Posted on 02/07/2021 5:24:48 PM PST by SeekAndFind
George P. Shultz, who as secretary of State in the 1980s shaped U.S. foreign policy in the closing phase of the Cold War when a dangerous nuclear-armed stalemate gave way to peaceful — if not quite cordial — relations between the superpowers, died Saturday. He was 100.
Shultz’s tenure as President Reagan’s chief diplomat, from 1982 to 1989, came after he served in three Cabinet-level posts in the Nixon administration: Treasury secretary, director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Labor secretary.
Shultz died at his home on the Stanford University campus, Jeff Marschner, director of media relations at Stanford's Hoover Institution, said Sunday.
Shultz spent his later years in the Bay Area as Republican Party elder statesman, teaching economics at Stanford. He was one of the nation’s most prominent advocates of reducing the risks of nuclear war.
Shultz was also outspoken on climate change. In a break with the Trump administration, he joined another former secretary of State, James A. Baker, in calling for a carbon tax on oil, natural gas and coal to discourage the burning of fossil fuels.
An economic advisor to former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shultz was one of many Republican establishment figures who resisted Donald Trump’s rise to the presidency.
In keeping with the diplomatic demeanor of former secretary of State, he avoided direct criticism of Trump, but a burst of candor a few months before the 2016 election made his opinion clear: “God help us,” he told reporters.
Shultz prided himself on his integrity, emerging unscathed when the Watergate scandal consumed Richard M. Nixon’s presidency. As Treasury secretary, Shultz rejected a White House request to audit the tax returns of Nixon enemies, leading the president to ask his counsel John Dean, “What does that candy ass think I sent him over there for?”
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Was he still in charge?
RIP
You’re thinking of Al Haig.
Nice and ripe old age .. 100.
We all should aim for.
RIP. President Trump could have used a few men like George Shultz. He got weak imitations.
RE: President Trump could have used a few men like George Shultz. He got weak imitations.
It says in the article: “An economic advisor to former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shultz was one of many Republican establishment figures who resisted Donald Trump’s rise to the presidency.”
I loved that guy.
And his wife was a knockout.
Was it Shultz who was said to have a tiger tattooed on his hindquarters?
Ah. Him too!
Kennedy and Biden & Company fought him and RR night and day for 8 years
George Shultz was loyal to the President he served. Trump didn’t have many like that.
God rest his soul, he was a sucker for a pretty face. He was taken in by Elizabeth Holmes’ Theranos scam. Saw his grandson (whom he got a job at Theranos) on TV saying that he tried to warn Grandpa that Holmes was running a Ponzi scheme, but Gramps was a believer.
Yes, the mascot of Princeton University
“Shultz was also outspoken on climate change. In a break with the Trump administration, he joined another former secretary of State, James A. Baker, in calling for a carbon tax on oil, natural gas and coal to discourage the burning of fossil fuels.”
Ping
RIP George Shultz.
Exactly. A Cold War Patriot who completely lost his way after the Cold War victory. A good representation of the moral, financial and political collapse of the Old Republic over the last 30 years.
I wonder who she will marry next for husband #4 since she always needs a man quickly after the current one dies.
RIP.
Too bad he ended his public life so poorly.
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