Nixon Warned That THIS Would Happen To Russia (1992)

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[@lukedaniell]

He was nearly 80 years old when he gave this interview. Sharp as a tack.

[@arjunratnadev]

yeah I can manage *North Vietnam into *North Korea

[@gimmethepinkelephant3685]

Yeah, but I think he was wrong when it comes to Russia. He should have been more worried about this country becoming like the old Russia. Which in many ways it's starting to resemble.

[@drscopeify]

@@gimmethepinkelephant3685 Total nonsense, you can go back to your boss in the Kremlin and report for duty. The USA is no different than 274 years ago when the same fight between right and left was going on just look at the posters on the fight between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson was UGLY and NASTY they had fights, they had accusations against each other of stealing the vote and lying and cheating, and smear campaigns it was NASTY NASTY NASTY and its no different than today 274 years later so calm your tits.

[@countd8202]

@@gimmethepinkelephant3685foreign police was his biggest strength after all, or so I have been told.

[@mitchell6029]

​@@gimmethepinkelephant3685you must of not listen closely to what he said about Russia, because everything he said is exactly what is happening.

[@barbaragallo8862]

I can't believe I'm saying this. We all need to listen to Richard Nixon,right now! He is spot on,30 years ago.

[@DallasCowboyFan95]

We need to listen to him now? Uggh we are 30 years too late

[@Diezsiete17]

In 29 years you’ll say trumps right republicans are always right 30 years later !

[@Americanhonkee]

Spot on about what?? Ru has done tremendously well by not being browbeaten by the US..

[@tomtom72]

JMHO, Bush Sr., and Clinton blew it. Then W blew it when Putin wanted to be in on NATO. Just think what Europe would be like if they all had welcomed Russia into the economic fold? Peace/Out!

[@Dalvik.N]

look at how one empire talks about another empire's concerns =)) democracy built on a hypocritical foundation invades all over the world and still considers itself the police protecting humanity =) ) What kind of police turns a blind eye to Israel's occupation >?

[@jeffearle8172]

Nixon’s analysis on foreign policy is almost always spot on. This was over 30 years ago and it is just as relevant today as it was then.

[@davidgruen7423]

Ironically it is more relevant today than it was then.

[@seancotter9156]

History owes him BETTER!!!

[@equals42]

Yes, he was correct in what could happen in Russia but he was certainly rare in holding that position. The success of a free Russia was known to be important in the 90s but we watched it fail with Putin. Nixon confused North Vietnam with North Korea twice in the end which was kinda cringeworthy. I imagine there was some discussion of that topic previous to that portion of the interview. He was a crook and a pardoned criminal who did much more than just cover up Watergate. His secret strategy to get us out of Vietnam was a sham and his Southern Strategy was a dog-whistle campaign of racism. Don’t let them rehabilitate his image because he got a few things right.

[@earlpipe9713]

Indeed, Nixon highly prioritized foreign policy, as he understood that foreign policy is the presidential office's main purview

[@AboveAvgMan]

Damn. It's been a fast 30 years

[@stavroshadjiyiannis6283]

The US did the exact opposite of what Nixon seems to be suggesting here.

[@tunh9527]

According to Nixon's opinion, it was Russia's fault for not being able to build an open and democratic system, instead they had a dictator who destabilized the world.

[@christopher9727]

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[@shaneb315]

But Russia did exactly what he said it might do and China is watching closely what is happening now in Ukraine .

[@ledlight1487]

​@@shaneb315Really? Maybe it's because the country was close to destroyed by "freedom" and urgently needed someone to pull it back together. "Russian imperialism" sounds really funny in American mouths...😂

[@shaneb315]

@@ledlight1487 Well firstly I'm not American . Secondly Russian imperialism does not compare to American global interests whether you agree with them or not . Russia is right now an authoritarian dictatorship, the USA is not . Thirdly , the United States was never ruled by a communist regime , the US is a true democracy , it's not a perfect democracy , but it at least does conduct elections every 4 years which are fought out by two strong parties ... Russia simply is not in that league and it's imperialist ambitions are nothing but satanic with a capital S . I have lived in Ukraine and I can tell you first hand it did not need Russian intervention to liberate it . Ukrainian's chose in 2014 to move away from the Russian sphere of influence . Putin's regime did not anticipate a staunch Ukrainian defence of its lands and the willingness of the west to supply Ukraine weapons and aid to assist their fight for freedom from Russian tyranny . Russia will sink soon enough , just like it's Black Sea fleet . Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@quddusquddus136]

A good example of why familiarity with history is required.

[@JeZZGro]

Yes. Now lets look at western countries, will we?

[@WagnerPD]

S7mbody More Wizened than Me👻... sed sumthang about "Thoze that don't study history... theyze a-gonna repeat it" (paraphrased in Texin).

[@SanderBessels]

Exactly. We should have learned from the First World War never to return to imperialism and accept the borders as they are, even if they don’t make any sense at all. African leaders understand and stress this point constantly: if we don’t respect borders, there will be wars without end. And from the Second World War, we should have learned never to trust in Authoritarianism. Never give up on democracy and democratic institutions. Always value human life. Every human life. And there are no simple solutions or “enlightened dictators” that will quickly solve complex problems.

[@ronlanter6906]

And a good reason why the US gov educational system has been dumbing down and indoctrinating the citizens for decades.

[@oldgoat142]

For all of his faults and flaws, Nixon had a highly intuitive grasp of foreign policy. He clearly understood how the world works and how action, or inaction, affected other nations and in the long term, affected the US. Did he have colossal failures? Yes he did. Dealing with the mess that was Vietnam immediately jumps to mind, but when it came to dealing with peer and near-peer adversaries, the man knew what he was talking about and how to handle things. A pity that such experienced people are lacking nowadays.

