Posted on 03/06/2025 1:00:18 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
You’ve made a huge political comeback. You’re deeply suspicious of the Washington bureaucracy. You’re contemptuous of liberal elites and the media they control, especially TV networks and The New York Times.
You’re trying to get America out of a war you didn’t start and which you regard as a drain on US resources. You’ve just delivered a massive shock to your allies. You really want them to rely less on the US for their security. You also want to counter their competition with US manufacturing. You’re aiming to achieve piece in the Middle East between Israel and everyone else. And you’re seeking to drive a wedge between Russia and China and exploit it to your advantage.
Congratulations, Donald Trump: You are officially Richard Nixon’s revenge. Not many presidents have sought to emulate Nixon since he was forced to resign in disgrace in August 1974. But you are going there. And in many ways you are right to do so. You just need to tread warily. There is a reason Richard is not fondly remembered today — except by you.
Many of my European friends are reeling from the events of the past two weeks. They feel the way many US allies felt on the night of Sunday, Aug. 15, 1971, after President Nixon had gone on TV to announce a 10% surcharge on all imports, a supposedly temporary suspension of the convertibility of the dollar into gold, and a 90-day wage and price freeze.
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Yeah, well. Biden’s “brain dead” playbook had some big risks too.
I had no idea Nixon had a “playbook”
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He did have a playbook, but the hyenas got him with the watergate takedown. Nixon was the “fall guy” for everything wrong with 1960’s & 1970’s America.
It was bullshit, but the 37th President is looking down on “Nixon’s Revenge” that is happening right now.
“He’s Happy”
Another thing the two President’s have in common: Branded as a crooks by the actual crooks.
It occurs to me that our nation’s history needs a DOGE-like audit to cut out the lies and set the record straight. Today’s fake news becomes tomorrow’s fake history. Yesterday’s fake news becomes today’s fake history.
Very interesting
Are we going off the Gold standard … oh wait
Nixon said his biggest mistake was not fighting back
Pure BS. Just a pathetic attempt to link Trump’s name to Nixon
Trump is what Reagan would of been with a GOP controlled US House
And that is where he and Trump are very different as well as some other factors.
Nixon Grew Government. Nixon created the EPA
Used Government to impose wage and price controls
Escalated a war
Nixon is more in line with Biden then Trump
Forget it, Jake, it’s the NY Post.
That’s true.
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Nixon was a joke.
Among other things he created the EPA that has been terrorizing Americans for decades.
Short answer: scratch a 70+ year old Trump hater and you'll find an irrational Nixon hater.
95% of the EPA is terrorizing the American people.
Nixon played us big time.
Or he got played or both.
95% of the EPA is terrorizing the American people.
Nixon played us big time.
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The democrat House & Senate would’ve created a much worse EPA, but keep blaming Nixon.
An EPA was going to be created by either the executive or legislative branch during that time period.
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