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[@downtothemj]

Napoleon: "Let him sleep" Japan: "Check this out"

[@Heisenberg-iy9vp]

Bro woke up 2 giants 💀

[@lippi2171]

Lol spot on. Japan's failed imperialism unintentionally created 1. Communist China (the war weakened the nationalist government) 2. USA as the dominant power of the West and the Pacific

[@yinhoukhor7109]

US: "Aei Japan, check out these two apples."

[@dancemunki]

😂😂😂

[@groslait7814]

yet japan indeed woke up the dragon

[@iranexplained1828]

This bro predicted the entire course of the 21st century so far, every speech of him I watch is prophetic in hindsight.

[@119beaker]

He didn't foresee that there wouldn't be a Soviet union in the 21st century.

[@iranexplained1828]

@@119beaker well he wasn't an actual psychic, just pretty good at making predictions

[@mtaylor3771]

@@119beaker Maybe Nixon did foresee the collapse of the USSR. Nixon being an intelligent man, knew when to keep quiet about things. During his presidency, he was negotiating SALT with the USSR. It would have been unwise to walk around beating his chest and saying the USSR will soon collapse. That's something Biden or Obama would do. It is interesting that Israeli Prime Minister Ben-Gurion gave an interview to LOOK magazine in 1963 and in that interview he said the USSR would cease to exist in 25 years. It dissolved 28 years later in 1991.

[@Joe-Impera7]

@@iranexplained1828 did he foresee: "read my lips", "new world order", "thousand points of light (there were thousand fires in LA - during riots)". Time Magazine (2-face) man of year. Chaos, wars, crime and lawlessness. - quotations are George Bush Sr.

[@dexgrease5820]

@@119beaker he didn’t “predict” anything. He just went to school. Know what school teaches you? That China has always been the strongest economy on this planet solely based on it’s population. Sometimes an innovative technology will come along and disrupt the natural order of things, as seen during the Industrial Revolution, casting any economy who doesn’t enjoy this new innovation into an inferior position to the economy/economies that do. But then they eventually catch up. This is what Nixon is talking about. He isn’t some sage or prophet: he’s literally explaining basic facts your average American still does not know for some reason.

[@austin3626]

I miss when our president could actually speak naturally

[@MultiChrisjb]

I have one word to describe Biden. "Ahfufutinamhnama..foothills of the Himalayas with Xi Jinping"

[@edljnehan2811]

Take his ice cream cone away and it will get better😅

[@Tyrfingr]

Also miss when it was expected by the public.

[@edljnehan2811]

@@Tyrfingr good point:-) haha

[@robertyates9500]

@@Tyrfingr Yes absolutely right! We have lowered our standards so much in the last 20 or 30 years.

[@richardjensen8351]

No notes, no teleprompter, no que cards and no hesitation. Just pure brilliance. Nixon now more than ever!!!

[@glidertastic5778]

It is obvious that he is reading his speech. There is nothing wrong with that of course.

[@amos083]

Not a prophet, but something a lot more rare: A president who can THINK.

[@jeffeastwood1051]

Ya you wont get that with Trump.

[@nkonghoryan6493]

​@@jeffeastwood1051 nor with sleepy Joe

[@dragomirdanut2451]

@@jeffeastwood1051 And you got that with Biden?=))))))Biden is a joke outside of USA

[@TridentRat]

⁠@@jeffeastwood1051average brainwashed leftist. Not only can he speak without stuttering, he doesn’t have dementia like Joe does. You only dislike trump because the news says he’s bad. You don’t think for yourself

[@timtrewyn453]

Or at least listen to and read what specialists were telling him and bring that into a public presentation. IKE had his reservations on Nixon.

[@rhondafortson5205]

WOW....did NIXON have a crystal ball. His words then...qouted Napoleon....are soooo true in 2024. Frightening.

[@LyleMyers]

He was a man who knew history, who understood the world in his time, and who understood his place in the world. I think that did give him a pretty clear crystal ball to look into and then make some eerily accurate predictions.

[@westwardstar1686]

Was just thinking this till I saw your commet lol Nixon forecasted many possibilities...and they came true..

[@amazin7006]

​@@westwardstar1686 The one thing he didn't predict would be that much of his party members are now aligned towards both of America's greatest enemies plotting it's destruction

[@ChosenSquirrel]

He opened trade with them he is to blame for the current situation. They thought they could liberalize china with trade . They were wrong . Though I suppose there is still a chance the country has a capitalist revolution. But its fairly slim. You shouldn't trade with communist countries they are willing to compromise their principles in the short term to destroy you.

[@DiviAugusti]

@@westwardstar1686Look at the clip of his prediction of Russia for the 21st century. Unbelievably accurate.

[@donaldlee8249]

The good old days when politicians were actually intellectually competent

[@Papa_Izzy]

Jesus this man was brilliant. He called it.

[@Momoreno-lr7fi]

En la historia Nixon brilla por lo bestia y genocida

[@user-mi2qw3ns4u]

He was so brilliant he needed to falsify the elections to get re-elected.

