The Regular Dude Who Became President (Harry Truman)

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Go to https://ground.news/mrbeat to become a smarter news consumer. Subscribe through my link for 40% off unlimited access this month. Mr. Beat tells the story of the most "average" dude to ever become president. As it turns out, he probably wasn't so average after all. Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images/video by Matt Beat, Shannon Beat, Dean Davison, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom, (Mr. Beat's band), Otis McDonald, Bad Snacks, Dan Henig, and Ofshane. Creative commons credits: Kbh3rd and Karen Montgomery. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GFTEvc23y-sWU931V4DNNj78HF0hBryxg4Ufa1ItWx0/edit?usp=sharing Here is a song I made about Harry Truman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SyKAOkXbQ4 Sources/further reading: Truman by David McCullough Purchase here: https://amzn.to/49o4gQR The Presidency of Harry S. Truman by Donald R. McCoy Purchase here: https://amzn.to/49qEj3b Truman’s Triumphs- The 1948 Election and the Making of Postwar America by Andrew E. Busch Purchase here: https://amzn.to/42rLshD Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman by Alonzo L. Hamby Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3UmG90w Harry S Truman: The American Presidents Series: The 33rd President, 1945-1953 Purchase here: https://amzn.to/4d1iBpa https://pendergastkc.org/article/harry-truman-and-pendergast-political-machine https://millercenter.org/president/truman/life-in-brief https://web.archive.org/web/20190503151956/https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/VP_Harry_Truman.htm https://www.trumanlibraryinstitute.org/truman/truman-speaks/ https://www.knoxfocus.com/archives/harry-truman-goes-senate/ https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/people/president/harry-s-truman https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/trivia/biographical-sketch-harry-truman https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/truman-papers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Harry_S._Truman Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1Cn7jdhHI4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtdIhRjs2Is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RsEB_Vgm8k&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubOqu1QJRU4&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MidPEf30AE&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF6g23ydyuU Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #ushistory #truman #presidents “Three things ruin a man…Power, money, and women. I never wanted power, I never had any money, and the only woman in my life is up at the house right now.” That was a quote not from me, Mr. Beat, but from a dude who was never supposed to be president. But he was! A dude who never even sought to be a LEADER, but who history FORCED to be one of the greatest leaders in American history. A dude who failed at multiple business ventures and even went bankrupt. A dude who, after he was president, moved back into the same house he lived in back when he went bankrupt, and then went into debt again because his only income was an Army pension of $112.56 a month. That’s less than $1300 a month in today’s money. A dude who never wanted the job, and a dude who no one had heard of before he was 50 years old. Here is the story of Harry Truman, the most average person to ever become president. 0:00 Introduction 1:16 Growing up in Missouri 6:25 Ground News sponsorship 8:16 Farm Life 11:03 War Hero 14:34 Getting Political 17:12 Mr. Truman Goes to Washington 21:56 In Through the Back Door 37:23 Retirement 41:30 Exceeding Expectations Corrections: 41:11. He was admitted to the hospital on December 5th. He died on December 26th. I'm sorry about that.