Eisenhower Angered By Golf Query (1957)

Unissued / Unused material.
Title - 'Golfing query angers Ike'.
Washington DC, United States of America (USA).
Various shots of President Dwight Eisenhower entering press conference. MS Eisenhower answering question about Teamster Dave Beck's decision to take the Fifth Amendment in the face of Senate question about Union Funds. He says that he does not want to comment on a person's decision to take the Fifth Amendment but he might have something to hide by doing it.
CU Eisenhower listening to question about spending on helicopters to ferry him off the golf course more quickly. CU Eisenhower saying he doesn't think much of the question and helicopters have not been suggested, he turns away from camera.
Cataloguer's note: American commentary.
FILM ID:2858.09
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[@F-15spec]

Ike shifted from President to 'General' answering that question!

[@jerrytaylor4078]

F-15 Spec Yeah, he did!

[@bobgriffith1810]

F-15 Spec He's commander in chief as President,, a point worth noting

[@noahlawson7949]

That's cause even as president he preferred general.

[@dmv1121]

I throughly enjoy the ‘don’t screw with me today’ face that Ike made in response to the question.

[@SincereSentinel]

Agreed 🙂👍

[@supremesupreme8474]

@@SincereSentinel 📉👎

[@seoceancrosser]

A President that says it like it is. A lot to admire about that.

[@johnjones3813]

Yes, but there's a difference between a no nonsense guy, vs just pure nonsense for nonsense sake. I think we all know who I'm referring to.

[@andrewwalton1520]

​​@@johnjones3813No we don't. It can't surely be ole ' Bidet because he can barely understand the question let alone give anything resembling a straight answer ! 😅😅😅

[@javamola4771]

There was a major street in Tehran Iran named after him , "Eisenhower" and I used to live there , also another street called Kennedy and again another one called Roosevelt , I learned my history lesson of America by knowing streets' name in my neighborhood , ofcourse this was before revolution of 1979

[@Knight192]

i'm sure they renamed it Death to America Blvd or something catchy like that

[@MrRidder87]

@cyndy t are you an iranian yourself?

[@gussalazar449]

@cyndy t Historical context is everything when considering past events. You must be one of those low IQ people knocking down statues of American heroes.

[@grawakendream8980]

@cyndy t You mean Mossadegh

[@DEADGAME1805]

Poor dude, from Iran learning American history, in Iran. Should've showed you Iranian history & heritage, not American, but of course you were ruled by imperialist & rich oligarchs. Not anymore, your people control the country now, and should remain controlling it & doing good business around the world, without the fear of attack or sanctions.

[@TravelinBand747]

Eisenhower’s icy stare there was vintage Ike. I’d imagine that as an Army general he gave that stare to more than a few subordinates before upbraiding them. Ike could be jovial but did not suffer fools at all. He was a tough one.

[@jacobpeters5458]

I honestly was surprised to see him mad. I feel he'd only give that stare to purposely offensive questions like the one implying he spent a ton of money on helicopters just to golf but doesn't the president have to pay everything back after election anyway? idk

[@troygipson9643]

Yes he was and one of the best Republican presidents in history.

[@reda84.]

@@troygipson9643 he is regarded as the 5th best president in american history which would make him the 3rd best republican after Abe Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt

[@noelvalerio5997]

Umm, no. Ike was just like Nixon, he wasn’t a very confrontational person.

[@TravelinBand747]

@@noelvalerio5997 I didn’t say he was confrontational, but as a general and as president, he’d have been demanding to men who worked for him, and in the Army, to subordinate officers. His reluctance to publicly confront Joe McCarthy did seem at odds with his commander role, but he thought McCarthy was trash and did not warrant Ike’s attention. Also, McCarthy was a Senator, not an underling.

[@brentsummers7377]

I read that someone made and sold car bumper stickers that said 'Ben Hogan for President'. The joke being that if the USA had to have a golfer for president they should have a really good one.

[@eogg25]

You don't have to be a good player to enjoy sports. or any hobby. just enjoy doing it and or watching others do it. Eisenhower was good at what he did professionally.

