A candidate from a split party typically doesn’t win the presidency and a contested convention doesn’t create momentum that a candidate needs to oppose the other party
President Truman fired General MacArthur for insubordination. Although Truman was committed to waging a limited war in Korea, preferring to negotiate with China and North Korea rather than expand hostilities, MacArthur openly disagreed with the president and threatened to attack China if it did not agree to terms of peace.
