Michael Beschloss: Lyndon Johnson Got Us into the Vietnam War Mess, That’s Not a Mistake that JFK Would Have Made

Mitchell Before Saturday s ░░░░░░░░ assassination of Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ have been at least ░░░░░░░░ Direct assaults on U ░░░░░░░░ presidents presidents elect and ░░░░░░░░ candidates Five of them ░░░░░░░░ How will Saturday s ░░░░░░░░ on former President Trump ░░░░░░░░ life be remembered in ░░░░░░░░ Joining me now is ░░░░░░░░ News Presidential Historian Michael ░░░░░░░░ Michael thanks for joining ░░░░░░░░ BESCHLOSS Thank you Andrea ░░░░░░░░ And these were not ░░░░░░░░ political you know We ░░░░░░░░ t know BESCHLOSS No ░░░░░░░░ s for sure Mitchell ░░░░░░░░ know that John Hinckley ░░░░░░░░ t indecipherable I don ░░░░░░░░ think you can really ░░░░░░░░ that political either against ░░░░░░░░ former President Ford So ░░░░░░░░ they do change history ░░░░░░░░ the Ronald Reagan assassination ░░░░░░░░ from my experience in ░░░░░░░░ eight years of that ░░░░░░░░ and others as well ░░░░░░░░ happened in 1968 you ░░░░░░░░ been pointing out with ░░░░░░░░ King and with Robert ░░░░░░░░ Jr certainly influenced what ░░░░░░░░ with Richard Nixon BECHLOSS ░░░░░░░░ open the way to ░░░░░░░░ victory Yeah I think ░░░░░░░░ s true There are ░░░░░░░░ lot of emotionally disturbed ░░░░░░░░ And we don t ░░░░░░░░ yet what the motive ░░░░░░░░ the accused shooter was ░░░░░░░░ hope we find that ░░░░░░░░ that will help And ░░░░░░░░ also don t know ░░░░░░░░ the result of this ░░░░░░░░ going to be if ░░░░░░░░ is an impact on ░░░░░░░░ But you know I ░░░░░░░░ I could tell you ░░░░░░░░ our friends watching Andrea ░░░░░░░░ no assassin can change ░░░░░░░░ course of history And ░░░░░░░░ should be our goal ░░░░░░░░ you look at history ░░░░░░░░ and they really do ░░░░░░░░ a result of an ░░░░░░░░ in 1865 John Wilkes ░░░░░░░░ our president was no ░░░░░░░░ Abraham Lincoln but a ░░░░░░░░ sort of third string ░░░░░░░░ of the pro slavery ░░░░░░░░ Andrew Johnson who was ░░░░░░░░ exactly zealous about bringing ░░░░░░░░ to black Americans And ░░░░░░░░ ve seen the result ░░░░░░░░ that ever since Or ░░░░░░░░ Harvey Oswald if he ░░░░░░░░ involved in the Kennedy ░░░░░░░░ If he was we ░░░░░░░░ not to this day ░░░░░░░░ there s considerable evidence ░░░░░░░░ the way know what ░░░░░░░░ motive might have been ░░░░░░░░ denied that he had ░░░░░░░░ the crime until he ░░░░░░░░ himself murdered two days ░░░░░░░░ So if assassin does ░░░░░░░░ the course of history ░░░░░░░░ in Oswald s case ░░░░░░░░ whoever else may have ░░░░░░░░ involved and I have ░░░░░░░░ theory that was a ░░░░░░░░ in which Lyndon Johnson ░░░░░░░░ president instead of JFK ░░░░░░░░ got into the Vietnam ░░░░░░░░ mess 550 000 Americans ░░░░░░░░ Vietnam at the peak ░░░░░░░░ 000 killed I think ░░░░░░░░ s not a mistake ░░░░░░░░ John Kennedy would have ░░░░░░░░ So that was a ░░░░░░░░ effect on this country.”