[@yolisurich4025]

He wasn't stupid like trump.

[@Papa_Izzy]

@@yolisurich4025 Trump I genuinely think tried to do some good things for the country but his nationalistic approach is a disaster in a global economy. Nixon was a diplomatic genius and statesman it's a damn shame we lost him to the likes of Ford and Carter.

[@jabodetabek1337]

@@yolisurich4025 and is biden more stupid than trump?

[@Nill757]

Nixon was once asked to compare the nature of Russian and Chinese people. He replied, “How many Russian laundries do you see” in the US?

[@langelle1]

Nobody orders Russian takeout.

[@davidj2826]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@herecomesforego1787]

How many Dostoevskies and Tchaikovskies do you see in China 🤣🤣🤣😌😌😌

[@user-kn8rc4vk5z]

​@@herecomesforego1787 Many, except that we are too lazy and ignorant to know them in the West

[@sliftylovesyou]

There isn't alot of Russian immigration, especially back then ^^

[@therealBosnianBallPlayz]

This man had such an intellect and wisdom for a politician in that time. Wish we get more leaders like him in the future.

[@Chadmlad]

Stop being basic. Literally everyone says this nowadays

[@ilyas80s65]

@@Chadmladwym.. Trump and Biden can never speak with this charisma

[@TheLiving74]

You have Biden, you should be happy😅😂

[@timmyb7734]

He was a crook who lied about everything, stole and destroyed everything all the real democracies have, like free healthcare, your tinted glasses are broken hero.

[@silasolsvig7121]

What‽‽ ever hear about the watergate scandal. Why are people suddenly glorifying this man when he was a professional liar?

[@duncanmcgee13]

Forced to resign for doing something that's considered standard practice today

[@triggertimetv1775]

What Barrack HUSSEIN Obama did was 10x worse, and he's praised for it.

[@marcrankin1707]

Say that once more for the people in the back.

[@dlsamson]

Nixon was a smart man who enacted some good policies. Arguably he resigned because a trail would bring out the facts surrounding the Chenault affair. Then he would have been condemned for being a traitor. Of course, today's GOP would have condemned him for being a socialist.

[@02091992able]

Yep more than often it's the Democrats that do it.

[@tonyrobinson1623]

Standards and ethics were stronger then. They should be the same today.

[@Ghostmanriding]

Richard Nixon is on of the few Presidents since WW2 I would have enjoyed having a conversation with.

[@davidhull2060]

Nixon was one of the most insightful and intelligent Presidents that the USA has ever had. His knowledge of international affairs was outstanding and he was an exceptional statesman....these are skills that his successors have been somewhat short of.

[@danieloleary6879]

Did he commit crimes cheat spy on his counterparts yes

[@SentientSandwich]

​@@danieloleary6879and how about every president after? They all have dirty hands. At least nixon was well spoken and had a straightforward yet elegant way of making his point.

[@geraldcazden7102]

GFY

[@billwilson-es5yn]

​@@danieloleary6879You have a problem with that?

[@harenterberge2632]

he was also a crook

[@c.galindo9639]

A genius Nixon was. He recognized wisdom and displayed a vast array of knowledge on certain topics that nations should be aware of. A real grand strategist indeed

[@jeffsmith3392]

He’s unbelievable when it comes to foreign policy. Exceptional.

[@MythrealGaming]

He resigned for less than Hillary Clinton was given a pass for.

[@TheMohadam]

I was amazed his ELOQUENCE and oratory skills. Very presidential.

[@Rasscasse]

Agreed. He never used one word too many And never one word too few. Many others could learn such a lesson

[@anttiheiskala4660]

When you compare him to Joe. :))

[@topspeed250k5]

​@@anttiheiskala4660geez man, when you compare him to Trump! None of the current guys come up to the standards of the likes of Nixon. Clear, concise, no blustering, drama, overstatement & exaggeration, drama & grandstanding or waffling. No of them comes up to this standard of getting their message across,it's all theatre.

[@mtaylor3771]

@@topspeed250k5 Nixon wrote TRUMP a letter and suggested he run for President.

[@lolo1973ful]

It's just Words You Americans believe in simple things like TV and Movies. Did you know it was his call to continue War on Communism in Vietnam and Laos misadvise from Aipac Henry Kissinger

[@kjlaw0731]

This is a real man of wisdom. How much have we all benefited from this man and his mind!

[@wuhaninstituteofvirology5226]

I don't see anything wise about what he said. Anyone who knows China's and Russia's history will know this fact.

[@Carlos-xz3vi]

lol. This man best contribution to planet earth is being food for worms.

[@kerry9125]

This was probably over 40 years ago, well before the collapse of the USSR and when the Chinese economy wasn't even in the top ten. To accurately predict such a rapid ascension of China's military and economy, along with concerns about the Soviet Union, was very wise.

[@wuhaninstituteofvirology5226]

@kerry9125 Not if someone really knows about Russia and China which he did.

[@chrislane8466]

​@wuhaninstituteofvirology5226 It's easy to look at histories and discern facts. It's another to be talking about it 40 years before it happened.

