He mentioned the Soviets fear of Ike. Ike largely had eight years of peace and prosperity despite the most above ground Nuclear explosions tit for tat with the Soviets. Ike had been awarded the Supreme Soviet medal at the end of WWII. Ike had respect.
The Soviet Union respected Ike because he was responsible for them taking Berlin he was very honorable and don't forget they were our allies in WW2 I think JFK was a total idiot they gave us Cuba on a silver platter they were on the opposite side of the world and JFK blew it all out of portion and blew the opportunity to take Cuba what a knuckle head and made them our adversary total stupidity and we are going to reap what we sow it would have been much better to have taken Cuba instead of fighting for nothing in Vietnam
The USSR was DEVASTATED after WW 2. They had 20 million casualties. They were severely lagging in long range bombers, nuclear weapons, navy capability and even food resources. Ike alone didn't deter the USSR.
Ike and Zhukov remained good friends even during the Cold War, and I feel like one of the most interesting What if’s of modern history is if Zhukov had taken over after Stalin.
What I find amazing about this series is that these interviews were conducted in 1983. This is nine years after he was supposedly 'crushed', 'defeated and humiliated.' And yet well after the peak of his powers, he comes across as intelligent, insightful and articulate. Even at his worse, he is still a better caliber of leader than anything we've seen in a while. Makes you rethink everything that we've been told about him.
Exactly. A lot of big names in industry even told Nixon if he kept pressuring them for consumer safety that he would have a bad time in the media. People don’t realize the stranglehold these folks have. Kings used to march army’s on robber barrons. Nowadays we take a percent off the inheritance tax or agree not to mention carried interest so they can expand a useless social welfare program. It’s absurd.
Nixon was in office when I was ages 13-19. All the media I was exposed to at the time trained me to mock and hate him. David Frye mocked Nixon; the NY Times hated him going back to the 1940s and still does. the Smothers Brothers hosted comics who mocked his dour media presence. He made a terrible mistake with Wage and Price Controls. He created the EPA, which started out in good faith as all government programs do, but became a monstrosity. He took the USA off the gold standard and converted the $ to a fiat currency. And his people were worried about his reelection prospects when he ended up winning 49 states in 1972 - imagine that. All pretty bad...but he knew his foreign policy.
I cast my very first presidential vote for Nixon...these interviews remind me why. Just imagine if our current 'president' had one-tenth the knowledge and ability that Nixon had in foreign policy.
"Do you think they were afraid of you?" (zero hesitation) "Oh yes" President Nixon was a thoughtful man. No ego or vanity. But he struck fear in the hearts of our enemies and demanded their respect. He knew it too.
"The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses."- Malcom X
This is the most underrated comment. Who is more powerful, the king or the kingmaker? Obviously the kingmaker and that's the media Look up the testimony and work of Dr Robert Epstein and what he documented that Google alone did an influencing over 10 million votes toward Hillary Clinton And that was Google alone, think about the results would be in our nation if we truly had free and fair elections by a well-informed public, but instead the public is brainwashed by ABC NBC CBS PBS MSNBC CNN Google and Facebook and at the time also Twitter which were all owned controlled and operated by the powerful bully extremists, Democrats
No matter what you think of him as a man,or a leader,or whatever,he was a political leader beyond compare,and a brilliant statesman,and like he just stated he had the respect of other world leaders which is an invaluable asset if you're going to lead the free world. 🌎
He was definitely dragged through the political mud, but having later presidents ask for your advice and wisdom after Watergate in secret says something about how effective you'd have to be as a political force.
A very good Way, well proven , it's worth noting that one of the principal participants in Watergate kept referring to Machiavellis the Prince and discourses upon his release its also referenced in the Bronx Tale movie. It's a short dynamic read. Better than The Art of War the popularized by the business leader Michael Douglas character Gheko...Any rate I attended the Impeachment hearings. I understand the "the Coverup" . What I never understood was how LBJ was given a pass on the Gulf of Tonkin phony war message. Johnson wins the War on Poverty by extending federal largesse to poor families and extending the draft to poor family males. That's very Machiavellian. He should have read the book.
...who would cheerfully ignore our laws and our constitution in his own sick quest for power. I feel sooo sorry for you, Jimmy, that you cannot tell the difference between a leader and a criminal. Tells us all we need to know about your intelligence and integrity. Pathetic little-boy hero-worship for would be demagogues is truly pathetic.
Listen fat, I… uh… the… what were we talking about again? Oh yes, President Sisi of Mexico. He can’t go around refusing aid to bordering states like Thailand and I made that clear to him.
so it matters to you which words a politician uses to lie to you? well, I guess if you're willing to lap up what ever swill served to you, then happy gorging!
@@Jeff-mv4yy What took Nixon down is what will take down the fool who's in trouble now: contempt for and abuse of the constitution and it's derivative laws. Grow up.
So then did he intend to help the Khmer Rouge come to power? His secret war in Cambodia, the carpet bombing campaign, directly led to the destabilization of Cambodia and the rise the Khmer Rouge.
No, he did NOT understand the world. He had a basic grasp of geopolitics, but Nixon did NOT cause the Soviets to back down; China had NOWHERE ELSE TO TURN AS IT FACED A POPULATION STARVED BY LACK OF TECHNOLOGY; and Nixon's lying assholitry as president destroyed him. Nixon did NOT understand the world, he understood the sick lying paranoid world of thuggery he learned from Roy Cohn and then rode to the top. THAT world ate him.
THOUSANDS OF OTHERS WENT THERE AND DIED, SO THAT YOU COULD SIT ON YOUR ASS AND CROW ABOUT BEING A COWARD...NIXON TOLD THE NORTH VIETNAMESE TO NOT MAKE PEACE WITH DEMOCRATS IN THE WHITE HOUSE, HE'D GIVE THEM A BETTER DEAL. AND HE HAD THE GALL TO RUN FOR REALECTION, CLAIMING HE WOULD END AN UNPOPULAR WAR...THAT HE SPENT YEARS AND AMERICAN LIVES FOR HIS OWN POLITICAL BENEFIT WAGING? SOOO GRATEFUL THAT I AM NOT A MORAL CESSPOOL, LIKE YOU.
you were pretty young then when he was president. he should of ended america's involvement years before. his second term campaign was to pull america out. he should of pulled them out his first term.
@@LittleLargeMouth Most of the US casualties in VN came after Liar Nixon said he was getting us out. Nixon committed treason with Kissinger to sink the 1968 peace talks. The only way Nixon kept you out of VN was by making the mess so much worse the Senate finally had to do something.
These clips of Richard Nixon give us valuable insights on an intelligent leader. The whole Western world badly would need need a Richard Nixon in the White House right now!
Looking back on President Nixon now, it is hard to see him as anything other than a brilliant politician who also happened to be a very great statesman. His accomplishments were many; his failures, few.
I guess you haven't looked very hard. I find it interesting how many people try to demand history is on their side without ever bothering to do research on whether it's true. It seems more like you're just a terrible judge of character.
He was bright and well spoken. He had some great foreign policy achievements(China) and some tragic failures (Vietnam, (Cambodia) He was also vengeful, paranoid and a frequent liar, and as it t turned out he WAS a crook.
He was a great President. To bad things turned out like they did. Thankfully I’m older now to understand these videos. When he was president I was 9 years old. I have very small memories of him. But now listening to his thoughts and policies what a great president he was. ❤
...WHO WAS A CRIMINAL WHO BROKE A NUMBER OF LAWS AND DIRECTED OTHERS TO DO SO. HAVEN'T LEARNED A THING SINCE YOU WERE 9, HAVE YOU? SAD, JUST REALLY SAD
@@itsjustme4848 a deputy from a certain agency in the DC area told 37 that 36 and several alphabet agency leaders were guilty of the wacking of 35. 37 was also told that there was evidence of this and the running of a call girl service for leverage purposes at the DNC Watergate offices. DC has been steeped in diabolical corruption especially since the Globalist Fabian Progressives in both parties assassinated William McKinley.
Yeah, when a president cozies up to Putin and when one party hems and haws about opposing the invasion of a sovereign country it sends a message of weakness.
@@IImitateVince Trump, one of the leading Republican candidates, says he'd let Putin do "whatever he likes"... Biden certainly wouldn't do that but I don't think the Russians are very afraid of him. Russia is a very old school country, I think is the point, and they see international relations only in terms of weakness and strength... The strong do as they please, and the weak suffer what they must. That is the Russian way.
