Why Was President Nixon So Paranoid?

[@pedenmk]

I grew up in the 60s and 70s. The two things I remember most is you don't have Nixon to kick around anymore and im not a crook lol. Compared to the politicians now? Nixon was a saint. The corruption continues. Thanks for sharing.

[@JPSE57]

The corruption is accelerating!

[@Bruno-cr2eu]

I agree ! Nixon was a great president! If only he hadn’t recorded himself

[@Raya14]

@pedenmk corruption was in the first Congress, it will be in the next Congress. Its in the nature of man.

[@Raya14]

@pedenmk my ancestors voted Republican from the time they received citizenship. I followed politics since Eisenhower went into office.I first voted in 1968, and knowing Nixon when he was VP, I voted independent and have since. Damn few inside the beltway wear halos. The rest stink of rotten corruption. Still, the People eat their putrid BS like its candy. The People deserve what is about to befall them, for their arrogant ignorance.

[@pedenmk]

@Bruno-cr2eu yeah I guess so. Times were much better back then. People were friendly and helpful and television was much better.

[@serbkebab2763]

Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

[@Bruno-cr2eu]

If he hadn’t recorded himself he would never have had to resign

[@TkrB]

Richard Nixon who hates face to face confrontations: The OG Keyboard Warrior 😂

[@ricardocantoral7672]

@@TkrB Just because he didn't like it that doesn't mean he didn't do it.

[@shengyi1701]

Mr Spock was right about that old Vulcan proverb - Only Nixon could go to China. Quoted in Star Trek 6 - The Undiscovered Country and nice Patton theme!

[@johncordes7885]

David Reynolds is one of the best narrators

[@serbkebab2763]

Except when he mimics the silly American accent. Hire professional voice actors for those parts.

[@johncordes7885]

@serbkebab2763 there's no redemption for silly Americans

[@jimc.goodfellas]

"incorrigible pettiness".... that's what makes Nixon such an American icon

[@aaronjaben7913]

I hear this narrator's voice and I know it's going to be good.

[@PjDurkin-m9s]

He sucks

[@christopherfanelli8821]

@@PjDurkin-m9sWhy do you believe that?

[@PjDurkin-m9s]

@@christopherfanelli8821 We don't need someone with a British Accent telling us about American Presidents

[@FacesofHistory-uss]

Richard Nixon's story is a masterclass in complexity-a leader of unparalleled ambition who achieved incredible feats on the global stage, yet succumbed to his own paranoia and mistrust. His presidency reveals the duality of power: it can inspire greatness or magnify flaws. The tapes, the triumphs, and the tragedies make him one of the most fascinating and enigmatic figures in American history

[@levistrauss5378]

So you're telling me the man who knew all the secrets was paranoid.

[@scottmclaughlin5674]

Considering the past nearly decade with Trump and the party media, it really makes me personally revisit my media programmed opinions of Nixon. Nixon too was an anti-establishment Republican. Kinda scary how predominantly leftist media slants and agendas program our opinions of our public officials and we used to think nothing of it.

[@familykaplan1341]

He knew dark stuff from the deep state

[@marcharsveld2914]

Paranoia is one of the traits of narcissism. And Nixon sure was a narcissist. A violent father etc.

[@chrishonegger7180]

He was paranoid cuz of people that were gonna get or he thought was sadly

[@phineas117]

still remember all of this. my youngest brother was born the day Nixon resigned. came home from hospital the day He left Washington. put the newspapers in his baby book. same year I graduated high school. still remember watching the Watergate hearings, specially John Dean. said then to my mom, "he's lying through his teeth"...and he was.

[@familykaplan1341]

Like Reagan: Iran-Contra.

[@fairygurl9269]

Can a Human With Compassion, Loyalty, & Humanity of The People Please Stand Up?

[@elizabethsohler6516]

Jimmy Carter.

