On This Day in 1970: The Story Behind the Infamous Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon Photo That Caused a Worldwide Stir

americansongwriter ^ | 12/21/2024 | Em Casalena

[ChicagoConservative27]

I think Sammy Davis Jr also came to meet Nixon.

[Red Badger]

IIRC, Elvis showed up unannounced...............

[Fido969]

Nixon wasn’t as bad (or stupid) as the MSM made him out to be.

[Williams]

Nixon was brilliant.

But flawed.

[x]

He should have made Sammy VP.

Much less trouble than Agnew or Ford.

[Hot Tabasco]

It that top picture, it was discovered that Sammy had stolen Nixon’s wallet.....

[Round Earther]

‘According to Presley, he had conducted a detailed “study of drug abuse...’

And Elvis studied very hard.

[Round Earther]

Elvis wanted to gift Nixon a .45 and was bemused that the Secret Service did not allow him to present it to Nixon.

[citizen]

Thank the Colonel for Presley’s dug addictions.

[woodbutcher1963]

Dick’s biggest mistake was asking what happened to Jack?

[Liz]

[ValleyofHope]

I have the coffee mug with that image!

[Liz]

Neat

[Liz]

[oil_dude]

Didn’t Nixon make Elvis an honorary CIA agent or FBI agent?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I still remember his debate with JFK. On Radio Nixon won hands down. Same debate on TV JFK won as Nixon looked “shifty” next to handsome JFK.

[nwrep]

Do you have any idea how many white peacenik chicks slept with Sammy Davis Jr due to that one picture? That he would loom over Nixon the warmonger wearing the peace sign.

[DarrellZero]

Linking the Beatles to the drug culture was kind of a bitch move.

I doubt it had much effect however, given that by then the Beatles had openly bragged about using pretty much every drug under the sun.

[Fester Chugabrew]

I have the t-shirt. There are one or two movies about it. The Amazon one is fun.

[odawg]

Elvis was never counter-culture, he never made political pronouncements, and the photo did not create any kind of negative stir.