Used in the Middle East. Eisenhower and his top advisers worried that President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmn was too willing to cooperate with local Communists, even though they had only a limited role in his government. Also, although both presidents sought to defend democracy abroad, Kennedys record is more prominent on this front than that of Eisenhower. Then in July 1958, what appeared to be pro-Nasser forces seized power in Iraq. An illustration of a magnifying glass. The summit collapsed, however, in acrimony and bitterness in a dispute over the U-2 incident. Kennedy met Eisenhower at the White House after he was elected and Eisenhower was still in office. The voters who heard the debate, viewed a lot on . Eisenhower vs. Truman foreign policy. Though some may be similar, each domestic policy is unique and remembered for something different. It also found, however, the existence of important dif-ferences between Kennedy's belief system and those of the other presidents (President Kennedy): Right. When these negotiations stalled, Joe Kennedy, Jr. had been killed in the European arena of World War II and so the political ambitions of the family got placed on the shoulders of John.