President Nixon Recalls Meeting JFK For First Time
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I can't imagine any politician speaking so politely about their political opponents today.
I can't imagine Biden speaking.
And that comment sums up exactly what's wrong with your country
This is what happens when malice is assumed whenever someone does something you don't agree with. Even if you think something is morally wrong you should give the other side the benefit of the doubt their intent is malicious. Treating every political and social issue as 'life and death' and 'good and evil' is destroying the country. You can believe someone is 100% wrong and still be respectful and a friend.
Nixon is often cited as the "last liberal president". In those days the GOP was not just the scam it is today, politicians actually thought they had to do things for working people to get elected and the "enemy" was Communism so the parties were more similar in a lot of ways..and yes they all drank from the same trauft. But, Communism was a real threat in the sense it offered an actual economic alternative, it was real competition so the US had to have a prosperous middle class, it had to look better. Now you are expendable and what you get is a "wall" or culture wars, private prisons, the most expensive health care in the western world, an illegal surveillance state and gun violence like no where else in the civilized world. You are no longer a citizen of a democracy (which the GOP keeps saying out load that the USA is not a democracy) but the subject of an empire...how does it feel?
@@TheBatugan77you’re trying to be funny, but the comment is just dumb. As if he’s mute.
The Nixons actually went to the Kennedys wedding.
After the assassination, Nixon wrote Jackie a letter of condolence and she replied thanking him and encouraging him that if he didn't give up, she was sure he would be president
Interesting about the Nixons attending JFK's wedding, as I did not know this. Nixon also invited Jackie, Caroline, and JFK Jr. to the White House for dinner after he became president.
@@rosalindshays5679 it's funny. I learned that after watching Nixons reaction to the assassination referring to Kennedy as a friend.
I called BS and thought he was just saying that for cameras. I decided to check it out though.
I also learned after Nixon became vice president, Kennedy congratulated him, "I knew you would go far but I didn't expect it to be so fast"
@@andrewsutherland133 Nixon had his bad qualities, but it reminds me of how Ernest Hemmingway said we don't just carry the qualities of ourselves, but of our friends. I think when Nixon brokered peace and negotiation with China he was carrying on Kennedy's legacy for him.
Of course without the Vietnam war, and its subsequent political corruption domestically entailed with it, both Lyndon B. Johnson and Nixon may have been remembered for their achievements rather than their hand in the worst war since WWII against a decolonising nation with millions of civilians.
@@JingleJangleJam You heavily mischaracterize Vietnam. We were fighting for the right of South Vietnam to be free from communist aggression. It was NOT an anti-colonial struggle. Both nations were independent by 1954.
And Nixon ended the war in Vietnam in 1973. It only flared up again in 1975 with attack by the North against the south in complete violation of the Paris treaty. We were fully pulled out by then, except for our embassy personnel.
@@RaptorFromWeegee That's the official explanation of Vietnam from the memos and press that cheered on the war at the time, and it was refuted, not least of all, by the leaders of the war in Vietnam themselves.
I recommend as instructive on this issue, not of the causes of the Vietnam war, of which the past colonialism of the French in Indo-China was surely a cause for nationalist resentment of foreign invaders, but the book by Robert McNamera, the Secretary of Defence in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Viet Nam paints a more sombre characterisation of how events turned out than you just optimistically have towards the understanding of the United States of the past colonial issues that Viet Nam had had and the nationalist sentiment that was more the influence there than an international Communist Conspiracy or Domino Effect as was seen as the official reasoning of the time.
''We misjudged then - as we have since - the geopolitical intentions of our adversaries . . . and we exaggerated the dangers to the United States of their actions. We viewed the people and leaders of South Viet Nam in terms of our own experience. We saw in them a thirst for, and a determination to fight for, freedom and democracy. We totally misjudged the political forces within the country. We underestimated the power of nationalism to motivate a people (in this case, the North Vietnamese and Vietcong) to fight and die for their beliefs and values - and we continue to do so in many parts of the world.
Our misjudgements of friend and foe alike reflected our profound ignorance of the history, culture, and politics of the people in the area, and the personalities and habits of the leaders.''
So you proclaim to know a lot about the history of the war in Viet Nam, - - only to prove that you have learned nothing about the history of the war in Viet Nam outside of judging it from the experiences of 1960s US thought.
