Kennedy had a lot to do with getting us into Vietnam.
Which would make him an enemy of the NeoCon nutjobs as well.
Look up his advisors -- McNamara, Rostow, the Bundies -- they would have fit in very well with Bush and Cheney.
The question of what any politician from the past would be if they were alive today usually involves treating them as if they were dead, that is to say, as if they'd made up their mind all those years ago and nothing going on today would make them change their opinions.
"JFK" just wouldn't exist today. I mean, a politician like Kennedy, somebody with his experience, opinions, and power base, just wouldn't rise to the top of the Democratic party.
And if the historical Kennedy had survived to 100, chances are he would have followed his party, his state, and his family leftwards. JFK looks like some kind of maverick now because he was killed at a comparatively young age before his party moved to the left, but he really wasn't independent-minded enough to go in the opposite direction from his family, state, and party, or even to hold his ground.
His advisors may well have been part of the MIC, but JFK himself was not.
In fact he wanted a deescalation and eventual end to the Vietnam war. LBJ did a 180 and shifted it into high gear.
If your going to base the leanings of a President on his advisors only, what does that say about President Trump? Supposedly his closest and most trusted advisors are Jared and Ivanka, two of the most liberal and anti-Constitutional people around; quite happy to use the heavy hand of the government to achieve the leftist agenda.
The President is reportedly in the process of draining the swamp - how many in his inner circle would you characterize as swamp dwellers? How many are pro American patriots bent on returning us to be the land of the free; the home of the brave?
By your logic we must conclude that President Trump is a NWO puppet. Do you believe that? Neither do I.
At any rate, I don’t think the JFK of 1961 would be welcome in either party of 2017. But of course, we’ll never know.