Richard Nixon Predicted Putin and Russia (1994)

[@EverydayEconomist]

Putin Coup - Russian Civil War (Full Detailed Video): kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqu1ZISXgNZjrdk

[@EthanSmith-q5d]

You've gotta be pretty fucking stupid to think that was a civil war

[@vcv6560]

Please update the title, I've commented below. By '94 the former president was ill (and would pass away) it gave away the error.

[@stayfree870]

Description Richard Nixon on "Inside Washington" Richard Nixon Foundation Apr 5, 2015 March 30, 1992: Former President Richard Nixon joined Richard Allen and Dho Young-shim on a premiere edition of "Inside Washington" on the Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS).

[@jerry3790]

Excited to see him become president again in the year 3000

[@animateddepression]

Can’t wait for him to win the Kill All Humans vote

[@cactus9822]

NIXON'S BACK

[@chamkaur1160]

Futureama

[@claudioforjan1743]

And re-elected by a time paradox.

[@quinn941]

Arooooo!

[@khalidalali186]

81, only a few weeks away from his death, and still sharp as a nail.

[@SpScarletSpider]

Compared to Biden, Nixon was a superager.

[@aaaaaa-hh8cq]

Lol USA is falling apart with these new dumb presidents. Both trump and Biden. Both of them suck a**

[@williamyoung9401]

When you cry wolf enough times, no one believes you even when you're telling the truth.

[@johnmurdoch8534]

Nixon was always brilliant.

[@beerrox711]

Well it’s not like he died of old age…

[@davidnetterwald1846]

Foreign policy was Nixon’s field of expertise and he just gave a master class on it in that interview just before he died. Every word that came out of his mouth is absolutely true it’s also true of China because that is exactly what happened to both countries. As flawed and complicated as he was. He was still an incredibly brilliant and insightful man and a master strategist in terms of foreign policy.

[@mikeyerian2562]

Nixon is why China is a world power, why it has ruined the US economy , why it has spies in every aspect of our lives, why it relased the COvid 19 virus, etc. Nixon's expertise is WRONG.

[@dougmphilly]

paranoia was his downfall.

[@davidnetterwald1846]

@@dougmphilly yes it was. His insecurities were what ultimately did him in as president that and the absolute corruption of his administration.

[@NikolaAvramov]

Just like he was "absolutely true" when he said that Vietnam being communists literally means the world would become communist so Vietnamese farmers had to be killed. He killed them. Vietnam's communist. The world isn't. Peak Nixon's truth.

[@highvoltageswitcher6256]

It’s hard to think of anyone, even academics or analysts, that were more insightful on foreign policy issues than Nixon. I know people will say Henry Kissenger was his advisor and therefore a deeper or more insightful thinker but I am not so sure.

[@poloman6196]

It is simply mind-blowing just how degraded and embarrassing our political representatives have become. I see these old interviews, with former politicians, and you cannot even compare the level of intelligence and articulated arguments they put forward. Our current political representatives are truly an embarrassment!!!😔

[@wadebarber6493]

And it''s getting better everyday........

[@CaptainFSU]

Blame that on the rise of populism, voters want politicians as stupid as they are.

[@flashdimenson]

Athenians who watched their democracy devolve from electing true statesmen like Pericles to populists like Cleon voiced the same exact lament 2000 years ago. Oligarchy and rule of tyrants followed that decline, and it looks like we're headed in the same direction

[@the_expidition427]

@@CaptainFSU This. Vote for what is visionary not what is popular

[@Synoopy2]

You hit the nail on the head. I don't know why I bothered to look at this because I don't watch politics or the news anymore. But seeing this reinforced the reason why I don't bother. Politicians now have the smallest spines in the history of America. Bowing to the loudest parts of their constituencies who happen to be the craziest.

[@jamesdunn5473]

The interviewer was totally respectful, and didn't interrupt him with an unrelated domestic issue, I wish the media was like that now

[@JohnSmith-ct5jd]

The Boomers run our society now. That is the difference.

[@bivensrk]

To be fair, a given media person will let a person talk IF the two are on the same side, politically. If they are on opposite sides, then it gets very difficult to make out what the person is saying. Also, the commenters who side w/ the interviewee will often bemoan the interruptions. Comments who don't like the interviewee will express concern that the interviewee is "being given a platform."

[@fortynights1513]

Who are the interviewers?

[@barneyboyle6933]

Mhm. Mhm. Yes, Mr president. And could you tell us now how this would affect black and brown communities?