[@bobblueford]

17:15 Excuse me, "launched" by Eisenhower and Nixon! These two began the U.S.'s involvement with Vietnam.

[@josephgoldmacher8214]

Actually, Kennedy did.

[@bobblueford]

@josephgoldmacher8214 The U.S. involvement in Vietnam began in the mid 1950s by Eisenhower/Nixon. And escalated by every next president, including Nixon, until it ended during Ford's presidency.

[@JayKno420]

He had every right to be

[@roberthanan5541]

He was a good president other than that one little personality tic.

[@Swedishpolymath]

Interesting. This describes me pretty well.

[@youarelegend-bio]

0:37 A landslide victory... yet the only president to resign in disgrace. What really happened behind the scenes? This story has layers, and we're just peeling them back!

[@pedenmk]

Yes indeed. Maybe one day it will be known.

[@familykaplan1341]

He knew way too much!

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Ever since Watergate, no President has recorded their conversations.

[@johnwatson3948]

As told in other docs - his paranoia and “go-it-alone” method had also lost the needed support of other Republicans running for office, when his election campaign did not, as was usual, share the massive funds collected.

[@josephallsen3135]

I have always been into history. Nixon is one of the strangest characters I have ever studied. The more I learn about him the less I understand him or know about him.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

I think he has been unfairly vilified. He was a very complex man.

[@robertewing3114]

​@@ricardocantoral7672sociologists say society has its scapegoats, and politicians are target no. 1. Chamberlain was vilified, according to Hitler Munich finished Nazi Germany, but according to the popular story Munich finished Chamberlain historically and most advantaged Hitler. Society makes things up as it goes along, and Nixon certainly made a mistake that invited every criticism.

[@StephenB-u8r]

Great video.

[@neuro.weaver]

Apparently, he wasn't paranoid enough. THEY were out to get him.

[@lumu76]

Who is 'they'?

[@Eriugena8]

dude literally resigned because the white house tapes He recorded, were about to be legally subpoena'd, which had him spouting jewish conspiracy theories countless times, (when Henry wasn't around if course), so you are definitely closing the circular conspiracy loop on that. well done. 👏⭕️

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Hardly. His paranoia brought him down.

[@Yourordinaryuser_]

​@@lumu76 His political opponents. New evidence reveals that Nixon was framed.

[@kellyharper8072]

@@Yourordinaryuser_😂🤪

[@TokyoLamia]

"My drunken friend." - Henry Kissinger Was Nixon Trump 1.0, in hindsight?

[@thomasriggins1299]

JFK had plumbers too 😉

[@Russell_Huston]

If Kennedy had done all the things that Nixon had done, everything would have been hushed up, the press would have covered for him, and the two time landslide presidential winner would have been lionized as one of the greatest presidents. Then, as now, the press, the academics especially the Ivy League ones, and the cultural leaders, all worship their messianic political leaders, and are willing to cover for them, and they simply despise the outsiders.

[@Reallythough]

When you know you are no good you expect others to be the same.

[@762459]

Dude was so paranoid it's like he's been using meth or snorting cocaine.

[@super60sand70s]

Answer the question you posed in the title. Why was Nixon paranoid

[@lorekeepermeerah]

They did lol it’s because of the crimes 😂

[@domashnie_lubimtsy]

Answer one question: did the owners of large companies get richer? If so who cares if the leader is nuts? He does his job perfectly as long as his bosses increase their income.

[@cootriley6]

Nixon, The original RINO.

[@wagz72]

Maybe he was so paranoid because he knew who got Jack

[@youngtruthspitta3655]

Faaaaaacts He was among those snakes at the house of Clint Murchison Sr (Texas Oilman, who is a very good friend of H.W Bush) discussing Kennedy’s imminent death on the night of November 21, 1963…But yet I see people saying good things about him you don’t do sneaky foul bs and get to have good things said about you imo 💯🙄

[@RogerFusselman]

Comments on a video should suggest that the reviewer has actually watched the video.

