American politics Roosevelt's generous terms to Stalin, followed quite quickly by the start of the Cold War under Roosevelt's Vice President and successor, Harry Truman meant that Yalta was often seen in a bad light in American public opinion, particularly among most shades of Republicans and more Conservative Democrats in the South and West as well as by many ethnic Americans with links to Eastern Europe. When Eisenhower was elected as President on the Republican ticket there were hopes that Yalta would be repudiated by the new Administration and the newly Republican Senate. Efforts were made by both the new Senate Majority Leader, Robert A. Taft, and Republican members of the Foreign Relations Committee, although this fizzled out after Stalin's death.
american politics roosevelt's generous terms to stalin followed quite quickly by the start of the cold war under roosevelt's vice president and successor harry truman meant that yalta was often seen in a bad light in american public opinion particularly among most shades of republicans and more conservative democrats in the south and west as well as by many ethnic americans with links to eastern europe when eisenhower was elected as president on the republican ticket there were hopes that yalta would be repudiated by the new administration and the newly republican senate efforts were made by both the new senate majority leader robert a taft and republican members of the foreign relations committee although this fizzled out after stalin's death