In 1945, when the 4th term American President Roosevelt, popularly known as FDR, died in office, Harry Truman who was barely 6 months in office as his VP, stepped into the President's office.
At that point Truman had no idea that Nuclear weapons existed and was unaware of the Manhatten Project. Starting from 1952, he started this tradition of sharing the National Security briefings amongst the nominated Presidential candidates.
It was an offer a Presidential candidate need not take. In fact, in 1984, the then Democrat nominee Walter Mondale refused to take this offer. But most get a knowledge of the security-related briefings during their tenure of campaigning.
Now with Trump being the presumptive nominee (he should be the official one in the Republican Convention in July), there some concerns about sharing state secrets like ungoing Covert operations and other classified activities with him.
Knowing his penchant for being crazy and unpredictable and his dislikes for the Bushes, Obama and not to mention the Clintons, he can very well spill them during the campaign to pin his opponent.
Since World War II, the VPs who succeeded their Presidents due to death or otherwise could never got reelected.
It seems there is curse associated with VPs replacing the incumbent Presidents.
Truman succeeded FDR in 1945 and won the elections in 1948. But he lost his reelection to Eisenhower in 1952.
After Kennedy's assassination in 1963, Johnson became the President. He was elected with a massive mandate in 1964, only to see his popularity shrunk so low in 1968, that he opted out of reelection.
Gerald Ford became President in 1974, after Nixon resigned on the aftermath of the Watergate Scandal. He lost to Jimmy Carter in 1976.
The curse of VP doesn't end there. Both Nixon and Al Gore, two time VP to their respective Presidents Ike and Clinton, lost narrowly in 1960 and 2000. The senior Bush, a 2 time VP, who succeeded Reagan lost his reelection to Clinton in 1992.
Not to mention, Dick Cheney and Joe Biden, both 2 term VP couldn't run for the Presidential office. Cheney sensed a defeat in 2008 due to "Dubya" Bush's high unpopularity. I believe, the untimely death of his son at his time of his bidding put an end to Biden's Presidential ambition. So the curse of VP continues...
At that point Truman had no idea that Nuclear weapons existed and was unaware of the Manhatten Project. Starting from 1952, he started this tradition of sharing the National Security briefings amongst the nominated Presidential candidates.
It was an offer a Presidential candidate need not take. In fact, in 1984, the then Democrat nominee Walter Mondale refused to take this offer. But most get a knowledge of the security-related briefings during their tenure of campaigning.
Now with Trump being the presumptive nominee (he should be the official one in the Republican Convention in July), there some concerns about sharing state secrets like ungoing Covert operations and other classified activities with him.
Knowing his penchant for being crazy and unpredictable and his dislikes for the Bushes, Obama and not to mention the Clintons, he can very well spill them during the campaign to pin his opponent.
Since World War II, the VPs who succeeded their Presidents due to death or otherwise could never got reelected.
It seems there is curse associated with VPs replacing the incumbent Presidents.
Truman succeeded FDR in 1945 and won the elections in 1948. But he lost his reelection to Eisenhower in 1952.
After Kennedy's assassination in 1963, Johnson became the President. He was elected with a massive mandate in 1964, only to see his popularity shrunk so low in 1968, that he opted out of reelection.
Gerald Ford became President in 1974, after Nixon resigned on the aftermath of the Watergate Scandal. He lost to Jimmy Carter in 1976.
The curse of VP doesn't end there. Both Nixon and Al Gore, two time VP to their respective Presidents Ike and Clinton, lost narrowly in 1960 and 2000. The senior Bush, a 2 time VP, who succeeded Reagan lost his reelection to Clinton in 1992.
Not to mention, Dick Cheney and Joe Biden, both 2 term VP couldn't run for the Presidential office. Cheney sensed a defeat in 2008 due to "Dubya" Bush's high unpopularity. I believe, the untimely death of his son at his time of his bidding put an end to Biden's Presidential ambition. So the curse of VP continues...
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