[@oluwoleolukole6448]

The most insightful American statesman I ever heard ! He saw China 50 years before most did....

[@predator7088]

You mean kissinger

[@violetsrayreikishop2]

Because American company was moving to China for cheap labor duh and Russia been picked on by its neighbors and America for decades which is why the soviet union was created as a bloc to protect itself from the US and UK wanting their resources

[@dogsbecute]

@@predator7088 kissinger is not insightful. he was an asshole.

[@Pierina.24]

But China and Russia are besties, relationship at an all time high. Only Napoleon was right about China, not Nixon.

[@egbutler114]

Actually, the US has cornered itself to now have to face China and Russia as a combined force. How dumb of the US, then and now!

[@garywood5882]

Russia is nothing now - even Ukraine are holding them.

[@user-yc8yu8qv3q]

i think he was smart, but he didn't epxpect his successors to be so dumb as to be the situation now..

[@rb239rtr]

that is why the US needs allies

[@estelleschneider9033]

Yes but how stupid to have China own our Debts...Dueteronomy 28 The Blessings and the Curses.. Read what God promises for Obedience and disobedience Promised ... Fear God

[@egbutler114]

@estelleschneider9033 when is monetary debt to anyone not stupid? The logic of debt is flawed.

[@VeteranStories]

The fact that Nixon predicted China today is honestly insane. Just awing.

[@teebob21]

Not really. Nixon is the man responsible for opening up China back into contact with the Western world. It was a major accomplishment. Nixon was a foreign affairs expert.

[@farmerbill6855]

Not at all, my civics teacher in high school knew this. We all understood it if we stayed awake in history class.

[@Brauljo]

ju'r bejsɪk æz fək

[@somechannel2461]

Nuh really

[@Runitback1210]

​@@teebob21 yea he fucked the world over but he is dead so he isn't affected

[@joeuskoski4457]

What ticks me off is that schools in the 70s and 80s taught us how evil and stupid he was. I am realizing now how intelligent he was and how the media was able to mislead society then , and they are even worse now. I think Nixon and Reagan were the overall best presidents of modern history.

[@harenterberge2632]

well he was a crook who ordered illegal actions against his political opponents

[@ttq3661]

He upset the Jewish Cabal, that's why

[@spudwickthrockmorton2112]

Reagan was a hypocrite and a liar, but at least Nixon didn’t illegally sell weapons to foreign countries in secret. Both well spoken but Reagan was not good for America.

[@arash8761]

Nixon and Reagan were very different and Reagan is what has led to all the problems of today. Nixon was a national conservative. Reagan was a neoliberal. They're not similar at all.

[@warpigs9069]

Because what he did was illegal. He was intelligent, that doesn't make him perfect or fit for presidency.

[@nurabdullah8110]

A REAL STATESMAN. HE KNOWS THE WORLD SITUATIONS. UNLIKE MOST OF THE POLITICIANS. INTELLIGENTS VITAL.

[@wavescrashinginside]

Wow, what a great intellect, a great president, very eloquently, articulately speaks straight from his mind, great speaker, no auto queue. Contrast that to what USA has now.

[@sabinehahn9774]

He may have been criminal, but he surely wasn't stupid. And obviously had a very clear and pragmatic view of the world.

[@wymanspace4173]

Back then he has a group of capable people working with him for the entire nation. Sadly that’s not what it is now in America.

[@jimmiller5600]

And 50 of his staff went to prison under his leadership.

[@spacepirate289]

Now they fill the jobs based on colors and pronouns and race instead of competency 😂😂

[@girayhankaya]

Well no, i also thinked like that when i am 15 :)

[@jimmiller5600]

@@spacepirate289 So you're Oh-fer-Four?

[@user-qj6lj4iq2b]

He is a traitor

[@markplacek6657]

Wow he was so right

[@christianmoore7109]

It was also his idea to wake the sleeping giant, so I don’t know if he was really that bright in the end.

[@dejanstoimenovski2350]

Right about what - that China is a threat to Russia? You westerners will never learn...

[@Takingyoutojail]

@@christianmoore7109That’s how we got the detante with the Soviet Union

[@CptHarris]

China just entered into a massive economic crisis, whatcha talking about? XD

[@rygyouwill5293]

​@@CptHarris yeah I heard that since the 90s

[@henrychidera7865]

China is not a treat to Russia today but to the Americans

[@SilentX_17]

@@nia6849By influence and economically. Influence becomes of tyranny and economically because of poverty.

[@thehaldirgames1599]

i would not be so sure about them not being threat to russia

[@marin427]

Fool.

[@megaace361]

Chinese aren't exactly besties with Russia, their relationship is based on a common adversary but they differ alot in political philosophy

[@henrychidera7865]

@@thehaldirgames1599 for now they are not. But I can't say this for the Americans.

[@johnnysukhumvit9242]

He was correct on every point.

[@fredriknorling851]

Nixons articulations and global insights instill awe in me. What a man, what a President 🫡🇺🇸

[@billlombaiso7447]

Always was a visionary and the best foreign relations President the country's ever had. Not been another since.

