Josh Keating

And we have seen this before, especially when one administration is handing off a war to to the next one. One example you could look at is the transition from Harry Truman to Dwight Eisenhower when the Korean War was going on.

And we have seen this before, especially when one administration is handing off a war to to the next one. One example you could look at is the transition from Harry Truman to Dwight Eisenhower when the Korean War was going on.

Eisenhower had promised to end the war, which by that point had become very unpopular, but he hadn't quite spelled out on the campaign trail how he was going to do it. And this really annoyed Truman, who had basically made the argument, hey, but if you know how to end the war, could you please share that with us? We'd like to end the war before we leave office.

Eisenhower had promised to end the war, which by that point had become very unpopular, but he hadn't quite spelled out on the campaign trail how he was going to do it. And this really annoyed Truman, who had basically made the argument, hey, but if you know how to end the war, could you please share that with us? We'd like to end the war before we leave office.

Eisenhower had promised to end the war, which by that point had become very unpopular, but he hadn't quite spelled out on the campaign trail how he was going to do it. And this really annoyed Truman, who had basically made the argument, hey, but if you know how to end the war, could you please share that with us? We'd like to end the war before we leave office.

And Eisenhower made this famous pledge. He said, I shall go to Korea to basically, you know, assess the situation on the ground and figure out how to end it.

And Eisenhower made this famous pledge. He said, I shall go to Korea to basically, you know, assess the situation on the ground and figure out how to end it.

And Eisenhower made this famous pledge. He said, I shall go to Korea to basically, you know, assess the situation on the ground and figure out how to end it.

And he went and had a fact-finding mission and came to the conclusion the war wouldn't be winnable with another big offensive, which is what the South Koreans and what hawks in the U.S. wanted. And he basically continued the armistice talks that Truman had started. And a few months after he took office, that war did finally end.

And he went and had a fact-finding mission and came to the conclusion the war wouldn't be winnable with another big offensive, which is what the South Koreans and what hawks in the U.S. wanted. And he basically continued the armistice talks that Truman had started. And a few months after he took office, that war did finally end.

And he went and had a fact-finding mission and came to the conclusion the war wouldn't be winnable with another big offensive, which is what the South Koreans and what hawks in the U.S. wanted. And he basically continued the armistice talks that Truman had started. And a few months after he took office, that war did finally end.

Sometimes we've seen the incoming administration actually kind of stymie or sabotage the efforts of the outgoing one.

Sometimes we've seen the incoming administration actually kind of stymie or sabotage the efforts of the outgoing one.

Sometimes we've seen the incoming administration actually kind of stymie or sabotage the efforts of the outgoing one.

In 1968, the Nixon campaign basically reached out to the South Vietnamese negotiators and told them not to agree to a deal that would end the war in Vietnam and would presumably give the outgoing Johnson administration a big win and make the Democrats look good in that election.

In 1968, the Nixon campaign basically reached out to the South Vietnamese negotiators and told them not to agree to a deal that would end the war in Vietnam and would presumably give the outgoing Johnson administration a big win and make the Democrats look good in that election.

In 1968, the Nixon campaign basically reached out to the South Vietnamese negotiators and told them not to agree to a deal that would end the war in Vietnam and would presumably give the outgoing Johnson administration a big win and make the Democrats look good in that election.

And so the war actually ended up continuing for another few years with, you know, a lot more casualties, Americans and Vietnamese.

And so the war actually ended up continuing for another few years with, you know, a lot more casualties, Americans and Vietnamese.

And so the war actually ended up continuing for another few years with, you know, a lot more casualties, Americans and Vietnamese.