How Roosevelt might have shaped the early Cold War

What would change if Franklin Roosevelt lived to complete his final term?

The broad postwar transition would continue, but Roosevelt's relationships and longer-range approach could alter the opening Cold War and the termination of Lend-Lease.

Clarke expects Roosevelt's different relationship with Stalin to change the early Cold War, but declines to say whether the result would be better or worse. Another participant emphasizes continuity, expecting the old empires to collapse regardless of the president. Lend-Lease provides the main policy example: Clarke argues that Roosevelt would have handled its end differently and characterizes Truman's decision as disruptive and later regretted. Those are his historical judgments within the hypothetical scenario. A final comment raises presidential term limits as another open question.