[@NinjaSushi2]

The more I learn about Napoleon the more I'm impressed every time.

[@giulioBonati]

If he hadn't been complexed and troubled he wouldn't have gotten into that Watergate mess, today he would be remembered as the greatest president of the twentieth century

[@PaulSmith-tt2cy]

Now that's predicting the future

[@dexgrease5820]

… by remarking on the past. China has always been the center of commerce in the world. Look it up.

[@mtaylor3771]

@@dexgrease5820 your comment is stupid. Nixon made those comments in 1972. At that time, USA per capita GDP was 42 times GREATER than Chinese per capita GDP. Nixon was predicting that CHINA would MAKE ENORMOUS economic progress in a few decades, at a time when it was mired in the stagnation of Mao's Cultural Revolution.

[@dexgrease5820]

@@mtaylor3771 just tell me you don’t know shit about history OR economics without saying you don’t know shit about history or economics 🤣 The industrialization period in modern society was a time when the west leapt ahead of the rest of the world by leaps and bounds, but as that technology becomes more widespread, the delta between the wealth of countries with far larger countries continues to shrink, until it disappears again. But go on, give us all some idiotic notion about American exceptionalism and how that can somehow stave off the math required for a people with over 400% America’s population to maintain it’s status as a country with a lower GDP. Tell us how you think that’s supposed to happen, genius.

[@mtaylor3771]

@@dexgrease5820 just tell me you have low intelligence without telling me you have low intelligence, because nothing says, "I have a low IQ" than someone who uses crude language to make a point. I thank you for your hasty generalization based upon your supposition that, "as that technology becomes more widespread, the delta between the wealth of countries with far larger countries continues to shrink, until it disappears again."

[@dexgrease5820]

@@mtaylor3771 “I thank you for your hasty generalization based upon your (why is my man using ‘your’ again lmao) supposition” Isn’t it hilarious when the undereducated try to replicate what they think being smart is by slapping together some smart sounding words while STILL saying nothing intelligible?

[@overlord5580]

This man may have been a 'crook', but he spoke volumes of wisdom! Unfortunately, we may not really understand the importance of the words of our former leaders until they are no longer here!

[@mauriceavery2649]

We have to be empowered by past events in order to be in power for the future... Me, my quote... Maurice Avery said it best 💪🏾

[@xipingpooh5783]

He was set up by the C|4 because he was a threat to the Deep State

[@raymondfrye5017]

The only reason he was called a crook was because the Democrats'had their headquarters "bugged" by the "incompetent plumbers".

[@RaptorFromWeegee]

Nixon was no crook. Some of his people overstepped and then covered it up. Liberals just hated him because he was right, but that doesn't make him a crook. LBJ was a crook, Slick-Willy was a crook, and so is Brandon.

[@user-py5ct1go2s]

Yes you are right. In the eyes of many people he was a crook..But deep down was he ?. Or did he just have very bad advisors. And just look at what the US have got today fighting to be President.

[@jonathanhandsmusic]

Nixon was really smart. Modern young people are doing themselves a disservice by just uttering snarky stupid nonsense comments about him. Understanding history is the smartest thing that people nowadays should do if they really care about the world, and the future. Everything can’t be answered by a tik tok video with singing cats.

[@3fammy]

I like how he gave full analysis about his enemy respectfully and without downplaying anything.

[@SimonKHoak-ec6cc]

Once upon a time , America produced statesman .

[@basher5107]

Nixon wasn’t one of them

[@Rascuache86]

LOL, if it wasn't for Ford, Nixon would've gone to jail. He's not a statesman at all. In fact, he's the embodiment of everything that's wrong with modern politics. Talk about a shit take.

[@chrishasyourkeys2808]

​@@Rascuache86no. the CIA fooked him

[@ibvghgfvbnbc]

They're all 🗑

[@tompetty85]

Ridiculous take. 🙄 He was a corrupt POS.

[@performanceprofitsofknoxvi3379]

A much better president than history will ever give him credit for.

[@giobikefans]

Very smart but very unethical

[@mtaylor3771]

@@giobikefans your comment is wrong. Nixon was a victim. The deep state hit job on him because Nixon believed the CIA was involved in Kennedy's assassination. Nixon asked his CIA Director to look into this and then the Deep State went after him with a vengeance. They setup the WATERGATE scandal to destroy him. After Judge John Sirica's death, his PRIVATE papers were unwittingly donated by his family to his law school alma mater. Those papers PROVE that the JUDGE and PROSECUTORS were engaged in SECRET meeting to destroy NIXON. It was a It's all PROVEN in Geoff Shepard's books and his website. He was one of Nixon's lawyers during the Watergate investigation.

[@XOPOIIIO]

No point of worrying about external forces, when your own government concentrated so much power that it could destroy your country at any moment. And that's what happened. The biggest threat to Soviet Union was it's own political system.

