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In the Korean War General MacArthur wanted to create a nuclear umbrella Shield against the Chinese when they backed up the Koreans, he wanted to drop 100 or so tactical nuclear weapons all across the border of Korea and China. I think it was Eisenhower as president at the time that told him to fuck off and fired him. MacArthur ran for president at least once and got just crushed.
The soldiers in World War II hated him partly because he changed their food from good real food to like processed crap food like egg beaters for eggs and spam for meat and such.
MacArthur was such an ass
Nope it was Truman, who had enough of MacArthur's shit after dealing with him through the final months of WWII. The two famously never got along, even when Truman was Vice President. MacArthur's insubordination during the Korean War was the last straw when he was contradicting Truman in the press.
Truman also didn't think he'd look very good if he not only approved nuking Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but Korea as well. Either it sets a precedent the US is going to use nuclear weapons in every conflict (which is a diplomatic nightmare), or he's the only president who used them (which is still true).