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Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Overthrew the Iranian government, leading to a 26 year dictatorship. The CIA has fully admitted to its role in the coup.
• Overthrew Guatemala's democratic government in 1954. The primary reason for the coup was to secure the interests of the United Fruit Company, which Eisenhower's CIA director and Secretary of State had ties to.
• Signed agreements with actual fascist Francisco Franco. The Pact of Madrid legitimized and provided military and economic aid to Franco's fascist government.
• Signed Executive Order 10450, which effectively banned gay people from government jobs.
• Ordered the CIA to assassinate Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the independent Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• Planned and authorized the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
• His administration launched an operation (which was literally named after a slur) to remove Mexican immigrants from the US using "military-style tactics."