Biden has allowed Putin to do exactly that, "whatever he likes" Russia invaded Crimea under Obama and Ukraine under Biden. Western Europe under the current leadership of America's foreign policy has tried to cut Russia off in the Black Sea and now the Baltic Sea. Turkey has worked to make peace with Russia, and America blew-up the Nord Stream Pipeline. Why? Because American business wants to sell cheap natural gas to Europe and not allow the Russians. Putin did nothing while President Trump was in office. Obama allowed for the CIA coup of Ukraine in 2014 and Biden sent Boris Johnson to kill the peace treaty between Ukraine and Russia in 2022 that had been negotiated by Turkey. I do not care if you like Trump personally or not, but it's very obvious for people who study geopolitics.
The day he left the WH I turned to my mother and said "Someday Americans will realize what a great President he really was.". I was all of 11 years old.
The "Madman" Theory is such a fascinating concept in both historical and strategic contexts! It's really intriguing how leaders and policymakers might use unpredictability or the perception of irrationality as a strategic tool in negotiations and international relations. This kind of psychological and diplomatic strategy opens up so many discussions about its effectiveness, ethics, and impact on global politics. It's always great to see topics like this being explored and discussed, as they encourage us to think more deeply about the complexities of world affairs. Keep up with your curiosity and interest in such intriguing subjects!
Game theory has many responses to this poor tactic. This idiocy is considered idiocy: inflexible, stupid, and "what do you do next after you threatened a nuke and don't use one?" Easy bluff to call, see?
@@margogarsha9858 The person you so ignorantly vilify flew ?35 missions as a B-24 captain. Tried that? I am related to my brother, George Gloster McGovern, who, in 1972, was taking a lot of abuse about his last name. He was also gay and out in 1972, a very specific type of heroism. Where were you in 1972, Culture Warrior Hero? Are you among those now harassing trans kids, getting them beaten up and driving them to suicide? KIDS? You beat up on CHILDREN now? Nice. Family Values, eh? Try again: Nixon was a criminal and a liar, and Kissinger was warned not to leave the US lest he get dragged off to The Hague and never se the light of day again. Operation Condor: look THAT one up; N and K handed US Citizens to fascist governments for torture and death because, what the hey WGAF: they're lefties. Kissinger: That was horrible. (circa 70 - 72, on the oval office tapes to Nixon; don't remember the specific wickedness) NixonL: We've done worse.
This guy loved power more than he loved himself, because he had no idea who he was and he hated who he thought he was. This guy love Murica only to the extent that he had to for his elections. FFS you NixonNutz REALLY SHOULD GO LISTEN TO THE OVAL OFFICE TAPES WHERE THIS MAN TELLS YOU EVERYTHING YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR, AND FROM HIS OWN MOUTH. Kissinger: That was really bad. Nixon: We've done worse. wise the fuk up
@@utewbd >>speak coherently Not when he was all fucked up on bourbon and Dilantin. Kissinger used to have to take the phone from Nixon so he wouldn't "drink and dial" in the early AM. Kissinger and Haig took steps to have important information sent to them FIRST. In the second term, a gov't bureaucrat on business at the WH watched the Secret Service detail chasing a "scruffy, scrambling creature" around the WH. When he realized that was the POTUS, he said, "I found that troubling." Yup. Incoherent, rambling, boastful, nasty, BS macho-acting drunk. Yup. Beat his wife, too. Go look it up.
@@MarcusAurelius7777 for stuff that, by today's standards, isn't that big a deal, or if a democrat did it, nobody would care about...kind of like Hillary hacking and spying on Trump's campaign. Regardless of Watergate, he was probably the most accomplished president we have ever had, and easily the best foreign policy president we have ever had.
I miss the type of President Nixon was. He was an intellectual and American Patriot. The Communist American Media warped the public's impression of this Great President. Listening to him is like a breath of fresh air.
The centrist media told the truth. Nixon hated it. The RW press lied for him until they found out he was lying about WG. The looney left is just that: the looney left, about as weird and stupid (but not so violent as) the wingnut right.
I'm Italian. I love the history of the XX century and i'm studying political science at the university in Rome. Despite what i read about the Nixon administration, I believe Nixon and Kissinger are two fundamental people for American and therefore Western history, with a political line that has indelibly marked world history
Henry Kissinger was a demon in person. ¿What is in your head? I’m Italian says … study how much has done your beloved Kissinger into the last migrants invasion into Europe. ¿Are you literally insane? Did you understand how this infamous subjects obliterated generation of future Europeans and Americans all across western culture… ¿where are you studying? Our you perhaps are being training into your cocaine university to social engineering our countries and our culture…
Tell me about his incoherent economic policy, his incoherent MILItary policy, his incoherent domestic policy, and how he devalued the dollar. Sure: successes, all. Right.
Let me say this about that - Nixon, at his best, was brilliant. Nixon at his worst was petty, consumed by dueling superiority/inferiority complexes and essentially a misanthrope. But what he was here, is a reminder that there were days when an educated American could speak - unscripted - in complete sentences with clarity, a good sentence structure - and convincingly convey a point without histrionics. We are, unfortunately, well past those days. (Although, while even more prone to tooting his own horn, Clinton off the cuff was pretty impressive - but from a mostly post-formal speech era)
While I agree with your sentiment, I do not believe that we are past those days. It's just that the current slate of politicians are a bit lacking. But, just as a reflection of America, there's always hope for a better tomorrow. I trust that our youth will find their voice as well and demand better. But, I will admit it's hard to believe that whenever a member of the "Squad" wants to talk to America!!
What made him respected was his intellectual mindset plus he was a lone wolf 🐺 this made him scary to all the world because only he knew where he was going and a real stand up Guy taking the blows and going down from the team whatever you think he will be a legend in the political world he was the man behind Ike who was a great father figure a mediocre general Patton Bradley and MacArthur were far superior but he ran the show with Grace and gave Berlin to the Russians because they earned it but Nixon was the genius behind him and it's a shame he lost to JFK McNamara got his war Vietnam they should of chose a more winnable war like Cuba instead of Vietnam but JFK was still kicking and the invasion was a fiasco the CIA never looked so foolish and we all know what happened to JFK after that and the next war was on the other side of the world in swamplands no casinos there no nice beaches no chance of making a 51 state no Cuba would have been the much better option McNamara could have one that one and we could have had a great summer vacation spot
Obama fooled me the first time, not gonna lie. Whats sad is Obama and Trump both had EVERYTHING for them to become the best presidents ever and I personally think they both flubbed it big time. Way more so Obama than Trump but if Trump gets a 2nd shot and focuses on the dumb again then they can both go down as the two most disappointing presidents as far as potential could have been. biden how he even got elected is beyond me in every conceivable way
@@idiotidiot5821 don't feel bad at least you know you have been fooled the Democrats have been socialist the tend to mislead tell long stories and do absolutely nothing but collect ill gotten money from the people before Vietnam they would talk about the domino theory oooh we have to stop communism or all the countries will fall but everyone forgot about Cuba in are back yard in our hemisphere wouldn't you want to expell those in your back yard first why the hell would you go and fight in Chinas backyard which is Russia's back yard which is north Korean's back yard it is amazing Vietnam shares a boarder with China and yet this is where we decided to hold the line socialist sent you g Americans half way around the world to fight in a non winnable war in the back yard of all the communist nations while in our own backyard sits communist Cuba and easy win turned away inorder to kill off young conservative Americans in a place with nothing to add but gravestones at least with Cuba we could have had a 51 state so you may have be duped but at least your alive unlike all those good American kids that were drafted to fight against their will in a land so far away all for nothing but lies consider your self very lucky
Nixon made history happen. Reagan let it happen. No President - and many of them were incredibly capable - can be compared, in terms of intelligence, to Nixon.
@marcokite I would agree with that just in his overall understanding of not just foreign policy but also the dirty domestic politics stateside as well...Ronald reagan was much less engaged hands on with alot of things
I had read in Conrad Black's book that Nixon would memorize the factual answers for nearly 300 potential questions prior to a press meeting. That type of level of dedication is completely lost in politics. I cant even imagine a Press Secretary who would do that these days---and that's their job!
And then he wouldn't answer, or go off on his tangents, or get pissed when confronted (even before "Watergate"). Nixon sucked with the press, and it was his own paranoid fault.
He is so right. We are so messed up in nonsense that I forgot what convinced me that Ronald Reagan was a great leader: He told the Air Traffic Controllers that if they struck, he would fire them because it was illegal. They struck , he fired them. Not only did it get my attention, it got the Soviets attention. As Mr. Nixon says: show them that you mean what you say.
Having your enemies fear you is NEVER a good thing. Because eventually they will decide they HAVE to 'Get You' before you 'Get Them'. Eventually, those who fear decide they have nothing left to lose. Having the RESPECT of your enemies. And respecting them in kind. That affords the greatest chance of finding a lasting peace between you.