[@bluemarlin8138]

I’m no fan of Nixon, but he tried to make the best of a bad situation in Vietnam that had been handed to him by Lyndon Johnson. By the time Nixon got there, we had already been fully in the war for almost 2 years. Johnson got us involved by allowing the CIA to support a coup against the South Vietnamese leader who was on the verge of making peace with the North. Johnson believed that Ho Chi Minh was just attempting to get US military advisers out of the South so he could renege on the deal and invade, and mistakenly believed that this would allow Soviet influence to spread. First, Ho Chi Minh was communist, but was easily the most moderate communist around at the time, and wanted nothing to do with the USSR or China until the war started and he turned to them for assistance. Second, while Ho did take advantage of the 1973 agreement to invade in 1975, the removal of several hundred thousand US troops was a major change. The removal of a few hundred military advisers wouldn’t have changed the military situation. As for dealing with near-peer adversaries, yes and no. He failed to spot the emerging cracks in the USSR’s foundation, and therefore made the mistake of engaging with China as a counterweight, when in fact it already was one. His visit to China began the cascade of events that has led to China being our main economic rival today. Now, as far as keeping the USSR in check, he was pretty successful there. Brezhnev was fairly scared of Nixon, and this was by design. Nixon was a champion of “Madman Theory,” i.e., make everyone think you’re crazy enough to nuke them, and you’ll get what you want. Of course, he didn’t run around making reckless and obviously hollow nuclear threats like Putin and Kim, but he did instill that fear in the Soviets more than it had been there before.

[@oldgoat142]

@@bluemarlin8138 Fair points but honestly, not a whole lot of people foresaw the collapse of the Soviet Union in as rapid a fashion as it did. If one can be objective about it, I think the three major catalysts were; 1), the workers union in Poland going on prolonged strike which morphed into a major push for social change. 2), the race to the moon in the late 60s/early 70s, which they could not outspend the massive US effort to get there first and the subsequent loss of prestige, especially from the other members of the Soviet Bloc. 3), trying to keep up with US spending on the military in the 80s, (the 600-ship navy and Strategic Defense Initiative aka, The Star Wars Program, comes to mind). I could be wrong, but that's the way I see it. As for convincing the world that you could be a little touched in the head, well, right or wrong, there are those in the world who respond to that quicker than they will just trying to be nice. If you'll permit me, let me give you a boxing analogy. Mike Tyson was undoubtedly a highly skilled and ferocious fighter with a well founded reputation for wrecking his opponents. You cannot become the youngest heavyweight champion in history otherwise. It was to the point where other men literally feared getting into the ring with him. He already defeated them. Now it's a matter of getting the body to follow, which is the entire point. If I can convince you that I have no regard for human life, especially yours, I'd wager you'd take a very long pause and think about your next move. Oversimplification to be sure but with regards to Nixon and that lowkey reputation, I think it served its purpose.

[@JohanLofgren-jc4mh]

It takes a crook to understand another crook!

[@oldgoat142]

@@JohanLofgren-jc4mh Sometimes that's what it takes, which is why that old saying is still so very valid. It's why, imho, "nice" people utterly fail when dealing with the ruthless. History has who knows how many examples of that, but the one which immediately jumps to mind is PM Neville Chamberlain's dealings with Chancellor Hitler, claiming "Peace in our time," as he waved a useless piece of paper.

[@ronblack7870]

@@bluemarlin8138 putin is cunning and willing to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of troops to get what he wants. he is a very formidable threat to the world. ukraine is just the start. he is using every means available to discredit democracy and help cause chaos in the free world. the more we are at each others throats in the west the more he wins his objective. he really wants to bring back and expand the russian empire of old never mind the ussr.

[@NJC2874]

What a wisdom from a man who's near the end of his life. You just enjoy listening to him. Every word he said is worth an ounce of gold. RIP mr. Nixon.

[@poulnrgaard7820]

"..wisdom from a man who is at the end of his life ..." And it is exactly at that point you will find peak life experience... That's when younger folks need to listen...

[@tayikolla6205]

Did he imagine the US would be Woke and Russia the most relevant Christian Conservative Country in the world?

[@chrisr.6638]

​@@poulnrgaard7820Doesn't apply to everyone sadly, just have to look at biden being a woke communist

[@Kolumbus123]

​​@@tayikolla6205The Russian Orthodox Church is run by a KGB guy and has been turned into a political propaganda instrument first and foremost. Russian disinformation throwing the 100+ year old soviet standard trope of 'decay in the west' around is also rich considering the absolutely staggering amount of social dysfunction in Russia. Just look at male life expectancy vs female, alcoholism and the sky-high divorce rates, far above the oh-so degenerate 'West'.

[@youtubekeepscensoringme]

​@@chrisr.6638exactly

[@schakj]

Dang he hit the nail on the head. Shock therapy was a disaster in Russia - and then China was like hell no we’re not doing that.

[@nicke0b]

There was a very good reason for "shock therapy". The communist was a real threat even after soviet union collapsed and they could retake government.... If everything is privatized quickly the communist lose all power. It is just the capitalist response to reverse what the communists did when they forced collectivization on everyone after Russian revolution 1917 ....destroying private property.

