I was a sort of son to Ike, and it was the other way round with Kennedy.
Meaning of the quote
This quote means that Harold MacMillan felt like a son to President Eisenhower, and he had a similar relationship with President Kennedy, but in the opposite way - with Kennedy being more of a father figure to him.
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