In 1995 Bush and McNamara visited Vietnam after normalizing relations and thus implicitly admitting they had in the past misjudged the nation as an enemy through diplomacy leading to open relations today with no need ever of having to have fought those people who loved freedom so dearly. It was McNamara who helped rehabilitate the shared values between both nations that ought never to have been divided but by cruel chance and historical fate.
Colin Powell said in his memoirs ''we bombed the hell out of Viet Nam and never did stop the Ho Chi Minh Trail.''
It was hitting civilian areas in the North which would not impede military supplies to Viet Nam. Even military historians, such as John Keegan, who were conservative and supported the political causes of Viet Nam, said that they disagreed with its brutal methods of escalating bombings.
McNamara in 1967 had his senior official John McNaughton ''start collecting documents for future scholars to use'' because McNamara ''wanted the work done as objectively as possible'' and this was the basis of the documents for the Pentagon Papers leak by Daniel Ellsberg who was arrested under the Espionage Act.
The covering up of leaks and then direct involvement by people of that sort in the Watergate scandal is why I say certain domestic corruptions were involved in Nixon's downfall that can be traced to repression of the press during Viet Nam.
I think Nixon judged other cultures well from their perspectives though, and the causes of the war weren't his but stemmed earlier in history for that matter. I think he was the last great intellectual president after Kennedy, and Johnson, the last one to hold real power over the whole political world, a giant of his time, making his downfall all the more compelling and fascinating.
Unbelievable.
They both drew the last straws as freshmen congressmen in ‘46. They both went on to become President. And both their Presidencies ended prematurely!
This is one of those Gold Nugget moments that History occasionally gives.
But, although he probably didn't order the hit directly, Nixon would've been well aware of the co-vert actions to eliminate JFK in November 1963.
@@jimmycricket5366 Hmmm 🤔. But there is probably nothing he could do to stop them.
@@billoddy5637 Yes I agree with you on that, and although Nixon had been a big part of it from the early 1950's, let's call it 'the machine' had snowballed into this unaccountable monster by 1963.
Nixon had a ton more integrity than LBJ, the latter being something of a cold psychopath. That was a very dark part of US history.
@@billoddy5637 Yes I agree with you, and although Nixon had been a big part of it from the early 1950's, 'the machine', let's call it, had snowballed into this unaccountable monster by 1963.
Nixon had a ton more integrity than LBJ. The latter was regarded as cold and often described as psychopathic. That was a very dark part of US history indeed.
@@billoddy5637 I so wanted to reply to you with my take, but my comments keep getting deleted.
Rest in Peace JFK And Nixon
I am not a republican but I respect President Nixon
I doubt a million dead Vietnamese feel the same.
I was never a fan but this gives me a new perspective on him and I like him a bit more. A far cry from the jokes In both parties now.
Nixon and JFK: both were serious men dealing with serious issues and did so in a cordial manner, right up through JFK’s presidency.
JFK is over rated and should have never been president and embarrassment in my opinion
@@amateur_football9751 Probably a white older non educated Trump election denier SMH
If only Congress was cordial today.
JFK went against the military industrial complex and paid the ultimate price for that
@@amateur_football9751 agree - - - The most famous collision in U.S. Navy history occurred at about 2:30 a.m. on August 2, 1943, a hot, moonless night in the Pacific. Patrol Torpedo boat 109 was idling in Blackett Strait in the Solomon Islands. The 80-foot craft had orders to attack enemy ships on a resupply mission. With virtually no warning, a Japanese destroyer emerged from the black night and smashed into PT-109, slicing it in two and igniting its fuel tanks. The collision was part of a wild night of blunders by 109 and other boats that one historian later described as “the most screwed up PT boat action of World War II.” Yet American newspapers and magazines reported the PT-109 mishap as a triumph. Eleven of the 13 men aboard survived, and their tale, declared the Boston Globe, “was one of the great stories of heroism in this war.” Crew members who were initially ashamed of the accident found themselves depicted as patriots of the first order, their behavior a model of valor.