[@gilesa.4052]

Well when I was a kid if I got a photo of Thatcher as a Christmas present I would have probably ended up deeply twisted for the rest my life too. Especially if I was forced to hang it up in my bedroom 🤢🤮 😡

[@bobyoung1698]

Because he was guilty.

[@HappyGoLucky-tr8bo]

2025: “Hold my beer 🍺.”

[@davidevans8691]

Who was the real Woodward?

[@bobblueford]

31:05 Wow, was he petty.

[@Raya14]

Would it have anything to do with his hatred of JFK, his involvement with the crime syndicate, and fear of being outed ?

[@djpalindrome]

Nixon did not hate JFK. Johnson hated the Kennedys

[@Raya14]

No one seems to realize how Nixon's petty jealousy ate at him for having lost to JFK.

[@youngtruthspitta3655]

@@Raya14💯💯💯💯💯

[@AyyappanRandaman]

If you get rid of Dulles and Hoover even Satan would get paranoid about the forces lurking in the dark. Nixon was brave, very brave!

[@michaeldoran61]

Being locked in the woodshed by his fanatical parents

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

Other Presidents did that too right? Only used the Oval for the formal stuff and used an alternative office for the everyday stuff?

[@therealphantombeats7171]

I guess because I’m a Capricorn like Nixon was, idk, I guess I will always have this interest in him regardless of what happened to his presidency..

[@angloaust1575]

He stayed faithful to his wife Not a divorcee as others were Or immorality in the oval office!

[@clairealderwood1928]

Turned out he was an evil crook.

[@mamaharumi]

Neither Nixon nor Kissinger deserved a day of peace. Pure evil.

[@familykaplan1341]

Amen and Kissinger wasn’t a Jew in my world 🌎!

[@russellpayne070]

Richard Nixon evil!! I totally disagree

[@random-J]

Nixon was not evil that's over simplifying a complex man dealing with complex circumstances

[@Yourordinaryuser_]

How was Nixon evil?

[@Aleksssssssss]

Excuse me but Nixon wasn’t evil

[@catherinedunsmuir8118]

I wholeheartedly agree. The United States have had their fair share of great presidents and some terrible ones too. Sadly Nixon has been remembered in a bad light. There have been some shocking presidents since Nixon but they haven't been scrutinized like Nixon has been 🇺🇸

[@empirednw6624]

He was rightly paranoid. “They” eventually even took him down…

[@beeenn649]

Total BS. Some Nixon haters put this hit piece together. According to historian David McCullough, Nixon was "the most astute politician of our time." I'm really tired of people making up history, I lived through it, and I know that this is just a cheap smear.

[@vladilenkalatschev4915]

Politicians like Nixon and Kissinger are missing us nowadays

[@roxannemoser]

If they were here, they'd probably say, "why didn't I think of that"

[@bobbykiriakidis9753]

Not really they all bullshit us and line their pockets. Its political norm just different decade

[@ChuckKarges]

Nixon wasnt the crook it's was others in Congress and last administration there where problem was they let off a rich person he was mad he couldn't get that same deal

[@RunninUpThatHillh]

Because he was right.

[@melanieswor5900]

Maybe because he was committing crimes?

[@bobblueford]

15:42 Ugh! Or maybe he won because he didn't look or sound like he had a chip on his shoulder.

[@Jorrie86]

His biggest crime was him ending the gold standard

[@Yourordinaryuser_]

The gold standard didn't have the gold to back it anymore.

[@bartfargo6744]

Cause he was a criminal.

[@terrysteichen873]

We forget that Nixon ended the Viet Nam War!

[@Josh-y4r]

O bam na

[@LethalBubbles]

he did not "thaw the cold war". do you have any idea why they call it "cold" in the first place? oh wait this is absolute history so of course you do, and you're doing it on purpose.

[@nonactive3654]

Because he was right...

