Everything That Happened Leading Up to Nixon's Resignation

Richard Milhous Nixon's presidency was full of excitement, intrigue, grievously bad judgment, and booze - which is why so many drunk Richard Nixon stories have lived on long past the man. Tales about the end of his tenure as president are no different.
In the wake of Watergate - as his removal from the Oval Office became imminent in the late summer of 1974 - it was clear to Nixon that he had to do the unthinkable. He had to resign. As he slowly accepted his fate, he turned increasingly inward, brooded, drank, swore, and took out his frustrations in alarming ways. Nixon didn't handle his liquor well, and with the end of his presidency in sight, Watergate, depression, and scotch got the better of him as his time in office drew to a close.
#RichardNixon #POTUS #WeirdHistory

[@kitothompson7930]

The fact that KZbin put an election fact check on this is hilarious. How many people voted for Nixon in 2020?

[@ghostrickalucard488]

Me

[@turkey6969]

Weird world we live in right now.

[@faithfultotheend5202]

I am not a democrap so i only voted once for him

[@Xanderboof]

@@faithfultotheend5202 good one, but be careful you’re making yourself look like a snow flake, and we don’t want people thinking you’re upset now. Especially when trump has such a good chance of winning the elections through the courts! But hey I’m going to call your reply to this, to it e going to say I spent the last four years crying. Nope I’m a swing voter that didn’t vote for Hillary nor Trump, so I can honestly say from an unbiased point of view, trump supporters are handling this way worse so far 😘

[@nonprogrediestregredi1711]

@@faithfultotheend5202 Oh James, you are SO clever! I see what you did there; you implied voter fraud by the Democrats! What an ingenious little comment, regardless of how baseless it is! Way to go, Jimbo!

[@atomicspid2129]

Imagine if social media existed back then and Nixon had Twitter. That’d be...interesting

[@knighthawk882]

If fox news has existed he might have almost won another election like a certain other criminal

[@DisasterxUs]

I AM NOT A CROOK! *Multiple sources have disputed this claim*

[@hemant1512]

Fake News!!! The Great people in this Great country should know I'm not a crook!! Great!

[@Vickvineager]

If modern social media have been around in the 60’s-70’s, we legitimately would not be here today, we would’ve all killed off each other by today’s time. I miss the days of zero social media.

[@hemant1512]

@@knighthawk882 if he was a Democrat and cnn existed, perjury will be dismissed as some minor offense like some other criminal

[@plutoicecream3490]

It's so odd to think that Nixon was loved a lot as president until Watergate.

[@johndaugherty4127]

He was a great President. I remember my mother crying as we watched him board the helicopter. Don't listen to this bullshit, Nixon was a great President.

[@plutoicecream3490]

@@johndaugherty4127 One of the best when it comes to foreign policy

[@theflyingspaghettimonster3252]

I don't mean to be rude, sure he had his pros, but he was a fraud.

[@plutoicecream3490]

@@theflyingspaghettimonster3252 one that the whole country rallied behind besides Massachusetts and DC. He did a ton of good during his short time as president. Clearly the people at the time thought so too when they voted for him and he won 520 - 17.

[@Spongebrain97]

@@johndaugherty4127 no Nixon was crap dude. He was self absorbed, campaigned on ending the war in Vietnam but kept in going on for his entire first term and started the War on Drugs which has been a colossal failure. And thats without mentioning that he was a crook

[@KSAlejo]

"Remains the single most famous political scandal in American history" Well not anymore.

[@collinswisher6566]

My thoughts exactly

[@garrett9550]

What scandal in particular are you referring to

[@jimmy2k4o]

@@garrett9550 russia collision probably....lol

[@sonny9493]

@@jimmy2k4o Egging supporters on to storm congress and beat a police office to death probably

[@whynot-ty9kk]

@@jimmy2k4o there was no Russian collusion though

[@hekatejayne2238]

I love you, weird history. But I really, really miss timelines.

[@timmmahhhh]

The timelines are great but they have to be pretty time intensive to put together.

