Barbara Walters Interviews Richard Nixon | 1985 (Full Interview)

[@MajorWolfgangHochstetter]

Richard Nixon had a great, yet underappreciated sense of humor!

[@capoislamort100]

He did, but they were for the most part “unintentional humor”, he couldn’t be himself around people he didn’t know.

[@randyhanson4973]

Nixon had a brilliant sense of humor. His IQ must have been pretty high.

[@tonycsmith5655]

Yeah a Real barrel of Laughs.

[@retroguy9494]

@@randyhanson4973 Yes, Nixon's IQ was VERY high. He graduated first in his class at Duke University Law School. However, he was also mentally ill. Or so say modern psychiatrists who have studied him in depth.

[@Grigsy]

He had no emotional intelligence but a huge IQ.

[@JCsffkj]

Listening to him speak is like water in the desert. We don’t know how thirsty we really are for truth.

[@BM-yi7up]

So true! Nixon was before my time though I know the history. A very articulate man, whether you like him or not. He answered the questions directly - how refreshing. President-candidates should be required to complete a training before taking the office. I wish Barbara was still alive to interview former President Trump and VP Harris.

[@millcitymercantile]

By today’s standards, Nixon is one the most honorable POTUS to date.

[@herecomesforego1787]

Yes, he really is an instructive bridge to how far society has fallen

[@retroguy9494]

Oh PLEASE! You really need to read up on the man! He didn't earn the nickname 'tricky Dick' for nothing you know! Were you even alive when he was president? Because I was and let me tell you, he was one shady character.

[@r6343]

​@@herecomesforego1787 That is so very true.

[@wesoblander3648]

@@herecomesforego1787 , well put, sir. Of that there is no doubt.

[@annberlin5811]

He was very smart

[@StuartJrBarrett]

Agreed!

[@Pdmc-vu5gj]

Opposite of trump or biden

[@jeffsmith3392]

He exceptional on foreign affairs.

[@Dechieftian]

Regretfully, the timing was such that Richard Nixon was not in the Whitehouse at the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union. President Nixon had no equal when it came to foreign policy. His instincts on China and the Soviet Union proved to be correct. His ability to crystal ball outcomes in areas of conflict throughout the world was uncanny. Will be remembered for his intellect and cunning. Watching this interview in 2023 decades past it's taping proves with precision how smart this man was.

[@JohnAsmith-rw6uo]

He had one. Ronald Reagan.

[@stevej71393]

How were his instincts on China proven correct? China had little to no impact on the Soviet Union's collapse, and the US's courting of Chinese business has made it into the monster it is today. The US would have been much better off leaving its China policy the way it was, and its regime very well could have collapsed along with the Eastern Bloc.

[@davidschneider8802]

Great comment!

[@CharlesWhitford]

@JohnAsmith-rw6uo Sooo, Reagan, whose brain was already mush by 1987 (and almost certainly even earlier, even though the public only found out in '94), was Nixon's "equal" when it came to foreign policy viz USSR and China, you say? Allllrighty, then.

[@MaryseIsMyIdol]

Opening China was one of the worst foreign policy decisions Nixon ever made. He gave China legitimacy and more power by opening them to the world. Look at China now and how they're a threat to U.S. interests and free trade.

[@Never_get_off_the_boat]

He smiled so much more after his presidency.

[@RJ1999x]

DC is a soul stealing horror show

[@Notlilithsbitch]

@@RJ1999xpolitics typically are you don’t get to make that much money and have that much power without making a couple deals with the devil

[@johnjaco5544]

Yea because he wasn't sitting in jail,he quit in disgrace.

[@RJ1999x]

@@johnjaco5544 Just proves you have no clue

[@kimthomas8717]

Tons less stress

[@leroybrownjp414]

Definitely one of the intellectual giants of the second half of the 20th century Thank you for your service, Mr president

[@danH_1999]

Yeah thank you for fucking things up in the 70s and helping lead to the detioration of the country's general distrust of the government and of our elected leaders. Man was lucky not to be thrown in jail, and he will remain as a how not to be for us. Nixon, Harding, Reagan, Bush 2, and Trump- any coincidence they're all stupid and Republican??

