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In reply to the discussion: For DU'ers old enough to remember 'compare & contrast' Trump with Nixon [View all]Greybnk48
(10,168 posts)5. Nixon was an intelligent Statesman
and, oddly, a very pro-environment President. Under Nixon we passed Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Clean Drinking Water Act, Earth Day, to name a few.
I couldn't stand the man, probably because I still thought in black and white and I loved JFK so, I could never like Nixon. Also, he was an absolute stiff publicly.
Comparing Trump to Nixon doesn't compute for me. Trump is like nothing before in my lifetime. Maybe he is more like Harding. A drunken, uneducated, ignorant buffoon who had no idea what he was doing.
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For DU'ers old enough to remember 'compare & contrast' Trump with Nixon [View all]
crazytown
Oct 2018
OP
I have to agree with everything you've said. Nixon might have been a crook, but he knew the
Arkansas Granny
Oct 2018
#12
And, believe it or not, he also had a heart. Years after he left office he appeared in southern
Vinca
Oct 2018
#23
trump is who he always have been. All for himself. Nixon never approached the levels of disgust
beachbum bob
Oct 2018
#15
Trump is worse but reflects the different times we live in. The country is much further to the right
jalan48
Oct 2018
#16
I guess people are forgetting Nixon conspired to spoil the peace talks for political gain.
Hassin Bin Sober
Oct 2018
#18
Nixon was a crook, and behind Watergate there were a lot of other nefarious financial transactions
The Velveteen Ocelot
Oct 2018
#29