to deliver his farewell address on january 17, 1961, it was his last chance to speak to all of america as president. this evening, i come to you with a message of leave taking and farewell. from beginning to end, it was just about 16 minutes. but it expressed a lifetime of experience. we yet realize that america s leadership and prestige depend not merely upon our unmatched material progress, riches, and military strength but on how we use our power in the interest of world peace and human betterment. after seeing jfk warn of a missile gap, ike felt he had reason to fear this young president might commit our military to unworthy goals, perhaps even be itching for a fight. disarmament with mutual honor and confidence is a continuing imperative. one thing eisenhower
on january 17, 1961, it was his last chance to speak to all of america as president. this evening, i come to you with a message of leave taking and farewell. from beginning to end, it was just about 16 minutes. but it expressed a lifetime of experience. we yet realize that america s leadership and prestige depend not merely upon our unmatched material progress, riches, and military strength but on how we use our power in the interest of world peace and human betterment. after seeing jfk warn of a missile gap, ike felt he had reason to fear this young president might commit our military to unworthy goals, perhaps even be itching for a fight. disarmament with mutual honor and confidence is a continuing imperative. one thing eisenhower and khrushchev had agreed upon was,
i think the democratic party to be acceptable today you have to be far to the left. bill clinton jfk today would be considered a conservative by democratic standards. he was for strong defense, for tax cuts, he ran against nixon as the missile gap. so you don t have the jfk s or the bill clinton s in today s party. obama was a charismatic figure himself, the democrats got shellacked every other way. could jfk get the nomination today? no. because he would be too much of a centrist. donald trump is going to be reelected in 2020 because he is cutting regulation, stimulating the economy and is showing leadership of the world. what are your problems with
information john kennedy in 1960 ran on a missile gap. when he got to the presidency, opened up the first briefing book, he realize we are well ahead of the russians and missiles. what the president is recognizing now, in addition to being the leader of the united states, in some ways he is a moral leader. you see those kind of atrocities, extending messages to our adversaries and allies. look what he s doing to isis. even the left is admitting to that. eric: anthony, what is a cease-fire, really? so they are defending bashar al-assad. there is a civil war going on. what does it really entail? i m not understanding the nuts and bolts of what this de-escalation zone and cease-fire is. okay. it s very important to understand the challenge of the tribal nature of what s going on over there, okay? so assad represents a tribe in syria that has held power for
it s not true but it frightens people and it s very effective in the campaign. you yourself said you may be ahead in rocket trusts but we re ahead of you in color television. the missile gap was a total lie. we out missiled them better than 100-1. if he came forward and said this kid is not telling the truth, it would have been a different election. let every nation know whether it wishes us well or ill that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, beat any hardship, support any friend, uphold any foe to assure that success of liberty.