had we had nuclear weapons early on in World War 2, it would have prevented the USSR from occupying Eastern Europe after the war. I do disagree with FDR's "selling out" of Eastern Europe to the Soviets, but I think that decision was only made out of pragmatism, as we needed their help to defeat Germany (as we did not have nuclear weapons).
First, FDR was a failed president in the sense that in his first two terms he failed to get the country going again and he failed to prevent WWII. All other presidents are judged on at most two terms, and FDR was in that sense a monumental failure.Second, if you read The New Dealers' War: FDR and the War Within World War II you will have no illusions that anything the US did that helped the USSR to our detriment was an accident.
Personally, I don't believe FDR could have prevented World War 2. However, I agree with you 100% that he was a complete failure as a president from 1933 up until our entry into World War 2. Had he not steered the country towards socialism, the Depression would have been much shorter and the recovery much more robust.
... you will have no illusions that anything the US did that helped the USSR to our detriment was an accident.
No kidding. That's why I stated that FDR sold out Eastern Europe after World War 2. I'm fully aware of the fact that FDR ate Patton's medals for daring to suggest that we push the Soviets out of Eastern Europe after the fall of Berlin.