He was not a Keynesian.
This was his high point.His daddy was a bootlegger thug
He had great speech writers.
He was great at rhetorical delivery.
Never did understand what a
Jelly Doughnut is called in Berlin.Passed woman around as if they
were pieces of meat in the people's house.Had an affair with a Nazi spy in Washington DC
Sent to war in the Pacific.
Abysmal sailor, turned off his engines
in enemy waters.Allowed his ship to be destroyed by an enemy cruiser.
Should have been court-martialed
Other than the first item listed
he was a run of the mill Kennedy.
He sort of was. In those days, cutting taxes without cutting spending was considered Keynesian.
Nope. He at least had a clue.