[@oltedders]

@Michael Scott There's a calculator on your phone. See if you can operate it. One hundred years ago was 1920, not 1957.

[@oltedders]

@Michael Scott Ben Hogan, Player of the Year, 1948. Moving in the right direction.

[@oltedders]

@Michael Scott Dyslexic

[@rotwart]

That’s a stupid ‘joke’. It’s like saying tiger woods for president because trump plays golf. They all do even Obama. Lame and pointless.

[@batsman2755]

Ike was a big golfer. He had a heart attack on a golf course in Denver and spent the summer in a hospital in Denver.

[@BradWatsonMiami]

Ike had a golf practice facility built at Camp David that's been active since 1953. Trump practices there clandestinely so it doesn't look like he golfs during 90,000 Americans dying from the plague.

[@johnpathadan]

@@BradWatsonMiami you mean due to the negligence of democratic governors.

[@BradWatsonMiami]

@@johnpathadan WTF?! Are you a supporter of Donald Trump = 666 the current Antichrist?

[@johnpathadan]

@@BradWatsonMiami I am just starting the facts. I know it's hard for you losing elections these days, but you will get used to it .

[@BradWatsonMiami]

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[@gailthomas2631]

I would not want to have pissed this man off. Just finished his grand daughter's book and was impressed.

[@jamezkpal2361]

I don't have a problem with an executive playing a lot of golf. I've had many of my best conversations on the golf course and reached some of my best decisions. Golf is also healthy exercise and a person who's fit physically tends to be sharper mentally and more emotionally stable. Golf is a good stress reliever as well, and is an exercise in humility.

[@tommyl3207]

"Exercise in humility" you can say that again. I exercised to exhaustion this past week.

[@chrisnichols4962]

Then you are okay with Trump spending over 300 days of his administration golfing, costing taxpayers over 150 million in security-related expenditures? I'm just asking?

[@tommyl3207]

@@chrisnichols4962 The media sold the public on Bush and then Trump golfing all the time. Bush stopped playing and obama ended up playing more golf than him but the media never mentioned it except to try to sell the public that obama was a great player who routinely took $ off his playing partners. Meanwhile he swung a club the way he threw a ball: like a girl. You have to give credit to the media for shaping the public opinion that they want. Not a shred of decency or shame, but they are effective.

[@dmasucci17]

Yep. less time the Joe has spent at the beach, and probably more productive. But haters got to hate, so there you have you!@@chrisnichols4962

[@dmasucci17]

Hold on Tommy, some girls have a golf swing I would love to have, like Annika. Say anything you want about that throwing arm. you would get splinters riding the bench showing that "cannon" off! @@tommyl3207

[@russelljohnson7067]

I wish we had a president like Eisenhower now

[@FUCKINGENIOUS]

We have a great President now. Turn off the cnn

[@basitk12]

MAGA IS BETTER THAN EISENHOWER

[@williamfulgham2010]

These 4 great presidents belong in a different category than all the rest. Eisenhower, Kennedy, Reagan, and now, Trump. Let's pray that trend continues, because if it turns in another direction, we are absolutely doomed !

[@mbogucki1]

@@williamfulgham2010 Wait...did you just put Trump in the same category as Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Reagan (Probably the last true Republican)? 🤔🤨🤦🏽‍♂️

[@williamfulgham2010]

