Essay by Dr. Joseph Loconte Explores Modern Comparison to FDR at Yalta

Presidential Scholar in Residence Dr. Joseph Loconte’s recently published essay “A Frail President in a Hostile World” compares the fragile health and electoral pitfalls faced by Joe Biden with FDR’s own circumstances at he sought a historic fourth term in 1944. 

In FDR’s case, America was already in the late stages of World War II, and Loconte contends the 32nd president’s failing health made an impact on negotiations with Stalin at Yalta in 1945, and America’s adversaries may seek to take similar advantage of the 46th president. 

Dr. Loconte covered the Yalta Conference during a Socratic Stage Dialogue Series event with the International Churchill Society earlier this spring. You can view the video archive below, and read “A Frail President in a Hostile World” in The American Spectator. 

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