John F. Kennedy: Young President in Crisis | 5 Minute Videos
With John F. Kennedy at the helm, everything seemed possible—economic prosperity, progress toward racial equality, and even putting a man on the moon. But it all came crashing down in an instant. Larry Elder details the incredible career and legacy of JFK.
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Everything about John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was appealing: his good looks, his glamorous wife Jackie, their picture book children, Caroline and John Jr.
JFK personified how America wanted to see itself: youthful, forward-looking, confident.
But Kennedy had his doubters.
Did he have the maturity and experience to lead the most powerful nation on earth?
Early on, it seemed the answer was no. Within three months of taking office, he botched his first major foreign policy test, a poorly planned attempt to overthrow the communist government in Cuba. The failure, now known as the Bay of Pigs fiasco, was an international embarrassment.
His meeting in Vienna in June 1961 with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev didn’t help matters. Khrushchev pushed Kennedy around like a playground bully.
These early failures might have broken a lesser man, but Kennedy, a World War II Navy combat veteran turned out to be made of very stern stuff. The next confrontation with the Communists would be different.
That confrontation happened in October 1962. Khrushchev, thinking he could intimidate Kennedy again, ordered the secret installation of nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the Florida coast.
Kennedy ordered a blockade of the island, insisting that the missiles be immediately removed. What ensued was a high-stakes standoff—the Cuban Missile Crisis. Kennedy’s advisors estimated 80 million Americans would die if war broke out. The Soviets could expect even worse losses.
The world held its breath.
This time, it was the Soviet dictator who blinked. The missiles were removed.
The world breathed a huge sigh of relief, and America could get on with its seemingly limitless future because there would actually be a future.
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Excellent synopsis of the JFK Administration. You are correct – November 22, 1963, forever changed America, and nothing would make it right again.
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Died in Scorpio / Sagittarius. Jupiter time. Underworld. Now justice for the innocent Americans. # 11.22.
I don't believe you should give all the blame to Kennedy about what happened at the Bay of pigs. I think it's very clear that the CIA lied to the president. I think the CIA deserves more blame on that one.
We don't do these things because they're easy but because they are hard
Erm are we really still peddling the lie that Oswald shot Kennedy from the book depository???
Cmon….
I'm offended, Larry, that you state as fact that Oswald killed Kennedy. That's a political theory with virtually no evidence, not a proven fact. I'm surprised that you would put that our like it was somehow proven —- I don't imagine you believe that. Also, you don't get a purple heart for bravery. You get it for having been wounded.
Oswald didn’t kill JFK. The murder of MLK was worse than JFK. Otherwise, good video.
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Good video. But the nation is the United States of America, not America. America is a group of continents with many, many nations.
didn't the United States installed Jupiter nuclear missiles in Turkey in 1961 close to Russia's borders , before the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962?
A surprisingly even-handed video from PragerU.
JFK was a great president!
Love you Larry but am awful lot of that was B.S. Kennedy was not nearly as popular as we now "remember". He was in Dallas because Texas was not a sure thing the next year's election.
Ahh yes, the magic bullet.
I like jfk but we did not land on the moon obviously
He made some mistakes such as the Bay of Pigs and wanting to get to the moon, but he was one of our greatest presidents.
This is old
Damn Justin Trudeau took down Kennedy
Just think on July 13, 2024 we were very close to having a repeat of such an event.
May I ask
Was Kennedy a leftist?
And the communist killed him.
The ruinous higher-end tax rates were one of the driving forces behind "benefits packages"; when businesses would do things like pay for health insurance, rather than increase hourly/salary rates, because doing the latter would move someone up a tax bracket and cut their take home. PS: The current democrat party would lambaste Kennedy to the orbit of Pluto and back.
I was in middle school during the Cuban Missile Crisis. It scared the beejeebers out of me.I was devastated when he was killed.
I remember seeing this video back in the day Nice job having to reupload it again
Everyone thought JFK was like King Arthur but to me, he’s more like Julius Caesar and the grim fate as well.
JFK should have spent less times with broads and more time being president
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Good job!
Thanks Larry
Hey Larry your wrong here, JFK was a overrated scumbag, he voted against the 1957 civil rights act bill, he was a disaster in Cuba and Vietnam and cheated on his wife in the White House many times etc etc
Personally, I thought Season 2 of Umbrella Academy painted a perfect picture of what might happen if JFK survived…
The death of Lincoln triggered the era of Jim Crow, and Kennedy's death triggered the era of anarchists. Lord knows what would've happened if Trump didn't rotate his head.
Wait… the missiles in Cuba were removed only because the US agreed to remove its own missiles from Turkey, right? Seems like this is an important detail.
Good history lesson. Thank you Larry Elder.
Oswald was the cover story the Deep State took out JFK
same date nov 22nd same year 1963 another legend in Christian history C.S Lewis also died the same day
Good video except for the part where Lee Harvey Oswald shot him. CIA shot him.
0:52 Kruschev pushed him around like a playgound bully? The image is deceiving. Kennedy was 6'1" And Kruschev 5'3".
I believe Oswald took the shot, but I also believe Johnson was somehow involved and that Mac Wallace was probably another gunman there.
And nobody will ever convince me that the deep state wasn't behind Kennedy's assassination. Just like I believe they were behind Trump's attempted assassination. Kennedy was also trying to expose them just like Trump is. We know that now. Back then the people never suspected their own government would commit such an evil act.
Kennedy Great leader and you were sickly murder by mafia in the The government u s Spy group part up to government.
There was deep state involvement with the Kennedys assassinations, they also were intent upon reforming the three letter Agencies.🤔
So they're ignoring the fact that as a part of the deal to remove the missiles from Cuba the United States had to remove its' missiles from Turkey.
Also: The Bay of Pig invation plan was developed during the Eisenhower administration, and it wasn't until after this invation attempt in 1961 that Fidel Castro openly declared himself a Marxist-Leninist. The USA could've had a friendly Cuba, but just had to antagonise them which is why they aligned themselves with the USSR.
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How could you vote for a Catholic?" 1962 NYTimes probably
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