@@mbogucki1 You better believe it, whoever you are. Apparently, you are not up to speed. Have you heard about the strong possibility that the FED, IRS, International Rothschild Banking System and Etc coukd be put out to pasture? If not, here it is. Look at Eisenhower's closing address to the nation when he referred to the Military- Industrial Complex. Very few people at the time understood what he was referring to, but he was just touching the tip of the iceberg. John Kennedy was elected and he listened to that and studied the background environment of the world and figured out what was going on and his attempt to stop it got him taken out when he used the US Treasury to start producing silver certificates that had a real financial backing. One of the worst criminals that has ever been in the White House was involved in the Kennedy assassination and that, of course, was LBJ. If Johnson is not burning in Hell right now, Hell does not exist. Reagan made some rumblings about the Fed and the Big Banking System, and they almost got him ( and you know that (New World Order) Bush 1, was behind the effort to try to take him out ). Fast forward to today. Donald Trump has stepped up to the plate against much more opposition than any other recent POTUS has ever had and he defeated all of those entities enough to be elected. Those who oppose him on the right and the left are all either associated with the Deep State / New World Order, or they know about it and agree that Trump has to be stopped, and they tried to do everything they could to keep him out. We have this one last chance to turn it around before everything is flushed down the tube. Trump will definitely belong in the group that I just mentioned because I think there is a very strong possibility he's going to be able to do some of that and enough people know about it that we do have a chance. If President Trump could be successful in destroying the New World Order, the Federal Reserve, the IRS, and all that it stands for, which accounts for much of the long suffering evils involved with the international power struggles, he would belong on Mount Rushmore ! ! ! He is very aware that even if he could possibly pull that unbelievable feat off, he may not live to tell about it. MAGA ! ! !

[@NoahSpurrier]

He gave the answer we hope every good president could give.

[@NoahSpurrier]

@Mark Grudt Yeah! Although, it was specifically about tax payers paying for the procurement of helicopters to go to golf courses.

[@downstream0114]

Why use helicopters when you have a 747.

[@nagualdesign]

@@downstream0114 It's hard to land close to the fairway in a 747.

[@williamanthony9090]

@@NoahSpurrier True, but there was enough money flowing into the economy in the fifties, that a few helicopters trips weren't going to break the bank. I don't know if Ike really used them for that purpose or not. To tell you the truth, I doubt the general public at the time would have cared either way. Ike was a popular guy, even with Democrats.

[@jonathonhanson7278]

How? He didnt answer the question at all.

[@tomsreviews238]

That guy commanded Generals and won the greatest conflict the world had ever seen.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

Beware when questioning a 5-star general.

[@vcvortex6356]

Why? Nothing happened.

[@letzrock1675]

@@vcvortex6356The reporter got shutdown and probably pissed his pants.

[@vcvortex6356]

@@letzrock1675 I have no reason to believe that a civilian reporter was in fear of someone that has zero authority over him.

[@jt-ff3yx]

The reporter found out how Patton felt.

[@jb-vb8un]

reporter was a Klanocrat

[@michaelmuldowney8]

The tree he hit at Augusta was subsequently named after him.

[@banjopete]

Michael Muldowney , and removed, wasn’t it? There’s a few on my course that could qualify!

[@martybragg7897]

Actually it was not removed until 2014 even though President Eisenhower requested for it to be removed due to its hinderance to his golf game. Golf is pretty important at the Augusta National 🙂

[@Tom-ok2rh]

No it actually came down during an ice storm I believe and was removed several years ago.

[@justonemori]

He hit that tree nearly every round! I bet he played dozens, if not hundreds of rounds there.

[@MrFirmbottom]

I can only imagine what Ike really wanted to say.

[@BigfistJP]

Some members of the press back then would fit right in with the crew we have now.

[@TheLocalLt]

Well to be fair it was true and Ike knew it but he obviously couldn’t admit it lol

[@mryan4452]

@@BigfistJP I know they should have "respect" for the office and not ask difficult questions. Kind of like they had "respect" for the clergy back in the day. I'm guessing Ike had used the chopper for golf.

[@ArkadiosTheodulus]

@@BigfistJP A sign of democracy in action. If wannabe dictator Trump had his way, the press would be 100% Fox News style fawning over him and turning a deaf ear to his nonstop lies

[@ArkadiosTheodulus]

@osu22221 Good one. Got any other wacky nutjob Right-wing conspiracy theories to share? 😂

[@patrickfranklin9661]

Ike was all class...even while upset

[@davidbrock4104]

The fire in those eyes... Wow

[@jonnnyren6245]

Ask stupid questions you get owned. Nice work there General.

