The left hates Nixon because he had the unmitigated gall to take a page out of their playbook.
You know, you can post more than a sentence from a blog. Especially a blog that makes it impossible for a reader to read the text of the blog.
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How Richard Nixon predicted a Trump Presidency
He once debated mosh pits with Marilyn Manson.
In December, 1987, Donahue interviewed Trump on his show. Phil Donahue didn’t pull punches. From the get-go, he grilled Trump on his real estate management practices and the rumors associated with his “empire.” In the middle of the interview, Trump tells Donahue he’s able to be honest because he’s “not running for office,” after defending his policies – to the applause of a middle-class audience.
The look of surprise on Donahue’s face was clear, as he shouted “let’s hear it for the rich folks.” The debate over rent control continued for another ten minutes and the studio audience weren’t the only viewers impressed with the Donald’s performance, one viewer at home was also suitably impressed: Pat Nixon.
The former First Lady of the United States was so impressed with Trump’s responses to Donahue’s grilling that she told her husband, 37th President of the United States Richard Nixon. Nixon might have agreed with his wife, as he took the time to write to Trump:
Dear Donald,
I did not see the program, but Mrs. Nixon told me you were great on the Donahue show.
As you can imagine, she is an expert on politics and she predicts that whenever you decide to run for office, you will be a winner!
RMN
The letter was stored away in the Nixon Presidential Library Archives until the author of a 2015 biography of Trump, called “Never Enough,” included it in the memoir of then-soon-to-be Presidential candidate Trump.
Trump’s interview on Donahue covered much more than rent control in New York City. His rhetoric was similar to the arguments he would come to use as a presidential candidate, including the idea of making American allies pay for the “services we are rendering” in providing for their defense.
The news at the time ranged from people reporting that someone raised their rent on down to some laundramat charging an extra quarter do their laundry. What a disaster Nixon pulled on that one. And yes, conservatives did tell him NOT to do it, but he caved to the liberal's way of thinking.
The Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 (Title II of Pub.L. 91–379, 84 Stat. 799, enacted August 15, 1970,[2] formerly codified at 12 U.S.C. § 1904) was a United States law that authorized the President to stabilize prices, rents, wages, salaries, interest rates,
It definitely would have been in America’s best interest(s) that both President Nixon and President Trump had served out their respective two terms in office.
As a 14-year-old, I vividly recall watching the Watergate hearings and later seeing Nixon depart aboard Marine One.
What a needless, senseless travesty—just like both abominable impeachment trials against President Trump!!!
With what so many politicians continue to get away with and forever reelected, the Presidency is the ONLY office with built-in terms limits. Moreover, the bar to remove a sitting POTUS ought to be much steeper, so as to preclude nothing more than malign partisan witch hunts.
Bravo to Nixon for recognizing and appreciation our future Commander-in-Chief’s immense qualities. Just wish that he had not been driven from the White House, leading to Ford’s subsequent weaknesses that resulted in the perilous rise of Carter . . .
Praying still each day that President Trump will have a chance to right the course of our ship of state, as he mounts a triumphant comeback in 2024!!