[@Kdschaak]

I know. Me too. Every Sunday I wake up, make coffee, smoke a little doobie, and hope today will be the day it comes back.. I feel like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football.

[@britt01]

They are doing one soon on 2020 so in about two months or less than two months we will have a new one.

[@alfredomartinez439]

Yeah me too but he said he is doing one for the 90s

[@StarWolfKing]

History vs. Richard Nixon - Alex Gendler: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4nCeYyCa5JjedE

[@justintime343]

Man, our current climate makes this all seem so quant...imagine if politicians acted in favor of the constitution and not their own party.

[@h.borter5367]

I was just a baby when this all happened. I never knew the details of his downfall. Thanks, Weird History. I always learn something interesting from your channel.

[@PatsyClinesDaughter]

I learn something too. I enjoy these because I’m years out of school but I love history. I honestly didn’t know the details of his ‘downfall’ either!

[@StarWolfKing]

History vs. Richard Nixon - Alex Gendler: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4nCeYyCa5JjedE

[@user-zh8ec8ms7f]

Same I mostly heard about him thru shows like Futurama, Simpsons, ect

[@PaintballVideosNet]

You're welcome

[@gueyhoo9261]

I was a teenager during Watergate. This is the first time I've heard about him being a drunk. Explains a lot.

[@Matthew-oj2mq]

Title is a bit misleading, expected to hear about everything after the big bang and until his resignation.

[@georgev5833]

😂

[@Linda98671]

I liked Richard Nixon. What goes on now makes Watergate look like a pajama party...

[@tayj1008]

I wouldn't impeach Nixon then knowing what happened the last 4 years.

[@dln7527]

Richard Nixon was a war pig, liar, and supreme crook. Go on and keep liking him though.....

[@johnny-becker]

Couldn't agree more. This current potential scandal makes Watergate look lime Nixon J-walked around midnight on a back country road just to get his mail.

[@connorjackson2973]

Except for the fact that Russia gave was a hoax.

[@amelia-xf6jc]

Imagine if a president would be impeached twice? Oh...wait...

[@diablodavila]

They are trying to impeach a US citizen

[@GriiffixPVP]

Impeached for no reason... literally a joke and a half those impeachments were their "facts" werent facts that had to withdrawl most because they werent true lolol. Or their reasons are just pathetic

[@aidancallis267]

@@GriiffixPVP Now try again... but in English

[@kerred]

For those unfamiliar, a WHOLE lot resides on who has majority in the house and senate. Its very rare to have your own party vote against you. Clinton and Trump are good examples to show how safe your presidency can be. So do not ignore your state's house and senate ballots

[@arliesam948]

Thank you

[@claire577]

no shit

[@mohsman]

Left out of the video is that shortly before he resigned, the Democrat and Republican leaders of the House and Senate met with Nixon in the White House and told him their were more than sufficient votes to impeach (House) and convict him (Senate.) That is when he finally decided to resign.

[@jacksons1010]

Unless the public becomes aware of the mass of evidence against you. That happened with Nixon; his own recordings doomed him.

[@Theonetruewonderfly]

@@mohsman Exactly. He only resigned because enough Republicans turned against him. And enough Republicans turned against him because of the news media bombardment portraying Nixon as evil incarnate.

[@dazmaz1269]

And to think the politicians of today do this kind of stuff regularly now...

[@Charles-hy6gp]

They always been doing this kind of stuff

[@isaacmirage6696]

The flagrant corruption today makes Watergate look like nothing!

[@joermnyc]

SNL had Nixon talk to the portraits! Lincoln, “You’re lucky Abe... they only shot you.”

[@fredcollins8919]

Said he spoke more than once with his "old" friend JFK, whom he came to Congress with back in January 1947. Deep interesting conversations (wish to God those had been taped & recorded).

[@TheBryanScout]

@@fredcollins8919 that almost sounds Shakespearean ngl

[@JohnDoe-pv2iu]

@@fredcollins8919 Nixon wasn't a party to it but knew all about what had happened to JFK. If it had been recorded, that tape would have also disappeared.