The Globe story and others heaped praise on Lieutenant (j.g.) John F. Kennedy, commander of the 109 and son of the millionaire and former diplomat Joseph Kennedy. KENNEDY’S SON IS HERO IN PACIFIC AS DESTROYER SPLITS HIS PT BOAT, declared a New York Times headline. It was Kennedy’s presence, of course, that made the collision big news. And it was his father’s media savvy that helped turn an embarrassing disaster into a tale worthy of Homer. < > HISTORY NET
Nixon and Kennedy were both giants!
Can't say I agree. JFK nearly started WW3 because of poorly planned invasions and an inability to keep information out of soviet hands.Nixon would have laughed the Bay of Pigs plan, told his aides to come back with something serious and grow up, and then ensured the missle crisis never even happened. JFK was JV compared to him. Even in 1960.
Amen!
@@fredcollins8919Define giant.
@@liedersanger1Hugely influential for US foreign policy. Nixon's wrong doing apart he accomplished a great deal. Normalized relations with China (that accomplishment pretty much handed him his second term), was well on his way to thawing the relationship with the Soviets, got the North Vietnamese to agree to some sort of peace (they rolled into South Vietnam after he left office), started the EPA which his party now hates. Most Presidents manage to be consequential. Such is the power of the United States and of the office.
@@liedersanger1 lol. Why ask ME? Either way, theres only one answer. Legends (in a GOOD way, thank God). BOTH of them. Period. Cheers, sir! 😎🇺🇸🥃
Brilliant man. With weaknesses, as do we all.
We all have weaknesses for secret bombings in Cambodia, treason, money laundering, tax evasion, illegal wiretaps?
yeah but most of our weaknesses don't cause a million-plus dead...
@@merrychase9744 sounds like you've never heard of Anna Chennault.
@@merrychase9744 you're the one who replied to me; oblivion of history notwithstanding.
Nixon should have been jailed.
I recall seeing or reading somewhere that when Kennedy, as President, was in some European capitol he was told that Nixon happened to be there at the same time. He immediately contacted Nixon to get together for friendly conversation. Different times.
Friendships which transcended politics.
Nixon and Kennedy giants of the 20th century
well said, and when respect for one another ruled, quite a difference between then and now...
@@forgottenman8629 Yes. People nowadays have become too toxic. We should all respect each other whatever our political beliefs. As we all share this land and want to improve the world
My fav JFK anecdote in regards to Nixon is that JFK donated to Nixons senate campaign
The Kennedy-Nixon presidential debates was the first and by far the best of the presidential debates to date. You can see the intelligence and seriousness of the 2 men on display. There's much about Nixon that I admire, but he did have an ethics problem, not in terms of corruption, but with his win at all cost approach towards politics. I imagine there must have been some begrudging respect towards Nixon from Kennedy in that how did this working class kid from a small town in California become vice-president at age 39 vs Kennedy with all his family money and privilege.
I think in a strange way, Nixon had an advantage over Kennedy in that his life experience was something that far more Americans at the time could identify with. And his personal insecurities (which were on display) were similar to the average American at the time.
My memory of the Kennedy Nixon debate is that it had nothing to do with the 60's.
They talked about "the missile gap ". There was no missile gap. They talked about two island (not Taiwan) off the coast of China.
I've noticed that Presidential Debates & Campaigns have nothing to do with the future.
Very very interesting. Nixon was quite articulate.
he was a true 'political animal' but in the days where one 'respected' others and their opinions...
And what a memory for detail! Not sure when this interview took place, but Taft-Hartley Act was 1947.
Quite revealing on how cordial the relationships were in those days after WWII. Now you have enemies not only between parties but within your own political party.
He would be remembered as a great president if not for Watergate.
@@brucekuehn4031This interview must have been in the 80s, he's much older than he was in the presidency.
Quite articulate? I would say that is very much an understatement, Nixon was a superb speaker
Fascinating! Rivals with respect. What a refreshing contrast to today.
Can you imagine? Both freshman congressmen, both in the Navy and in World War II, both recognizing that D.C. was the center of power in the world and wanting to shape policy.
It must have been exhilarating for them both.
I think their offices were close to one another and they would often see one another.
But they were keen competitors.
But they did not seem to be antagonists.
“We had a lot of things in common.” -Nixon … Indeed, Mr. President, we do as Americans have a lot of things in common. Unfortunately, we don’t take the time to realize it. That’s our problem as a nation.
It’s “more important” that we hate each other. Don’t ask me why it’s “more important,” it just is.