[@Frisbieinstein]

A President who can think and talk. That's pretty amazing.

[@TomWatsonB1]

My great-grandfather regularly played golf with President Eisenhower after his time as president. How this video randomly appeared on my suggestions, I'll never know.

[@edoardopesce9226]

Any recollection of the President? It would be interesting!

[@TomWatsonB1]

@@edoardopesce9226 Sorry, but I never met my great-grandfather. He died 10 years before I was born. He was an oil company executive who lived on Long Island.

[@edoardopesce9226]

@@TomWatsonB1 oh great, very typical of Ike! A pity you couldn't know him... Thanks! )

[@dikhurtz2406]

One of the greatest presidents we ever enjoyed in this country. There will never be another one like him

[@johnwheatley5641]

I’m an Englishman. I was a little indignant when I found it was bloody yank who was supreme commander of the Allied forces. Then the more I learned about Eisenhower the more I was convinced that was absolutely the right call.

[@TheSteve1126]

I miss when we had generals as Presidents.

[@JRobbySh]

If one had been elected in 2000, we would have much better off.

[@bern1223]

@@JRobbySh True.

[@stephenpowstinger733]

It was no accident that our first President was a general.

[@justinp5661]

Me too

[@johnjones3813]

​@@JRobbyShPowell?

[@delavalmilker]

Well...that reporter sure got the smackdown.

[@mtatom92345]

A great patriot and military strategist who played a major role in securing our victory in WWII.

[@tancreddehauteville9983]

No, no he’s got a point.

[@Charlesputnam-bn9zy]

@James Henderson with American help, both material & political.

[@Charlesputnam-bn9zy]

@Adam Brady He was a politickard, at the beck&call of G.C.Marshall.

[@vincepurpura8905]

@@Charlesputnam-bn9zy That's because Gen Marshall was his boss, I listen to my boss. I like my job, and I wanna keep it.

[@Charlesputnam-bn9zy]

@@vincepurpura8905 FDR was ike's boss

[@dragonridley]

Don't irk Ike.

[@baigandinel7956]

The more things change...

[@gaston8512]

Great President: surprisingly raised in a pacifist family. Was a C student and skipped school to go ice skating on the lake

[@marcdenton2996]

Let him play golf as much as he wants. He saved your ass during WWII.

[@myboylollipop09]

You go Ike!

[@christopherhelms7290]

Ike wants us to know, on no uncertain terms, that zero helicopters have been procured to take him to golf course. And, furthermore, he is not happy with the tone of that question. Thank You and good day.

[@jgmediting7770]

Christopher Helms - a much better liar than trump.

[@cubey]

.... to hell

[@marcusatiusvirilis7723]

@@cubey why?

[@jb-vb8un]

@jmfKLAN - ya fail at presenting facts - how very liberal of ya

[@benburra6655]

We need an Ike right now…

[@cjon6898]

I love the way he says helicopters

[@n310ea]

CJO'N - He said Haley Copter, whoever that is. lol

[@shaunsteele4968]

Ive always wanted to do this. Have to. HEY IKE. KIFFLOM BABY!!!

[@shaunsteele4968]

And would you look at that a no star wanted level. This man. Is my lester crest everybody.

[@Cristalack]

One of the greatest presidents

[@MWayne-zz1cr]

Ike should have said, "You are such a lightweight, you're fake news!"

[@ARichardP]

That would have beneath him. He had class.

[@MWayne-zz1cr]

@@ARichardP Clearly

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

We like "Ike" 😀

[@airdefender1]

The type of President who stayed out of social nonsense and stuck to the business of running the country. Don’t have those anymore.

[@shanekilpatrick3378]

You tell them Ike. You should have added;”Dismissed!”

[@alpha-omega2362]

I had always been told that Eisenhower sounded like Clark Gable and/or vice-a-versa, now I know it's true.

[@JRobbySh]

He was one tough man. His weakness as a commander was his lack of field experience.