[@fredcollins8919]

@@TheBryanScout thank you. Yes I guess it does sound that way. ..

[@emilyviolet1031]

Yeah, SNL can be cruel and very disrespectful... Like when Pete made fun of the war hero w an eye patch.

[@Mohawks_and_Tomahawks]

Imagine being the only American President to have to resign.

[@Treron_Sinclair]

@Adrian True. But didn't Nixon kinda do the same? I mean, he did try to stage a coup with various branches of the military to keep him in power, then when they all decided not to listen to him, he stayed in the White House and got overly drunk for days on end while listening to music, and literally crying like a baby, also showing no sort of dignity or respect for the democratic process too. So really, I'd rather be remembered as a moronic sore loser, than a sore loser criminal against my own people. But hey, both of these Presidents sucked. And will be remembered with shame.

[@nat_wood23]

Horus Whoreus Amen.

[@indy_go_blue6048]

Well biden was just sworn in today; be patient.

[@Treron_Sinclair]

@@indy_go_blue6048 Right?! He's clearly got a thing for kids, so...

[@prajjwal1010]

But resigned in the situation when he would have been thrown out if he didn't resign

[@NewMessage]

But how did his head get in that jar?

[@IntrovertedOreo]

Haaa Futurama! 👍🏾

[@anotherarmchairhistorian2831]

Lmaoo

[@MistressKarma6969]

😂😂😂

[@tyrapp2202]

That one dislike is Richard Nixon himself

[@katherineknapp6604]

I definitely dislike him.

[@cap5macca5jack5]

He is dead ninny so doubtful

[@tyrapp2202]

@@cap5macca5jack5 sarcasm bro

[@katherineknapp6604]

@@cap5macca5jack5 be nice.

[@StarWolfKing]

History vs. Richard Nixon - Alex Gendler: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4nCeYyCa5JjedE

[@Yoder023]

Nixon did A LOT of good, but it's overshadowed easily by WaterGate and his excessive paranoia. In no way was he the worst US president, but he's in the top 10 for a reason

[@theflyingspaghettimonster3252]

If I had to vote, I'd vote Trump tops the list.

[@j-ststst7986]

@@theflyingspaghettimonster3252 Trump is so great he couldn't make it to his second term

[@Spongebrain97]

Nah the only good he did was create the EPA and open relations with China. Other than that he failed. He prolonged the Vietnam War for another 5 years after claiming he would end it once in office and he created the War on Drugs. Watergate was just the final nail in his coffin and why he has a bad legacy. Had he beaten Kennedy in 1960 he most certainly would've totally been in favor of the war and might have fumbled the Cuban Missile Crisis

[@rdcyoutubediary]

Trump is the worst US President.

[@bearing_aficionado]

@@rdcyoutubediary what makes Trump the worst? I mean he is the only president since Carter who didn't start any new wars. He signed a prison reform bill that greatly reduced stupid petty crimes. Increased funding for HBCU which Obama didn't even do. I can go on but something tells me you suffer from TDS. By the way, not a Trump supporter but just someone who pays attention. There were far worse Presidents than Trump.

[@guerra_dos_bichos]

Richard nixon looks like someonw wearing realistic facemask that only covered his face from the eyes down

[@Beretz1970]

Nixon was a tragic figure in American History, he did great things and would probably be remembered as a very good president if it wasn't for a major personality disorder. He was his own undoing.

[@miriambucholtz9315]

Thank you for posting this. I was alive during this time, in my 20s, as a matter of fact, but I remember almost nothing about it. In the early 70s I was stupid enough to consult a psychiatrist for the depression I had, not knowing the terrible caliber of mental health treatment in Miami, FL at the time. I was stuffed full of old-school antipsychotics and, by 1974, misdiagnosed as a schizophrenic and locked up. Many memories never got processed to begin with; the rest got wiped out by the chemicals. It took me some 10 years to rebuild everyday knowledge. A lot of what I now know is from my having read about it or from watching videos.

