The Cuban Missile crisis pitted Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev against US president

A. Harry Truman

B. John F. Kennedy

C. Richard Nixon

D. Jimmy Carter

The president of the United States during the time of the Cuban Missile was John F. Kennedy. Kennedy and Khrushchev were the leaders of their respective states, Khrushchev being the leader of Russia, during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

It pitted soviet Khrushchev against JFK