[@condekirk4271]

They don’t interrupt nowadays. If the politician isn’t peddling absolute bullshit or refusing to answer the question. Don’t shoot the messenger. Shoot the powerful avoiding accountability

[@PhilAndersonOutside]

He was 81 years old here, and still had nearly all his faculties. People didn't like him for obvious reasons, but he was simply politically gifted. Just brilliant on global issues, and so spot on about his prediction of the future Russia.

[@dukeofsaguenayduc4033]

biden is nearly 81 and still able too

[@PhilAndersonOutside]

@@dukeofsaguenayduc4033 He's not as with it. Okay, yes, but not like Nixon was at this point. I fear in two years when he stands on a debate stage up against Ron DeSantis, Biden is going to look like an old man, really old. DeSantis is also media savvy, really good at speaking in sound bites, even if he's talking out his rear. That plays well into the social media frenzy. I should clarify I voted for Biden, and likely will again. But he's just old.

[@GentlemanLife-Beyotch]

@@dukeofsaguenayduc4033 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@joao.fenix1473]

@@dukeofsaguenayduc4033 Barely

[@okamijubei]

Along with easing the tension between US and China during his presidency. Though sadly only just a temporary relief (but it's not for nothing).

[@Wikingking]

Imagine that a fallen ex-President, who had to resign from office is 81 years old, and still the interviewer and Nixon himself are conducting and expressing themselves in a manner that is just inconceivable by today's standards. This is how far we have strayed from the path. It's insane - and sad.

[@stevendinapoli1239]

I agree wholeheartedly with u !

[@Senatorcraigz]

Any journalist with this opportunity these days would stick him with a watergate question. This guy, whoever he was, tapped into his proven knowledge of foreign policy. That's how the job is supposed to be done.

[@billjohnson2081]

You should search out the 1 hour or so long interview with Gerald Ford from about 1975 on KZbin. Then compare it to Trump/Biden. It's not sad what the US has become, it's a joke.

[@broadstreet21]

@@Senatorcraigz I cannot get over how Nixon didn't even need Watergate. Given how far ahead he was, he could have been on the receiving end of Watergate and still won.

[@bobbyjones7756]

Yep. Might take the title as the world's most insecure man for that period. Did not need any of that in '72.

[@frostgodx]

Honestly its so strange seeing an intelligent president speaking and questions actually be answered and not diverting into non sense. Bring this back

[@bourbonbrethren]

Or Prime Minister. 🇨🇦🤡

[@nowonmetube]

Like Helmut Schmidt.

[@gorginhanson]

Can you imagine a democrat getting away with saying we need to help Russia? Especially in 1994 of all times. Double standards for everything.

[@maxamillionphillipbeckett3237]

@@gorginhanson dude i dont know if you know this but democrats in 1994 are not the same democrats in todays 2023.... joe biden is not a democrat... he is a conservative masked with some left leaning principles that aren't really that ground breaking wake up out of your echo chamber

[@Frohman2]

Ah yes, let us all bask in the glow of the unimpeachable standard of American democracy, Richard fucking Nixon.

[@superbrownbrown]

*He not only predicted Russia, but he predicted China's response to Russia.*

[@Star-lv1gk]

Oh really? That's why people are free in R.? But somehow he didn't adress An6lo Saxon imperialism and the 800 bases of the U5A all around the world.

[@superbrownbrown]

@@Star-lv1gk *Are you yammering about the Diet Soviet Union?* 🤔

[@Star-lv1gk]

@@superbrownbrown While you may have a fun time, my people - Ukrainians and Russians are dying against their own free will in a war provoked by the U5A since 2014 in Donbass - Ukraine. The dead soldiers see you. Still funny?

[@SvendBosanvovski]

He might have predicted the illegal invasion of Iraq, too.

[@Omnicient.]

He didn't predict his own downfall which I imagine should have been more important for him. In the 1970s every American was predicting problems coming from Russia! All of these things often play out as though they were on a stage.

[@lundsweden]

I'm on the opposite side of politics to Nixon, but admire his excellent geopolitical knowledge and accurate analysis.

[@CarlosEduardo-rz5ww]

By that time, Republicans were only conservatives, not stupid

[@Mdebacle]

Looking back at the 1980 Iran hostage crisis, one guy said, "Tricky Dick Nixon would have known what to do."

[@lundsweden]

He would've for sure. He was strong in the area of geopolitics and a pretty good President

[@lundsweden]

@@midtownmariner5250 Maybe despotism was good for business?

[@hughdismuke4703]

Well now you're on the side of Nixon. Too bad he didn't have an excellent presidency as he was forced out for being a crook.

[@ej11481]

Nixon was once asked whether Russia or China has a greater future ahead of it. He grinned and then rhetorically asked, "How many Russian restaurants are there in New York?"