[@graceprorok9407]

"Biggest political scandal ever".... 2021 "hold my beer"

[@mike_404]

Except there is no scandal

[@Daniel-nm4gk]

Tf are you even talking about

[@chayden153]

@@Daniel-nm4gk the insurrection?

[@vancouverviking4652]

He must've been drunk when he ordered that cottage cheese pineapples and milk!🤮

[@candice_ecidnac]

It's a popular combination. In stores in the USA you can even buy small containers to pack with your lunch, divided in the middle. One side is cottage cheese and the other is some variety of fruit, including pineapple.

[@Perc_angle30]

@@candice_ecidnac no stfu😂they sell those separately in stores 🤣

[@velvetunderground9835]

At least he knew when to quit.

[@skyrocketautomotive]

I've gotta say having heard all of this, I really feel bad for Nixon. He screwed up, granted, but he didn't seem like an evil guy. Breaking down in front of H.K. doesn't exactly scream 'unrelenting nasty bastard' to me. He did a lot of good during his term too, it's almost a shame that he's not remembered in a balanced way, but I suppose that's politics!

[@robertbeckman2054]

If you look into his political past, he destroyed at least one person's entire political career by starting lies that they were communist. Look up why he was nicknamed by some as "Tricky Dick".

[@matthewbennett9928]

@@robertbeckman2054 Well that was no surprise this was during the Cold War and the red fear was at its height.

[@Mephitinae]

@@robertbeckman2054 If Kennedy and Johnson weren't also fervently anti-communist, maybe that would mean something. Calling someone a "communist" in those days was the equivalent of calling someone "racist" today. You don't have to prove anything, the accusation is enough.

[@ms_scribbles]

Oh, he was evil. Just ask anyone who's old enough to have been in the gay community at the time.

[@sonny9493]

Didnt he sabotage peace talks in Nam for his own political gain? Cant remember the whole story and cant be assed researching it to comment on KZbin.

[@restock_1731]

"and to be clear, these weren't magic talking portraits, those are just at Hogwarts." 🤣🤣

[@CurioVeritas123]

lol

[@themarkiscookin]

Everything's coming up milhouse

[@alyxibiteu51]

Haaaaaaaa

[@annescholey6546]

Van Houten?

[@themarkiscookin]

@@annescholey6546 his name comes from Nixon

[@The_Theodore_Roosevelt]

A president starting a coup? Like that would ever happen lol.

[@brettlarch8050]

Well…..

[@XMattingly]

Nixon’s resignation: “The single most infamous political scandal in American history” Blumpy: *HoLD mY Diet COKE*

[@indy_go_blue6048]

Yep. Only dumfoke Reds would try to impeach the president with a week left in office. Oooh Nancy...!

[@XMattingly]

@@indy_go_blue6048 Only cultists are too stupid to understand the severity of the crime, and think any particular week is a get out of jail free card.

[@RageyRage82]

"Hold my Covfeffe"

[@timkenda8203]

@@indy_go_blue6048 that means that he doesn't get a secret service detail, pension, healthcare etc. He already spent 144 million dollars playing golf, we should impeach just to cut our losses

[@ss-2203]

I love all the most random but most interesting topics of your guys Channel comes up with. Thank you for making all these things because I've learned more stuff on this channel than any other one.

[@pancholopez8829]

Still find it surprising that my grand uncle, my grandpa's older brother by 20 years (Rest in Peace), was a elementary school classmate of Nixon.

[@ladylug9027]

What did he think of Nixon when they were both kids?

[@pancholopez8829]

@@ladylug9027 I never asked, but maybe my mom or grandpa may know.

[@ladylug9027]

@@pancholopez8829 That would be cool. I heard he was a quiet, kind of awkward child.

[@noahmadrigal162]

Apparently I'm also related to Nixon somehow, I need to ask my mom again, she did our family history

[@ladylug9027]

@@noahmadrigal162 Are you or is anyone in your family a Quaker?

[@RestoringReality]

Honestly, Nixon doesn't a hold a candle the Clintons.

