There’s a small theory about JFK’s daughter, Caroline running for President in 2020. I don’t think it’s gonna happen tho.

He didn't do it. He was on the 2nd floor cafeteria, calmly drinking a Coke when accosted by a cop, who demanded to know his ID. His boss came along and vouched for him. LHO passed a nitrates gunpowder residue test that afternoon at the Dallas PD, proving he shot no gun that day--and that includes the officer J.D. Tippit he was also accused of killing. No dice! He shot no one! A patsy, exactly as he claimed he was when asked by a reporter why he did it, he replied, "I didn't shoot anybody, no sir!" So he denied wanting "publicity" as the dumb WC Report tried to paint his motive for it! Just plain dumb, but it was a cover-up to conceal the real guilty plotters and the professional hired shooters who actually did it, obviously!

its just sad he died:( he left this earth to early, he was only president for 2 yrs :(

+Alexandria Brugger He almost had 3 years, it was two years and 10 months that he had. Wish he could have had at least 5 years. A lot of people don't realize this, but Abraham Lincoln was killed when he only had 4 years and a few weeks. Lincoln was only a few weeks into his 2nd term, when he died, since back then a President was inaugurated in early March.

Rothschild control happened

Corruption happened

​@@uptownsanz4465 Huh? So explain me how the 70s and 80s where the golden era of serial killers? Corruption would not allow police to do their job and USA would been more dangerous in the 2010s than 70s

He (and Khrushchev) saved the world, by both negotiating and coming to a deal instead of war, despite their respective hardliners (war-mongers in their military chiefs) on each side bleating for war. "We should never negotiate out of fear. But we should never fear to negotiate." --President John F. Kennedy (Inaugural Address; Jan. 20, 1961)

#BostonStrong

Aylin Alba she moved to NY with her kids later on married Onassis (I assume not for love but for protection). She feared the kids would be target of assasination. She died in 1994.