These are great videos! President Nixon was the 1st President that I ever voted for in 1972! I thought the world of him! The Liberal Press, who now hates Trump, hated Nixon. I was an Irish Catholic, who grew up in the Boston area, but became Republican after 1968, always had an empathy for Nixon. Kennedy was the rich Irish guy, whose Dad bought him elections. Nixon was more middle-class from California, a “scrapper”, who fought hard for what he had in life. I liked Kennedy, as he tragically lost his life when I was 9 years old. He was very telegenic and had a wit and an Irish sense of humor! I recommend replays of his press conferences.
Trump is no Nixon other than the press being overwhelmingly biased against both. And let's be real, that's just part and parcel of being a Republican.
The Liberal press hating Trump and Nixon is the only thing those two have in common. Though a lifelong Democrat I recognise Nixon was a highly sophisticated politician and leader who possessed a depth of knowledge that powered his policies. Trump is the complete opposite of that - an unprincipled fool, whose only talent is self-promotion with an ability to exploit the basest human instincts.
The press had it out for him ever since the "checkers" speech in 1952. There are much greater reasons to hate trump. Nixon loved his country and resigned rather than battle through impeachment. trump couldn't care less about this country.
Both men made hugh impact on the 20th century. Both brilliant men
Imagine how Nixon must have felt to lose to Kennedy by such a slim margin in 1960. One had one of the wealthiest and most privileged upbringings imaginable, the other came from poverty.
Yes, and to his vast credit, Nixon declined to contest the electoral results despite the urging of almost all of his advisors.
@@thomasthompson6378 Nixon said if he did that he’d look like the biggest sore loser in history
It's been reported that as Kennedy was preparing to run for the Democratic nomination in 1960, he told friends and acquaintances that if he didn't win the nomination then he would vote for Nixon in the general election.
JFK said in private that Nixon was a strange man but he respected him.
President Nixon was before my time and despite everything I’m really enjoying learning about him.
Nixon would be called a "marxist" by the maggot movement.
This is what politics should be about, respect towards your opponents
Longing for the days when presidential candidates were chosen for their capabilities as opposed to how well they play on social media.
Didn't realise Joe Biden was a social media expert
one of the coolest friendships in politics
Im 78, so Watergate was prime time for me as a voter. Compared to what goes on in our current government , Watergate was lower level. Nixon just made the mistake of not admitting it was a crime on his behalf, but not by he himself. The coverup was because he sincerely saw it that way.
Around 40 people went to jail in Watergate. Trump’s sleazy shit doesn’t come close. Nixon would have been impeached if he didn’t resign. He knowingly authorized the coverup of a crime. He would have gone to jail without a pardon.
Archie Bunker once said Nixons mistake was having Germans doing the bugging when everyone knew the Japs were better with electronics.
So interesting that they both had that Congressional experience.
which gave them extensive experience in becoming president, now that's do longer necessary only hunger and will to destroy one's opponent...
Both Navy veterans of World War II
@@brucekuehn4031That’s it, right there. Back then, veterans voted for veterans. War heroes ran for office.
Such a bright man & they brought him down.
He was a bright and articulate man. His actions brought him down though. Considering everything he was a good president. His enrollment in Vietnam is my biggest problem with him.
@@alanfitzgeraldsr2201 Viet Nam was already fully in progress when he won in '68 & early in his 2nd term it ended.
It seems ironic that in 1960 JFK was considered the healthy-looking one. Not so in 1947.
pres. nixon was indeed a historic personality
Both Kennedy and Nixon had failings, but both were great men that gave a lot of value to the country and the world.
To be honest I can’t think of a single failing JFK had. Nixon didn’t really have many either other than insecurity/paranoia. I think JFK is a Top 5 President and Nixon is a Top 15 President
@@ChristopherJoseph35 Nixon achieved a great deal more than did Kennedy, undoubtedly because he had considerably more time.
Tough times create tough competent men. People today dont know how easy they have it in the West, but its reflected in the public opinion and the quality of today's leaders.
I would take either gentlemen in a minute versus what's out there today
...Here today...babbling Biden, and lying Trump! 🙄
@@manuwilson4695You mean to tell me the Democrats AND Republicans aren’t nominating the BEST and BRIGHTEST?