[@Clos93]

Shhhh... You don't want to end up like that Epstein guy 😂

[@timmekaamerson147]

What about the man in the white house now. Worst than a crook

[@RestoringReality]

@@timmekaamerson147 I don't know of a single president since i entered this world that wasn't a total scumbag in need of executing if you believe in that or isolation until death if you don't. It's the real way of this world. The American dream, you'd have to be sleeping to believe it.

[@RestoringReality]

@@timmekaamerson147 True dat. They are all worse than any crook.

[@NCR_Ranger115]

"Taxing me like a democrat" -Nixon bo1 zombies

[@just_a_turtle_chad]

A Turtle approved this video.

[@youroneblackfriend6321]

Your one black friend approves

[@h.borter5367]

😂

[@brianscalabrine2225]

The GOAT approved this comment

[@danieljohnson2393]

Good good

[@thejudgmentalcat]

This is becoming a thing now.

[@KenWojcik]

We could be talking about the Mexican presidential elections in the mid-early 1900s and KZbin would still tell us the Associated Press has called the election for Joe Biden

[@MsSaudm]

YOU TUBE IS A BIASED LEFTIST PUBLISHER

[@thejudgmentalcat]

Accept that the world has moved on and you could never read the room.

[@MsSaudm]

@@thejudgmentalcat Sorry Linda BUT 80 MILLION Americans say WE DON'T ACCEPT YOUR "new normal" BS BYE

[@GG-43]

@@MsSaudm lmao coper

[@MsSaudm]

@@GG-43 THE LAZY SOCIALIST is your screen name LMAO falling on the floor rolling around LOL

[@MackeyDeez]

Nixon was very anti Machiavellen because he wanted to be the king that was loved more than feared.

[@195511SM]

I was a young Marine, stationed down at Camp Pendleton, CA ( pretty much fresh out of boot camp....)....when he resigned on my birthday.

[@tyrapp2202]

Nice

[@shesemerald2011]

I went to Mary Fay Pendleton Elementary on Camp Pendleton!

[@djquinn11]

Thank you for your service

[@195511SM]

@@djquinn11 Thanks.....but Vietnam was already winding down by the time I enlisted. I got lucky, in that I ended up getting stationed over in Hawaii a few months later.....& working in the supply field. Technically, because of my dates of service....I'm considered Vietnam-era.....but I never had to go over there. Ended up working in a little store on base, that sold uniforms, insignia, boots, etc.

[@Spongebrain97]

@@shesemerald2011 I went to Stuart Mesa Elementary there

[@jerometaperman7102]

I’m splitting hairs here but the senate does not impeach.

[@misssophie7717]

Jerome Taperman, he'd already been impeached by the House, 2/3rds vote in the Senate was needed to convict.

[@jerometaperman7102]

@@misssophie7717 - Nixon was never impeached. Had he not resigned before the House could act on articles of impeachment, he certainly would have been impeached and later certainly would have been convicted in the senate. My remark concerned the narrator saying that there existed a two thirds majority of the senate to impeach Nixon. He should have said a two thirds majority to convict after impeachment. It’s a fine point but I said I was splitting hairs.

[@howamilooking5952]

This the best video I've seen from you. Good job!

[@yasmine407107]

I’ve never been this early, love you Weird History!

[@ItsJustLisa]

I remember following all of this in Newsweek as a kid because my parents had a subscription. I also remember Dad sitting me down in the family room to watch because he told me that I was a personal witness to history. 11yo me would rather have been playing outside since it was August, but 57yo appreciates the fact that I really did witness history. Fun fact: Lesley Stahl was a CBS newbie correspondent in 1972. She lived in D.C. AT the Watergate. Because her colleagues were on the road, she got the Watergate story, including covering the trials. She and her cameraman were able to catch the only footage of the 5 burglars at a bail reduction hearings because she recognized them when other networks’ reporters didn’t since she’d been assigned to the early hearings. The rest was history for both CBS and Lesley Stahl’s very impressive career.