[@redcoatgaming4141]

@@JRobbySh but he managed to keep two great egos in check (Patton and Monty)

[@richardoconnor2560]

They both had the midwestern voice of one who had enjoyed many a smoke in his time

[@adamgrimsley2900]

A great man

[@chrisnichols4962]

Compare President Eisenhower's answer on pleading the 5th with Donald Trump's answer. It's the difference between a man who served his country and a man who conned his country. Just for the record, President Eisenhower never had to plead the 5th in court over 400 times like Don the Con did. 🤣🤣🤣

[@gbonkers666]

the man loves his golf

[@sirmount2636]

& heelycopters

[@joerigs7715]

Its fake

[@johnjones3813]

Highly underrated president.

[@losttribe3001]

Trump: Questioning a president about his golfing habits? Hold my putter...

[@jamielancaster01]

A Lost One “Hold his putter” - it’ll cost $130,000🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@primordialbias8711]

@@jamielancaster01 $1 for the putter, $129,999 to sanitize your hands of the chicken grease and big mac sauce

[@tbewin1z143]

@@primordialbias8711 we have a hack comedian here!!!

[@IanBerg]

What Ike did not say is that he’s fine with the presidential limousine driving him to golf courses.

[@madddog6790]

A lot of Presidents play at Army Navy in Arlington, VA, just over the river from DC. Can't remember which one, I *think* the 16th hole, is called the Eisenhower Hole. It's a nasty dog leg right tee shot up over a big hill, with a downhill/sidehill lie even if you manage to hit the friggin' fairwary. Having played it a few times myself, times, I can why he skipped it most of the time :).

[@Captainbadger123]

Ike is on Teddy Roosevelt levels of Chad US Presidents

[@shaunsteele4968]

Its not rommels baton. But its closer than it has any right being.

[@MBBurchette]

A section of the Capital Beltway (roughly between College Park and Chevy Chase) features a number of dangerous sharp turns because when it was constructed, Eisenhower did not want the highway to come near his CC’s course. Ike was a great American, but I sometimes wonder how many fatal wrecks have been caused by that decision.

[@CharlesCoderre-yv1cu]

fatal wrecks by bad drivers alone

[@LarsCarlsen-or6ky]

Maybe one And drivers are at fault, not the road >>>

[@corineusa1454]

Ike was President when I was born so all I have to go on was parents. My Father loved Ike. He didn't screw anything up, he just played golf which allowed the middle class to grow.

[@saabab1474]

James Henderson he let the soviets take half of Europe

[@corineusa1454]

@James Henderson My parents liked him. He left the middle class alone to grow. (Working people). That's why everybody LIKED IKE!!

[@syourke3]

Steph USA Did you know that the top federal tax bracket under Ike was more than 90 percent? The working people prospered because the US was the only WiFi’s superpower after WW2. The GI Bill passed under Truman allowed millions of young veterans to go to college and become professionals. Also, we still had some trade unions on those days.

[@corineusa1454]

@@syourke3 we had a lot of trade unions. The taxes after WWll were ruinous. But we had to pay for the war.He still left the middle class alone to grow & that's where the votes were.

[@saabab1474]

@@corineusa1454 The war was a mistake. Big opportunity to justify high taxes that continue to this day.

[@AdmiralCockStockton]

Gen. David Eisenhower Name and Rank sounds in the halls and anthems of war.

[@yogi9631]

Just look at his steely stare. Don't you just love the good old Ike. The last great American president.

[@ajlogomanthecreepysusiefan5502]

What about JFK and Jimmy Carter? They’re iconic too!

[@elencook9267]

Can someone explain to me what was the question the reporter asked and why the president was angered? I'm not a native English speaker and barely can recognize the reporter's question in the audio.

[@dannyc8876]

Some reporter asked if the president was in favor of less spending from the government then the reporter said that the president should not use helicopters to transport him to his golf games... Ike said that he did not think much of the question since no "helicopters were procured to him for golf playing "... in other words he told him to go to hell with his tone and stare. Use Close captioning

[@elencook9267]

@@dannyc8876 thank you!