[@tbc9096]

@@danH_1999You sound vaccinated and ret - ard - ed

[@paullaroque5960]

yea.. he opened up trade with China..y'know China?... the ones that keep cyberattacking us and stealing our ideas. Amazing how you can call somebody a hero in America and dupe the people into thinking its true, cause they are just to lazy to educate themselves on facts. Because of what Nixon did... We gave China all our manufacturing . Please tell me how brilliant is that?

[@usssanjacinto1]

Nixon would have loved the long format of podcast interviews

[@staley1776]

Any honest politician should love the format. I’m going to be one and I love the ability to convey yourself fully. If you have an ideology, podcasts should be a positive.

[@tasibho]

“Unless you discipline yourself to write you talk too much. “.. well Sir if you had met some of these social media celebrities of today, you would be shocked 😂

[@matthewalkman386]

he means real writing, not trashy tweets with bad english.

[@tasibho]

@@matthewalkman386 thats exactly the POINT!!.. you missed it. They talk too much because they cant write worth a damn.

[@arewestilldoingphrasing6490]

​@@tasibhothen he wouldnt be shocked. He would likely presume bc they talk too much they arent disciplined writers. Again not shocked

[@tasibho]

@@arewestilldoingphrasing6490 i say he would be. You say not. I guess we will never know. Deal with it!

[@danpartridge8584]

If you haven't, you should Google "Nixon legal pads," he was very introspective when it came to language and used writing for goal-setting and problem-solving. Really insightful stuff.

[@roberthelring6372]

How nice to see a reporter having a nice interview, and respecting a Republican and not having I gotcha you questions like the so-called journalist do today

[@chicagomike]

Well Barbara was a republican I think. She was not liberal. Her ex boyfriend was a republican. And on and on.

[@SkyKingofMaricopa]

If Republicans were not the brainwashed and maniacally MAGA crowd they are today, they might not have to face probing journalists.

[@doc8013]

Nixon would laugh at what folks call "gotcha" journalism today. Back then politicians actually answered the tough questions, and they didn't bemoan having to fulfill their duty.

[@pewterpirate4560]

Nixon's crimes look like jaywalking compared to today. I miss when we could have intelligent conversations even when we didnt agree.

[@SkyKingofMaricopa]

You mean compared to Trump who attempted a coup, stole classified documents, and tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia and elsewhere?

[@Exposing_Mark_Niemczyk]

@pewterpirate4560 and yet Nixon got off scot free...thats why we have worse (trump) crimes today

[@stillgotyourmom]

​@@Exposing_Mark_NiemczykTrump superficially started no war and Nixon continued throwing Agent Orange on Vietnamese! Tf are you guys taking?

[@dtxgmoney]

@@Exposing_Mark_Niemczyk Nixon didn't get off, he had to resign.

[@lugasalexander4852]

On both sides crimes… and election interference.

[@ourlifeinwyoming4654]

He’s not the man the tv tried to tell me was throughout my childhood in the 70’s. Him in his own words. Nothing beats learning. I’ll never be on the hate Nixon bandwagon. Especially in light of all that followed him. He outshines most of them.

[@NixonFoundation]

🙏

[@JT-rx1eo]

The media during Nixon's political career was extremely biased. And largely unchallenged in that hegemony. So yes, in Richard Nixon, the media constructed a strawman to a great extent.

[@Dechieftian]

You phrased that very well. An incredibly insightful and important comment that is so often missed.

[@nicholasarnaiz2563]

Unfortunately, humanity often remembers the bad more so than the good. Public opinion has shifted more in favor of Nixon. Thanks to KZbin, we can educate ourselves in listening to Mr. Nixon and realize that he has more good than bad in him. He is very articulate and well-spoken. I think it's imperative that today's generation become familiar with great thinkers like President Nixon. Today, the young are often exposed to absent-minded material that voids critical thinking.

[@HelloooThere]

THE TAPES SAY OTHERWISE

[@jefftaylor8644]

You guys have outdone yourselves by putting up all these old Nixon interviews

[@captainnima]

Just amazing intellect and conversation skills. Makes sense and is honest.

[@retroguy9494]

Well, one out of two ain't bad!

[@treetop5752]

He is far superior to any president after Reagan ​@@retroguy9494

[@redawson001]

He once said that the difference between him and LBJ was he wasn't willing to kill to be president.

[@phildynerphotography5049]

And he suspected LBJ being behind JFK’s demise. LBJ even had his own sister killed

[@JudyAiken]

​@@phildynerphotography5049😮

[@lynngregory393]

@@phildynerphotography5049what about his sister????

