Nixon was one of the smartest 20th Century POTUSes, but on China and the gold standard he effed up bigtime.
He had to see the movie Deep Throat 3 times before he could get it down Pat
i dunno...to be fair, you gotta put the China thing into context...he did use them as leverage against Vietnam. He had to end that war and the last thing he needed was another China to the rescue ala Korean war...