NO, evasions (incursion = invasion, and the Cambodian invasion happened after he told us we were winding down and getting out.) Madman - do you even know what he's talking about? That this was no game, that he he told all his advisors to tell the Russians he was nuts and off the chain and unpredictably dangerous? Have you any IDEA HOW DANGEROUSLY DESTABLIZING THAT IT? Some idiot Over There decides it's time to strike during our distraction, somebody Over There decides to strike first before the nutbag does; whatever. That lying idiot put the whole world in danger trying to show the Soviet how tough he was. The Russians were NOT convinced: go read up on THAT. FFS.
It can’t be exaggerated. This would not be anyone’s first thought. The man is a genius. He had deep flaws, his intelligence was not one of them. Indeed the only reason we know of his flaws is because of his genius.
no, we knew of his flaws long berfore anybody thought we was a political genius: working with McCarthy and Cohn, political slush funds ("chekers speech"), ratf*cking at the ballotbox as they called it, redbaiting, lying about his policies: we knew he was corrupt long before he was Pres..
@@ZeroESG.goopootoob OK, then: clearly state here what you mean. I will not stand idly by for political hagiography of this evil political and war criminal. Nixon had NO respect for the constitution or any law that got in his way. This is why he was tossed out: he got caught breaking the law, including the Bill of Rights.
Here's the first chapter of the PBS American experience film, The Movement and the "Madman," which focuses on what Nixon called his "madman" strategy. The film also examines President Nixon's decision to order a secret worldwide nuclear alert in the fall of 1969. ua-cam.com/video/PfhHcq-IUQo/v-deo.html
Nixon was evil. If you'd been there at the time, you'd have no doubt. Don't fall for the revisionist lies: millions of Cambodians, Laotians, and Vietnamese don't believe this assertion, either.
Just for clarity for those who do not know, Ike is a nickname for Dwight D. Eisenhower the supreme allied commander during WW2 and President of the USA through January 20, 1953 - January 20, 1961 - Richard Nixon was the vice president at this time and served under him.
Thank God Almighty for where we have been as a Nation and thank God that we are still a free Nation if we turn to God in prayer and change our Evil Ways as one Nation under his direction, or we will cease to be free. AMEN.
Nixon was very well spoken. He was 1 of the best presidents in American history. It's unfortunate that Americans had to wait till closer to the end of his life to get his true man. He was very strong and deliberate in his decisions as President, and the Communist knew he was serious and would not fleshntch or blink an eye. He was Part Kennedy and part Trump. If Kennedy were alive and running for office today, he would have to run as a very conservative candidate. Until the 80s, there were a lot of hand shacks and compromise as a rule. Both parties were reasonably close. 1 thought tax and spend The other said we gotta keep tabs reasonably and limited and stay within our budget the people provide for us. Today it's 100 x worse as everything is political in acts, conduct, and behavior. Even the time of day.
at least Trump has better foreign policy. maybe not as good as Nixon's, but there would not be any invasion of Ukraine, or war in the middle east if Trump were still president. so it is a very easy choice between these two.
Trumps not a bad choice. Yes, he comes off like a douche, but he's super effective, smart, high-energy, visionary, and has the right vision for America. Unless you're a raging wokester, the choice is clear. A vote for Biden is a vote for national ruin, it is a vote for AGAINST your children, in fact. This November, vote for your children, not your college social science professors.
@@FBL9982 Drumph is, and has been since his Roy Cohn days, a lying, cheap grifter who is about to have his entire house of fraudulent cards come down on him. You won't get bronzer from the Federal Bureau of Prison, Mr. Drumph.
I really feel sorry for Richard M. Nixon and how the media portrayed him. Very similar things happened to Allen W. Dulles and Joseph McCarthy. Somehow it’s very embarrassing to watch how easy it is to trick people. Sadly, some things only got worse. God bless President RMN.
OF COURSE, USE A NON-EXISTENT ENTITY TO SHOWER APPROVAL ON MEN WHO DO NOT DESERVE IT. THE MEDIA TOLD THE TRUTH, EVEN IF YOU ARE TOO COWARDLY, WEAK, OR STUPID TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
The media told the truth. This is why Nixon hated them. Nixon tried destroying newspapers, you know: he want after the Washington Post AND the New York Times because they told the truth. Get over it. McCarthy was a drunken fascist who even other Senators said only gave aid and comfort to the enemy spies by kicking up such a huff over the innocent that the guilty were left to do their work. Dulles and the rest of the criminals running the CIA and State Dept just after WWI should have all been sent to hell. Read up on my these malefactors overthrew Guatemala: United Fruit wanted to keep their bananas cheap, that's why.
The only thing I don't like about Nixon is that he took the united states dollar off of the gold standard and turned the dollar into another fiat currency not backed by any hard assets (like gold). Other than that he was a brilliant man and a great leader. I would vote for someone like him today.
By unhitching the dollar to underlying gold bullion, the Treasury could print as much paper currency and coin without pesky audits and accountability as they needed to.
UM,ED...PRESIDENTS DON'T SHINE SHOES. SORRY YOU DID NOT KNOW THAT, YOU ARE PROBABLY EQUATING SHOESHINE WITH THE DISADVANTAGED PPL WHO HAD TO SEEK A LIVING THAT WAY. HE WAS INDEED A PRESIDENT, UNTIL HE WAS FORCED FROM OFFICE FOR BEING A CROOK. SORRY IF I AM USING TOO MANY 2-SYLLABLE WORDS FOR YOU, GET SOMEONE TO EXPLAIN TO YOU...
Yes, they are comparable: they are both utterly, entirely, and unredeemable shit (ils sont tous les deux de la merde complètement, entièrement et irrémédiable).
I grew up in the Nixon era wasn’t to fond of him back then mainly because there was a lot going on everywhere besides Vietnam. But listening to him now and how intelligent he was and very presidential it shows me how stupid the presidents have become after Reagan. These elections are all about degrading the other candidates and not about their vision of what America stands for and to make it better. All they think is running up the debt and money will fix it all and staying in office very sad what their vision of democracy has become
How old was Nixon when this was filmed? Not that I know much of or can cast doubt on him, but I heavily suppose it might explain why. The candidates running this year are the oldest two persons to do so, only beating the record set by themselves four years ago. (Stolen Jon Stewart joke sorry 🥴)
Biden has serious mental deficiencies. His administration and most of the media try to conceal his mental decline. Nixon was one of those men who had their full mental capacity until the end. Biden is more of a political pack rat than producing anything original and being a free thinker. Nixon was a leader, not a boss. He was able to convey his goals and ideas and change public policy. Biden changes his views and ideas based on public policy.
Nixon signaled to Nguyen Van Thieu not to take any deal proposed during the Paris Peace talks while LBJ was in office indicating he would get them a better deal. He prolonged the war and accepted a "peace" deal that left North Vietnamese forces that were in South Vietnam to stay in place. He stabbed South Vietnam in the back.
Chancellor Bismark is the king of foreign diplomacy and united germany and turned it into a great power mainly by diplomacy vs other great powers like great britain or france that had a massive population and economies vs prussia
NO. Russia and China hated each other. Russian economy was soft but propped up by petro dollars. China was circling the economic drain without the technology to feed its huge population, nor the academic, economic, industrial, or civil infrastructure to drag a HUGE agrarian economy into industrialized modernity. CCP leader feared then ,as the had after the failed Great Leap Forward, that a popular uprising would sweep them away. US was in serious economic trouble, but nobody wanted to admit it: VN war was ridiculously expensive (billions a week), distorted the rest of the economy, and the US had just devalued the dollar (1971). Russia wasn't going to finance China. Europe (1970) probably couldn't: still economically digging out from under WWII, but pretty well by then. France devalued the franc (1970), and the UK was damn near broke. Inflation in the US was getting bad: they didn't dare raise taxes to cover the war, but the gov't went on paying for it anyway: this piss-poor fiscal and monetary policy is why since 1965 silver quarters have had copper centers. All in all, not such a robust world picture as you've been told, I bet. Nixon went to China BECAUSE HE HAD NOWHERE ELSE TO GO. No other economy could absorb what we had sell (and needed to sell right quick or we'd sink into stagflation; oops too late). Not so simple, eh? And Nixon was not such genius, either.
@@michaelmcgovern8110 I dont really care about nixon, just one more american president vs Otto von bismark that unified german states into an empire that could treaten all other empires at that time. Tho looking at today. Meh, out of all great powers Russia is the most stable, tho again usa had shit presidents ever since 2000 and onwards
This is education for me, having grown up with the impression that Mr Nixon was a bad man. I started to reconsider the bad man theory after seeing the 1968 & '72 electoral maps, and these little clips of his memoirs are making me a fan.
Amazing to hear a well spoken, intelligent & well defined speaker & politician which is very rare these days both here in the UK & the USA . Compare him to how Donald Trump speaks & Boris Johnson & it is very clear who out of the three is the leader .