[@retroguy9494]

No, he wasn't willing to do that. Just some breaking and entering, investigating people, targeting people for tax audits, slandering people by calling them communists, etc. Just things like that.

[@clinthowe7629]

@@phildynerphotography5049You got any proof to back up such an accusation?

[@TheFoxxsean]

Loved this interview, he is very interesting to listen to

[@timhazelwood8063]

Great interview. RIP Mr. President!

[@davieb68]

What a brilliant man 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@TheRealDebussyFarts]

My goodness do I love listening to this man speak. Great prediction on HW as well for ‘88.

[@ballinhunter12]

Honestly his take on Bush winning regarding how the economy was doing at the time could’ve predicted Trump winning this year. People remember prices going up during Bidens administration and while it wasn’t really Bidens fault, Kamala got tied to that and there was really no chance she could win. The economy is doing well now but the problem is people don’t perceive it to be because prices still seem high.

[@ahmadgolshan2950]

Richard Nixon was one the best presidents of United States of America!

[@matthewrider5906]

Expanded Social Security in a way that would get Bernie Sanders h@rd!

[@SkyKingofMaricopa]

You mean in spite of his obstruction of justice, cover up, and authorizing the payments of hush money to Watergate burglars? You know nothing about Nixon.

[@fsrsaa]

He was f the haters!

[@retroguy9494]

He was outstanding in foreign policy and diplomacy but horrible with domestic affairs.

[@TheUltimateMarioFan]

He was a political behemoth! One of the greatest

[@IllinoisChannelTV]

Still great to hear his insights... one of the more intellectual of our Presidents. I disagree with Mr Nixon.... he was very good on TV

[@billmason2785]

Nixon 2024❤

[@rajendrastarks3686]

Absolutely let’s go dig him up😂😂😂 because we already got a dead president in office

[@treetop5752]

​@rajendrastarks3686 that's good❗️even Dick Nixon would have laughed

[@Dean-jq2eg]

@@treetop5752bizarre statement to say the least 😳

[@Dean-jq2eg]

@@rajendrastarks3686Let me give you a piece of advice if I may. Great presidents don’t get involved in major government scandals, and then try to cover it all up. I still can’t believe why so baby millions of republican voters have stooped this low?! 👎 Start fresh, vote for a real republican candidate. You had an absolute gem in front of all of you. While some voted for her nomination, many smeared her along with the demagogue Trumpanzee. You’re following a new generation of totally corrupt individuals, who have collaborated and are forming a new movement, along with DJT. I’m not saying you’re one of them who are in line with them. Smarten up repub voters, you’re better than this!

[@doc8013]

​@@rajendrastarks3686and still better than the alternative.

[@gdmofo]

I was 12 years old when he resigned it was a sad time for the country he was imperfect but a great president we all have faults

[@debbiemullen2574]

I was 13 , what he did with China was historical. Great man.

[@richardpape5546]

It's not faults. He broke the law. Plain and simple. It doesnt matter how intelligent he was, and he was, he was paronoid vindictive petty. We see him today in these interviews and he is charming and engaged. And people dont see why he had to resign. And the arguments that other presidents did wrongs doesnt hold water. It never justifies things

[@debbiemullen2574]

@@richardpape5546 Who died and left you judge and jury?? I love judgmental people. 😂😂

[@mmarshfairc3]

@@richardpape5546THANK YOU! I feel like I’m taking crazy pills reading these comments. It’s terrifying. Nixon was demonstrably an awful man who did evil things and was anti democracy at by so many means. 50 years after the fact seeing these people rehabilitating his image is ludicrous

[@willard2729]

@@richardpape5546now do the hildabeast. Then do biden.

[@RokneAlavinejad-ch6kx]

A very great, smart and wise president, I wish he had more time to prove himself.

[@retroguy9494]

More time????? The guy was in politics for 27 years! Granted, it wasn't 50 years like Biden. But how much more time did you want him to have?

[@Kellyn1212]

@@retroguy9494as president

[@retroguy9494]

@@Kellyn1212 He was president for close to 6 out of the 8 years he could be president. If he hadn't proved himself in 6 years, I doubt he could in the other 2!