[@bluemarlin8138]

We tried to help ease the transition with billions in aid, helping Russia write regulations to manage privatization, and allowing foreign investment. They refused everything except the money (and the nuke disassembly assistance). Since they would only let Russians acquire state assets when they privatized, the only people who had the means to acquire them were the usual suspects-officials in the military, KGB, communist party, and mafia members (which were mostly the aforementioned former officials and their hired goons). That’s how the mafia took over, and that’s what made the West leery of helping more later on.

[@BlackPill-pu4vi]

There was no shock therapy for post Soviet Russia. It was a looting spree and violation of trust by Washington, London, and the Wall Street Mafia. The only shock was that the Evil Empire was the U.S. all along. It was never the USSR, dysfunctional as they were.

[@iamgermane]

Liberal political science professors in colleges hate Nixon.

[@roland20002000]

Being from the UK, I've not really known to much about Nixon but watching these videos I can see he really did get it.

[@davidrobertson5700]

Being from the UK you should know how to spell in English (too) eh ?

[@roland20002000]

​@@davidrobertson5700 OMG what a pedantic observation. I'm actually dyslexic, if it wasn't for spell check the spelling mistakes would be way worse than you see here. You need to get out more, maybe you should get down the park and hook up with some other male Karrens.

[@davidrobertson5700]

@@roland20002000 the idiot liked his own comment, sad

[@zagsatgu4561]

Fatastic!@@roland20002000

[@berserker4940]

@@davidrobertson5700 The UK is mostly brown and Arabic speaking now

[@Jim54_]

Nixon wrote an 8 page memorandum to Clinton about exactly how to prevent Russia going down this path, and Clinton never actioned his advice

[@Monty87734]

What's really interesting was that a year later after Nixon's remarks, was that Yeltsin who was then president of Russia consolidated more power to the executive, bombed parliament and suspended the constitution. Nixon was spot-on!

[@SedanChair]

Of course, we loved it. We were all for that bumbling drunk at the time.

[@danholtbk7008]

@@SedanChair Makes me wonder if the “bumbling rube” was a ruse. To mask his real power and intentions.

[@ronblack7870]

yeltsin was a drunk and he handed over power to putin who is an effective ruthless dictator unfortunately. he planned to invade ukraine right from the start. there is evidence he began planning in 2003

[@the_kekromancer9779]

​@@danholtbk7008Insane amounts of copium

[@heinzletzte.6385]

Yeltsins election was bought by the US, so dont complain.

[@jakeandedgar]

Nixon is by far the most under-appreciated president we’ve ever had.

[@345mrse]

Oh for sure, yeah. He’s a national treasure. It’s hidden mostly in his pockets though.

[@MrThumbs63]

@@345mrse That's laughable. Your comments are spot on for your boy LBJ.

[@harmonysinger8077]

They're all flawed Nixon was great on foreign policy and he understood the world as like a chess game His character was really questionable etc. And it was not just Watergate either.

[@WilliamMurphy-uv9pm]

@@harmonysinger8077 He was a lawyer with a well-organized mind. Didn't get along well with other folks though; sort of afraid and distrustful of them. Did very well with diplomacy but not well covering up a burglary. Then again, which was the more important trait at the time. Too bad he tripped himself up.

[@okamijubei]

He likely would've been appreciative if it weren't for Watergate.

[@osamasarhan6151]

I can’t believe how smart this man is was !

[@capastianluna8896]

Nixon was smart however some ideology wasn't correct, such as starting the war on drugs which actually fueled Communism and destitution, both of which America is struggling today with! As of Russia, China and so forth, they are apart of the deep states something which needs addressing to this day, how money is a fuel in all these conflicts and that's never going to change until either freedom or control takes center stage.

[@publiuscorneliusscipio3674]

Foreign policy genius!

[@johnbaker5565]

He was forced out of office he had sought for decades. That is not smart.

[@GAjjl]

Just a plain old genius.

[@drnkwiscnsibly]

The media lied to all of us about him. I never understood how dishonest the media could be until a couple of years ago

[@avijitbasu5789]

What a brilliant far sighted politician he truly was.

[@michaelbetsch9700]

Are you kidding me

[@bigredracingdog466]

@@michaelbetsch9700 He was a great statesman but a poor politician.

[@josephwilliams6842]

He knew what he was saying

[@pointsoflightradio9785]

Nixon had a better grasp of world affairs than almost any US president

[@CharlesWhitford]

I have a better grasp of my twinkie than anyone else has theirs, when I watch the 1980s TV show _Solid Gold_ on KZbin. I really grasp it hard.

[@manuwilson4695]

...the only thing you grasp really hard is your YOU KNOW WHAT! 🙄@@CharlesWhitford

[@vladimirpastukhov7538]

Hence the getting the f o

[@Kapsjarvi]

I live in Russia and I have to say that Nixon must have had a crystal ball.

[@Kapsjarvi]

@@user-gw7df8no8o Thank you! Now I hope that at least my grandchildren will live to see a new perestroika.

[@nordlandskaka]

The next best thing to a crystal ball: A sharp mind and an instinctive understanding of foreign policy. :)

[@dashcroft1892]

He’s not a crook, that’s for sure.

[@shachora5900]

лжец или предатель?

[@Kapsjarvi]

​@@shachora5900Предатель чего?

[@adampowell2144]

Got a little confused there when he was talking about North Vietnam instead of North Korea. His age was catching up with him. Still, the man was very intelligent and had a firm grasp on foreign policy far beyond our current leadership.

[@Hypertank]

I think he was making an analogy to Vietnam, not mixing it up-he finishes the sentence by returning to Korea ("won't be a friend to Vietnam-so it won't be a friend to North Korea)

[@xXPlumpkinXx]

Made sense to me as a fan of history. Shrugs.

