They wanted him to be a king, and he refused. Think Zero or Bubba would have turned down that offer? nope.
We know FDR wouldn't have!
“They wanted him to be a king, and he refused. “
Even more. When he appeared before congress to say the war was over.. he presented his sword to them. “My job is done.”
He set the tone for the military keeping out of politics. Something NO other country can claim.
He was a great MAN before he was the great President he became.
No. As govn goes... Jefferson. Maybe Washington was a better leader etc.