[@lukelaser5397]

I mean I hate most of you comment junkies. But the dude has a point. Nixon was in politics for a long time. Having said that, you can always learn something from someone who fuckdd up in life within reason of course.

[@retroguy9494]

@@Kellyn1212 He was almost 2 years into his second term when he resigned. Again, how much more time did you want him to have to 'prove himself?' Besides, he had already done a lot already. Ended the Vietnam War, created the EPA, opened up red China, imposed price controls (which we sure need right now) to control inflation, etc. I remember when all that happened.

[@Mike44460]

I remember where I was as I watched him resign the presidency. Not many can say that now. He certainly, in many ways, had an enormous impact on this country.

[@debbiemullen2574]

I can. I'm 63 and I was 13 and visiting my grandparents. My grandma had it on TV and recorded it on a tape recorder ( before VCR). She told me it was history.

[@roberthelring6372]

@@debbiemullen2574 you’re grandma was right

[@retroguy9494]

Yea so do I. I was in our living room watching him with my mother. My father, who couldn't stand Nixon, was in the kitchen doing dishes and I'll never forget the way my mother yelled for him 'get in here..get in here..he's going to resign!' It sure made my father happy!

[@DavidMartin-jz1je]

The man has always been my favorite President. The former President certainly had his dark side however, in foreign policy the absolute best.

[@jamesdavis6036]

There she is Barbara Wawa

[@wesoblander3648]

She was named that for a reason :)

[@tomtorrell8019]

Nixon was the greatest communicator in the White I ever saw in my lifetime. Im 80 yrs old. He could speak coherently for hours on end, off the cuff with no notes or teleprompter. You understood what he was saying even if you disagreed. I always thought history would treat him kindly after he was gone. I was right.

[@sufghangametheory99]

Henry Kissinger also predicted it in July-August 1974

[@andrewjohnson2465]

Thanks for posting!

[@NixonFoundation]

You bet!

[@syedadeelhussain2691]

I still believe he was the most intelligent President of the USA! Period.

[@retroguy9494]

Intelligent, yes. But hardly the MOST intelligent. Jefferson, J.Q. Adams, Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and even Clinton were all smarter than Nixon.

[@Mor928]

Franklin Roosevelt

[@BlakePratt-g8d]

Wow! I always learn something when I watch these old political/educational videos. I was 16 in 1985 and I don't recall Reagan's Bitburg Affair Nixon speaks of but it must have been a really big deal! The Ramones even wrote a song about it - Bonzo goes to Bitburg! I can see both sides of the issue now that I am in my 50's and so much time has passed. Nixon speaks like a real statesman, not like the people we've had in the presidency recently! God help the USA!

[@billmason2785]

Reagan visited a Nazi cemetery....big deal

[@retroguy9494]

Well, I was in college when that happened and it really wasn't as bad as people made it out. What basically happened was that Reagan was in Germany and the Chancellor had invited him to a German cemetery where over 2,000 soldiers from the regular German Army were buried. This was to commemorate the end of World War II 40 year prior and they were to lay a wreath. However, unbeknownst to Reagan and apparently his advance team, there were also around 44 Waffen SS soldiers buried there was well. Unlike the regular army, the Waffen SS was a special unit which were directly involved in the worst atrocities committed by the Nazi's like the Holocaust, human experimentation, torture and mass murder. For these and other reasons, they were declared a criminal organization at the Nuremberg Trials instead of as part of the military. THAT is why Reagan caught so much heat. Because many people who suffered or who's family had suffered under the Waffen SS saw it NOT as a visit to a cemetery where thousands of regular solders were buried, but rather as a trip to the graves of 44 thugs. Which, I think, was blown way out of proportion.

[@wesoblander3648]

Bonzo would have been than Carter...

[@jameswilson1407]

Incredible intellect, no matter what Nixon was no damn dummy!!

[@ralphfurley123]

I never thought I would be watching old interviews of former President Richard Nixon, since I’m a Democrat. But I find these interviews quite revealing and extremely interesting! His intelligence and his ability to effectively articulate his thoughts is impressive! I wish our leaders of today possessed the same qualities! ☮️🖖🏽

[@brentbaker9125]

PRESIDENT Nixon!!!

[@allrise3056]

Historically fascinating.

[@JamesTJordan1]

Brilliant.

