>> wendall wilkey. >> what was he? >> a businessman. not an isolationist and represented the business sietd of opposition to the new deal but not an isolationist. as other nominees began to falt falter, he was supported. came out of nowhere to win the republican nomination. the campaign in 1940, did not become an out right battle between roosevelt, the internationalist and republican isolationist because of the nomination of wilkey. meanwhile, roosevelt took unilateral action as president. does anybody know what he did unilaterally? that would be after the election. >> he gave them submarines. >> exactly. they were shipping. he gave them destroyers in return for some bases that great britain has nod caribbean. he