[@masons9541]

no he was correct, USSR was a key backer of the Vietnamese Communists and that was solely due to the USSR being an exporter of communism. As the new Russian state was not communist they would not be supporting a communist Vietnamese state in such as way, which the US could use to their advantage to gain an ally in South East Asia which is essentially exactly what happened. The Vietnamese are one of the bigger armed forces in the world and have strategic interests inline with the US

[@danielhutchinson6604]

@@masons9541 Has Vietnam exploited US Mainland Minerals, or cheap labor for their economic advantage? You may want to rethink your statement? Russia has assembled over 40 Nations who now possess around 70% of available resources on the planet. The BRICS Group has discussed the potential for establishing a Bretton Woods style Gold Standard Currency that they can use to conduct trade within the BRICS organization. Nixon may have abandoned the use of physical backed Money, at the apparent suggestion of the Rockefeller Bros. But the ability to actually support the Fiat Currency that Nixon introduced on an experimental basis, now is chocking on interest payments. Vietnam does not display aggressive actions to exploit the resources of other nations, they do not need an army as large as the US does to maintain some form of threat to keep the profits flowing. To me your statement lacks any visible proof.

[@masons9541]

@@danielhutchinson6604 I was discussing how Nixon's comments about USSR/Vietnam connection would dissipate in the new Russian regime and how they would instead become more strategically aligned with the US, which is true mainly because of Chinese expansionism in the area... Hence the reason Vietnam maintains one of the largest militaries in the world and spends more per capita on it's military than most other countries in the world.

[@dohner29]

And all we did was push russia into despotism by isolating them when by all accounts they tried to have a better relationship with US in the decade following the collapse of the union.

[@andrewmckenzie292]

Corrupt US elites thought Russia could just be laughed at and at best ignored. That's what US actually wants for Russia (even before all that has happened).

[@ronlanter6906]

Yep, sadly so. We missed and excellent opportunity for global peace by the nations of the world. Instead, the US became a globalist elite nation to conquer the world.

[@brutonano9521]

What a penetrating insight. I can't remember a clear spoken president in years and I don't mean an orator speaking president.

[@tyronevaldez-kruger5313]

I'm a little surprised though. What Nixon said about Russia was well known during the time he gave this interview. Every informed should know that Despotism had relevance in Russia then until now. The young ex KGB agent V, Putin was ready to take over the pseudo democracy and today it's the agressor in a sovereign country

[@nik4546]

Nixon was a political genius. Like him or hate him, but this fact is undeniable. By far the most intelligent president in American history. There are few politicians in the world - let alone in America - who could speak with such profound wisdom and refreshing clarity.

[@johnbaker5565]

Roosevelt was a political genius. Taking office when US was in great depression with gangsters owning politicians in many cities. (Chicago, New York) and by the end of his life America was the greatest power in history. Nixon divided an already divided America. His decisions caused his demise and we remember the farewell wave as he left the stage forever. His successor Gerald Ford, presided over US defeat in S.E. Asia (no peace with honour) and America seemed broken and rudderless for almost a generation. The Iran farce with Carter continued the malaise. Reagan changed things.

[@theskeptic3214]

@@johnbaker5565He’s a overrated president

[@johnbaker5565]

@@theskeptic3214 Who? Nixon, Roosevelt or Ford?

[@Mikearice1]

The smartest in our history was John Quincy Adams. He was on a whole other level.

[@GAjjl]

@@johnbaker5565Nonsense. My grandfather was a lifelong democrat and could stand FDR. WW2 mobilized the country and helped us climb out of the depression, not FDR!

[@vcab6875]

Brilliant man. He was a visionary who warned us. Neocons have been a disaster for American foreign policy since the late 1990s. “We have gone from a nation envisioned, established and guided by enlighten Oligarchs to a post WWII America guided by a Stupefied Plutocracy.” Lewis Lapham

[@danielhutchinson6604]

Oligarchs still own the leadership of Congress, as well as a certain degree of control over the State department Policy. The appearance of Citizen Input on the names presented on a Ballot, remain the designated Servants of the Wealthy Oligarchs.

[@victorsamsung2921]

​@@danielhutchinson6604Yup. BlackRock, Vanguard, Freddie Mae, Fannie Mac, Disney, Apple, Meta, Alphabet etc. and their principal owners/shareholders *own* and control Congress.

[@jameshoran8]

"This man controlled the world and had greatness in his hands and these press people are hounding him for a third-rate burglary." Leonid Bresnev

[@goldensaurus]

He probably felt great that there was no freedom of the press in Soviet Russia. And there still isn’t. 😂

[@William1866]

@@goldensaurus Russia has freedom of the press. You've never read it. You are just parroting simpleton talking points.

[@robertway5756]

When repugs need quotes from literal commies to hide behind. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@BlackPill-pu4vi]

@@goldensaurus Has the Western press validated the merits of a so-called Free Press? Not in the least. Our press is tightly controlled by dual-citizens in high places. You can guess what other country they are citizens of. This platform (which may not be criticized nor scorned like their "Chosen" peers) spares no effort to violate the spirit of free speech and protect the guilty.

[@ronblack7870]

@@William1866 that is the most foolish thing i have read. putin controls the press through draconian laws. can't even call the war a war never mind criticizing the military.

[@billyhughes9776]

He was correct, however -- the establishment in our country never wanted Russia as an ally. "The Game" requires having enemies, and even creating them.