@HVACSoldier ...I don't know about the best, but the brightest is definitely Vivek Ramaswamy.
@@manuwilson4695If you honestly think that smiling Joker is "the best" than our country is truly doomed 😞
@@RichardSchiffman-jn1ds READ MY COMMENT!...YA TWIT. Did I say the best?!
Incredible the destiny of these two men. One waving from a helicopter, the other from a limousine.
Back when Democrats and Republicans were far more civil to one another, could get things done despite there being differences of opinion on certain issues. I truly, truly miss those times. I worry about where we're headed right now in this country. I wonder what Nixon and Kennedy would think about the times we're living in.
They would be appalled. Mike Douglas (the actor) has a clip on UA-cam (it’s sort of an ad) that suggests (CORRECTLY) that there is LESS bipartisanship NOW, than 50 or 60 years ago.
It’s the liberals fault for being extremist
They're both probably rolling in their graves.
@@johnharris3362 That is exactly what’s happening.
Thank you to the RN Foundation for presenting these very interesting videos showing Mr. Nixon’s recollections. I was a mildly informed young Democrat during his presidential administration who did not “like” him, but with time and accumulated learning, I have come to see that he was a great leader and intellect, and that his anti-communism was the correct course.
I was just a kid, but i liked Nix9n
Nixon was BRILLIANT!
nice video thanks for posting it
Well spoken as a President should be.
You can hear the respect in his voice
President Nixon was an amazingly well spoken person! It’s something that I don’t see much of in today’s politicians! ☮️🖖🏽
Jesus I miss Nixon.
Nixon always wanted to be Kennedy's friend. When they were freshman house members they did a mini-debate (I believe it was in Pennsylvania) and travelled back to DC together, sharing a sleeper on the train and having a good time. Joe Kennedy told Nixon that if Jack didn't get the nomination in 1960 he would support of him over Johnson or Humphrey. When Kennedy had his back surgery as a senator Nixon went out of his way to accommodate him, to check on his recovery etc. in a very sincere manner. He was genuinely concerned for him. But Kennedy treated Nixon like he treated most people outside of his inner circle, rather shabbily. Kennedy did stick up for Nixon over the way Ike treated him, calling Ike a cold hearted SOB but that had to do with how Ike treated Kennedy as well. Everyone wanted be Kennedy's friend and by and large he didn't have time for most of them.
That’s sort of forgotten about Kennedy. He had few friends and was rather dismissive of people who weren’t in his circle. I mean just look up how he treated LBJ. There’s even tapes of Kennedy making fun of Nixon personally so they were never friends clearly but admired each other.
Bobby treated LBJ shabbily and vice versa. I thought John had a fairly decent relationship with him.
@@rhondabitler5474 JFK knew he needed Johnson in 1960 so he brought him on as VP but they were never close. Kennedy was warry of Johnson's habit of making whatever office he held more important than it had been before he arrived. But he did treat him decently, about as decent as most VP's get treated. He gave him stuff to do like running NASA and the Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity but he didn't have any real power in either job so he got bored, moped, and drank a lot. Kennedy tried to pump up his ego by sending him overseas. It was also a way to get him out of his hair. Bobby had him in his sights and word is LBJ was planning on making a deal with JFK on November 23 1963 where he would walk away from the ticket if Bobby would call off the hounds and stop leaking dirt to the Senate committee that was looking into corruption during his time as Senate Majority Leader. But the day before that could happen Kennedy rode in the motorcade in Dallas and the investigating into LBJ went away all on its own.
More fascinating nuggets of political history from Richard Nixon.
In 1960, America couldn't go wrong. Two great patriots running against each other for president
As a child I didn't understand Nixon why he hated the Harvard establishment but now as a grown man I understand 100%
his background and upbringing were quite simple so there wasn't much affection for East coats folks or Ivy leaguers, but he 'did' have a good relationship and respected
Mr. Kissenger, an Ivy leaguer...
They always made fun of him since he was part of the west coast crowd. They adored Kennedy since he was part of their crowd and always tried to make him look good
They would have been a great team. America should get their best candidates together, not pit them against each other.
Fascinating clip.
I was looking at those 2 couches! Hehe, I wonder if they ever use them nowadays, they'll make the whole public laugh out loud !!!
?? Explain please?
Poli-Sci classes were
half a century ago.