[@justonemori]

I wanna be like Ike.

[@GeoffNelson]

I’ve been an American my whole life, and don’t think I’ve ever seen film of Eisenhower before.

[@shaunsteele4968]

But it is i. Who owe this man thanks more than any of you. Bc of you ike. Ive pulled one of the greatest historical heists of modern times. With a 700 hundred dollar offer. So. Thanks DD

[@toastecmo]

Take that stupid media question!

[@ColdSid]

It wasn’t a stupid question it was true and ike knew it that’s why he got so pissed I love Eisenhower by far one of my favorites but he knew it was true

[@maryloulong6789]

toastecmo only Obama was allowed to play golf without criticism

[@jnayvann]

Marylou Long Where you get that from?

[@johnmartinez7440]

@@maryloulong6789 Err no, republicans whined about him golfing all the time. Then Trump came in and golfed 4x as much, and they pretended like it was all fine.

[@lewisfraser4153]

@@maryloulong6789 maybe because Obama or Ike didn't play golf *every* weekend in the midst of crisis after crisis? The way an obese, disengaged, self-obsessed billionaire retiree would?

[@shaunsteele4968]

You didnt deserve a place in his command. Ever.

[@Simmzclee92]

Eisenhower was a beast

[@5kehhn]

Good on him. To hell with the reporter.

[@TooLooze]

I Like Ike!

[@marcsonnenberg623]

Which golfing President was the best golfer?

[@Growmetheus]

Reagan was just a movie star right? Id still say him because thats ALL he did in his presidency.

[@Draffen]

@E. R. He cheated against a literal 10yr old. I really doubt he's any good at golf.

[@Bystronicman08]

@E. R. He's not. He's a cheater. He claims a 2 handicap but is more like a 10 handicap according to the pros he's played with.

[@TheBatugan77]

@Greased Lightning 🖕👁️👃👁️🖕 👄

[@lawrencewright2816]

Kennedy was the best golfer.

[@doubanjiang]

Clown question, bro. Ike today.

[@LMike2004]

So, reporters are the same yesterday and today....

[@johnmartinez7440]

Asking uncomfortable questions to keep the president in his lane?

[@williamanthony9090]

@@johnmartinez7440 No, being morally bankrupt sleazebags is more like it.

[@johnmartinez7440]

@@williamanthony9090 Which part of it indicated to you that they were all "morally bankrupt sleazebags"?

[@williamanthony9090]

@@johnmartinez7440- Not anything in this particular clip, just my personal experience with reporters on the city, state, and national level over the last forty-five years.

[@johnmartinez7440]

@@williamanthony9090 So if there was nothing in this clip, what are you comparing it to, in terms of modern-day journalism? What do you consider "sleazebag" behaviour? What personal experiences did you suffer, to turn you off journalism entirely?

[@shaunsteele4968]

A man in black ran through the desert. And behind him. The gunslinger followed.

[@shaunsteele4968]

Only this gunslinger. His gun handle. It's ivory.

[@shaunsteele4968]

I am the one winged angel of divine destiny.

[@Nigelrathbone1]

What? Didn't seem angry at all. He handled it with aplomb.

[@dabidibup]

1:04 nicest way to say “you’re full of 💩”

[@Nothingschanged]

Read the book “Other Losses.”

[@tony84.]

1:03, I wish we had Ike today handling those TREASONOUS!!! jerks and EVERYONE involved that stormed our capitol on JANUARY 6th. Do you think Ike would say it was just another day in Washington?

[@johnschuh8616]

Ike would never have let rioters take over dozens of American cities.

[@tony84.]

@@johnschuh8616 What about storming our capitol? Which is treason. What the hell would Ike have done to them?

[@johnschuh8616]

Ike would have thought we are all mad, on all sides. The tribalism?

[@tony84.]

@@johnschuh8616 But the Democratic party has never stormed our capitol. Al Gore and Hillary Clinton both WON the popular vote. But they did not storm our capitol the way Trump and the extremist Republican party did. What do you think Ike specifically would have done to people who stormed our capitol, especially if this was done right after we won World War II? And also, the enablers, what would Ike have done specifically to these people?