[@haraldmax9685]

Nixon was the president who travelled to China to meet with Mao. He did this to capitalise on the Sino-Soviet estrangement and to distance China even further from the USA's main enemy at the time, the Soviet Union. China was economically and morally devastated by Mao's Cultural Revolution. Mao was therefore prepared to receive Nixon as he had economic aid and the assurance that the USA would give up its veto in the UN in connection with the transfer of Taiwan's role as China's representative to Red China. Economic aid turned into investment in joint ventures and later direct investment by US investors, followed by investors from other Western countries. In this respect, there is a certain irony in Nixon's words when he speaks of waking the sleeping giant that Napoleon warned about. Because he stands for the political and geostrategic agenda of the US administration of the time, which woke up the sleeping giant that was lying on the ground with the decisions made at the time. The decision for the current status of Taiwan and all the resulting problems were also made at that time.

[@bumpkinskill]

I read several of his books. Smart guy. Too bad he let Watergate ruin his legacy.

[@mtaylor3771]

Read Geoff Shepard's books. He was one of Nixon's lawyers during Watergate. He has a website. He proves that Nixon was setup by the deep state. Check out his website.

[@leeengelsman1855]

His problem was paranoia.

[@mtaylor3771]

@@leeengelsman1855 if there are people trying to destroy you and you know it, that’s not paranoia.

[@lolo1973ful]

Not just Watergate which was a witch hunt on Democrats. People forget Vietnam and Laos War on Communism

[@likeAmnesty.HRW.etc.]

He hated jewish lobby so he had to go

[@manhhilston4827]

This was a wise man that every politician revered even Reagan

[@nostalgia9161]

Back Times when the president was a president and has vision

[@RichardSmith-jn6eh]

If the president predicted this the world is already preparing how to make the giant go back to sleep before this speech

[@susanblanche9684]

I remember when Nixon I believe went to China in 1972!!! He walked on the great wall of China and he made history visiting China. They loved him

[@dalenielsen8651]

My dad used to say about Nixon: "I can't knock his foreign policy."

[@brettrobinson2901]

This man...had the common touch...uncommon understanding and wisdom....

[@lolo1973ful]

He was a lawyer. And Kennedy was better Lawyer than him.

[@utahraptor4729874]

He got everything right except for the USSR being still around.

[@khidaral-mukhtaar7327]

This guy was a pure genius!( there, I say it again!)✅

[@Teddy_Vilardi]

A real man at his core.

[@scottr4278]

Wow the more I hear of this man, he is brilliant. No wonder they had to impeach him

[@Wstickman]

Brilliant man, but very flawed. Had a lot of problems, but was a genius when it came to foreign relations.

[@DudemeisterNL]

He resigned idiot. Because he was caught red handed. He cried on national television, quit being president and flew away in a helicopter.

[@farmerbill6855]

He wasn't impeached, he resigned.

[@pedrojaime4543]

We needs a statesman like this on our times, smarter like him we could fight against everyone, Americans have everything, we fight 4 it

[@davidlarondelle2326]

This is what a real president sounds like. He was actually prophetic in his prediction

[@combivan4346]

This is how a President speaks, not the bumbling, mumbling fool that’s there now, come on man!

[@vvmustaffa2078]

You will miss JFK...one of those great president...

[@fidelp2310]

Trump isn't much better

[@AllardDubbeldam]

Trump is much worse.

[@clubtepes2046]

I know....... Trump is terrible.

[@combivan4346]

@@fidelp2310 Mate, he is a lot better than what you have at the moment.

[@LuisMarioOchoa-Artist]

Nixon is probably the most brilliant president the USA has ever had.

[@edwardmannion9403]

Please elaborate. I'm genuinely curious.

[@lolo1973ful]

How about Kennedy who it's why he won after his got purged by his own

[@likeAmnesty.HRW.etc.]

He hated jewish lobby and the rest is history

[@user-ck8qk5yw3i]

@@edwardmannion9403 Based on this. No other president had proven to possess such foresight. This isn't his only instance of eerily accurate analysis. We can't rate presidents on humor and popularity alone. There is an actual business end that comes first.

[@joythought]

My goodness there have been quite a few US Presidents who are not dummies. Nixon for all his faults understood geopolitics. But listen to Bill Clinton he also understood the world far better than people perhaps recognise at the time. George Bush senior was the head of the CIA before becoming the president and understood the world and where it was going. And you can reach back further to Eisenhower and many many others.

[@qy6853]

The only wrong prediction is that the Soviet Union collapsed before China became a superpower. Hence the superpower did not have a chance to be used against the Soviet Union.

[@that_Dominic_guy]

It’s not “leave him alone,” it’s “anyone who doesn’t stand with us against him has doomed us”

[@raymondfrye5017]

Nixon was brilliant. He foresaw 63 years ago what eventually did happen.

[@TheThirdManu]

if nixon was brilliant, than what was napoeon whom nixon quotes in this video.

[@Darkstar_Dayne]

Napoleon was a man with the BIGGEST BALLS​@@TheThirdManu

[@mtaylor3771]

@@TheThirdManu Napoleon was brilliant, but his downfall was his boldness. War and Peace are mutually exclusive, but brilliance and boldness are not mutually exclusive.