[@vaguelymodest6239]

Did you know that Putin wanted Russia to join NATO during his early administration, but was rejected? NATO would’ve been unstoppable but Russia is the enemy I guess

[@miqueiasmartins7270]

Nixon was BRILLIANT!

[@fjm1235]

On foreign policy Nixon was brilliant.

[@METALS3RP3NT]

He improved relations/trade with China.

[@richardpapp1340]

Wow…. He just nailed it.

[@christopherthorkon3997]

Jeepers. I wish we could elect Nixon in 2024.

[@isn0t42]

80-something isn't good enough for you? You want someone dead as a president?

[@KarlKratzer-oz6cm]

🎉😊

[@tavenstrickert9658]

Don't get me wrong. I actually think he was probably the best at foreign policy, but that being said I do not think trying to help for a man that actively tried to sabotage his political opponents in a democratic free society is probably the best move for president..... But then again, seems like that's something we like doing here looking at you former President Trump

[@142horizon]

​​​​@@tavenstrickert9658: Nope. THAT is actually what Joe Biden did - and is currently still DOING... And his illegal impersonation of the Office Of President, after overthrowing the REAL president - is an Act Of War and High Treason... May justice be served.

[@brucekuehn4031]

@@tavenstrickert9658How about a political party that sets their state attorneys general and prosecutors against the leader of the opposition? I’m not thinking of Florida or Texas and that I am pointing at the Dems.

[@evgeniyvronskiy2253]

The West is to blame for everything that is happening now. We should have helped Russia in the nineties, and not laughed

[@Sir.WillyWallace]

@evgeniyvronskiy2253 If you think US foreign policy was just to "laugh", you really don't know anything. The west wanted to see if free markets and internationalism would work itself out in a post communist power. Back then, it was thought that THE way the world must be run was by being totally hands off and economically entangled. The idea was that Russia's lack of financial regimentation would lead to healthier markets and richer populace. And the worry was if the west was to "help" them financially, rhey would spit in the face of their own neoliberal approach that they wanted to pitch to the world. In hindsight, a lot of people realize that laissez-faire capitalism and trickle down economics is largely nonsense, and that leaving a vulnerable Russia to be subject to that would create a kleptocratic oligarchy. But they didn't know that back then.

[@babavanga4363]

making russia an ally was never the goal of usa

[@waynecassels3607]

Extreamly brilliant statesmen.

[@FeederOfSeeds]

Nixon was a bit optimistic here but it's true that America's foreign policy towards Russia has been a blunder pretty much since the 90s. Liberal idealist foreign policy just wasn't the right call to properly engage with a country traumatized by the fall of it's empire. This is why we need men like Nixon who actually understand how the world works back on the White House.

[@harmonysinger8077]

I agree

[@xXPlumpkinXx]

So just out of curiosity, which is killing me after noticing the Trump picture, how would you have dealt with that? Or would you take the isolationist stance of the twice impeached, one term, draft dodging man baby? Haha sorry I had to.. wait not sorry. Because hes a narcissist and to be sorry would be to be enabling. So do explain.

[@FeederOfSeeds]

@@xXPlumpkinXx No

[@xXPlumpkinXx]

@@FeederOfSeeds No as in you wouldn't take that stance? Or no as in, you wont/cant explain? Reason I ask is because you're partly right obviously. Clearly Russia is regressing back into its imperial tendencies. Every president in my lifetime appears to have been played like a fiddle by Putin for example. What I'm not clear on is what alternatives there might be/have been, and what that means going forward.

[@grendlsma]

@@xXPlumpkinXx He doesn't have a clue. They think capitulating to Russia is a good idea because Trump kissed Putin's ass......

[@robertc8110]

Nixon was a superb statesman...and correct.

[@danielhutchinson6604]

We hope you are being sarcastic? Nixon won reelection by promoting lies about his Opponent. Nixon appropriated funds from the reelect Nixon fund to hire the Watergate Guys. That was just the screw ups that He go caught doing. But if we consider the influence provided by the Rockefeller Bros, the effects of Nixon's efforts to overcome any opposition, were not only illegal, they appeared to divert money to the Rockefeller Bros interests. The creation of a new form of currency, that delays the effects of spending needing to pay for the conflicts that appear directed at taking resources, has now reached the proportions that have destroyed the US Economy. Te ability to pay for the 700+ US Military Bases distributed across the planet, now have driven the US to borrow $2 trillion every year , while half of that amount is needed to pay the interest on Treasury debt already sold. The ability to ever emerge from a debt cycle like that went Byebye as the BRICS Group announced in 2014, their New Development Bank loan program. The US lost the ability to exploit other nations with too big to pay back loans that the IMF offered to developing nations. Nixon was simply an Enabler. The Presence of Hank Kissinger roaming White House Hallways when Nixon was President, should have been a clue? Kissinger went to work for the Rockefeller Bros in the mid 1950's. Old Hank remained a Rockefeller Messenger Boy, long after Nixon.

[@robbhahn8897]

Perfectly stated. Nixon was a true foreign policy genius.

[@zlizmaj]

he was an idiot like the most us presidents

[@billyshears921]

He went on to say that a strong Ukraine was needed if Russia takes the path of authoritarian rule in the region (Beyond Peace 1994).

[@JohanLofgren-jc4mh]

So why disarm Ukrainie of its nuclear weapons 1994 in the Budapest Memorandum? Now we see the result!

[@ronblack7870]

@@marktwain2053 what foolish comment is this?

