Fail to the Chief
Fail to the Chief
Thom Woodley
1940. What if Wendell Willkie Won the World War?
48 minutes Posted Aug 6, 2019 at 10:00 am.
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Every episode, comic historian Thom Woodley dissects one of the losers of presidential elections. This time, the discussion is on Wendell Willkie, a proto-Trump figure: businessman who never served in office, former Democrat, famous for speaking on a controversial issue. What would have happened had a completely nonexperienced man had beaten FDR and been at the helm during WW2??