One key difference that might make all the difference in the future (Reply #31)

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Tue Oct 1, 2019, 06:05 PM

lunatica (53,078 posts)

31. One key difference that might make all the difference in the future

is that Nixon was intelligent enough to know when he was beaten so he went away knowing he would be pardoned. And he lived to become an elder statesman

Trump is mentally incapable of such a strategy.

I know Trump doesn’t care about this country by his actions so far, but it’s a mixed bag with Nixon. Wealth didn’t seem to be Nixon’s goal. At least not at first sight. He obviously wanted power. I may be wrong but wasn’t he the first person to say the American President is the most powerful man in the most powerful nation in the world?

Who knows, maybe he had more profound issues with fundamentalist religion than we know. In any case he was a far more complex person than Trump.

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34 replies	Author	Time	Post
Trump v Nixon [View all]	H2O Man	Oct 2019	OP
Interesting comparison.	rsdsharp	Oct 2019	#1
Valid point.	H2O Man	Oct 2019	#4
He also had enough respect for the Constitution not to totally tear the country apart when he saw	rsdsharp	Oct 2019	#15
Very good point.	Tipperary	Oct 2019	#34
K&R. I did not know that about Nixon...	OneGrassRoot	Oct 2019	#2
It is a too often	H2O Man	Oct 2019	#7
Treason	shadowmayor	Oct 2019	#19
In a sense,	H2O Man	Oct 2019	#28
Shoot I had no idea LBJ caught Nixon!	coeur_de_lion	Oct 2019	#32
There are obvious similarities, but	book_worm	Oct 2019	#3
True.	H2O Man	Oct 2019	#8
Trump is pure stupid destructive evil.	dalton99a	Oct 2019	#10
Right.	H2O Man	Oct 2019	#11
Yes	NoPasaran	Oct 2019	#13
As a retired	H2O Man	Oct 2019	#17
Thanks for this bro	malaise	Oct 2019	#5
Yep!	H2O Man	Oct 2019	#12
Interesting	malaise	Oct 2019	#18
It is interesting isn't it?	MuseRider	Oct 2019	#6
I just got	H2O Man	Oct 2019	#20
"Pathetic failed human beings"	Martin Eden	Oct 2019	#9
Seriously, right?	H2O Man	Oct 2019	#21
I'm not surprised that sociopaths like Trump exist ...	Martin Eden	Oct 2019	#29
There is one glaring stark difference however	BumRushDaShow	Oct 2019	#14
Great point!	H2O Man	Oct 2019	#22
What the cellist said...	Kid Berwyn	Oct 2019	#16
Thank you so much for this!	H2O Man	Oct 2019	#23
Awesome! n/t	MFGsunny	Oct 2019	#30
tRump never had bone spurs	MiniMe	Oct 2019	#24
Yes, of course.	H2O Man	Oct 2019	#25
I wonder what Kissinger's excuse was. n/t	PoliticAverse	Oct 2019	#26
Henry's excuse ....	H2O Man	Oct 2019	#27
One key difference that might make all the difference in the future	lunatica	Oct 2019	#31
I like to think that Nixon would never have conspired with Russia	coeur_de_lion	Oct 2019	#33

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