[@alcibiadestome9619]

@@JohanLofgren-jc4mhthere’s difference between being strong country and being nuclear, you can be strong without be nuclear, Turkey 🇹🇷 Japan 🇯🇵 Iran 🇮🇷 South Korea 🇰🇷 Brazil 🇧🇷 are strong

[@ПапашаБесчленофф]

@@JohanLofgren-jc4mh Украина не могла распоряжаться своими ракетами. Пульт управления был в России.

[@ПапашаБесчленофф]

@@alcibiadestome9619 Рядом с этими странами нет агрессивных и сильных государств как Россия.

[@steve53LY]

Nixon was a genius. It's terrible how he self destructed !

[@danielhutchinson6604]

Nixon was a fool. He got most of his info from The Rockefeller Bros.

[@peters3588]

Watergate was a set up.

[@awoweataro9932]

No they did that to him, they never wanted him coz he was visionary

[@danielhutchinson6604]

@@awoweataro9932 Nixon Administration Policy appeared to come from the Rockefeller Bros. Their Errand Boy Hank was in the White House as the Policy that made the Rockefeller Family Bank, into the Worlds biggest. The Environmentalists enjoyed Nixon's desire for supporters, from any direction. The News Hounds enjoyed chewing on His Bones.....

[@haroldkreye8770]

No, he was destroyed by the early Leftist element within the Democratic Party, and the early Leftist media (Cronkite and Rather).

[@Springbok314]

His comment about devolution into despotism (Putin) and old Russian imperialism (Putin in Ukraine) is prescient. Exactly what has happened.

[@domokun845]

We gonna conveniently ignore NATO expansion giving Putin causes belli and all that? This blunder rests squarely with our incompetent "leaders"

[@RonaldoSanchez-g1y]

except thats not what happened.

[@robertway5756]

Funny how it almost happened here too. 🤔

[@jtrocktree5409]

​@user-zi1ze2ks5o please explain your point of view, I amsure you have wifi in moscow .

[@Silver_Prussian]

Its not imperialism its defending ones own security from a clear threat that was looming for years

[@StgoergegreatStGoerge]

What a wise man

[@dougshiloh3391]

Wow, great analysis!

[@rudiruttger]

I recommend his book, "Seize the Moment: America's Challenge in a One-Superpower World"

[@mannydossantos9603]

Nixon is probably the best President ever to understand and deal with international politics.

[@brucesmith6007]

Nixon appeased mao and ultimately made china very strong. And china is not our friends. So nixon was wrong.

[@iamthem.a.n.middleagednerd1053]

Tricky Dick NAILED it. 30 years after this interview their new Despot Putin goes and picks a fight with Ukraine.

[@sticksjke]

Picks a fight with Ukraine for nO rEaSoN after US-sponsored coup in 2014 and threat of it joining NATO.

[@amandapeluso4217]

Picks a fight. You are ignorant. The US government and NATO instigated this proxy war. Perhaps you should read up on how NATO expanded eastward onto Russia's borders when they weren't supposed to. Secretary of State James Baker " not one inch eastward" Guess you think it's OK to surround Russia with US military infrastructure and missiles. It's aggression on the US part. A CIA coup in 2014 which have murdered thousands of Russians in Donbas and Crimea.

[@leonardgibney2997]

Incredibly accurate prediction. Nixon is mostly thought of as a Watergate conspirator but he was also very intelligent and statesmanlike. UK TV chat show host David Frost tried to make things difficult for him in an interview once. Nixon danced rings around him and l thought Frost was made to look stupid.

[@seanohare5488]

I agree

[@the_lifeoftimbo]

And the biggest revelation we learned is Putin wanted to join NATO literally around this time of the interview

[@Rpf365]

Again, right on the mark. And he predicted this 20 years before Angela Merkel buddied up with Putin. Extraordinarily perceptive.

[@thefreestate2301]

It seems so prophetic now. How I wish we had another president like Nixon now (minus Watergate, of course.)

[@BlackPill-pu4vi]

The coverup was what ruined Nixon. The Watergate "crimes" were petty and par for the course. The Plumbers just got caught, that's all. Once Reaganomics and the neocon / neoliberal crew took over, the crimes of every succeeding Administration dwarfed the penny-ante mischief of the Nixon Admin.

[@poulnrgaard7820]

You probably do! I can spot some candidates.

[@Dicky104]

Not seen this before. He is spot on.

[@gnolan4281]

What he says is prescient and wise. What he did by engaging in a cover-up was proof that even wisdom can be compatmentalized with tragic consequences. From an early age I sensed that he was pedagogic and simply did not know how to let down the formality and just be comfortable in his own skin. He always seemed to be projecting that he was an intellect to the detriment of other essential qualities.

[@NerdilyDone]

If he did that, he did it subconsciously. I don't think he was trying to prove his intelligence, but rather his worth. Both in his own eyes and in the eyes of the world.

[@gnolan4281]

@@NerdilyDone Interesting point. Even as a kid I knew there was an essential element of character missing. Whatever his motivations were the tragic flaw that led to his ignominious fall from the heights is what he'll be remembered for. Sad.

[@revmansolution]

Russian despotism? What about American despotism? Russia is in renaissance compared to America. I think Nixon would find America unrecognizable today.

[@andrewmckenzie292]

It seems the US in the 1990s was kind of a bit drunk on power. Even the American establishment didn't really predict the collapse of the USSR and its collapse combined with the zenith of the US in the 1990s must have made the US establishment seem like they were somehow destined for greatness from a higher power. If some passing promise was made to Russia for NATO not to expand east, they likely just did it with the view that Russia would never be able to enforce it so they could just promise Russia flippantly. Putin was not yet even in site as the leader of Russia then, and Yeltsin was basically a laughing stock...just the type of leader the US establishment would like in Russia today, so hegemony in Europe would be firmly in US hands as in the 1990s. The problem with a single hegemon is that people are imperfect and therefore any hegemon is also imperfect then there is nobody capable of correcting this if the hegemon themselves does not wish to.