[@wingkeungkong415]

Chinese is capitalist animal Chinese only believe in money

[@kendavies945]

The man was a fecking half-wit.

[@jesusislordsavior6343]

@@privateconfidential4775 It would surprise me greatly if that were the case, but the remark still stings--------mostly as a commentary on how much geopolitics has to do with consumer culture.

[@privateconfidential4775]

@@jesusislordsavior6343 Free Speech: you are Russian then? it’s an objective observation that there is very little Russian businesses in US or Canada most probably due to the constant politics going on. There is a mark in space science that Russia has made

[@oscaralegre3683]

excelent answer from Nixon

[@Nightweaver1]

Nixon was highly intelligent, with an IQ of 155, a student of history and knew his stuff. We remember him for what he did wrong, but he was scarily accurate in this prediction.

[@Devin7Eleven]

We sadly always remember people for what they did wrong and not what they did right

[@guillermoelnino]

​@@Devin7Elevenwhat did he do? Spy on his political opponents to get a leg up? Thr last 5 Democrat nominiees have been doing that same thing.

[@Nightweaver1]

@@guillermoelnino You know, had I replied in the other direction, and criticized Nixon thoroughly, there would have also been people to jump on me like you did. So no matter WHAT I commented on this, there was no way I could have won.

[@gazpachopolice7211]

​@@guillermoelnino proof?

[@guillermoelnino]

@@gazpachopolice7211 NPC clapback #6 isnt a strong enough motivator for me tp take the time to link sources to rub y ou r nose in it.

[@vladimirgroysman1917]

Brilliant analysis. I think Nixon as a politician deserves a lot more credit than he received. I don’t see any politicians today capable of this type of foresight.

[@theoracle7148]

He started it all when he opened relations with red China.

[@hefnasty99]

His analysis was great and he nailed it - but it was not that advanced.

[@derricklarsen2919]

Nobody ever said Nixon was a dummy. He was just a little bit um tricky

[@spankyharland9845]

Nixon had more common sense in his pinkie than joe biden has in his entire body.

[@jayguero2123]

Nixon was a man strung up in hysteria and insecurities. A smart man flawed just like everyone else. Without causing too much partisan controversy in the comment section, I believe Obama also has had made a lot of assessments about where the world is heading. In their interviews, both men seem firm about the impact they’ve left behind and America’s role in the international community.

[@johnnysmith7109]

Nobody ever accused Nixon of being dumb. He is however mostly remembered for his flaws.

[@weirdshibainu]

Today's politicians are both flawed and dumb.

[@nixxxon18]

He is also remembered by losing to Kennedy's "presence" on TV lol

[@weirdshibainu]

@@nixxxon18 First t.v. debate and Nixon's team just didn't know the new rules.

[@DistantLights]

He was a self made man

[@johnnysmith7109]

@@DistantLights Yes he rose from the working class, the opposite of the spoiled silver spooned priviliged Kennedy.

[@joiedevie3901]

For all of his failings, Nixon remains one of the most insightful minds of geopolitics. He did prove prescient in these remarks and commended his role as architect of the U.S. triangulation of the USSR/China/U.S. that led to the end of the Soviet Union and the reemergence of China as a global economic power. He also showed his age and the ghosts that haunt him when he referred to North Korea as North Vietnam twice. Very polite of the interviews to give him the chance to correct himself before this segment ended.

[@xtremenortherner]

I remember back in 1968 & 1972 when he finally won the vote to the office of Presidency...,and Watergate(an albatross around his neck until he died in 1994)Kissinger turned 100 years old last week! Both shaped American policy but were dogged by the Vietnam War. Stood up in the Cold War between the USSR , Red China and the USA also...,

[@patdohrety2940]

@@xtremenortherner Do you think if Nixon had more time in office, he would have resoundingly crushed north Vietnam into submission? We were carpet bombing them around the clock with B52s for a while, and they were starting to crack from it.