[@toxicvidz01]

What a sharp quick thinking man. This is what we need in thr Whitehouse today

[@nickgeorgiou7770]

The smartest person in the White House in my lifetime. I’m 57 years old.

[@robfmas]

Brilliant at world affairs. No need to say more.

[@VideoAmericanStyle]

Sabotaged the Vietnam peace talks so he could get elected into to office. Hired that skunk Kissinger. Secretly bombed Cambodia. The CIA involvement in Allende’s overthrow. Catering to Communist China. One deplorable move after another.

[@gdmofo]

Absolutely correct

[@moviola12]

If you're 57, I think you might wanna get tested for alzheimer's.

[@nickgeorgiou7770]

@@moviola12 Hahaha, you are probably right. But who was smarter? These last 50 some years? Let me guess you think Obama was or maybe Clinton

[@ianmc87]

Nixon was a remarkably astute and intelligent man. We could sure use him in the White House today.

[@retroguy9494]

No we could NOT. He also suffered from mental illness and was on any number of drugs. I think the dementia of the guy who is in there NOW is bad enough. We don't need to trade that for a crazy man!

[@starter47990]

7:55 I swear Nixon is a fortune teller

[@VideoAmericanStyle]

Anyone could have guessed that. Basically: oh hey, if the economy is good, his VP will be elected.

[@starter47990]

@@VideoAmericanStyle its not that simple. Economy's have been great with incumbents, yet they still lost. But it's not just this. It's with everything else, too.

[@VideoAmericanStyle]

@@starter47990 it IS that simple. Barring exceptional circumstances, the economy is everything to voters. Same thing sunk Bush Sr in ‘92. This was not some long shot prediction on Nixon’s part by any stretch; he doesn’t deserve special credit for the obvious turning out to be reality.

[@starter47990]

@@VideoAmericanStyle its not everything. The economy was good under Trump, but he still lost for other reasons. But again, you have to look at all of Nixons predictions. He nailed the situations in China, Ukraine, Iran, etc. Nixon foresaw a lot of circumstances that hold true today

[@_ArsNova]

"I could answer [that question] in a minute, but it would be intellectual junk food!" If only Mr. Nixon were alive today to see our current TikTok & soundbite culture. You don't even get a minute to answer that question anymore, just 10-15 second clips.

[@capoislamort100]

Thanks for sharing this.

[@CasualObserver-jx4zh]

Much better journalism than today. Nixon was a clear and decisive intellectual well into his later years. Nice to see this clip from today’s perspective.

[@human.imagination]

Imagine his thoughts about social media and current state of media

[@sebastiankinnunen5549]

❤Very very smart man. Love from Finland❤

[@inesborstel5592]

Thanks!!

[@christoduplessis8177]

What a time this was for leadership and journalism. Why is this in the past and not our current reality. It is a sign.

[@jooei2810]

There was a chance to journalism to make it not partisan, they chose wrong.

[@TitaniumTurbine]

I don’t think it’s a sign per se, I think it’s a sad state of affairs that were made worse by repealing the fairness doctrine, people not paying attention, and the popularity of lying/pushing conspiracy theories.

[@johnlgibson]

This was a good interview.

[@ArntArnesen]

My very first memory from television, is seeing President Nixon resign. I was 3 yrs old, watching on a black and white tv here in Norway.

[@Mrgop]

His answer about state dinners was interesting in that he was at the state dinner for the normalization of relations with China in 1978. The Carter White House didn't want to invite him, but the Chinese said they would go to Nixon if he wasn't at the dinner. He's been gone 30 years in April. I miss him.

[@lisan8561]

One of the best at diplomacy.

[@trajan75]

I remember Nixon quite well. My Constitutional Law Professor, Archibald Cox was the first Watergate prosecutor. His future son in law, Eddie Cox, was a year ahead of me at Law School. Didn't know him too well. My take on Nixon was that he was a brilliant President, and a good one, with an unfortunate case of paranoia. Nevertheless, he stands ahead and shoulders over the recent bunch.

[@CharlesWhitford]

So, father-in-law was called Cox, and his daughter married someone also called Cox? Hmm

[@JamesDoe-ie1sb]

Fax, if he was so smart, why did he get impeached?

[@JamesDoe-ie1sb]

OverHyped

[@JamesDoe-ie1sb]

Propaganda: Intellectual Junk Food

[@trajan75]

@@JamesDoe-ie1sb Re read my post. I believe he was impeached because of his paranoia. Intelligent people can be paranoid . His foreign was brilliant.