[@lmklmk1512]

That one dislike is Richard Nixon himself

[@fannychristozova8158]

This video is just AMAZING! I'd love you to cover, over time many more, if not all, presidents in a similar fashion, even if there's not such staggering scandals around them. What I mean is the structure of this presentation is just great! Simple, essential and not for a second boring. An 11-minute cover of a POTUS is a nice thing to watch for anyone in the world! :) Keep up the beautiful great ✌️job✌️!!

[@kyleethekelt]

I do love this channel. While clearly designed for the beginner, there's always some little titbit to learn for those of us who have long loved the subject. Great work.

[@Theonetruewonderfly]

Thank you for not just rehashing the Watergate scandal and doing something different. This is basically a portrait of what the White House was like in the Summer of 1974, so this was fascinating.

[@subtlebluntduality5997]

Very good video. You should do one on his post-Presidency life. For example, his interview with David Frost.

[@matthewbennett9928]

I already had quite a large fan base when he died and I hear quite a few attended his funeral. I've always wanted to learn more about Nixon post presidency.

[@ItsBoFoSho]

This sounds weirdly familiar..

[@NEO-TROPOLIS]

Just cause you’re a recent comment, it’s strikingly similar the downfall of Nixon compared to Trump. Trump did what the people thought Nixon was going to do. That’s scary shit in retrospect

[@ItsBoFoSho]

@@NEO-TROPOLIS yeah, its kinda funny now in hindsight. Doesn't sound like he had any intention of doing what Orange Man did.

[@kiwikiwi2483]

Imagine if Twitter existed when Nixon was president. That would have been some wild shit

[@NEO-TROPOLIS]

@@kiwikiwi2483 Nixon at least had the smallest amount of decency to realize it was time for him to resign and let the country move on from his mistake. Trump doesn't have even 1/10th of that decency or diplomacy. Good grief, we're really holding Nixon in higher regard than Trump, lol.

[@kiwikiwi2483]

@@NEO-TROPOLIS Lol true

[@ANNJUN012092]

wow thank you for granting my wishes Weird history 😊😊😊😊♥️♥️♥️

[@YSProductionsg]

Thank you for this video

[@cadillacdeville5828]

Interesting as always 😊

[@rickyclark5904]

I was watching a weird history video when this poped up

[@ImaVivianUdeh]

Same here 😂

[@tuckerxucker1266]

i farted

[@Mohawks_and_Tomahawks]

@@tuckerxucker1266 interesting... 🤔

[@swayamdhruv2478]

I had just came with that ques.... Woah...u posted the vid..🔥🔥❤️

[@GamingMuchTerry]

A very well-timed video :)

[@NicaraguaLibre505]

Early squad is up! Greetings from Nicaragua 🤠

[@Bandstand]

Turtles here obviously

[@JR-lv9nb]

Who and why?

[@justkeepsoakingit34]

All the way down.

[@arliesam948]

I was waiting for this

[@jessicawalton4690]

You say he ended the war in Vietnam like he had a choice 😂😂

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

U cute

[@melschwinghamer3187]

He had a choice but unlike the dictators on the left he chose to do the will of the people

[@jessicawalton4690]

@@melschwinghamer3187 the Americans were failing miserably

[@melschwinghamer3187]

Only because the politicians ran the war and not the warriors. Then as now political generals are the worst since they don't care about the troops only getting on the board of a corporation following retirement and their cushy desk job

[@grievingmom]

@@jessicawalton4690 my son is teaching there currently and went on a tour and learned that in the jungle there is one type of flower that closes up if anyone comes close to it and sends an alarm to all the other flowers along the route so they start closing up too, giving a loud warning to the vietnamese that americans were coming...lol...such a cool fact really...

[@thedownfallparodist1145]

Good Video!

[@toniortega7759]

I thought Nixon said, “Have a good life. We’ll see you soon.”

[@davidmedlin8562]

I want to hear you talk about Hulk Abe Lincoln and how strong he was. Especially the broadsword story. You're an amazing storyteller!

