Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke with reporters the day his successor, President Kennedy, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. He shared his grief for Mrs. Kennedy and the mourning felt by the American people.
General Eisenhower spoke articulately, with good eye contact, good recollection of historical facts, with confidence, and without notes. He was a brilliant general and president. We need someone of his caliber today.
I suspect the 1st thing, knowing I was going to talk with the medias, I'd look up a little history to refresh, assassinations. But he seemed sincere. hollowood was then run by the mafia, had us in love with the kennedy's boyishness,... shallow we are often.
They will never give us anyone we can all agree on. They keep us divided for a reason. So we can't use our right to alter or abolish a destructive government. As long as they keep us divided they can put down either side while appealing to the opposition. Say if Republicans tried they would appeal to Democrats.
ooooh look at that in lol, "racist" US of AMERICA a black reporter. all the way back to 1870 when Hiram Revel was elected to MISSISSIPPI CONGRESS, after he had GONE TO SCHOOL, college and law school.
I miss presidents with the grandfatherly vibe of this man. However, unlike a few commenters on here, I personally feel that unlike LBJ and others, he was not involved in the whole JFK thing.
A Permanente war economy. I believe that was his caution to America in his farewell address. Never more clear and present than America at this moment. Look at post WWll spending. From Korea to this day. The CEO of General Dynamis is a Lady formerly employed by CIA. They don't even bother to cloak it anymore. A disturbing business model for Americans. And the world. Anytime you get international law firms. Wall street. International banking ect. In bed with the Pentagon. It's crippled our Society.
@@elliottschertzer876 "After tomorrow, those Kennedy Boys will no longer be a problem for me. I guarantee it." -LBJ, speaking to his Mistress on November 21, 1963. LBJ Reversed JFK's 1963 NSAM 263 the day JFK was buried. LBJ chose the members of the Warren Commission, including Dulles whom Kennedy had fired.
I see that this thread now has TWO cowards who can't be bothered to Google "1963 NSAM 263" nor any other verifiable evidence that I wrote about, above.
“In civilized countries of the world this doesn’t happen.” You can say that again general. The us has been declining ever since President Kennedy’s assassination and the vietnam war.
It is the conspiracy theories and distrust (regardless of their seeming credibility) that are killing the American bond within her citizenry. This creative paranoia allowed trump and his disciples and their "fake news" and "alternative facts" a viable platform. In earlier times the entire lot would have immediately been given a whole-hearted boot in the ass for their attempting personal gain in lieu of national stability.
@@justisolated5621 I love that you guys make wild assertions without providing any evidence to support it. I mean, you really believe it while taking it all on faith and as a matter of fact and it's kind of hilarious.
Eisenhower was a giant of the 20th century. Amazing the things he experienced and was intimately involved. On a side note: He's been described as "difficult" in private.
Ike (and JFKand RFK)was well aware of the CIA/Mob hit squads that Nixon (Ike's VP) and Bush(CIA) had used in South and Central America in the '50's, and completely signed off on those illegal projects. Ike also knew of the efforts to kill Castro and ok'd the Bay of Pigs invasion (April 17, 1961) which was NEVER a Kennedy idea, and was already rolling at full speed when he was sworn in (late January '61.) In this interview, it may be Ike was pondering the great likelihood that the JFK hit was just another CIA/Mob hit. It sure smells like it today.
My favorite part of these theories is that none of you actually have any evidence to support your theories. No additional guns, no cartridges, no forensic evidence, no witness statements that not only reliably place additional shooters at the scene but can't positively identify them, no proof from the alleged conspirators that they were there and participated... Yet you still believe it. Stuff that wouldn't even pass muster in a civil trial is total proof to you guys lmao
My dad and others around at the time said Eisenhower was a good president because he didn’t screw anything up and didn’t send any young men off to die in a foreign war… as president that is.
Though this interview, which I did not see at the time, is about the tragedy of the President Kennedy assassination, it calls to mind much more. It is shocking to think that the United States went from Roosevelt then Truman then Eisenhower then Kennedy to Johnson then Nixon. If that doesn't represent troubled times, heaven knows what would. Eisenhower was a good man first, an American second, a president third, and a Republican fourth. He did great things that sent the following decades in motion. I used to watch Kennedy's afternoon press conferences when I was a kid. I can describe press conference scenes and quote what he said with confidence that my memory is accurate. He is the president I am attached to the most. Here we have Eisenhower giving impromptu answers to reporters' questions under the harshest of circumstances. He did extremely well. The confidence in the American people that he expressed was tremendously needed at the time.
Eisenhower said the the right comments. We survived and thrived in spite and because of the Kennedy assassination. Civil rights, in particular, became the law of the land. Keeping a fair and equitable society is the challenge. Eisenhower would have been a better president if he did not have the Dulles brothers as advisors.