Or that rug!
@@user-lq1tb1eq7z I know. Hats off for Nixon. Just wanted some comedy outside the box. Be cool.
@@NJC2874No offense intended, but shouldn't comedy be, you know: funny - or amusing? 🧐
Great. Thank you.
JFK, Nixon, and Goldwater were all great men
What's actually interesting was that JFK was actually very good friends with both Nixon and Goldwater while as far as I know Goldwater never really liked Nixon despite the fact that they were both Republicans
Goldwater was Judas, just like McCain. Nixon decided to resign because Goldwater turned on him! Arizona republicans are the worst.
@@RichardSchiffman-jn1dsjust like how Jfk was at odds with many Democrats
Mr. Nixon was not an easy man to like, he suffered from such shyness making him come off aloof. Mr. Nixon respected Mr. Kennedy considering him the quintessential democrat; with a streak of liberalism but both men knew what was necessary in foreign relations and were often pretty much the same...
@@RichardSchiffman-jn1ds
Nixon very smart
After watching a couple of Nixon footages here on yt, I get another sense of the man who once was president! I new he was an intelligent man with knowledge, but that he could speak so well is a surprise. The courtesy he showed for JFK is far gone in todays politics!!
A time when opponebts respectfully debated differences. Certainly not today. Blame in on fucking social media, it's destroying us & the country.
how about simply 'corporate media' who see the $$ to be made dividing folks, no $$ to be made uniting folks...
Would’ve been interesting to see how things would’ve turned out if Nixon won the 1960 election
He did. Hiyoooooooo
@@JK-br1mu lol..”officially” I mean ;)
JFK would have been President from 1969-1977, of course.
@@benwagner2000Probably. I wonder how the Vietnam War would’ve turned out?
@@HVACSoldier no coup against Diem…maybe vietnam would just be another Cold War proxy conflict without direct involvement of US troops
One of the greatest president we have ever had. And by today's standard, and pure and the driven snow.
Politicians then had class.
They were actually good friends.When Kennedy had health problems at one point,Nixon was concerned.One of Nixon's first actions as President was to to invite Jackie and her children to spend time in the White House.
Great Patriot,Love Nixon
Kennedy looks like such a kid! :)
This man will be rehabilitated in historys eyes
NIXON
Now
I don't think Carter is up for a run in '24 so, yes, RMN 2024❤️🇺🇸
I voted for him twice, but I wouldn't do it again & its not because of "Watergate"!
@@rongendron8705 Because he can't run a 3rd term and he died in 1994?
Funny that he doesn’t mention that they were both in the US Navy. I guess at that time everyone had been in the military, so no big deal...
Nixon is a great communicator, and probably the most intelligent president to have served. His vision of what America should stand for is worth taking into account in the next election
Kennedy offered Nixon hot phone numbers. Nixon blushed.
Nixon was a good man. A great President as well.
Couldn't agree more. But we may well be the only two people in America who think that, alas.
Putting aside partisan politics I must say I’m impressed by the obvious intelligence, measured judgment and clear wise thinking of this man. Recent Presidents from both parties show a clear degradation of our political system in the last decades. I’m not attacking recent presidents personally, just commenting on how the declining pattern is indicative of our cultural and political decline.
Indeed.
The skit "The Debate: Batman vs. The Penguin" shows some of the debating techniques used today.
Not only today's politicians are assholes to each other but also got a lot of us to be assholes to each other as well.
I enjoy listening to him speak about issues. You know we've lost as a nation when it's politically unpopular and a death sentence to ones career when one side works with the other. We're DSA, the Divided States of America.
You can thank primaries for that.
Mr. Nixon's China legacy lives on and is something to be proud of, God only knows if he -- and Mr. Kissenger -- didn't know the import of splitting up the USSR and China duplicity and opening
China's door to the US and capitalism...
Look it was a “gamble,” but it really didn’t pay off. China and Russia are now closer than ever before. It was still a good thing that Nixon did that.
It's unfortunate and disheartening that so many Americans know so little about actual history of this country.
Great men agree on foreign policy!
He is a great person. His features that play on the negative side are so carefully tailored that they are visible only to me. (This is a self compliment but a straight forward one, not like G. W Bush regarding Putin) In a way the downward spiral of American presidents has started with him. He plays like a supportive role. If given Oscar award he should get one for leading role and for supportive role for the same role. I mean two Oscars for the same role.
