When you research major controversies like 9/11, the Iraq War, and aspartame’s questionable approval, Donald Rumsfeld is in the middle of all of them. You’ll discover after doing some research that his reputation is not a favorable one recorded in the history books.
Politics
Remember this name because it gives you more insight into his character. He defended his infamous questionable decisions as misjudgments, and he had a long string of them.
Donald Rumsfeld’s political career began as a U.S. Congressman from Illinois’s 13th district, serving in the House of Representatives from 1963 to 1969.
He then served as U.S. Secretary of Defense twice; first under President Gerald Ford (1975–1977), and later under President George W. Bush (2001–2006).
Before he went to work for the Ford Administration, in 1974–1975 he was the White House Chief of Staff, and before that in 1973–1974, he was the U.S. Ambassador to NATO.
A Revolving Door
There’s a pattern when government officials leave government for the private sector – they typically go back and forth to blend and protect a common interest. It’s called a revolving door from government to industry and back to government.
This door never stops swinging.
Rumsfeld’s NutraSweet
I don’t think you’ll be too surprised that Rumsfeld was the one responsible for aspartame’s market approval.
Between his government roles, he was the President and CEO of G.D. Searle Pharmaceuticals from 1977–1985. Rumsfeld joined G.D. Searle Pharmaceuticals in 1977 after his first term as Secretary of Defense.
As CEO, he led the company through a turnaround, notably overseeing the development and successful marketing of the artificial sweetener aspartame, branded as NutraSweet/Equal®.
His leadership arranged Monsanto’s acquisition of Searle in 1985 for $2.7 billion.
Rumsfeld’s Corruption
Rumsfeld will be remembered as a prime example of corruption both in government and in the private sector, but remember that he defined this corruption as “misjudgments.”
- In 1985, Rumsfeld was the CEO of G.D. Searle Pharmaceuticals and brokered the sale of Searle and NutraSweet/Equal to Monsanto Chemical Company;
- As U.S. Secretary of Defense from 2001 to 2006, Donald Rumsfeld was a central figure in planning and executing the 2003 Iraq War;
- Rumsfeld was the one who claimed Iraq had weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) – none were found, leading to controversy over the war’s justification;
- The day before 9/11 on September 11, 2001, Rumsfeld was the one who announced that the Pentagon couldn’t track $2.3 trillion.
I don’t know about you, but I’ll remember this man as a person at the center of some of our history’s worst corruption.
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