[@raymondfrye5017]

Nixon was a genius and Napoleón was a luminary

[@user-qk4qr2zg9h]

Politicians of today are so inept

[@tonisiro]

He may have been deemed a criminal, however, he possessed the capacity for critical thinking alongside a calm demeanor and a degree of cultural awareness

[@cappystrano1]

You cannot find a politician for the last 20 years who could articulate so well.

[@scottross24]

I have found a new appreciation for Mr Nixon. I want to visit the Presidential Museum when I get the chance. Best wishes, Scott from Scotland.

[@thomasmoore5949]

Also viewing from Scotland! He was a smart man, wasn’t he?

[@Gerhold102]

Smart and crooked to the core. His nickname was Tricky Dicky - never been a president in modern times as morally lost.

[@chimaokoli6334]

How times have changed. The world is against this current USA

[@uffeuffe293]

Only it’s own MAGA citizens are against USA. Rest of the world like the US when it isn’t governed by a Putin puppet like trump.

[@michaellabrake4398]

Nixon was a very smart man and this is the proof that he was aware of things that were happening in the world

[@so2bk]

Every coming US president must watch this clip.

[@jonmaster5000]

This is why he HAD to open trade with China, isolating the soviets. Cutting off an alliance that could shift the balance of power

[@maxmaxneolit]

And then very smart people in admins of last 15 years pushed R and China together. Great job /s

[@carlbodene8150]

They really dumped on Nixon. He was such an intelligent and pleasant man.

[@warpigs9069]

He was intelligent, but he had bad side. He became paranoid under pressure. Unfortunately, he snapped and made a bad call. Media wasn't even against him at that time. He wasted his talent.

[@mtaylor3771]

@@warpigs9069 No, you are wrong. Not being malevolent, but you are wrong. he wasn't ever paranoid, that's one of the media's myths. Nixon was a victim. The deep state hit job on him because Nixon believed the CIA was involved in Kennedy's assassination. Nixon asked his CIA Director to look into this and then the Deep State went after him with a vengeance. They setup the WATERGATE scandal to destroy him. After Judge John Sirica's death, his PRIVATE papers were unwittingly donated by his family to his law school alma mater. Those papers PROVE that the JUDGE and PROSECUTORS were engaged in SECRET meeting to destroy NIXON. It was a It's all PROVEN in Geoff Shepard's books and his website. He was one of Nixon's lawyers during the Watergate investigation.

[@lolo1973ful]

War on Communism in Vietnam and Laos American soldiers died for nothing. And Now Communist China is manufacturing all our Microchips, Phones, fashion etc

[@albertosantos4746]

He was in touch with reality, and could see what may happen in the future a very intelligent person.

[@ginathacker6207]

For some reason, these clips of President Nixon have hit my KZbin algorithm and I am enjoying them. Nixon had his flaws but his foreign policies and global views were fortuitous.

[@4kChannel]

The smartest president of the last 50 years

[@provetamin]

indeed

[@lolo1973ful]

And Kennedy before him?

[@provetamin]

@@lolo1973ful nixon was 'smarter' i think. for example check out the presidental debates between nixon and kennedy. both very clever but nixon with more edge but jfk was younger more modern and charismatic. the kitchen debates between crustchev and nixon are also really good. but a different time ofc and ppl today are generally more educated than previous generations.

[@ynotttt]

Nixon would destroy Biden in debate right now. We wouldn’t be able to tell who’s really dead.

[@brucecombs3108]

He would destroy Trump in a debate as well, although Trump would make up nicknames for him.

[@WithAllDueRespecto]

😅

[@warpigs9069]

They'd just call each other crooks and cancel each other out ​@@brucecombs3108

[@killerbanana6978]

Trump would walk out after the first few questions of a debate against him, then cry and blame the people for asking Nixon easier questions

[@brucecombs3108]

@@killerbanana6978 Yes indeed. He'd probably call him something like "Dickey Deep State" or "Bitchtard Slickson".

[@Jeff-py4lp]

Great speaker. A far better president than the media wants us to know

[@rdean1647]

Nixon was a well read and influential politician. The presidents who came after him sought his counsel.

[@TheTomcatish]

Actually, Napoleon‘s quote is when China will awaken, the world will tremble.

[@nemzi8969]

And We are living that time right now

[@tuputapu877]

Incorrect. That saying refers to Tamerlane.

[@user-gr5hs6bm7q]

no your country is a trouble china did not invade any country in the world but look at your country never stop create wars with other country never stop a real trouble maker

[@archangel9363]

even if it wasn't word-for-word, both Bonaparte's and Nixon's shared opinion on China holds plenty water in today's geopolitics.

[@hiddendagger7291]

​@@archangel9363 Wait for next 30 years and India china USA will be only 3 major powers of the world What china was 15 years back India is that today

[@geobenne]

This guy was a prophet.

[@tombusshart3971]

This is why I always liked President Nixon ( Nixon knew what he was doing and what was going on ) and what he said almost seems prophetic with what's happening today

[@T-Rod423]

I’ve been a student of history, primarily through Kissinger works, but I’ve noticed how incredibly special Nixon was in his own right. Thanks for posting this. RMN was quite the intellectual who is, sadly, not celebrated… for reasons that are beyond me.

