**Frankie and Donnie
By: Bill O'Reilly / March 23, 2025
Democrats are not going to like this column but won't be able
to refute any of it. That's the beauty of fact-finding as opposed
to shallow blather. So, listen up vapid TV pundits.
Democrat icon Franklin Delano Roosevelt governed the United
States in ways similar to Donald Trump. The two have much in common
with exceptions for style.
Somebody revive Nancy Pelosi.
First, both were/are easily bored. Ask Eleanor. FDR had
ladies on the side, a cherished stamp collection, and male confi-
dantes who did his bidding.
Top guy was Harry Hopkins, who actually moved into the White
House to bolster the President. Harry did the detail work, bringing
in Ivy League buddies to help him oversee the federal departments.
FDR had little interest in DC bureaucracy. Instead, he was often on
the train to his retreats alongside the Hudson River, at Warm
Springs in Georgia, at Campobello Island in New Brunswick, Canada.
As Ricky Nelson once sang, old Franklin was a Travelin' Man.
FDR also flattered Joseph Stalin, Putin's evil idol. Roosevelt
needed Stalin to defeat Hitler and, unfortunately, gave him the
store at Yalta. FDR knew Stalin was a mass murderer but Americans
wanted no more battlefield trauma. Outside of General George
Patton, few wanted to take on the savage Russians in 1945.
The result was decades of Cold War.
Donald Trump is also a flatterer when he has to make a deal.
In addition, he's not a details guy. He forms an opinion, selects
a solution, and settles on a negotiation strategy. Hopefully, his
tango with Putin turns out better than the Roosevelt-Stalin thing.
Another tendency FDR and Trump have in common is they don't
much care what people think. Roosevelt was quiet about that; Trump
was boisterous. Winston Churchill was appalled by Roosevelt's
weakness at the end of World War II. The American President did
not care what Winnie thought.
Elon Musk is the new Harry Hopkins, at least temporarily. He's
the detail guy examining wasteful federal spending. President Trump
admires Musk's vast success. According to a new poll, 77 percent
of Americans want tax dollar expenditures scrutinized. So you might
think Musk and Trump would be admired for doing that.
But no. And here is a major historical difference between FDR
and Trump. Roosevelt had the American press in his pocket. Even
when he forced Japanese-Americans into guarded camps, there was
little media criticism.
Today, the corporate press generally despises President Trump
and everything he does. It is truly amazing that American liberals
are actually opposing Trump's Ukraine ceasefire efforts even though
endless war is the only other alternative.
But back to similarities. Both FDR and Donald Trump were raised
in wealth. That is a separate mindset from most Americans.
Roosevelt was a patrician who governed from "on high."
President Trump is a populist, much more in tune with the
folks. Beethoven versus the Village People. Both presidents faced
enormous political problems. FDR's predecessor, Herbert Hoover, was
a disaster. Joe Biden even worse.
Today, FDR is considered one of the greatest American leaders.
If you are a fair-minded person, there is a chance Donald Trump
might achieve high historical regard as well despite the current
loathing. Lincoln had to deal with that as well.
But Trump's road to icon status will be a long and winding one.
And we are all along for the ride. Seatbelts won't begin to cover
it.**
For those who are paying attention, you will see how much our
45th and 47th President has proven what a true patriot and leader
really is.
You can also see what little Obama and Biden were able to get
done in their combined 12 years of destructive corruption and spent
most of their times away from the White House to avoid getting in
the way.
They allowed unelected czars destroy the economy. Even Biden
spent over 2 years of his 4 on vacation giving away trillions of
our tax dollars.
But now with Trump, he has recovered $2T that was in a slush
fund run by the Left.
It appears that how so many Democrats have become extremely
wealthy is being exposed.
God spared the attempts to assassinate the man who may become
known as the America's greatest President.
It saddens true Americans that so many Democrats and those
peddling the corrupt media lies refuse to think for themselves and
seek the truth and facts so they can see the truth.
Pray daily for God's blessings.
Conservatively,
John
Conservativelyjohn.com 