It hard to describe Nixon as “great” as he is responsible for proposing and setting up the EPA and as a Cabinet position. Hard to think of an agency that has done more hard to America.
Whoops, of course I meant more “harm”.
But again, the times and congress was so stacked against Nixon, and the literal survival of the nation was at risk — so I view some of his missteps as expedience.
Regardless, I think he was great in that he preserved the nation long enough for a guy like Reagan to come in and be a truly great titan and strenghen our freedoms for the subsequent onslaughts of dems and rinos.