I most sincerely doubt that post war USSR could ever have been our friend. Stalin made significant (successful) efforts to recruit espionage agents throughout our federal government as well as export NKVD operatives to US soil. Our universities are still shot through with communists, in fact we probably have more of them here then still exist in Russia.
Regards,
GtG
“I most sincerely doubt that post war USSR could ever have been our friend”
I was being sarcastic, mouthing what a liberal would say had Truman been a Republican. Heck, they probably say that anyway, just not attributing it to his stupidity.
By the way, who knows if Uncle Joe and FDR would’ve remained friends had the latter survived.