[@FrankieUtka]

"- which probably remains the single most famous political scandal in American history." Me in 2021: Ohh maaannnnnnn-😬😬

[@LonjaBimbo]

On future videos would you mind reading the caption between topics? I often listen to your videos while driving. Love them.

[@MsSwitchblade13]

Agreed! I listen to them also.

[@jorgecepedavillagran7398]

Me three

[@scottnotpilgrim]

This clearly broke him. I don't know if I feel sympathy or pity for him

[@donovanchilton5817]

Neither.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

Just fart

[@BudFunOne]

Great piece!

[@dasentenmonster]

2:37 Did you really have to insert an image of people drinking Corona beer? 😂 not sure if this was intended or not ^^

[@emeraldxo]

Me as president. No. Really. I'm a depressed alcoholic too. I genuinely feel bad for the dude.

[@adriangomez9791]

Can you do an episode on the “party switch?” I always hear contradicting remarks

[@alexrobbins4891]

Oh my goodness I just read that as the party sandwich 🤣🤣 im very dyslexic...I had to read it again because it confused me and realised my mistake

[@erickamakeeaina1649]

Calling it a switch is....Well kinda true and kinda not There was definitely a change with the Republican party, who went from progressive to Conservative But for democrats....well it's less Clear cut, few in the Democratic party are truly progressive, with exceptions like Bernie Sanders, for the most part they are filled with Centre-Right moderates.

[@urielx17]

Just search up Barry goldwater

[@HYDRAdude]

There wasn't really a "switch", it's just the democrats kept going progressively further and further to the left to where now it's dominated by the "new left" radicals of the 60s and 70s who advocate for 6 year olds to undergo transgender surgery, while the GOP also drifted to the left but at a much, much slower rate.

[@macaryl95]

@@HYDRAdude It's amazing how transphobes randomly bring up "trans kids" as some sort of agenda we all support.

[@Lynzae]

In all honesty, despite any preconceived notions of who Nixon was, he really only got caught doing things that many had done, and many continued to do after this scandal. Being caught instead of the public never finding out, doesn't make him any less than anyone who proceeded or succeeded him. They just never got caught.

[@amira_the_lynx]

Somthing interesting to watch on this Sunday 👌

[@JeremyKShort]

Pineapple and cottage cheese is actually pretty good. I don’t know that I want a glass of milk with it.

[@BustedJunkStudio]

He was the first President I ever voted for. It was a disappointment to see him resign but what the heck. That was my initiation into the U.S. political system, my first ever presidential vote ending in an unprecedented resignation. Politics sometimes goes way different than you may think otherwise, no one saw this coming at the time.

[@LightK44]

Very well explained. It's just impossible to imagine what living through that era must have been like...

[@gotch09]

Well, it was strange, to say the least....

[@still_e3]

The last part is very high impact to me (that even he's not in the office) he still reports early at 7am. Well as the saying goes one cannot learn how to appreciate things until its gone.

[@salag13]

The House impeaches, the Senate votes to remove. There was a mistake early in the video.

[@Youngchezzey]

True

[@captainamerica6525]

A tortured soul. Paranoid and depressed. It's easy to feel his pain. When it was all said and done his resignation was correct. Rest in peace.

[@BBQ_Jackfruit]

I have “Victory at Sea” on vinyl but I’ve never listened to it. Now I’ll have to! 🍻🎶🇺🇸

[@gaberillman6778]

At 1:31 I remembered how Bob Woodward was one of the journalists who took down Nixon... back in 1972. Fast forward 48 years later to 2020, and this guy released bombshell recordings of his conversations with Donald Trump about the coronavirus and how bad Trump knew it was going to be. Woodward has been doing this for a LONG time... and he’s damn good at his job. Crazy to think that he’s been doing this for so long that he started his career as an investigative journalist exposing Nixon, and then almost 50 years later has done something similar but with Trump. Woodward is one of the best journalists out there, a true legend.

[@MarcusPage15]

Weird history should do a piece on when James Brown saved Boston during Lyndon B. Johnson administration.

