The Plot to Overthrow FDR (BOOK CLUB SERIES)

This is a historical true story about the fascist conspiracy to control President Franklin Roosevelt and overthrow the American government (by force of arms if necessary) by the nation's richest businessmen. One brave Marine -- Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler -- blew the whistle to stop it, spilling the beans to a reporter and before a Congressional committee. Over the coming weeks we will be reading and discussing Jules Archer’s 1973 classic, “The Plot to Seize the White House: The Shocking True Story of the Conspiracy to Overthrow FDR" in my history book club. Buy a copy of this book and read along with me! https://www.amazon.com/Plot-Seize-White-House-Conspiracy/dp/1602390363 Listen to all episodes of "The Plot to Overthrow FDR" here. Bookmark this playlist! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXBcSYiYQxlekM9W6oYvQ22nT6wsOArwL&si=FpvILyiZPIXsqS05 Follow me on X: http://x.com/@RealLoriSpencer On Facebook: http://Facebook.com/RealLoriSpencer Subscribe on Rumble for UNCENSORED videos YouTube won't let me show you! http://Rumble.com/LoriSpencer My blog: http://LoriSpencer.WordPress.com My Substack: http://RealLoriSpencer.Substack.com Join as a monthly member at: http://Patreon.com/LoriSpencer http://BuyMeACoffee.com/LoriSpencer Buy me a book from my Wishlist for a future book club reading! http://GiftApp.com/RealLoriSpencer

President Franklin Roosevelt referred to the powerful business oligarchs of his time as "unscrupulous money-changers," "economic royalists," and "the privileged princes of these new economic dynasties." As the #NoKings protests erupted again across America this weekend, we heard those sentiments echoed again from the 99% against the 1% who control the nation's wealth. In 2025, the richest men in the world have bought the president, a majority in Congress, easily influence public policy in their favor, and have an army to back them up. President #Trump, as Commander in Chief, is deploying troops anywhere he wants, for any reason he wants, to protect the interests of his powerful donors. Had the "businessmen's plot" of 1934 succeeded, that's exactly what the oligarchs intended for #Roosevelt to be -- their puppet president, steering America towards a corporate fascist state; a military dictatorship like #Mussolini's Italy, Franco's Spain, or #Hitler's Germany. The plot was to take the power of the presidency away from #FDR without firing a shot (although the conspirators planned to have a private army of 500,000 men at the ready if needed). They didn't plan to assassinate Roosevelt, but rather to simply buy him off. Trump, like Roosevelt, got elected by promising to "drain the swamp," and help the struggling working classes; to fight the good fight for the forgotten man. But unlike Trump, FDR kept his campaign promises to the American people. His White House was not for sale. This is a historical true story about the fascist conspiracy to control FDR and overthrow the American government (by force of arms if necessary). Over the coming weeks we will be reading and discussing Jules Archer’s 1973 classic, “The Plot to Seize the White House: The Shocking True Story of the Conspiracy to Overthrow FDR" in my history book club. I hope you'll join us every Sunday in October, 6:30 PM Eastern for the live reading and chat! Listen to every episode of "The Plot to Overthrow FDR" below. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXBcSYiYQxlekM9W6oYvQ22nT6wsOArwL&si=W7_xXMjfFrFnT1nr * NOTE: The music featured at the beginning and ending of each episode is excerpted from Duke Ellington’s “Chant for FDR,” (aka “American Lullaby”) composed as a tribute to the president for a nationwide radio broadcast that aired on April 14, 1945, just two days after Roosevelt’s death. This recording was part of Ellington’s Treasury Broadcast series, a weekly program that helped sell war bonds and stamps. The regularly scheduled broadcast was replaced with a memorial program.

Imagine this: a global cabal of the world’s richest oligarchs holding a feeble president hostage, forcing him to do their bidding and install a fascist military dictatorship. Bah. Couldn’t happen here, you’d say. But it almost did happen here in 1933, and could happen again. In fact, some elements of the plot may ring a familiar bell in the year 2025. This is a historical true story about the fascist conspiracy to control FDR and overthrow the American government (by force of arms if necessary). Over the coming weeks we will be reading and discussing Jules Archer’s 1973 classic, “The Plot to Seize the White House: The Shocking True Story of the Conspiracy to Overthrow FDR" in my history book club. I hope you'll join us every Sunday in October, 6:30 PM Eastern for the live reading and chat! Buy a copy of this book and read along with me, or grab a PDF copy for free at the Internet Archive. Listen to all episodes of "The Plot to Overthrow FDR" here. Bookmark this playlist! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXBcSYiYQxlekM9W6oYvQ22nT6wsOArwL&si=8unJXN1eeY5AVlKi

Many Americans today will be shocked to learn that in 1933 a cabal of wealthy bankers, businessmen, and industrialists— conspiring with groups like the American Legion, the Ku Klux Klan and the American Liberty League—seriously planned to overthrow the U.S. government in a fascist coup. Their plan was to turn discontented WWI veterans into American “brown shirts,” take President Franklin Roosevelt hostage, stop the New Deal, and return America to the Gold Standard. Although the plotters hoped that the wheelchair-bound, physically helpless FDR would accede to their demands voluntarily, they intended to have an army of 500,000 battle-trained soldiers ready to take the White House by force of arms if necessary. The conspirators clandestinely asked Medal of Honor recipient and Marine Major General Smedley Darlington Butler to become the first American Caesar and lead the insurrection. He, though, was a true patriot and blew the whistle to reporters, to Congress, and to President Roosevelt himself. As fascism was rising in Italy and Nazi Germany, it was also gaining popularity in America during the Great Depression. Had Smedley Butler joined the plot instead of exposing it, our country might well have gone the way of Europe’s military fascist dictatorships. In 2025, a time when a President has invoked national security to circumvent constitutional checks and balances, deployed National Guard troops on American city streets, and aligned himself with the richest men in the world; when jobless and homeless numbers surge and extreme politics such as fascism are fashionable again, this history book club series puts the spotlight on attacks upon our democracy from within and the individual courage needed to repel them. Over the coming weeks we will be reading and discussing Jules Archer’s 1973 classic, “The Plot to Seize the White House: The Shocking True Story of the Conspiracy to Overthrow FDR.” Buy a copy of this book and read along with me! https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVZjSy1neGJxTDNGOUdBckE1cURTUTFaOU9Bd3xBQ3Jtc0tsdGhXWTlCcTBINVZJZ0xkblc5MXJkdnJTREE4MzE1TExQa0NPSHNRQkNpMkxNY1B3dmFxMlZfMHhQWVJJaWREWDN6VDNJNjBXSjFNLXBPM1d2dXlaQzZVRFN6bEJZMThrdkRaVXlhZlQtMVkwMjJnbw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FPlot-Seize-White-House-Conspiracy%2Fdp%2F1602390363&v=IMR44vxv8h4 NOTE: The music featured at the beginning and ending of each episode is excerpted from Duke Ellington’s “Chant for FDR,” (aka “American Lullaby”) composed as a tribute to the president for a nationwide radio broadcast that aired on April 14, 1945, just two days after Roosevelt’s death. This recording was part of Ellington’s Treasury Broadcast series, a weekly program that helped sell war bonds and stamps. The regularly scheduled broadcast was replaced with a memorial program.