OTD in 1977 Jimmy Carter became the 39th US President.
Carter had the longest presidential retirement of any president. He worked to advance causes of peace, affordable housing, human rights, and fair elections. In 2002 he won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Carter Center for "his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development".
OTD in 1961 John F. Kennedy became the 35th US President.
The youngest-ever person elected President at age 43, Kennedy assumed office at the height of the Cold War. As such his time in office was spent managing relations with the communist states.
Yeah, I get it. It does look like he posted it but, the campaign is blaming a "staffer":
"“This was not a campaign video, it was created by a random account online and reposted by a staffer who clearly did not see the word, while the President was in court,” Karoline Leavitt, the campaign press secretary, said in a statement."
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