[@ronnieterry4916]

Nixon only made one mistake having a recording device in his office that recorded everything. Selective recording would have been ok.

[@coolcoolcoolkid10]

Thank you for this. As a distant relative of his i can say his presidency next to trumps was the most controversial. I really should dive more into it

[@annorakanon]

Love your work and videos 💕! Can you (please) do "Weird Facts about Peter the Great" someday? Thanks! ✨

[@jeroengoris2066]

Ive never been this first to a channel i forgot i started following.

[@fashiondiva6972]

Jeroen Goris what?🙄

[@dscharlesworth1]

In mild defense of Nixon, if any of us got screwed over like he did in 1960 we be paranoid as well.

[@sherazbukenya8283]

I've always been so confused with Nixon story... Until you guys made a video about it!!... How people lived before Weird history and THEEE voice is beyond my knowledge!!

[@ladymopar2024]

Where were you when we had to watch hours and hours of this in civics class everyday, I'm dating myself LOL. I love Victory at Sea and I've got the whole collection

[@meadpro]

I wish i could see Nixon in his last days, damn that would be sweet.

[@DrRustyShackleford]

It really says a lot about someone, when they are retired, don’t have a job, but they’re still at their desk at 7 AM...

[@Aeunax123]

2:45 “Nixon liked to get sauced” bITCH. WEIRD HISTORY U DID NOT 😂😂😂 Honestly the narrator is my fave fuckin part of this show. Y’all are informative and funny as hell. Good job haha

[@annescholey6546]

Principal Skinner also used to converse with paintings on the wall of Springfield Elementary 😃

[@UbeRNooB24]

“Resignation from office? AROOooo!”

[@itachi-kun7736]

if without all the Watergate scandal Nixon would easily top 10 best U.S. President

[@tyrapp2202]

How’s he’s in the top 3 (impeached) presidents

[@itachi-kun7736]

@@tyrapp2202 Andrew Johnson, Nixon and Clinton

[@tyrapp2202]

@@itachi-kun7736 a list I can get behind

[@michaeljakel8236]

@@itachi-kun7736 Nixon resigned before being impeached. Only 3 presidents have been impeached. 1. Johnson 2. Clinton 3. Trump

[@theflyingspaghettimonster3252]

@@michaeljakel8236 He only resigned because he knew he would be impeached anyway.

[@zomglindsayy]

Love your narrator voice.

[@TheStickCollector]

Nice

[@patriciaclark409]

This sounds like a dry run on modern times.

[@DisasterxUs]

Damn I actually feel bad for Dick after seeing this... and living through an alternative option of how he could of been if he had no shame.

[@russharold307]

Thank you, Frank Wills!

[@Wylie.Burp420]

lol Nixon got drunk and listened to movie soundtracks? I get stoned and do the same! 😂

[@YarrBr0]

"Watergate... probably remains the single most famous political scandal in American history." Trump: hold my beer

[@andrewkent6402]

Trump: "Hold my Treason."

[@Auron12786]

Don’t you mean Diet Coke?

[@hyperhinhitter]

Wait, what scandal did Trump participate in?

[@KlynerKaiOffical]

@@hyperhinhitter The whole phone call thing and Capitol Raid. Not sure if you can really blame the raid on Trump but the phone call for sure

[@germanthepilotr1070]

@@KlynerKaiOffical where’s hunter?

[@MomentsInTrading]

You made a mistake when you said, ”One last meal at taxpayer’s expense.” Presidents and their families are billed for the food and other expenses they occur at the Whitehouse. Nancy Reagan famously complained about the prices they were charged.

[@TheDuck632]

Thank you I was hoping someone else knew that. I like to read the comments before I say anything

[@edithjones4688]

That was weird history of the presidency but 2020 of the presidency will be the weirdest of them all....

[@fredcollins8919]

Surprised as hell 25th Amendment wasnt put into effect this year 2020. It should have.....

[@theeverlastingthinker8630]

I just did a project on this....that's a coincidence that this got recommended to me lol