[@JamesDoe-ie1sb]

A natural story teller

[@johnkennettle7567]

I looked at one short video with Richard Nixon, and now I'm being flooded with them. I hate those youtube algorithms.🤔

[@corgiowner436]

Nixon was such a master at handling the press.

[@completesentences2125]

Nixon was such a brilliant mind.

[@mooremax]

I’m 35 and totally misunderstood Nixon. Clearly a brilliant leader. It’s a lot easier to have confidence in someone you may not see eye to eye with on many things when they are well thought out and well spoken. Also, hat tip to Walters. This is a great interview.

[@ballisticpug6764]

4:23 was very good, I strongly agree! The USA and the USSR had fundamentally different beliefs that couldn’t be reconciled and Nixon knew exactly how to treat that

[@kevinrickey3925]

He brought up attention span, even back then. Love it.

[@JeffK787]

Very surprised (and not) that he would sit for an interview with Barbara Walters

[@frankcheers7529]

He was fond of BW actually. She did quite a few interviews over the years starting when he was in the White House.

[@nyc1929]

They like eachother, She went with him to China in 72, he landed for her a interview with kissinger and with prince Philip of Britain, was quite a relationship. She tells all this in her memoir Audition. So good read.

[@jooei2810]

1k likes he deserves it!

[@Tatakapendragon]

Very intelligent man.

[@MrAbdul-uf9ug]

Don't forget that he ended the war in Vietnam and saved the life of both Vietnamese and Americans

[@richardpape5546]

OMG. Really? It took him over 4 years. Our world would have been so different so mich more kinder if Bobby Kennedy had not been killed. Listen to Bobby Kennedy's speeches and interviews during the 1968 campaign. He was intelligent well spoken understood foreign policy just as much as Nixon. The only difference was the compassion and the huge understanding for the human element. It's something lacking in Nixon and most politicians before and after. Even his brother, John ,was more of an aloof. All you have to do is listen to his speech in indianapolis the night Martin Luther King was killed. Rioting occured in all of our big cities, Indianapolis stayed quiet. Thats the impact he had. Nixon perpetiated the Viet Nam war. He used the timing, just before the the 1972 election to declare "peace is at hand".

[@SkyKingofMaricopa]

No. He didn't. Many thousands of GIs died on Nixon's watch fighting a worthless war. The last American to leave Vietnam was in May 1975. Nixon had resigned by then.

[@tekkieman]

Respectful, yet probing. It's amazing and most of all, sad how far off course "journalists" today have veered. If you tried to have this interview in 2023, it would be a grand standing circus.

[@tony84.]

4:48, 6:11, 6:54, 😂I think President Nixon was taking a little swipe at the great Barbara Walters here with the age comment.

[@anthonycorsi6409]

This man was an intellectual powerhouse, he would make mince meat of any politician from either party in today’s arena.

[@tombentley7168]

Boy was I terribly wrong about President Nixon. He is a great man.

[@hamid.r.salehi]

Ein politisches Naturtalent 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@MinhajArifin]

Great interview

[@DenisPopov888]

Excellent smart man!

[@KoldTrain]

Very intelligent man, and well worth listening to .

[@prosenjitbanerjee7490]

When Nixon speaks its a great learning for the public 😊

[@jooei2810]

This is a statesman.

[@blazeice4268]

Honestly, much of what President Nixon said turned out to be ture! He was right about Germany and about Russia (Soviet Union)!

[@118Columbus]

Nixon - Tanned & Well Rested 2028

[@ejbrace]

Barbara Walters is so out of her depth here. Nixon is an intellectual giant and she shouldn’t have been in the same room with him.

[@tonycsmith5655]

Yeah she shouldn't have ever stooped down to a Lying Crook.

[@wesoblander3648]

@@tonycsmith5655 , she was a sleazy gossip columnist.

[@wesoblander3648]

He was a very capable leader.

[@chnalvr]

What a smart man! He correctly predicted a George H.W. Bush presidency but was too soon in his prediction for a female VP in 1988.