And this was destructive in the situation when on the opposite side there was Brezhnev, Khrushchev and Tito. On lower levels US regime and Russian regime were opposed and have even have fought, but personally they were too friendly on highest levels. This is my prospective from Croatia.
Back when presidential opponents liked and respected each other.
History shows that the 1960 election pitted two of the best intellects as candidates.
Machiavellian politician, heartfelt raconteur.
Nixon doesn't mention that both he and JFK were Navy veterans of WW2....
Veterans of WWII - and probably most other wars - don't talk about what they went through.
To be a fly on the wall whil two future presidents just shootin the bull over foreign policy
What year is this from?
1983
What a contrast to our political conversation today. Sad to see how far we have moved from civil (yet with strongly held points of view) political discourse.
As a Liberal I hanker for the days of Nixon.
When Nixon said we normally came up with intelligent questions all I could think of was when mtg told Jami raskin u never have any intelligent questions!
❤️👍
The last of the great statesmen.
Politicians calling themselves "shy" :D . No, you are not shy if you are running for US Congress.
Nixon gets a bad rap. He was not a bad President. His insecurity was what cot him in trouble.
He was initially elected when he promised to end the Vietnam War, but four years later, he
still had not done it! He should have been defeated, for a second term, just on that! He lied!
You are correct. I suspect also the Mr Nixon was a little insecure which might have made life a little difficult for him.
...got NOT cot!
We need to demand those kennedy files!
Aside from Watergate, President Richard Nixon Was a Very Good President although Many people can't get passed Watergate, So it's just not worth mentioning, and that's a Shame 👍
Aside from Watergate and Vietnam...
ahhh, IndoChina was 'not' in Mr. Nixon's bailiwick, he did pull the US out of Mr. Johnson's debacle...
@@MarvelousLXVII
@@forgottenman8629 He kept us in it longer than he should of so he could win relection. Proven fact.
@@MarvelousLXVII And he had Cambodia bombed
He loves the word INCIDENTALLY
i think President Kennedy and President Nixon were Members of the House of Representatives in 80th United States Congress
Nixon has such a funny head. It was even funner the younger he was.
But a positively brilliant mind.
@@thomasthompson6378 100% agree
Interesting interview. One point though is that Eunice was not JFK's older sister or even eldest sister technically. Unless he meant eldest sister living and publicly known about, then okay.
Could someone ID the other men in the photo?
One error. Eunice was not JFK's older sister.
Thank you for posting these videos. Nixon is one of my favorite Presidents. Johnson had so bungled the war in Vietnam that there wasn't much choice but to come home and turn it over to the South Vietnamese which he did. Sadly, this great man was lynched by the democrat-media nexus of evil. We are in sad shape today because of the democrat crime ring.
yes the"democrat media" that marched in tune with the Warren commission cover up when the democratic President was killed....and a whole lot of Republicans were prepared to vote to impeach that scum bag....any criminal that says "...if the president does it its not illegal' is unfit for the office, or any other. And the kind of utter screw ball stupidity you display is exactly why the USA will continue to decline.
nixon was a man of great intellect who recognised jfk,s inttelligence and charisma .despite their political persuasions and beliefs nixon was able to strike up a rappore with jfk , compare Nixons amaicable attitude to Donald Trumps , like night and day. A sad state of affairs that currently exists in the Usa
Along time since those days. Civility. Maybe the daggers came out in private. But at least there was a level of respect.
Bipartisanship in foreign policy, a Republican and Democrat able to talk to one another to try to chart a path forward for the country. A bygone era.
As time goes on it seems ever more incredible that a man as intelligent as Richard Nixon could have let his presidency be undermined by matters so small compared to the issues that he dealt with as president.
JFK had no older sisters, as only his brother Joe was older than he. Eunice was the third eldest girl, after Rosemary and Kathleen.
It will be video records such as these that give unborn historians the real story on everything that matters. Official Narratives will be destroyed. Past propagana, also destroyed. 20/20 hindsight vision will be possible. I wish I could time warp ahead to see what is really going on now.
What happened to this America?😮
The radical left captured the Democrat party in the decade after JFK's assassination.
You really don't know?