[@rexringtail471]

Is there a new intern at the Nixon library or something I see a lot more Nixon. Great president.

[@rockets4kids]

It's just that Watergate now seems like a mere trifle compared to what has happened recently.

[@TheYamahog12]

@@rockets4kidsSure does!

[@moderateextremist]

Wow! On point!

[@jmajors5946]

He was brilliant, and if he had not succumbed to hubris, he would have had a lasting voice in world politics for generations to come.

[@johnbaker5565]

How much misery and suffering Nixon inflicted on people in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia is a matter of record. Between him and Kissenger, the killing fields are a result of their decisions. Peace with honour involved helicopters flying off the Saigon Embassy Roof, abandoning hill tribes of Laos and Vietnam to their fate which Green Berets who worked with them express shame. All the villains of history have their cheerleaders. Stalin is making a comeback in Russia, and now some sweet words about Nixon.

[@mnrneck]

Spot fn on as always!

[@roberto.8633]

The scary part is that this doesn't just apply to Russia...

[@williamdonahue6617]

Nixon could see a small cloud over the Indian Ocean, choppy seas in the Atlantic, a few raindrops over Madagascar and from that accurately predict landfall of a hurricane two weeks later in Miami.

[@Art-e2b]

Nixon was a giant in his understanding of foreign affairs. But domestically, he was both awkward and inept. Other than the Clean Air and Water Act, everything he did on the home front was a disaster. And continues to haunt us to this day. The HMO Act comes to mind first.

[@jamescalifornia2964]

_" There could be real money made here ..."_ ~ Richard Nixon regarding HMO

[@joey_bonin]

Seldom is a president a statesman of this caliber.

[@chebysh8047]

Blame yourself. The USA could be friends with Russia, but chose the path of confrontation.

[@don63]

Say what you want about Nixon, but he was in touch with world events and foreign policy.

[@Waldemar-bb1sn]

I usually disagreed with him, but he was one of the most lucid presidents that the US has ever had. Very smart gentleman.

[@5micky2]

Nixon comes across here as a man of uncanny vision.

[@warzy01]

how about the united state and military industrial complex?

[@johncameron2241]

Exactly, the elites had no intention of making friends with Russia. They could careless about freedom quite the opposite.

[@joeclaridy]

Eisenhower covered that when Nixion was Vice President.

[@Zwei-Rosen]

A proverb says: "In Russia, every 5 years - everything changes, and every 1000 years - nothing changes."

[@famousmwofficial8046]

Russian imperialism? I don't know, maybe it's cause I'm a millennial but through out my years of living the US is the only imperialist state I see.

[@normanarmslave5144]

people who look back into history ALWAYS KNOWS what will happen next

[@harmonysinger8077]

He said North Vietnam But I think he meant North Korea😊😊

[@ronblack7870]

yes he said NK at the end. by the time he was making this interview there was only vietnam not north or south.

[@Sovietdoge-zz3im]

Vietnam was a communist country Back when Nixon was in office well north Vietnam

[@MovieViking]

No, he made an analogy but it was lost on some - the long explanation can be found in other comments

[@vornadopro6502]

Well what Nixon didn’t foresee the absolute abysmal foreign policy we had under George W. Bush till our current president. Back then people still had the idea that “spreading freedom and democracy “ was a good thing. It has taken on a whole new meaning for the worst since the 1990’s.

[@William1866]

It was Bill Clinton that started it. Expanding NATO and ignoring all Russian concerns. Kissinger was furious all his work went down the drain.

[@warlockpaladin2261]

Fascinating.

[@marcofreyssonnet9673]

Well the Russians have made a choice that saved them. You can call this despotism or whatever you want to call it, fact is they support Putin and their lives have massively improved since he has come to power

[@pcopeland15]

Smart man

[@dutchvanderlinde5004]

Amazing President. God rest his soul.

[@KellyDaye]

and now Russia must be defeated..

[@kubabooba548]

With freedom!

[@КомандаЛеви]

You don't have the forces.

[@chalkandcheese1868]

It's a shame he was such a paranoid politician, he could have been one of the great statesman of all time.

[@jamesverday7880]

Russia was considered for an invitation into NATO after USSR fell but the US did everything in their power to prevent that from happening. I hope it was worth it.

[@fuku4eva]

I learned my politics in the 70s growing up in Nz and Nixon was the leader of the free world. He kept us free & safe.

[@shackdaddy7106]

On paper, fascism and communism are completely different. In theory, communism means everybody is the same. And that is literally impossible. You have to have some rich people and some poor people. Also, you have to have leaders and followers. Nothing gets done without a combination of both. That’s just the way it is. Because it’s impossible, communism is exactly like fascism in practice. Both systems of government in history have been enforced by dictatorship. And that is absolutely without exception in world history.

[@aAverageFan]

Colonialism is also very similar to Fascism and Communism

[@artiombeknazaryan7542]

Bullshit. Communism is about everyone having the the same chances to succeed. Creating a society with fair basic necessities and services. The same education for everyone without paywallbl segregation, the same Healthcare, a guarantee to get a job. And without billions concentrated in the hands of few billionears. Unfortunately this utopia was build on the idea of every member of society being rational, honest and non egoistic. So called "builder of communism" - an ideal super human of new Era. Unfortunately the reality is full of liars, opportunists, egomaniacs and other people who don't believe or want a society based on the principles of fairness. And the leadership of the late USSR were among those shitty people.

