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!!
1. He inherited a full-on war 10,000, miles away which pitted us against about 2,000,000 enemy fighters (VC and NVA), fully and lavishly supported by the Soviets, the Chinese, the Warsaw Pact, and some slimy "allies" of ours too. Remember too, that the pro-enemy "antiwar" movement was gathering tens of thousands of dimwits to obstruct the conduct of the war - including carrying enemy flags. (I'd love to have seen these jerks pull that crap during the WWII!)
2. He inherited the major part of the Civil Rights mayhem, immediately after Martin Luther King was assassinated and most major cities had burned - and the huge expenses of LBJ's War Against Poverty.
3. We had to maintain a huge Cold War force in Europe and Japan, plus bombers and missiles on standby - all expensive, in manpower and supporting costs.
4. In the Middle East, a major war erupted between Syria, Iraq, and Egypt against Israel that was a really close-run thing, also inflamed by Soviet meddling and support in the Arab countries (including offering nukes to Egypt). We also had the Arab Oil Embargo going, which drastically affected out country/
5. Then, we had a the "Space Race", including the very costly and risky "Race to the Moon" which Kennedy had started and had already cost Billions.
Nixon was an outstanding President who, like Trump, never had a break from the press for a single second - yet. like Trump, worked miracles to keep our country safe and away from the brink of Armageddon.
I will always despise the Left and the Democrat Party for what they did to Nixon and Trump.