[@johnschuh8616]

@@tony84. The popular vote is determinative only for each individual state. We have a federal republic, or in other words, a union of states, each of which is equal under the Constitution So that accumulative number is irrelevant to the issue of electing the official known as the President of the United States. As to the point of what Eisenhower would have done, he would not have done what Trump did, if he had failed in 1956 which was to assemble hundreds of thousands of his followers to demonstrate to the Congress their unhappiness with the electoral process. That was not only unprecedented but unwise as it turned out. For one thing, the rioting in the capitol disrupted the efforts of his supporters in Congress to press for a challenge to the choices of several states. But all this is to forget that this election was the most irregular presidential election since that of 1876, which was decided not by following the Constitution but by setting up an ad hoc commission stacked with a majority of Republicans. Certainly in 1956 absentee ballots were cast in that election were few compared with the huge number cast in the crazy circumstances of the Covid-19 pandemic, or for that matter, the numbers cast in 2000. The confusing election in Florida was replicated in 2020 in all of the battleground states by the advocates measures employed in those states.

[@R.Oates7902]

He didn't get angry.

[@dallassucks130]

Definitely got annoyed though

[@shaunsteele4968]

And this gunslinger is followed by an honor guard this Ike fella once thought he would love to meet. Not so. Anymore.

[@syourke3]

Ike was reputed to have a terrible temper.

[@Gablesman888]

That temper was a blessing. It was partly why you and I are not that proficient in German today.

[@Aceofdusk]

Gablesman888 Spot on, Gablesman.

[@syourke3]

The Russians beat Germany. Not the Americans at all. The US played a very minor part in the fighting compared to Russia. And Ike wasn’t a fighting General either. He sat behind a desk and coordinated the allied armies. The real military hero of WW2 was the Russian general Zhukov.

[@Gablesman888]

@@syourke3 You misunderstand what a multi-starred general does in a world war, especially when he is charged with keeping tenuously tethered allies together under most trying circumstances. If you like to read military history I recommend David Eisenhower's "Eisenhower at War." Even Stalin himself begged (more like conned) for American (Allied) involvement. Certainly the infantryman is important, but he will be destroyed unless there is skilled, professional leadership at the top. Otherwise you wind up with a General Burnside. Your comment also neglected the most determinative role in WWII, that played by Allied air forces. They made the difference in "softening" up the Germans prior to Normandy.

[@Aceofdusk]

@@syourke3 ...so in your head, D-Day didn't happen. Got it!

[@blu3_enjoy]

why do presidents like golf so much? is it really good for stress? something they can do and still discuss their work? it seems like most modern president loves golf, or at least spends a lot of their downtime playing it

[@moonbeamskies3346]

It is almost mandatory for any man in a position of power play golf. No idea why.

[@Tom-ok2rh]

It’s a very rewarding sport is the allure for most of us golfers. Plus I guess if you have the most difficult job in the world it’s a nice getaway

[@ProjectGrandMarauder]

A golf course is much easier place for the secret service to guard the president. It’s not like the president can just grab a car and head to the movies for a Sunday afternoon. Plus it gets them outside and off the White House property where they usually spend 90 percent of their time.

[@2Uahoj]

Golf is a good, slow sport for talking business with colleagues, out of the earshot of journalists. Just be sure to check the golf ball for a hidden microphone!

[@frank-ko6de]

It's great for concentration when putting or making shots,coordination,cardiovascular conditioning when walking, good strength and core rotation when swinging, fresh air for the mind and relaxation,and great socialization when playing with friends. In other words, a great respite from the rigors and stress from managing the government while also helping to sharpen the mind and maintain alertness.👍👍👍😊😊😊.

[@richardoconnor2560]

A president's "vacation" is certainly unlike any vacation I have ever had. He doesn't "stop" being president and any kind of national or international crisis would see him abandon that "vacation" immediately.

