Well, we might have gotten Henry Wallace as President. What would have happened then?
One term and then another chance for pro-American politicians to run.
Wallace would have surrendered even more of Europe to the Soviets, and South Korea to the Chinese, for starters.
Wallace, running as a third party, nearly cost Truman the ‘48 election. Wallace, surprisingly enough, was a strong proponent of the creation of the State of Israel, and it was probably as a result of his pressure that Truman recognized the State of Israel during a presidential election year.