I have always liked aspects of Richard Nixon. I read a few of his books he wrote after his presidency.
Like many, I took extreme issue with his implementation of price controls, and the EPA, but back then, I didn’t know enough about those things to understand how destructive they were.
I will always cut Nixon slack based on two things: his part in bringing down Alger Hiss, and the bombing of Hanoi and the mining of Haiphong harbor in December 1972.
Plus, he made me realize what tools the US Media are. Fully on the side of the Left.
The EPA is a classic example of what happens when “moderate” Republicans are in charge.
In the beginning it helped clean up incredibly dirty rivers and extreme and dangerous pollution of various types.
In a few decades it has morphed into a monster telling people how much water can be used by their toilets.
I also believe he loved this country very much. I have tremendous respect for the man. Not all of his policies of course, but he was a giant in some ways.
“and the EPA, but back then, I didn’t know enough about those things to understand how destructive they were.”
I do not think the original intent of the EPA was to be destructive. Rather any agency the left gets control of can and will be an administrative tool to promote their agenda.
Just about any government agency or department is now making administrative rules to run the country. Rules made by appointees while our elected representatives do nothing about it.
I think the SES employees running these outfits are actually running the country in collusion with the rat party. They are the Deep State. The most effective way for Trump to eliminate the Deep State is to fire these employees.
“his part in bringing down Alger Hiss”
The left never forgave Nixon for that one. Of course he was vindicated when the truth about Hiss came out, but the widespread infiltration of so many institutions in the ‘30s and ‘40s with Stalin’s dupes had to be covered up, and red hunters like Nixon and Joe McCarthy had to be vilified and discredited. In many ways, Nixon was the proto-Trump, viscerally hated the left in ways that establishment Repubs like the Bushes or even Reagan weren’t.
Why must Trump be discredited and destroyed? That’s the ultimate question. What about Trump and/or his agenda is such an existential threat to them? China? Immigration? SCOTUS? Some combination thereof? Something else entirely? I honestly don’t know, but I’d love to hear some opinions.