Joe isn't evil and corrupt, so he wins. PS Your Russian stooge who lied to the FBI on that ?1023 form (the lies about Biden taking Ukranian bribes) just got busted for his PERJURY on that form. Have a nice day.
The didn't think he was crazy, they knew he was a politician and an asshole. They also knew, that, just like the French, the US would eventually leave. And that Nixon, as the chief politician, was the one with the REAL problem in continuing the war. When you finally figure out that Linebacker I and II (bombing Hanoi) were acts of sheer desperation by Nixon, then you will have learned how the real world works. Nixon was losing on the battlefield (we had been all along, but it was obvious after 1968), he was losing in public opinion (world wide, not just US voters), he was destroying his own economy, alienating his own political support, and increasingly drunk (day and night). Kissinger was keeping late-night phone calls from the president; did you know that? And the war itself was destroying the US army: do you know what "fragging" is? Did you know that in 1970-71 there were more evacuated for opiate drug problems (addiction, OD, infections from needles, etc) than battle casualoties? Nothing else Nixon had done had worked, and the NVN gov't was waiting for him to get cut off by his own government, which is exactly what soon-enough happened. So, Nixon bombed the bejesus out of Hanoi because he was a petty man thwarted in his aims. All it got him was what he could have had before: NEGOTIATIONS TO GET OUT.
@@michaelmcgovern8110 And did you know that the people were behind him? The fascist left undermined him because they hate the American race. The truth is anathema to nazis. Did you know that?
@@LordGreystoke-h5t Truman gave VN to the French to keep them in NATO and the UN. Eisenhower then did little but watch the CIA tell us to back Ho. Then Kennedy, who got handed a bag of shit and a lot of lies (like he was lied into backing the Bay of Pigs), then K was likely gonna get us out, then LBJ was trapped as he feared the red-baiting Right would blame the Democrats as they'd blamed them for "losing" China (as if anything short of divine intervention wold have "saved" 1949 China from falling over into SOMEthing). Then Nixon lied about a "Secret Plan" to win the war and from 1968 - 72 presided over most US deaths. So, US in VN was a multi-decade, bi-partisan cold-war clusterf*ck. Is that the answer you wanted, or is it too complex because it deals with real life's messiness?
It's crazy that Nixon, in this interview, was 70 years old--nine years removed from office. His mental faculties are incredible--surely vastly superior to the previous and future octogenarian-in-chiefs.
The Mad Man Theory worked for Reagan in the end. How many people in the both the East & West thought the Gipper was going to commit a First Strike policy against the Soviet Union boggles the mind. 🤣🤣🤣
Also a statement on Western Europe's Nuclear Freeze movement too. Both sides thought Reagan's SDI "Star Wars" project was going to be used as a first strike weapon system against the Soviet Union.@@kylegoodreau2170
It does NOT boggle the mind: braindead Reagan spent most of his first term pissing on and pissing OFF the Russian, who responded with a wave of paranoia. They believed the cranked-up rhetoric from an old cold warrior. Go read how this "Evil Emp[ire" talk almost got the world blown up because of the CCCP program called RYAN and US/NATO war games "Able Archer 85". RYAN was a soviet KGB operation to find evidence for a US nuclear first strrike THAT WOULD NOT INPUT DATA THAT SAID THERE WAS NO THREAT, so all the top soviet level got was "here it comes". Able Archer would have ended with the types of communications right up to the POTUS that we KNEW the Russians were sniffing and likely would have thought WAS REAL. A few hours before that was to happen, someboedy (?James Baker?) finally said, "Why the hell are we poking the russians this hard? They might not think it's a game". Lucky. Damn ideological fools didn't realize you don't throw stones at paranoid bears.
He mentioned the Soviets fear of Ike. Ike largely had eight years of peace and prosperity despite the most above ground Nuclear explosions tit for tat with the Soviets. Ike had been awarded the Supreme Soviet medal at the end of WWII. Ike had respect.
exactly 💯 the greatest deterrent of ALL
The Soviet Union respected Ike because he was responsible for them taking Berlin he was very honorable and don't forget they were our allies in WW2 I think JFK was a total idiot they gave us Cuba on a silver platter they were on the opposite side of the world and JFK blew it all out of portion and blew the opportunity to take Cuba what a knuckle head and made them our adversary total stupidity and we are going to reap what we sow it would have been much better to have taken Cuba instead of fighting for nothing in Vietnam
The USSR was DEVASTATED after WW 2. They had 20 million casualties. They were severely lagging in long range bombers, nuclear weapons, navy capability and even food resources. Ike alone didn't deter the USSR.
Ike and Zhukov remained good friends even during the Cold War, and I feel like one of the most interesting What if’s of modern history is if Zhukov had taken over after Stalin.
Stalin, and quiet frankly the Russian thought of diplomacy knows one very simple thing and respects it... Which is "Force"
What I find amazing about this series is that these interviews were conducted in 1983. This is nine years after he was supposedly 'crushed', 'defeated and humiliated.' And yet well after the peak of his powers, he comes across as intelligent, insightful and articulate. Even at his worse, he is still a better caliber of leader than anything we've seen in a while.
Makes you rethink everything that we've been told about him.
Great, great food for thought. So glad these valuable clips are being shown to the general public…..
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This channel has really shown me how effective the media smear campaigns are, totally different than he has been portrayed over the years
Exactly. A lot of big names in industry even told Nixon if he kept pressuring them for consumer safety that he would have a bad time in the media. People don’t realize the stranglehold these folks have. Kings used to march army’s on robber barrons. Nowadays we take a percent off the inheritance tax or agree not to mention carried interest so they can expand a useless social welfare program. It’s absurd.
Well said Sir
Completely correct
@LE-my6yv.
Nixon said it do not trust the media. He went on to say do not trust the media writer that down a 100 times and don’t forget it.
Nixon was in office when I was ages 13-19. All the media I was exposed to at the time trained me to mock and hate him. David Frye mocked Nixon; the NY Times hated him going back to the 1940s and still does. the Smothers Brothers hosted comics who mocked his dour media presence. He made a terrible mistake with Wage and Price Controls. He created the EPA, which started out in good faith as all government programs do, but became a monstrosity. He took the USA off the gold standard and converted the $ to a fiat currency. And his people were worried about his reelection prospects when he ended up winning 49 states in 1972 - imagine that. All pretty bad...but he knew his foreign policy.
I cast my very first presidential vote for Nixon...these interviews remind me why. Just imagine if our current 'president' had one-tenth the knowledge and ability that Nixon had in foreign policy.
"Do you think they were afraid of you?"
(zero hesitation) "Oh yes"
President Nixon was a thoughtful man. No ego or vanity. But he struck fear in the hearts of our enemies and demanded their respect. He knew it too.
Nixon was so incredibly articulate, intelligent and knowledgeable. The contrast with our current president is profoundly depressing.
Absolutely!!!
Not like there isn't a contrast with tRump as well
I’m sure you were a big fan of Nixon Mr Jim Charles!!
and crooked beyond words
I have the best words -Trump
No wonder we're told to hate this guy. He seem smart and competent.
Right!!!
This is the Nixon foundation, it's not a balanced account of what he did, they just show the moments he said the best things.
@@tachobrenner regardless, we never get taught this or shown this in school
So now you're being told to like him. Everyone is a good guy, till they turn bad.
Unlike our president today who started off bad and got worse.@@jamesjaudon8247
"The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses."- Malcom X
Now tell me how many time Malcom X used the press for his own purposes after he left Elijah Muhammad. WISE UP.
@@michaelmcgovern8110
Yeah, that's proved that the media sways people's minds even for the individual who hold themselves tight
This is the most underrated comment. Who is more powerful, the king or the kingmaker? Obviously the kingmaker and that's the media
Look up the testimony and work of Dr Robert Epstein and what he documented that Google alone did an influencing over 10 million votes toward Hillary Clinton
And that was Google alone, think about the results would be in our nation if we truly had free and fair elections by a well-informed public, but instead the public is brainwashed by ABC NBC CBS PBS MSNBC CNN Google and Facebook and at the time also Twitter which were all owned controlled and operated by the powerful bully extremists, Democrats
Truth!
Hence the CIA’s Project Mockingbird,the power to control people through media manipulation.
No matter what you think of him as a man,or a leader,or whatever,he was a political leader beyond compare,and a brilliant statesman,and like he just stated he had the respect of other world leaders which is an invaluable asset if you're going to lead the free world. 🌎
Many foreign Leaders also Respect him as well.
This is fact.
He was definitely dragged through the political mud, but having later presidents ask for your advice and wisdom after Watergate in secret says something about how effective you'd have to be as a political force.