[@dans.7002]

I wonder how Nixon would look at how his party now that they worship the ground Putin walks on.

[@johncameron2241]

Your a dam fool.

[@snydedon9636]

Nixon got caught doing the kind of things most politicians do and they made an example of him. But I believe that when it came to his and Kissinger foreign policies no one has been better. A very underrated and undervalued president.

[@danielhutchinson6604]

The Kissinger Policy ideas were delivered by the Rockefeller Bros Errand Boy Hank. The appearance of Kissinger as some great thinker actually were designed to promote the profits and Policy, that the Rockefeller Bros presented to Henry. The emergence of the Rockefeller Family bank as the Worlds largest, now appears to attempt to buy influence in Foreign policy. Jamie Diamon continues where David and Nelson left off....

[@lloydjones3371]

Nixon was an intelligent man well versed in world politics.

[@JESPERGARLYROJAHN]

Thanks

[@DogWhoFilms]

Growing up I always assumed he was a “bad” president. But all the videos I watch, what he says came true

[@herrakaarme]

The bigger a country is, the more domestic politics matter and the less foreign politics matter. In small countries voters often pay some attention to the foreign politics expertise of the candidates, but in big countries it might be nothing but a small extra point, not really anything to fuss over. The USA is a very big country, in many ways.

[@DogWhoFilms]

@@herrakaarme well I personally think that liberal media s destroying the fabric of society in my country. And yeah know what… they will fuck around, and they will find out.

[@sergantDon]

American president speaks of danger of an imperialism, 🤣

[@laopang91362]

Russia failed, Vietnam succeeded.

[@kalecccxi333]

Lol okay

[@Capecodham]

Have you been there, I have it is as Communist as it can be.

[@VR36030]

Vietnam to China is the same as Ukraine to Russia. So even though Vietnam is still very authoritarian, it can never act on any territorial ambitions since China is the hegemon to their north. If China really does fall apart due to demographics and lack of foreign investment, then Vietnam could act. Who knows?

[@pscm9447]

And to make peace and liberty possible in Russia meant to implement proper peace processes... But the West acted triumphant and unbothered towards Russia with the results we know today... Just look at the peace processes to create a "Franco-German fraternity" after the World Wars ; it wasn't just words and celebrations, but complex economic, cultural and military policies of fraternization and integration to make both countries interdependent. You don't make traditional enemies friends out of nowhere after a victory, you need to have real political determination to do it. Listening to that interview with Putin and learning that Clinton turned down the Russian proposal to join the NATO makes my blood boil... We would have secured the entire Northern Hemisphere - possibly for centuries... Such a shame.

[@marktuyet]

Nixon was spot on. RIP .

[@Aetius828]

Excellent analysis ! Nixon was a clever man.

[@whiterabbitt2002]

I voted for Nixon twice

[@BleedingSnow]

The leader of the worlds current most imperialistic superpower period, explaining why imperialism bad, lol

[@sferati4369]

Very sharp and straight to the point.

[@fredyyfredfreddy]

He is spot on

[@VladislavTurbanov]

Well, all he's actually saying is: "Their Empire is bad and our Empire is good". This brings nothing new to the table.

[@jaarneal]

It’s nothing new, but it is true. Would you rather be in Poland, or would you rather be in Belarus? The answer to that question, and the fact that Putin did not like Ukraine’s answer, is responsible for an enormous war today.

[@bluemarlin8138]

We tried to help Russia privatize and introduce regulations to manage the process, and to provide billions in aid. Russia initially refused Western help and investment, and as a result, the most powerful people in the country-the senior officials in the KGB, GRU, communist party, and military, as well as the mafia (which had some overlap with those others)-ended up owning and controlling everything.

[@BlackPill-pu4vi]

We didn't try to help Russia. We tried to rob it blind and make it a pauper state while expanding false freedumbs to every degenerate element our social engineers could find. Russia quickly saw the poison in our "help" and rightly refused it. After Yeltsin was finally dumped, Putin began doing The Lord's Work in kicking us out and restoring Russia. BTW, our oligarchs are far worse than Russia's oligarchs. At least Putin has them under his thumb whereas they are running wild in the U.S.

[@sticksjke]

What a bullshit

[@rdt3922]

Lol help? We were trying to rob then blind. We never help.

[@Silver_Prussian]

Help ? There was no such help infact it was thanks to american economic advisors that the situation became so dire. They were the ones who suggested the economic shock therapy and the sudden privatization

[@БорисБритва-е6ю]

@@rdt3922 That's true

[@flyingpharoah4867]

Imagine taking this man’s words seriously

[@HanHonHon]

I hate Nixon but was he wrong?

[@Ththdgfd]

Russia is against imperialism.

[@jamesslough6465]

Very good video and I enjoyed watching. Nixon really had an excellent grasp on the big picture and how other countries think and act. Thank you so much for posting. Best Wishes.

[@stevebeimler2579]

It’s already happened in the USA - too!

[@RevdGeraldJones]

I liked Nixon, but his global strategies were internationalism at its worst! He and Kissinger were deeply flawed men.

[@Rafael-oi6dj]

Nixon was a talking poopot

[@raminsafizadeh]

He was not a politician but a statesman who brought strategic thinking to just about every issue confronting the United States-a democratic state! The fact that he had to be a politician in order to be a statesman comes through in everything he addresses! His view on Russia at that time is simply wow!

[@SuperMathMan]

Prophetic !