 His vice-president, and power behind the throne, is the notorious rapist and Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, [[D. C. Stephenson|David Stephenson]].Eventually, Lindbergh is assassinated in the novel and it is implied that Stephenson, who has now risen to President of the United States, orchestrated Lindbergh's murder.The [[Philip Roth]] novel "[[The Plot Against America]]" (2004) explores an [[alternate history]] where [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] is defeated in the 1940 presidential election by Lindbergh, who allies the United States with [[Nazi Germany]].