[@boet9ner]

He should have said, "I plead the Fifth"!

[@danielstump3204]

OK, Eisenhower played a lot of golf. He was still the best president since the end of the second world war.

[@danielstump3204]

@James Henderson He ended the Korean War.

[@huguenot67]

OMG!! He put Earl Warren on the Supreme Court!!!!!

[@toast2610]

So who do you guys think is the least psychopathic US president in the last century? Please write me a thesis on it.

[@toast2610]

@@martymethuselah USA lost to Japan in a moral sense I guess but who cares. The Japanese don't have any military base on US soil and as you may know military bases on foreign soil and the right temperament is all you need for countries to just hand you money. They do need to keep the bases stocked with their population though... but those who go, they promise to split some of the dough with. There may be a danger if people still don't want to go.

[@leiaorgana5098]

marty methuselah FDR passed away in april of 1945, the atomic bombing of japan was during august later that year. FDR had the plan to build the bomb sure but it was up to harry truman to make the call after his death.

[@shaunsteele4968]

Don't make me tell them. He has a schmiss.

[@boogerholewv1]

Ike was pissed

[@frazer3191]

“Thank you that’s all”. When your a five star general, those few words have such authority.

[@non-wokemillennialakat85re72]

That Presidental voice Dwight had is very apparent...look at the likes of him and compare him to this Weekend at Bernies Walking Corpse bumbling baffone in there currently...just a night and day difference no questions......

[@whiteknightcat]

At least both have truckloads more honor and love of country than the self-serving, shitbag, wannabe dictator that was recently ousted (but may be returned to power in a few years if he's not dead or imprisoned by then).

[@non-wokemillennialakat85re72]

@@whiteknightcat Biden is far worse than Trump and if ones wouldn't be blinded by their obsessive Trump hatred they will definitely see it...a dictator no that is the bumbling clown destroying the entire county currently what a God damn joke but anyways... personally I don't think he will run again because his family may not want him too but am hoping he does...just to see PU$$Y Democraps cry in the streets again...a sight for sore eyes definitely.....

[@creativefolder]

The 5th amendment?...I plead the 5th!

[@alvaroanton636]

Excuse me, I’d like the 5th please if that’s okay

[@imonlyamanandiwilldiesomed4406]

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[@jenniferjuniper97]

at least he was honest about his first impression

[@C5RUSA]

That was the famous "Don't f**k with me" look from Ike.... That journalist asking that question, what a complete horses ass...

[@Patton7790]

When the vains showed on his head you knew he would blow his temper or was getting close.

[@edwardblaire5101]

Like a BOSS...or don't f$%^ with me with this petty s^^t 5 Star General.

[@CCJJ160Channels]

I like Ike!

[@makeit7579]

i like Ike.

[@christophermorgan3261]

Played football against Jim Thorpe

[@BradyA1124]

SUMMARY: "Eisenhower declines comment on Dave Beck's use of Fifth Amendment. Acknowledges importance of safeguarding liberty. Refutes inquiry about helicopter procurement for golf."

[@EUSA1776]

I feel like if you kicked Hitler’s ass you get to fly helicopters to the golf course.

[@shaunsteele4968]

Why don't you tell all these folks who have been nice enough to listen to one guy. What else you took from heidler. Besides the highways. The other thing. Tell them.

[@johnnylastovica6511]

Reporters 😏

[@Agent1W]

Because the People got to know whether or not their President is a time thief. Well I'm NOT a time thief. I've WORKED for every second I was on the clock.

[@unobservador4485]

Venus

[@jgvtc559]

He should've been driving Patton around

[@eschiedler]

Ah yes, an excellent idea to anger the Supreme Commander. /s

[@shaunsteele4968]

There have been a few gta real life attempts. They ended badly. Im the real life michael. Lmfao. Thanks ike.

[@annguyendoan7189]

Hung du co nguoi hung du / bai hoc bien gioi viet trung 1979

[@volhosis3784]

I Like Ike

[@patrickhealy2706]

Wilson played the most golf