Because he was a General on active duty. Two months after leaving office, President Kennedy signed an act of Congress, recalling Eisenhower to active duty at his previous rank of General of The Army.
I sure wish I had as much confidence in our country as Eisenhower did then, but something has changed, part of which was Reagan's ending of the Fairness Doctrine.
@@martym.6274 You obviously have a poor understanding of the last 30 years of American history, and I'm guessing you either don't know what the Fairness Doctrine is or you're too biased to care.
No, his administration did get rid of the fairness doctrine and in all fairness it did dismantle the media into bipartisan sensationalism. The media is nothing more than a controlled apparatus by the government no longer an independent fourth echelon as a check and balance on the 3 branches. They used to have to present news as objective by presenting both sides of an argument. “Lawmakers became concerned that the monopoly audience control of the three main networks, NBC, ABC and CBS, could misuse their broadcast licenses to set a biased public agenda. The Fairness Doctrine mandated broadcast networks devote time to contrasting views on issues of public importance.” Now look at the media now it is a monopoly of corporate and government power. It is you sir who has not paid attention.
One of the greatest speeches, a president has ever gave. I believe I saw in another video that his brother added the Military Industrial Complex part to the speech at the last minute.
shutup smh the British wouldn't kill an American president and lose the most powerful ally they could ever dream of.. stfu smh.. and wtf would they tell Eisenhower for and wtf would he have to gain
Now now let us not bicker the truth is the truth the British monarch is illegitimate the Vatican is illegitimate and Washington DC is illegitimate and they are all scumbags especially the British crown lol
He apparently knew foreigners were not involved. He said Americans should not be concerned about national security. Seems like a normal person would consider this a huge national security issue.
I am a liberal, for the most part. In my opinion, Obama was the greatest president of my lifetime and one of the all time best. Frankly, I think Biden is pretty decent too. As an Irish American growing up in the '70s, Kennedy had achieved a kind of sainthood in his martyrdom. And yes, I know all of these and many others have had their flaws. But all that said, I would love to see the GOP put someone forward like Ike. Or Teddy Roosevelt. Or Lincoln. All of them were what Republicans should aspire to be.
I wish the dems could forward a better candidate than useless joe. He is the worst president since Jimmy carter. Obama proved one thing for the world to see. A black man can be just as big a disappointment as president as a white man.
@@EddieHenderson92 partisan hackery... bet you think that was clever... yeah. that's why kennedy tried to pull out of nam and was killed.... he did that selfishly for himself. you are the problem. you're a cult member.
@@linjicakonikon7666 Unlike you, I'm a decent human being. What's it like being a living breathing piece of decayed offal, regardless of your political affiliation?
@@TexasMan77 Do you? I doubt it. TBH, I wouldn't object to him if he was active TODAY because he would be to the left of all of the GOP and much of the Democratic Party. Eisenhower was moderate by 1950s standards, he struck a "middle way" (his term) between liberal Democrats and the conservative parts of the Republican Party. He continued New Deal programs, expanded Social Security, and prioritized a balanced budget over tax cuts. He wasn't committed to legislating civil rights, which I would have disagreed with, but even so, signed two civil rights bills into law during his presidency. He built infrastructure: the national interstate highway system. In retrospect, maybe not the best project, as it increased our complete dependence on cars. I also object to the Eisenhower Doctrine re: "fighting communism" by shoring up other countries didn't work out well -- Vietnam was part of the result, not to mention meddling in other countries. Given this record, Eisenhower would be considered a communist libtard socialist pinko and probably additional nonsensical rantings by today's Republican Party.
I sincerely doubt that he was involved in any way. In his last address as president, Eisenhower strongly warned us about the corruption of the military industrial complex. As you probably know, many believe that our military industrial complex was involved in the murder of President Kennedy.
By 1963, I doubt he was involved or “approved” the assassination of JFK. However, while he was president, the power and reach of the US intelligence agencies’ influence, especially in their covert operations, became firmly entrenched to a degree that, in the end, alarmed him. Hence his parting warning about the “military industrial complex.” At the very least, I’m sure he knew they had the capabilities to carry out the assassination.
No you tinfoil hat nut. And prayer is the highest act of sympathy possible as only prayer can bring true comfort and peace. Democrats have nothing to offer in a tragedy beyond vitriolic hate.
What kind of drivel nonsense is that? Judy Garland passed away in June of '69, Ike 3 months before her death. 1969, NOT 1963.....Read a history book, instead of CRT.
Not only does he know Oswald didn’t do it, he know it was his boys carrying out the Dulles doctrine. Basically this is an act. He knew about and approved everything even after he left office. A kind grandpa he was not.
