In 1933, a coalition of businessmen dissatisfied with FDR’s economic policies surreptitiously planned a coup. The failed Business Plot aimed to depose FDR and install a dictator.
In 1933, a coalition of businessmen dissatisfied with FDR’s economic policies surreptitiously planned a coup. The failed Business Plot aimed to depose FDR and install a dictator.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler
He behaved honorably during this plot and outside of it.
One of the first military leaders to start calling out the overreach of business elites in the US.