@@princetchalla2441 he was a political genius in a Machiavellian way.
A very good Way, well proven , it's worth noting that one of the principal participants in Watergate kept referring to Machiavellis the Prince and discourses upon his release its also referenced in the Bronx Tale movie. It's a short dynamic read. Better than The Art of War the popularized by the business leader Michael Douglas character Gheko...Any rate I attended the Impeachment hearings. I understand the "the Coverup" . What I never understood was how LBJ was given a pass on the Gulf of Tonkin phony war message. Johnson wins the War on Poverty by extending federal largesse to poor families and extending the draft to poor family males. That's very Machiavellian. He should have read the book.
he lost the respect of americans after watergate. world leaders don't count.
Imagine Nixon in the Whitehouse today... A strong, competent leader
@jasonyork9966tbf people back then were kinda products of their time when it came to that
I totally agree, this Biden administration is a complete and total disaster, no joke...
...who would cheerfully ignore our laws and our constitution in his own sick quest for power. I feel sooo sorry for you, Jimmy, that you cannot tell the difference between a leader and a criminal. Tells us all we need to know about your intelligence and integrity. Pathetic little-boy hero-worship for would be demagogues is truly pathetic.
@@Aileronmoodysays the party that defends the Clintons Obama's bidens bushes mckanes and rest
The Dems and the press literally hated the man.
That wouldn't have changed.
I wish we had presidents this articulate again.
Nailed it
Listen fat, I… uh… the… what were we talking about again? Oh yes, President Sisi of Mexico. He can’t go around refusing aid to bordering states like Thailand and I made that clear to him.
joe biden could never speak this fluently .
so it matters to you which words a politician uses to lie to you? well, I guess if you're willing to lap up what ever swill served to you, then happy gorging!
@@Aileronmoodysays the Democrat defending killing of babies
Nixon is sooo underrated.
No, he was a shitheel criminal.
I totally agree . He was a great man and a great president . What took him down is like the ante to be a politician today .
@@Jeff-mv4yy
What took Nixon down is what will take down the fool who's in trouble now: contempt for and abuse of the constitution and it's derivative laws.
Grow up.
A man of wisdom in a world of tough decisions.
A man who understood the world.
So then did he intend to help the Khmer Rouge come to power? His secret war in Cambodia, the carpet bombing campaign, directly led to the destabilization of Cambodia and the rise the Khmer Rouge.
No, he did NOT understand the world. He had a basic grasp of geopolitics, but Nixon did NOT cause the Soviets to back down; China had NOWHERE ELSE TO TURN AS IT FACED A POPULATION STARVED BY LACK OF TECHNOLOGY; and Nixon's lying assholitry as president destroyed him.
Nixon did NOT understand the world, he understood the sick lying paranoid world of thuggery he learned from Roy Cohn and then rode to the top. THAT world ate him.
I always liked Nixon because he kept me out of Vietnam.
THOUSANDS OF OTHERS WENT THERE AND DIED, SO THAT YOU COULD SIT ON YOUR ASS AND CROW ABOUT BEING A COWARD...NIXON TOLD THE NORTH VIETNAMESE TO NOT MAKE PEACE WITH DEMOCRATS IN THE WHITE HOUSE, HE'D GIVE THEM A BETTER DEAL. AND HE HAD THE GALL TO RUN FOR REALECTION, CLAIMING HE WOULD END AN UNPOPULAR WAR...THAT HE SPENT YEARS AND AMERICAN LIVES FOR HIS OWN POLITICAL BENEFIT WAGING? SOOO GRATEFUL THAT I AM NOT A MORAL CESSPOOL, LIKE YOU.
He kept others in
you were pretty young then when he was president. he should of ended america's involvement years before. his second term campaign was to pull america out. he should of pulled them out his first term.
@@LittleLargeMouth
Most of the US casualties in VN came after Liar Nixon said he was getting us out. Nixon committed treason with Kissinger to sink the 1968 peace talks. The only way Nixon kept you out of VN was by making the mess so much worse the Senate finally had to do something.
Ahh he kept both my uncles in they both killed themselves because of reasons that came from the war, glad you got out of dodge.
These clips of Richard Nixon give us valuable insights on an intelligent leader. The whole Western world badly would need need a Richard Nixon in the White House right now!
I absolutely love this man and his wisdom.
Looking back on President Nixon now, it is hard to see him as anything other than a brilliant politician who also happened to be a very great statesman. His accomplishments were many; his failures, few.
But the few were colossal.
As were the accomplishments.@@mizzyroro
I guess you haven't looked very hard. I find it interesting how many people try to demand history is on their side without ever bothering to do research on whether it's true. It seems more like you're just a terrible judge of character.
those few failures were very big failures.
only if you don't actually read the historical record OR LISTEN TO HIM CONDEMN HIMSELF ON TAPE, NOT JUST FOR WATERGATE, EITHER.
Some day, perhaps there will be an honest reappraisal of his presidency. I have no doubt it will find that President Nixon was one of the best.
No, it won't.
Go listen to the tapes, you shill. If you can ignore the RAMPANT EVIL you find there, reassess your life.
Thank you, President Nixon!
Peace through strength!
The US started the war in Vietnam. Vietnam was never a threat to the US. They were never on our border.
I have a secret plan to end the War! - 1968
I have a secret plan to end the war! - 1972
LIAR
@@michaelashby9654perhaps you’re right, but I do think that threats can exist even if they are not on a nation’s border.
How many of the dolts we have elected since this man could carry on so well during an interview. We’ve fallen so far.
This guy is great
I loved President Nixon.
It took me a lifetime to realize that I was lied to by the media about this man.
No you weren't. He was a terrible president and mass murderer.
Yep
Me too.
He was bright and well spoken. He had some great foreign policy achievements(China) and some tragic failures (Vietnam, (Cambodia) He was also vengeful, paranoid and a frequent liar, and as it t turned out he WAS a crook.
Same here. They made a concerted and coordinated effort to take him out.
We were so misled by the media.
They wanted him gone. He took out a few of their favorite commies (like Alger Hiss) and the media (and others) regarded him with a blind rage.
He was a great President. To bad things turned out like they did. Thankfully I’m older now to understand these videos. When he was president I was 9 years old. I have very small memories of him. But now listening to his thoughts and policies what a great president he was. ❤
crook
If he had been a great president, he would not have been forced to resign even buy members of his own party.
...WHO WAS A CRIMINAL WHO BROKE A NUMBER OF LAWS AND DIRECTED OTHERS TO DO SO. HAVEN'T LEARNED A THING SINCE YOU WERE 9, HAVE YOU? SAD, JUST REALLY SAD
@@itsjustme4848 a deputy from a certain agency in the DC area told 37 that 36 and several alphabet agency leaders were guilty of the wacking of 35. 37 was also told that there was evidence of this and the running of a call girl service for leverage purposes at the DNC Watergate offices. DC has been steeped in diabolical corruption especially since the Globalist Fabian Progressives in both parties assassinated William McKinley.
so great he should have had a picture of himself holding a prison number under it.
What Nixon discusses here is why we have these international problems when they think we're weak as projected by the President.
Yeah, when a president cozies up to Putin and when one party hems and haws about opposing the invasion of a sovereign country it sends a message of weakness.
@@itsjustme4848 I wasn't aware Biden cozied up to Putin
@@IImitateVince Trump, one of the leading Republican candidates, says he'd let Putin do "whatever he likes"... Biden certainly wouldn't do that but I don't think the Russians are very afraid of him. Russia is a very old school country, I think is the point, and they see international relations only in terms of weakness and strength... The strong do as they please, and the weak suffer what they must. That is the Russian way.
Biden has allowed Putin to do exactly that, "whatever he likes" Russia invaded Crimea under Obama and Ukraine under Biden. Western Europe under the current leadership of America's foreign policy has tried to cut Russia off in the Black Sea and now the Baltic Sea. Turkey has worked to make peace with Russia, and America blew-up the Nord Stream Pipeline. Why? Because American business wants to sell cheap natural gas to Europe and not allow the Russians. Putin did nothing while President Trump was in office. Obama allowed for the CIA coup of Ukraine in 2014 and Biden sent Boris Johnson to kill the peace treaty between Ukraine and Russia in 2022 that had been negotiated by Turkey. I do not care if you like Trump personally or not, but it's very obvious for people who study geopolitics.
We ARE weak BECAUSE of our president.
The day he left the WH I turned to my mother and said "Someday Americans will realize what a great President he really was.". I was all of 11 years old.
Thank you for your service
Wrong then, wrong now. I was THERE fella, and I was over 11.