[@raymondfrye5017]

The Democrats demonized him much like Trump. Further,he accused the Jewish community of willfully sabotaging the Established Order. He began a "witch hunt" against Jews in the administration It was this image of the Marxist "War-mongering image" that leftist Jews denounced in the Press and Media. Some Jews even compared him to Nebuchadnezzar...paranoid. Anyway,the rest is history.

[@Yusuf.i]

Prophetic words. I'm becoming a fan of this president.

[@Sarasdad91]

Would love to have Nixon back in office today.

[@stop736]

Nixon loved China. That’s a pretty well known fact actually. He was treated very well there and even went there with his wife on occasion. I think his knowledge and respect for them as a people is how he was able to say this confidently back then.

[@user-pf3ry7lj8e]

Notice that he didn’t rely on notes or a script. He spoke eloquently.

[@Joe-Impera7]

What about: "read my lips", "new world order", "thousand points of light (there were thousand fires in LA - during riots). Time Magazine (2-face) man of year. Chaos, wars, crime and lawlessness. Did he rely on notes or a script ?

[@janjanssen9629]

He is reading it from a autocue, that’s why is head goes all the time into the same position from left to right…

[@Joe-Impera7]

@@janjanssen9629 That may be true, but: "read my lips", "new world order", "thousand points of light (there were thousand fires in LA - during riots)". Time Magazine (2-face) man of year. Chaos, wars, crime and lawlessness. Did he rely on notes, script or "autocue" ?

[@1stwind390]

Or scripture

[@abduabidov8880]

Every single candidate for presidency needs to make comments about these 2 countries. Its a tradition, you can never ignore these 2 countries.

[@johntilt6726]

Nixon is being honest. Talking of the fact that Russia has to be concerned about its neighbours....Russia only entered Ukraine because the US wants Ukraine to join NATO and is planning to install nuclear missile bases straight along the Ukraine Russian border. It's not Russia that wants this conflict. They have little choice. The irony is that Nixon was a brilliant President who had to resign over...frankly, nothing.

[@billyshears921]

Greatest president in modern times! He also said that Ukraine would have to counter an authoritarian Russia.

[@yoholmes273]

Ukraine fell to an American backed coup in 2014.

[@thatintellectualhoodnigga513]

​@@yoholmes273 I'm not on the Left, I personally think it's getting time to get Ukraine and Russia back to talking about a Peace Deal, but I very much remember the Maiden, The then Heavyweight Champion was from their, those were ordinary people during that protest, their was no western coup, those were ordinary civilians who took to the streets to counter what they thought was a Rigged or tampered election, their was protesters being sniped and killed Left and right witch only stoked more outrage and more people showed up, I was just out of high school then and kept up with it the best I could for the times, news tracked quick but not like today where stuff is reported minute by minute, those were civilians who protested and ousted that leader and they had a very just reason to do so especially once you start firing on your own people, and like I said I'm not a leftist, I'm an independent, but in this modern day I'd be called a Right Wing extremist by some for well, logical views, or patriotism, it wasnt no coupe they had legitimate reasons to believe that that election was tampered with, but in the end what really sealed his fate was when he ordered Police/Troops to fire on his own people, if he didn't do that who knows, he probably could of quelled the protests or they died out on their own

[@olbrue]

Ukrainian inferiority complex was an Achilles' heel of Russia since the time nations started to form in late 19th century. Lenin found a way to deal with nationalists and introduced indigenization to calm them. But after WW2 the West enlisted Ukrainian neonazis to fight Russia whilst Ukrainians as a political nation proved to be unable to come up with a state. Persistent Ukrainian corruption is a mark of the Ukrainian disbelief in the possibility of Ukrainian state. That is why they are so instrumental as a weapon against Russia.

[@tayletubby5138]

​​@@yoholmes273Yanukovich was voted out by his own party and police force. All of Ukraine wanted him gone, what did he do when he was arrested? Shoot a 100 protestors and flee to his masters in Russia. Never say something that stupid again, worthless human being. Putin always wanted to take Ukraine.

[@tayletubby5138]

​@@yoholmes273Complete nonsense. Ukraine was a pro-Russian banana republic under Yanukovich who held fake elections like Putin. When he was actually voted out, he had protestors shot.

[@allergyahead8128]

The media took him down so we would pay no attention to him. The media is now finishing us off. Nixon was great!

[@pennise]

A President with a functioning brain. God, that would be nice to have again.

[@azizithelethargic9229]

As prophetic and clairvoyant as this is. We have to spare some thought that people are aware of their strength in numbers, way back. Nixon merely reminds them of that, which I give him credit to. He did it in the time where everyone forgot. He is incredible here.

[@mohammedalikhan6381]

The only country that is concerned about China’s progress is USA not Russia.

[@str.77]

"progress"

[@masterlightjames950]

​@@str.77you don't even know what it is

[@f.r.ashley1317]

Guess again.

