Background
Roland Franklin was born in 1926. His father, Ellis Arthur Franklin (1894–1964), was a merchant banker.
Roland Franklin was born in 1926. His father, Ellis Arthur Franklin (1894–1964), was a merchant banker.
Franklin is a merchant banker, and a former director of Keyser Ullman, the British merchant bank that failed in the 1973-1974 banking crisis. In June 2015, Franklin published an opinion piece in j., a Northern California Jewish newspaper, arguing that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, also known as the Iran nuclear deal, would be "the first step on the path to World War III." He went on to compare United States. President Barack Obama to British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain prior to World World War II, suggesting, "Obama is betraying Israel.". He concluded that Iran "should be treated as an extremely dangerous pariah.".
