I am astonished that it took this long and no one has mentioned the SECRET health issues of Franklin Roosevelt.
The “media” of that time refrained from photographing him seated in his wheel chair....that’s OK. His obvious deteriation as the war pgrogressed was not a subject of media attention.
My how times AND the “media” have changed.
I agree. In photographs of him sitting, the braces were obvious. His physical appearance deteriorated noticeably. His doctors didn’t tell him the full extent of his cardiovascular disease, etc. He was a walking stroke and it got him.
Like JFK, he was the medias darling.