The "Madman" Theory is such a fascinating concept in both historical and strategic contexts! It's really intriguing how leaders and policymakers might use unpredictability or the perception of irrationality as a strategic tool in negotiations and international relations. This kind of psychological and diplomatic strategy opens up so many discussions about its effectiveness, ethics, and impact on global politics. It's always great to see topics like this being explored and discussed, as they encourage us to think more deeply about the complexities of world affairs. Keep up with your curiosity and interest in such intriguing subjects!
Game theory has many responses to this poor tactic. This idiocy is considered idiocy: inflexible, stupid, and "what do you do next after you threatened a nuke and don't use one?"
Easy bluff to call, see?
Love this channel!
This man is endlessly fascinating to me!
like a snake is fascinating.
@@michaelmcgovern8110Related to George Muck Govern?
@@margogarsha9858
The person you so ignorantly vilify flew ?35 missions as a B-24 captain. Tried that?
I am related to my brother, George Gloster McGovern, who, in 1972, was taking a lot of abuse about his last name.
He was also gay and out in 1972, a very specific type of heroism. Where were you in 1972, Culture Warrior Hero? Are you among those now harassing trans kids, getting them beaten up and driving them to suicide? KIDS? You beat up on CHILDREN now? Nice. Family Values, eh?
Try again: Nixon was a criminal and a liar, and Kissinger was warned not to leave the US lest he get dragged off to The Hague and never se the light of day again. Operation Condor: look THAT one up; N and K handed US Citizens to fascist governments for torture and death because, what the hey WGAF: they're lefties.
Kissinger: That was horrible. (circa 70 - 72, on the oval office tapes to Nixon; don't remember the specific wickedness)
NixonL: We've done worse.
love listening to this man.
This is a wise man. I wish I would have learned this earlier (well never fully trust the ‘public‘ media). Thank you Nixon Foundation!
Nixon Foundation is the main font of BS hagiography on this man.
Choose your sources carefully, and ALWAYS USE MORE THAN ONE.
Remember when we had presidents who actually loved their country AND the American people?
He hated many Americans. His “enemies list” was all Americans.
This guy loved power more than he loved himself, because he had no idea who he was and he hated who he thought he was.
This guy love Murica only to the extent that he had to for his elections.
FFS you NixonNutz REALLY SHOULD GO LISTEN TO THE OVAL OFFICE TAPES WHERE THIS MAN TELLS YOU EVERYTHING YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR, AND FROM HIS OWN MOUTH.
Kissinger: That was really bad.
Nixon: We've done worse.
wise the fuk up
And could speak coherently.
@@utewbd
>>speak coherently
Not when he was all fucked up on bourbon and Dilantin. Kissinger used to have to take the phone from Nixon so he wouldn't "drink and dial" in the early AM. Kissinger and Haig took steps to have important information sent to them FIRST.
In the second term, a gov't bureaucrat on business at the WH watched the Secret Service detail chasing a "scruffy, scrambling creature" around the WH. When he realized that was the POTUS, he said, "I found that troubling." Yup.
Incoherent, rambling, boastful, nasty, BS macho-acting drunk.
Yup.
Beat his wife, too. Go look it up.
In years to come they will see the truth about Trump too. In the meantime the media poisons our minds.
We need another Nixon in the White House.
He was thrown out and a criminal lol
@@MarcusAurelius7777 for stuff that, by today's standards, isn't that big a deal, or if a democrat did it, nobody would care about...kind of like Hillary hacking and spying on Trump's campaign. Regardless of Watergate, he was probably the most accomplished president we have ever had, and easily the best foreign policy president we have ever had.
No we don’t! We lived through the Nixon presidency
Watergate was childs play compared to what's going on now. Cmon man.
@@MarcusAurelius7777 you're not that funny
I miss the type of President Nixon was. He was an intellectual and American Patriot. The Communist American Media warped the public's impression of this Great President. Listening to him is like a breath of fresh air.
The centrist media told the truth. Nixon hated it. The RW press lied for him until they found out he was lying about WG. The looney left is just that: the looney left, about as weird and stupid (but not so violent as) the wingnut right.
I'm Italian. I love the history of the XX century and i'm studying political science at the university in Rome. Despite what i read about the Nixon administration, I believe Nixon and Kissinger are two fundamental people for American and therefore Western history, with a political line that has indelibly marked world history
Find a book called " I DON'T LIKE IKE " by M.S KING
@@truthlifefishing1730 is it about that period or are you just ironic?
@@giovannisorci It is a short book and it is about IKE.
READ IT
@@truthlifefishing1730 ok, i'm curious
Henry Kissinger was a demon in person. ¿What is in your head? I’m Italian says … study how much has done your beloved Kissinger into the last migrants invasion into Europe. ¿Are you literally insane? Did you understand how this infamous subjects obliterated generation of future Europeans and Americans all across western culture… ¿where are you studying? Our you perhaps are being training into your cocaine university to social engineering our countries and our culture…
Nixon, whether or not you liked or disliked him, was a brilliant leader.
Tell me about his incoherent economic policy, his incoherent MILItary policy, his incoherent domestic policy, and how he devalued the dollar.
Sure: successes, all. Right.
family legend has it that during the hearings toddler me would stand in front of the TV and sigh "¡pobre Nixon!" (poor Nixon)😂
Let me say this about that - Nixon, at his best, was brilliant. Nixon at his worst was petty, consumed by dueling superiority/inferiority complexes and essentially a misanthrope. But what he was here, is a reminder that there were days when an educated American could speak - unscripted - in complete sentences with clarity, a good sentence structure - and convincingly convey a point without histrionics. We are, unfortunately, well past those days. (Although, while even more prone to tooting his own horn, Clinton off the cuff was pretty impressive - but from a mostly post-formal speech era)
While I agree with your sentiment, I do not believe that we are past those days. It's just that the current slate of politicians are a bit lacking. But, just as a reflection of America, there's always hope for a better tomorrow. I trust that our youth will find their voice as well and demand better.
But, I will admit it's hard to believe that whenever a member of the "Squad" wants to talk to America!!
What made him respected was his intellectual mindset plus he was a lone wolf 🐺 this made him scary to all the world because only he knew where he was going and a real stand up Guy taking the blows and going down from the team whatever you think he will be a legend in the political world he was the man behind Ike who was a great father figure a mediocre general Patton Bradley and MacArthur were far superior but he ran the show with Grace and gave Berlin to the Russians because they earned it but Nixon was the genius behind him and it's a shame he lost to JFK McNamara got his war Vietnam they should of chose a more winnable war like Cuba instead of Vietnam but JFK was still kicking and the invasion was a fiasco the CIA never looked so foolish and we all know what happened to JFK after that and the next war was on the other side of the world in swamplands no casinos there no nice beaches no chance of making a 51 state no Cuba would have been the much better option McNamara could have one that one and we could have had a great summer vacation spot
Obama fooled me the first time, not gonna lie. Whats sad is Obama and Trump both had EVERYTHING for them to become the best presidents ever and I personally think they both flubbed it big time. Way more so Obama than Trump but if Trump gets a 2nd shot and focuses on the dumb again then they can both go down as the two most disappointing presidents as far as potential could have been. biden how he even got elected is beyond me in every conceivable way
@@idiotidiot5821 don't feel bad at least you know you have been fooled the Democrats have been socialist the tend to mislead tell long stories and do absolutely nothing but collect ill gotten money from the people before Vietnam they would talk about the domino theory oooh we have to stop communism or all the countries will fall but everyone forgot about Cuba in are back yard in our hemisphere wouldn't you want to expell those in your back yard first why the hell would you go and fight in Chinas backyard which is Russia's back yard which is north Korean's back yard it is amazing Vietnam shares a boarder with China and yet this is where we decided to hold the line socialist sent you g Americans half way around the world to fight in a non winnable war in the back yard of all the communist nations while in our own backyard sits communist Cuba and easy win turned away inorder to kill off young conservative Americans in a place with nothing to add but gravestones at least with Cuba we could have had a 51 state so you may have be duped but at least your alive unlike all those good American kids that were drafted to fight against their will in a land so far away all for nothing but lies consider your self very lucky
Excluding President Reagan he was the best by far from all who followed him. R.i.p President Nixon 🙏
He was far superior to Reagan
As a statesman and politician, there’s no comparison… Ultimately just a reflection where the culture was going
@marcokite Agreed but I didn't want to knock Reagan. He would be second best to Nixon.
Nixon made history happen. Reagan let it happen.
No President - and many of them were incredibly capable - can be compared, in terms of intelligence, to Nixon.
@marcokite I would agree with that just in his overall understanding of not just foreign policy but also the dirty domestic politics stateside as well...Ronald reagan was much less engaged hands on with alot of things
God bless you Mr. President. RIP❤
I had read in Conrad Black's book that Nixon would memorize the factual answers for nearly 300 potential questions prior to a press meeting. That type of level of dedication is completely lost in politics. I cant even imagine a Press Secretary who would do that these days---and that's their job!
