ERIC ZUESSE—Whereas FDR was constantly questioning everything and everyone, and digging to verify what he was being told, Truman, who became President at his death on 12 April 1945, was driven by his prejudices and so was easily manipulated by those he chose to be around him (people who shared at least some of his prejudices). The crucial date when Truman made the final decision to start the Cold War against the Soviet Union, for America to ultimately conquer and rule over it, was 25 July 1945, and he did it because he was convinced by the view that both Churchill and General Eisenhower shared, that if the U.S. won’t take over the world, the Soviet Union would.
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