[@LONE_WOLF_GANG]

He had something to do with the assassination of JFK. He was in Dallas that morning, at a convention that just happened to block the original motorcade route, which caused the president to reroute to where he eventually got shot.

[@griffon2-6]

best day of jfk life, when his brain got finally ventilated

[@youngtruthspitta3655]

Right 💯💯

[@bdup680]

Actually, Lyndon Johnson was from Stonewall, Texas, which is in Central Texas, not East Texas

[@josephthomasjr.6551]

My father absolutely HATED Richard Nixon!!! And when the President was re--elected in 1972, by a landslide no less, my sister and I marveled at the words coming out of Daddy's mouth. Because we had never heard him use PROFANITY before. Even once. Unlike like father, I do NOT hate Nixon. I do not like him. But I don't him either. He was a fascinating and complex man. But, being a student of Noam Chomsky, I will always associate Nixon with the horrors visited upon the peoples of Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam (both North and South), and, of course, Chile. Like Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon has an OCEAN of blood on his hands!!!

[@lorekeepermeerah]

Surely it had nothing to do with all the crimes he was committing lmao I think anyone would be paranoid if they did what he did

[@ldnwapag5943]

Omg, how can you compare china to al caída. That wasn’t fare judgment.

[@Russell_Huston]

Yeah, that was just crazy. WAY over the top. You lose credibility with comparisons like that.

[@River.channel]

Nixon's a baby compared to wicked Trump

[@damianglenn2565]

He was set up

[@BebbaDubbs]

Because he had a personality disorder.

[@Lisa_RNHealthHub]

Which one?

[@maryaltshuller885]

@BebbaDubbs - I assume you mean Nixon and not Kissinger? Yes, I think so.

[@monetscott2406]

Trump is the new Nixon

[@KristiChan1]

Too bad Nixon didn't get nixed sooner.

[@familykaplan1341]

And that Reagan survived the bullet!

[@jackiebinns6205]

Ugh 😮

[@p5rsona]

A truly crazy sob

[@fredk9999]

Shame on you people for characterizing former President Nixon this way. He resigned office for the good of the nation

[@moeluv]

J Edgar Hoover 🇺🇲

[@MarieDavis-xt7er]

He was a disgrace king Faisal hated him

[@Monica-gj2yx]

My farher knew he was a bad person ever since the "Checkers Speach."

[@D.H.-mg2cz]

You Americans celebrate reckless egomaniacs far too much...

[@River.channel]

At least Americans don't have dictators like Russia and China. Trump tried and failed.

[@thewiseoldtree3873]

Because he was a 🐱

[@WOMFT]

Gotta be alert to deal with the alphabets

[@c1ph3rpunk]

Watch out, don’t TSA the FBI or the CIA will JFK you?

[@vickisemans7238]

Because he was a guilty piece of manure.

[@Greebia]

Why not also first

[@nickfoleie2074]

just proves a British accent won't help a s*** documentary. My what a one-sided garbage doc.

[@out_running_erins9118]

Lol😂

[@edsoderlind7568]

leper

[@backto-il9ne]

Overly dramatic and hyperbolic presenter. Seems like a failed thespian seizing this chance to chew scenery smh

[@grammeb719]

Hello woke Disney. You’re pretty slick, eh?

[@theodorekorehonen]

Uh-oh... Chatgpt is having hallucinations again

[@scottmclaughlin5674]

Absolute Propaganda.

[@SRBc-g7ml]

F i r s t

[@Danilio.]

Sike

[@SRBc-g7ml]

@@Danilio. Your literally 3 minutes ago💀

[@Danilio.]

@@SRBc-g7ml I wasn't talking about me. Sort the comments from newest, then scroll all the way down.

[@sam_p792]

Third

[@MrScaryLemonHead]

Because he was corrupt. Because he was comically hollow.

[@michaelslater3464]

Phlebitis 😐…. Aka “ ants in my pants “ syndrome