And then he wouldn't answer, or go off on his tangents, or get pissed when confronted (even before "Watergate").
Nixon sucked with the press, and it was his own paranoid fault.
He is so right. We are so messed up in nonsense that I forgot what convinced me that Ronald Reagan was a great leader: He told the Air Traffic Controllers that if they struck, he would fire them because it was illegal. They struck , he fired them. Not only did it get my attention, it got the Soviets attention. As Mr. Nixon says: show them that you mean what you say.
Having your enemies fear you is NEVER a good thing. Because eventually they will decide they HAVE to 'Get You' before you 'Get Them'. Eventually, those who fear decide they have nothing left to lose. Having the RESPECT of your enemies. And respecting them in kind. That affords the greatest chance of finding a lasting peace between you.
The truth ... from Nixon!
NO, evasions (incursion = invasion, and the Cambodian invasion happened after he told us we were winding down and getting out.)
Madman - do you even know what he's talking about? That this was no game, that he he told all his advisors to tell the Russians he was nuts and off the chain and unpredictably dangerous? Have you any IDEA HOW DANGEROUSLY DESTABLIZING THAT IT? Some idiot Over There decides it's time to strike during our distraction, somebody Over There decides to strike first before the nutbag does; whatever.
That lying idiot put the whole world in danger trying to show the Soviet how tough he was. The Russians were NOT convinced: go read up on THAT.
FFS.
We haven't had a president this rational in 35 years.
ok. The part where the Soviet's feared him because of how well he handled the withdrawl from Vietnam? BS. He was full of shit.
I will buy that.
IRrational, yes.
For God's sake, go listen to the oval office tapes: THIS GUY WAS A THUG.
President Nixon was a man of his word
It can’t be exaggerated. This would not be anyone’s first thought. The man is a genius.
He had deep flaws, his intelligence was not one of them.
Indeed the only reason we know of his flaws is because of his genius.
no, we knew of his flaws long berfore anybody thought we was a political genius: working with McCarthy and Cohn, political slush funds ("chekers speech"), ratf*cking at the ballotbox as they called it, redbaiting, lying about his policies: we knew he was corrupt long before he was Pres..
Nixon was an extremely intelligent and able man his character flaws notwithstanding
Dunno about you but I'd buy a used Apollo capsule from this guy
😂 😆 😝
Has anyone here seen the PBS film The Movement and the "Madman" about Nixon and Kissinger and the anti-Vietnam war protesters?
Understand the basic principles of the *Bill of Rights.* Then, vote for the candidate who will most closely enforce it.
That statement needs context when printed in this thread: Nixon WAS NOT THAT CANDIDATE.
@@michaelmcgovern8110 You are eisegeting a meaning into my text, guilty of what you criticize.
@@ZeroESG.goopootoob
OK, then: clearly state here what you mean. I will not stand idly by for political hagiography of this evil political and war criminal. Nixon had NO respect for the constitution or any law that got in his way. This is why he was tossed out: he got caught breaking the law, including the Bill of Rights.
Here's the first chapter of the PBS American experience film, The Movement and the "Madman," which focuses on what Nixon called his "madman" strategy. The film also examines President Nixon's decision to order a secret worldwide nuclear alert in the fall of 1969. ua-cam.com/video/PfhHcq-IUQo/v-deo.html
Compare to the last 5 presidents,excluding Trump, Nixon was very smart and knew how to deal with foreign countries
Obama dropped more bombs than you think
You mean the President that stepped over the border into North Korea? Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for that.
Taking place in times when presidents could stil articulate meaningful speech.
Very smart President.
The amount of lies people believe about Nixon are staggering. Taken as a whole, he was a great President.
Nixon was very capable!
at lying, cheating, and stealing, yes. As an effective leader of a bi-cameral constitutional democracy, not so much.
I miss President Nixon. He was brilliant and such a good person.
Nixon was evil. If you'd been there at the time, you'd have no doubt. Don't fall for the revisionist lies: millions of Cambodians, Laotians, and Vietnamese don't believe this assertion, either.
If only we had a President Nixon to deal with the real madmen of today....Putin, Kim Jong Un, etc...we'd be in better shape.
Just for clarity for those who do not know, Ike is a nickname for Dwight D. Eisenhower the supreme allied commander during WW2 and President of the USA through January 20, 1953 - January 20, 1961 - Richard Nixon was the vice president at this time and served under him.
Thank you for your actions to get us out of nom you lived up to your word❤
Sort of...
As an Irishman, Nixon was one of the icons of the 20th century who I always wanted to meet, but sadly, that was never a real possibility.
Ike was loved by everyone. You didn't go out to a bar and talk bad about Ike. There's been no one like him since.
These days they’d call Ike a fascist dictator.
Thank God Almighty for where we have been as a Nation and thank God that we are still a free Nation if we turn to God in prayer and change our Evil Ways as one Nation under his direction, or we will cease to be free. AMEN.
Is this the same guy that called Neil Armstrong on a landline.
Yes, that's him. Incredible times.
Richard Nixon's signature is on my discharge papers.
Nixon was very well spoken.
He was 1 of the best presidents in American history.
It's unfortunate that Americans had to wait till closer to the end of his life to get his true man.
He was very strong and deliberate in his decisions as President, and the Communist knew he was serious and would not fleshntch or blink an eye.
He was Part Kennedy and part Trump.
If Kennedy were alive and running for office today, he would have to run as a very conservative candidate.
Until the 80s, there were a lot of hand shacks and compromise as a rule.
Both parties were reasonably close.
1 thought tax and spend
The other said we gotta keep tabs reasonably and limited and stay within our budget the people provide for us.
Today it's 100 x worse as everything is political in acts, conduct, and behavior.
Even the time of day.
Everything you said is wrong.
Best of luck with this distorted world view when you try to apply it IRL.
Nixon was what America needed: A shrewd, crafty politician.
And today we have a choice of Biden or Trump - how we have fallen.
at least Trump has better foreign policy. maybe not as good as Nixon's, but there would not be any invasion of Ukraine, or war in the middle east if Trump were still president. so it is a very easy choice between these two.
Well, to be fair to Trump, if he's elected this time around, it would be the second dumpster fire he inherited.
Trumps not a bad choice. Yes, he comes off like a douche, but he's super effective, smart, high-energy, visionary, and has the right vision for America.
Unless you're a raging wokester, the choice is clear. A vote for Biden is a vote for national ruin, it is a vote for AGAINST your children, in fact.
This November, vote for your children, not your college social science professors.
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@@FBL9982 Drumph is, and has been since his Roy Cohn days, a lying, cheap grifter who is about to have his entire house of fraudulent cards come down on him.
You won't get bronzer from the Federal Bureau of Prison, Mr. Drumph.
Now I have to sub this channel, I want to hear more from this man.
I really feel sorry for Richard M. Nixon and how the media portrayed him. Very similar things happened to Allen W. Dulles and Joseph McCarthy. Somehow it’s very embarrassing to watch how easy it is to trick people. Sadly, some things only got worse.
God bless President RMN.
OF COURSE, USE A NON-EXISTENT ENTITY TO SHOWER APPROVAL ON MEN WHO DO NOT DESERVE IT. THE MEDIA TOLD THE TRUTH, EVEN IF YOU ARE TOO COWARDLY, WEAK, OR STUPID TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
The media told the truth.
This is why Nixon hated them.
Nixon tried destroying newspapers, you know: he want after the Washington Post AND the New York Times because they told the truth.
Get over it.
McCarthy was a drunken fascist who even other Senators said only gave aid and comfort to the enemy spies by kicking up such a huff over the innocent that the guilty were left to do their work. Dulles and the rest of the criminals running the CIA and State Dept just after WWI should have all been sent to hell. Read up on my these malefactors overthrew Guatemala: United Fruit wanted to keep their bananas cheap, that's why.
The only thing I don't like about Nixon is that he took the united states dollar off of the gold standard and turned the dollar into another fiat currency not backed by any hard assets (like gold). Other than that he was a brilliant man and a great leader. I would vote for someone like him today.
By unhitching the dollar to underlying gold bullion, the Treasury could print as much paper currency and coin without pesky audits and accountability as they needed to.
This was a president & others couldn't shine his shoes.
UM,ED...PRESIDENTS DON'T SHINE SHOES. SORRY YOU DID NOT KNOW THAT, YOU ARE PROBABLY EQUATING SHOESHINE WITH THE DISADVANTAGED PPL WHO HAD TO SEEK A LIVING THAT WAY. HE WAS INDEED A PRESIDENT, UNTIL HE WAS FORCED FROM OFFICE FOR BEING A CROOK. SORRY IF I AM USING TOO MANY 2-SYLLABLE WORDS FOR YOU, GET SOMEONE TO EXPLAIN TO YOU...