[@HarryMonn]

Well seems like most of chinas asian neighbors are concerned too. Doubt it's for no reason.

[@str.77]

@@masterlightjames950 I know that the worst atrocities are often defended as progress.

[@lukasnummer1]

No, Russia does not have to be concerned about this anymore! Only the industrial nations dominated by the U.S. are against them now.

[@ivanhoe6145]

Wow...I am impressed beyond belief to know what an insightful individual President Nixon was. Scary times for everyone in the free world, we better be prepared for the giant has awakened.

[@ChefDuane]

Regardless of Nixon's personal political problems, he was a giant intellect and understood global politics better than anyone in the last 50 years. Does anyone think Biden could give counsel such as this?

[@keithwillis5207]

He didn't predict that US foreign policy would push China and Russia together.

[@edgepixel8467]

No, that level of idiocy is utterly unpredictable.

[@user-yc8yu8qv3q]

He was right about China, but he didn't expect his successors to be so dumb...

[@alexref955]

​@@edgepixel8467 you're right, US policy is a climax of idiocy

[@everestshadow]

@@edgepixel8467 It's not idiocy by any means. It's the few profiting from selling out your nations' interest and running your way of life. People in China call them the "white trash" who will do anything in exchange for CCP's money.

[@user-zl4kj1vz7f]

China and Russia is have always been a 'Pair' regardless of political ideology (don't forget that that they almost went to with each other over Mongolia and each others diverging political teachings in the 1960s). Russia very much has to fear China because despite all the sabre rattling against America - China very much covets Russian Eastern border resources and islands such as the Kirillian Islands. It's been hypothesised by military experts that within the next 7/10 years if China can cobble together a proper navy/airforce/army and working equipment (not the load of whale shit they have now) then they will make an attempt to force Russias hand which will leave the West with a question - "Who do we back if ANYONE AT ALL" - WATCH THIS SPACE!!.

[@larrywilliams3313]

He was a criminal and a liar....but I'd vote for him immediately *RIGHT NOW* today, over either of the two who will be on the ballot in November or even over anyone else on the political scene currently.

[@biggringus5499]

It is interesting that Nixon was labeled a crook for expediency, in order to diminish him. But now, what do we call a man like Trump? They have totally watered down strong language which has made us not take it seriously. It is important to be precise with language.

[@warpigs9069]

​@@biggringus5499he's more than just a crook. He was an intelligent man who let his paranoia and ego get the best of him. He threw his potential away. Unfortunately we can't have a president that commits crime IN OFFICE. Because that sets precedent. It's how my parents' old country became so corrupt. People turned a blind eye to corruption and it just got worse and worse. My mom starved in that place, and she fought her way into the nursing program that only accepting 100 out of 1000 women, to get into America.

[@warpigs9069]

​@@biggringus5499crook is more of a derogatory word based on personality. Both have committed crimes. But they aren't crooks by nature. Well, actually I'm not sure about Trump anymore. Trump has disappointed me way too many times, and has lost my respect for him. My mom stopped talking about him after the riots and after covid, because so many of his young followers died from that disease. She didn't want to vote because of how divided everyone was. Even in my family: I would defend Trump, and my sister would get mad at me. After the sht he's pulled this year, I'm no longer supporting Trump. He's lost his goddam marbles, and he's becoming a bit of a whiner and sore loser. America is prosperous due to our prestige and our alliance, and Trump wants to sabotage this just so he can be president. That's not how a real president behaves. Biden isnt perfect but at least he shares Nixon's understanding of world politics.

[@warpigs9069]

​@@biggringus5499Trump needs to learn to be be more humble and work with his allies. He worked with so many great people in 2016, and Trump just threw it all away over pettiness and Twitter nonsense.

[@SeldimSeen1]

Me too!

[@mloney9772]

I forgot what it was like when presidents could actually speak.

[@lucschoesetters4307]

An intellect that is why US politicians had to get rid of him.

[@plang42]

He got the bit about China 100% right.

[@napoleonbonapart8299]

Greatest mind than any recent American politician. He understood that America is not simply a nation , but and empire that necesarily has to compete with other arising empires. Not a single politician today with such geopolitical wisdom.

[@blauewaffel1469]

Yet now has a Republican presidential candidate (and former president) running who's dedicated to giving away American hegemony and regional influence to Russia...

[@warpigs9069]

The U.S is a nation that helps out other nations who in turn help us out. We don't force them to do our will and they retain their own sovereignty. The U.S does not meet the criteria for an empire, no matter what the Chinese or Russian propagandists say. They are the remaining empires and They're angry because we won't let them enslave other nations. Why is it so hard for people to grasp this concept?

[@Sskzthree]

The man was a genius. Now we know why he was impeached. All the Watergate's case was a sham.

[@Chris-uk4is]

This guy will inherit the legacy he deserves as history will prove him right…he was much maligned when alive…probably because like us all he was flawed…but he could wipe the floor with American politicians of today

[@user-et1ht9fx2k]

Not only Russia

[@ninopavkovic9382]

Never imagined to praise what Nixon once said.