Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt · President of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1882–1945) · 1882–1945

Appears in 8 videos · 9 passages, 1 of them in depth.

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani mainly brings up Roosevelt in connection with the crisis of the 1930s and the Second World War. In his view, the New Deal did not end the crisis: in 2020, he says it did not absorb unemployment and that it was the war industry that purged the crisis1. In 2022, he qualifies this: the New Deal absorbed part of the unemployment, but only the war revived the economy2. He recalls that Roosevelt was called a Bolshevik for limiting overproduction and doubling customs duties3, an accusation he still cites in 20254. On the war, he stresses the hostility of an America First public opinion, in the face of which Roosevelt is said to have waited for, or even provoked, Pearl Harbor5. He also mentions the recall of Joseph Kennedy, the pro-Nazi ambassador in London6 7, the second front the Kremlin had been demanding for years8, and the information on the gas chambers received as early as 1943, which Roosevelt did not believe at first9.

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Who is this?

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving US president and the only one to have served more than two terms. His first two terms centered on combating the Great Depression, while his third and fourth focused on US involvement in World War II. A member of the Democratic Party, Roosevelt served in the New York State Senate from 1911 to 1913 and as the 44th governor of New York from 1929 to 1932. […]

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Season 10 · 27 Jan 2022#8 Philosophising under threat

1:05:04The New Deal absorbed part of the unemployment without ending the crisis.
1:13:09Branded a Bolshevik for having limited overproduction and doubled customs duties, but only the war revived the economy.