Tag: Nixon’s

19 NOV

Trump’s appointment of Whitaker is almost exactly like one of Nixon’s most brazen acts before Watergate, only worse

Steve Pope/Getty Images The interim appointment of a man unknown and unqualified, except for his open loyalty to the president, to one of the top law enforcement jobs in the federal government has happened before. In May 1972, President Richard Nixon elevated Patrick Gray III to the directorship of the FBI a month before the […]

09 OCT

Donald Trump’s Nuclear Rhetoric Echoes Richard Nixon’s ‘Madman’ Theory, But Won’t End Well

The ongoing war of words between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un echoes Richard Nixon’s Vietnam rhetoric. It won’t play out any better today than it did then. https://media.wired.com/photos/59d80f2c6768f8548c6c9d24/master/pass/Trump-849507970.jpg Feed: All Latest