The Marshall plan was to help build up Western European nations due to the fact that communism spreads easiest in poverty stricken war torn countries. Then to make it worst Europe is a collective of several countries that are closest to America’s borders from the Atlantic, so to further containing communism in the east, they had to solidify the Democracy in the west.
No in a lot of ways the founding fathers were trying to limit the power of the masses to choose who governed them by creating the electoral college creating a sort of parent organization capable of over ruling the wish of the people which in of its self is also a type of tyranny.
There are many reasons. For example, he's a shady guy who probably deals in criminal activities because he works together with Gatsby who was a bootlegger. It is also stated that he fixed the state series meaning he also did something illegal. In addition, people like Tom dislike him because of his religion since there is a wave of Americans who were against Jewish people at the time.