[@rizzodefrank]

There was fierro but she wasn't a Republican

[@VideoAmericanStyle]

That was an incredibly obvious ‘prediction’ to make: oh hey, if the economy is good, the president’s VP will be elected! What a remarkable insight. 😂

[@bleedingpopcorn6]

Really interesting seeing so much love for Nixon in the comments. Wonder how many of the commenters were alive during his presidency. Surprised to see less nuance in the comments section of a very insightful video of a complicated historical figure

[@joannleichliter4308]

I was born in 1944, so I remember Nixon quite well.

[@joycepino5346]

I was a freshman in high school in 1969. A junior in 1972. I remember Watergate and his resignation.

[@joycepino5346]

I was in high school when he lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. 21 before that time was the legal age for everything. You were still a minor until you turned 21. He also started the Shuttle program.

[@donthomison2716]

What a brilliant man.

[@valentino3191]

It’s almost bizarre and unreal how perceptive he was with foreign policy? A brilliant man and very under appreciated President.

[@melaniamonicacraciun9900]

Christmas is near friends, let's invite everybody enjoy very special gifts, such as getting involved in political battles because... people have the power and this is a very good moment to remember ❤🎉❤

[@wantsomecoffee]

These were the good ole days and it makes me sad about the state we find ourselves in today.

[@nick56677]

I love hearing President Nixon speaking on foreign policy. As far as that area is concerned, Nixon was probably our best foreign policy president in recent times. RIP #37 Mr President.

[@trucking604]

If you put his mistakes aside, policy wise, he was a great president! Extremely intelligent, informed, knowledgeable and decisive! One of the smartest presidents in modern times!

[@handerson3263]

2:18 true of everything.

[@KindyLemmon]

He was brilliant.

[@sufghangametheory99]

Nixon till this day is perhaps the most underrated President of modern times. The guy was on Presidential ticket 5 Times ( 3 times as President and twice as VP) says volume. Only FDR is ahead of him.

[@alpha-omega2362]

I believe there is an entire book devoted to their friendship.

[@christopherthorkon3997]

I wish we could have Nixon as a write in candidate in 2024.

[@jooei2810]

Nixon is an intellectual and he understands our enemy.

[@SkyKingofMaricopa]

You do that, instead of voting for Trump

[@keith8785]

Great Idea, go ahead.

[@keith8785]

@@jooei2810 I think Nixon would say a Putin Loving Traitor with 91 counts is our enemy.

[@frenchmime1972]

An AI version could be made now most likely.

[@2taggs2]

He was so knowledgeable and predicted many things correctly. So smart and he knew so much about foreign affairs. Such a shame he was consumed with people that were his "enemies" -- he could have been one of the best presidents ever. Even despite leaving in shame, he did so many great things. And I am a democrat.

[@justiSLA1]

Just another day of burning in hell for Walters.

[@joycepino5346]

Why so mean?

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Nixon thought Reagan was a dumbass. Not kidding. Dinesh D'Souza can confirm this.

[@joannleichliter4308]

And he knows this how?

[@frankcheers7529]

I'd love to see Watlers's first interview with Nixon for Today in 1971.

[@larryyoung5757]

I worked for Dick Nixon as a marine in Vietnam in 1969 when he was commander-in-chief. I detested him for continuing the war with disregard for the fact that South Vietnam would fall whether we killed 100,000 of them or 1 million. 1969 was the second bloodiest year for Americans in Vietnam. I lost brothers there and left a leg behind. I blamed Nixon for it. After I read and did my research, I came to understand that it took time for Nixon to get us out of Vietnam because of the four plus years of incompetence that put us there to begin with.

[@chrismoller4272]

Oh Dick was smart...too smart for his own good

[@ragingjaguarknight86]

Four more years!!! ✌️ ✌️ 🤪

[@ryanwall6149]

I wasn’t around when Nixon was president (I’m 21). History class kind of talks about Nixon as the one who brought the soldiers home from Vietnam and watergate. My question is, if Nixon didn’t fall into the watergate scandal, would his presidency have been looked on fondly? Going off this interview, he seems extremely well spoken and respectful to his opposing party. Curious what those who were around then think!

[@mvm5375]

I would just love to hear his views on the world since his passing.

[@TitaniumTurbine]

Yes, he’s on my list for this along with George Washington, JFK, George Carlin, and Bill Hicks.

[@mariacardenas4665]

38 years ago

[@r.gonzalez9655]

‘Twas indeed a different world back then. No questions about his resignation to avoid inevitable impeachment?