It's absolutely correct. You have to negotiate from a position of strength, not weakness.
Trump, Nixon incomparable... Nixon avait un vrai don d'un authentique chef d'état,pour son époque malgré ces zones d'ombres il reste le boss👍🏿
Yes, they are comparable: they are both utterly, entirely, and unredeemable shit (ils sont tous les deux de la merde complètement, entièrement et irrémédiable).
I grew up in the Nixon era wasn’t to fond of him back then mainly because there was a lot going on everywhere besides Vietnam. But listening to him now and how intelligent he was and very presidential it shows me how stupid the presidents have become after Reagan. These elections are all about degrading the other candidates and not about their vision of what America stands for and to make it better. All they think is running up the debt and money will fix it all and staying in office very sad what their vision of democracy has become
Nixon, 1 billion times more lucid than Biden
even in his current condition!! hahahaha
How old was Nixon when this was filmed? Not that I know much of or can cast doubt on him, but I heavily suppose it might explain why.
The candidates running this year are the oldest two persons to do so, only beating the record set by themselves four years ago. (Stolen Jon Stewart joke sorry 🥴)
Biden has serious mental deficiencies. His administration and most of the media try to conceal his mental decline. Nixon was one of those men who had their full mental capacity until the end. Biden is more of a political pack rat than producing anything original and being a free thinker. Nixon was a leader, not a boss. He was able to convey his goals and ideas and change public policy. Biden changes his views and ideas based on public policy.
Nixon, a billion times more a war criminal than Ole Joe.
Bragging about his war crimes. Classic Dick.
For those who still didn't get it - ike was Eisenhower's nick name.
Nixon a great thinker,best president we ever had,outside the box and decades ahead
His illegal bombing of Cambodia was certainly out of the box.
Nixon signaled to Nguyen Van Thieu not to take any deal proposed during the Paris Peace talks while LBJ was in office indicating he would get them a better deal. He prolonged the war and accepted a "peace" deal that left North Vietnamese forces that were in South Vietnam to stay in place. He stabbed South Vietnam in the back.
This man was probably the greatest foreign policy president of all time. Simply brilliant
Have you heard Bill Clinton talk about foreign policy? Similar in depth analyses.
Chancellor Bismark is the king of foreign diplomacy and united germany and turned it into a great power mainly by diplomacy vs other great powers like great britain or france that had a massive population and economies vs prussia
NO.
Russia and China hated each other.
Russian economy was soft but propped up by petro dollars.
China was circling the economic drain without the technology to feed its huge population, nor the academic, economic, industrial, or civil infrastructure to drag a HUGE agrarian economy into industrialized modernity. CCP leader feared then ,as the had after the failed Great Leap Forward, that a popular uprising would sweep them away.
US was in serious economic trouble, but nobody wanted to admit it: VN war was ridiculously expensive (billions a week), distorted the rest of the economy, and the US had just devalued the dollar (1971).
Russia wasn't going to finance China. Europe (1970) probably couldn't: still economically digging out from under WWII, but pretty well by then. France devalued the franc (1970), and the UK was damn near broke. Inflation in the US was getting bad: they didn't dare raise taxes to cover the war, but the gov't went on paying for it anyway: this piss-poor fiscal and monetary policy is why since 1965 silver quarters have had copper centers.
All in all, not such a robust world picture as you've been told, I bet.
Nixon went to China BECAUSE HE HAD NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.
No other economy could absorb what we had sell (and needed to sell right quick or we'd sink into stagflation; oops too late).
Not so simple, eh? And Nixon was not such genius, either.
@@michaelmcgovern8110 I dont really care about nixon, just one more american president vs Otto von bismark that unified german states into an empire that could treaten all other empires at that time. Tho looking at today. Meh, out of all great powers Russia is the most stable, tho again usa had shit presidents ever since 2000 and onwards
This is education for me, having grown up with the impression that Mr Nixon was a bad man.
I started to reconsider the bad man theory after seeing the 1968 & '72 electoral maps, and these little clips of his memoirs are making me a fan.
That he imagines he did the right thing in Vietnam and Cambodia is historically false.
How the Country has plummeted the last 35 years...
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Amazing to hear a well spoken, intelligent & well defined speaker & politician which is very rare these days both here in the UK & the USA . Compare him to how Donald Trump speaks & Boris Johnson & it is very clear who out of the three is the leader .
Compare Nixon to Potato Joe 😅
Joe isn't evil and corrupt, so he wins.
PS Your Russian stooge who lied to the FBI on that ?1023 form (the lies about Biden taking Ukranian bribes) just got busted for his PERJURY on that form.
Have a nice day.
He was the only man that the North Vietnamese leadership feared-they thought he was crazy because he carpet bombed Hanoi on Christmas Day.
The didn't think he was crazy, they knew he was a politician and an asshole. They also knew, that, just like the French, the US would eventually leave. And that Nixon, as the chief politician, was the one with the REAL problem in continuing the war.
When you finally figure out that Linebacker I and II (bombing Hanoi) were acts of sheer desperation by Nixon, then you will have learned how the real world works.
Nixon was losing on the battlefield (we had been all along, but it was obvious after 1968), he was losing in public opinion (world wide, not just US voters), he was destroying his own economy, alienating his own political support, and increasingly drunk (day and night). Kissinger was keeping late-night phone calls from the president; did you know that? And the war itself was destroying the US army: do you know what "fragging" is? Did you know that in 1970-71 there were more evacuated for opiate drug problems (addiction, OD, infections from needles, etc) than battle casualoties?
Nothing else Nixon had done had worked, and the NVN gov't was waiting for him to get cut off by his own government, which is exactly what soon-enough happened.
So, Nixon bombed the bejesus out of Hanoi because he was a petty man thwarted in his aims. All it got him was what he could have had before: NEGOTIATIONS TO GET OUT.
@@michaelmcgovern8110 And, who got us in?
@@michaelmcgovern8110 And did you know that the people were behind him? The fascist left undermined him because they hate the American race. The truth is anathema to nazis. Did you know that?
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Truman gave VN to the French to keep them in NATO and the UN. Eisenhower then did little but watch the CIA tell us to back Ho. Then Kennedy, who got handed a bag of shit and a lot of lies (like he was lied into backing the Bay of Pigs), then K was likely gonna get us out, then LBJ was trapped as he feared the red-baiting Right would blame the Democrats as they'd blamed them for "losing" China (as if anything short of divine intervention wold have "saved" 1949 China from falling over into SOMEthing).
Then Nixon lied about a "Secret Plan" to win the war and from 1968 - 72 presided over most US deaths.
So, US in VN was a multi-decade, bi-partisan cold-war clusterf*ck. Is that the answer you wanted, or is it too complex because it deals with real life's messiness?
Man played poker with the Russians and won.
It's crazy that Nixon, in this interview, was 70 years old--nine years removed from office. His mental faculties are incredible--surely vastly superior to the previous and future octogenarian-in-chiefs.
Despite what people say about President Nixon he was a political genius.
The Mad Man Theory worked for Reagan in the end. How many people in the both the East & West thought the Gipper was going to commit a First Strike policy against the Soviet Union boggles the mind. 🤣🤣🤣
I never believed that, but Reagan did give off the vibe of a strong leader who was not to be trifled with.
that's really more a statement on soviet society and culture though kinda
Also a statement on Western Europe's Nuclear Freeze movement too. Both sides thought Reagan's SDI "Star Wars" project was going to be used as a first strike weapon system against the Soviet Union.@@kylegoodreau2170
It does NOT boggle the mind: braindead Reagan spent most of his first term pissing on and pissing OFF the Russian, who responded with a wave of paranoia. They believed the cranked-up rhetoric from an old cold warrior. Go read how this "Evil Emp[ire" talk almost got the world blown up because of the CCCP program called RYAN and US/NATO war games "Able Archer 85". RYAN was a soviet KGB operation to find evidence for a US nuclear first strrike THAT WOULD NOT INPUT DATA THAT SAID THERE WAS NO THREAT, so all the top soviet level got was "here it comes".
Able Archer would have ended with the types of communications right up to the POTUS that we KNEW the Russians were sniffing and likely would have thought WAS REAL. A few hours before that was to happen, someboedy (?James Baker?) finally said, "Why the hell are we poking the russians this hard? They might not think it's a game".
Lucky.
Damn ideological fools didn't realize you don't throw stones at paranoid bears.
This kind of proves we did not lose this war!!!
Nixon now more than ever…
Mr. Nixon would be a great President now. I wish...
Love the madman theory! Haha