it s not true. but it frightens people and it s very effective in the campaign. i believe the soviet union is first in outer space. you, yourself, said to khrushchev, you may be ahead of us in rocket thrust but we re ahead of you in color television. i think that missiles are more important than television. the missile gap was a total lie. we out missiled them at that time better than 100 to 1. if eisenhower 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, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
got to know chairwoman yellen, i think he would like her, and get a viewpoint that may be a little different than when you re a candidate. john kennedy once said about the candidacy he thought there was a missile gap. and when he campaigned on the missile gap, and when he got more information he realized we were way ahead of the missiles. so when you re transitioning, and you are in the most powerful position in the world, you have to change your point of view. we both know that smart people do that. so you re saying that it s a good thing he is flip-flopping. see, you want to call it a flip-flop, and i understand why. i call it more of an intellectual evolvement based on new facts and circumstances how about a meeting they asked him about fbi
emotions in politics. john kennedy got elected on a missile gap to a large extent. is there a danger, though, noelle, or peter? either one of you can weigh in on this. we can look at american history and know that because a lot of people think something doesn t make it ethical or moral. true. it s a slippery slope, noelle? it is a slippery slope. look, my background is middle eastern. it s kind of a i m walking a thin line. i ve got family, you know. but you ve got to look at exactly what he s wanting to do. and i think it s convenient for the left, and some people that are disagreeing within his own party on the right to take this and say that he s wanting to ban all muslims, it s all chaos. what he wants to do is have extreme vetting. and i think all he wanted to do is just hold it up for a certain period of time so he could get a good system in place. maybe they should be working
truman said, eisenhower knows no more about politics than a pig knows about sunday. in fact, relations between the democrat and the republican were so cold that the eisenhowers chose to sit in their car instead of accepting an invitation to come into the white house for a pre-inauguration cup of coffee. now eisenhower would be welcoming another democrat, the young, vital john f. kennedy. and he hoped to set an example in handing over the presidency not that the president liked everything kennedy had said. in particular, he was offended by kennedy s claim of a missile gap with the soviets. eisenhower not only felt there was no truth to the claim but suspected that kennedy was simply playing politics,
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 and khrushchev