[@morokeiboethia6749]

The reason why the american media hates Nixon and always had and always will is b/c the american media (news outlets, tv stations, entertainment industries (Hollywood and Music), etc) is b/c those industries are almost entirely owned by Jews. That is important to note because most of them that have owned the large news outlets came from Europe or their parents came from Europe. Benjamin Freedman (Jewish) said that during the WW1 days that about 95% of the registered communists in Europe were Jews. When I say "Jew" im referring to the ethnic bloodline and not the religion. Most Jews that sided with the communist movement say they are atheist. Cleon Skousen (worked for FBI and CIA on original communist counter espionage units) said in his book he published all the way back in 1958 that the men who own the big media outlets (NBC, ABC, CBS, NY Times, etc) were men that they knew were pro-communist. Although the owners of those media outlets during those years have all passed away, the ownership / control of our media is still in the hands of Jewish Marxists who are using the media outlets which they own and direct to push communist propaganda on America/Americans. Nixon was a thorn in the communists' ass and that is why they will always demonize him and McCarthy and anyone else who is an enemy to them. Vladmir Putin is a Chrisitan Russian nationalist. He grew up during the communist reign and even worked in the communist gov but he wanted it gone. When the communists lost control of Russia in the early 1990s, Putin picked up what they lost and that is why he is also hated by our media (conservative and liberal media both hate him b/c their both owned/directe by Jews with the same political allegiance which is Marxism. They try to demonize someone immediately so you dont have a chance to make a decision for yourself. You will hate who they brainwash you to hate and not give you the chance to make that decision for yourself.

[@vikramgupta2326]

Yeah, I wondered about that.

[@sammy-wi8pi]

What's so insightful about a shamed POTUS ???!

[@gabrielna5968]

It is admirable how accurate he was in predicting what was about to happen (at that time, Putin was in St Petersburg, he would go to Moscow a couple of years later). But it also sheds in hindsight a sorrowful light on how inneffective was US policy towards Russia in those years..

[@Insert-Retarded-Reply-Here]

US policy was very effective actually. Extremely effective at alienating Russia and actively supporting a domestic dictatorship while encroaching in their traditional sphere of influence.

[@philiphatfield5666]

Richard Nixon was one of the few Presidents who actually wrote his own books-----and they were excellent!

[@jamesa.b.7194]

Many president wrote their own memoirs. Carter, Obama, Clinton, and Teddy Roosevelt have had successful writing careers independent of their memoirs. Grant wrote one of the best memoirs ever written by a president or anyone.

[@TheGero95]

I loved the book "I hate Vietnamese people and I'm a crook" great read

[@TheDeCaesare]

Hillary Clinton for President!

[@jesusislordsavior6343]

@@TheDeCaesare First you might have to overcome her resistance as well as the resistance of the US Democratic party. As it says in Ecclesiastes, 'there is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the sun.' I will give her credit for one thing. I heard no other US presidential candidate speak a word on behalf of persecuted Christians in the Middle East. For someone so dependent on evangelical support, Trump was astonishingly indifferent to that issue. No surprise there however. What does one say about a man who 'fell in love' with the North Korean dictator?

[@eh5872]

@@TheGero95 Nixon didn’t even start the war

[@OnePost909]

No one ever doubted Nixon's grasp of international affairs.

[@OrdenJust]

Oh, there were doubts. Cambodia, Chile. But most of the doubts were that it was not Nixon with the grasp of international affairs, but rather Henry Kissinger.

[@ValaHough]

He handled well your internal affairs if you ask me 🙂

[@OrdenJust]

@@ValaHough I am not sure what you mean by Nixon handling internal affairs well. Many, or even most, economists think that the economic woes of the Seventies arose from Nixon's use of wage and price controls to combat inflation. Wage and price controls are considered to be a terrible economic idea. A new term was coined, "stagflation", to describe a situation of high inflation and high unemployment. Economist had not seen stagflation before. Previously high inflation was couple with LOW unemployment, and likewise, low inflation was coupled with HIGH unemployment. Now, much of the brunt of stagflation happened after Nixon left office, but there is usually a lag between political action and economic effects. So Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald inherited the damage from wage and price controls. So why did Nixon go the route of wage and price controls? Well, he wanted to pay for a very expensive war in Vietnam without raising taxes. It was not until Fed Chairman Paul Volcker was appointed by Jimmy Carter that some of the mess that Nixon did to the U.S. Economy began to be reversed. Nixon had some positive achievements. I think the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act happened during his administration. But I rate Nixon one of the three worst Presidents of my lifetime. George W. Bush and Donald Trump are the other two.

[@OrdenJust]

@arturbello4213 One swallow does not make a summer.

[@JeanValjean875]

​@Artur Bello That's kind of a shallow analysis. Nixon faced huge Democratic majorities in Congress throughout his entire term. They pretty much forced the EPA down his throat.

[@d.martin7692]

Nixon is looking like a man of principle next to today's politicians.

[@jameshorton3692]

He was set up.

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

@@jameshorton3692 That is a very long and complicated thing, he politically skilled but he made a lot of enemies in congress the CIA, FBI & other white league bankers,

[@zachcarter3186]

Do u know how much stuff is kept secret , we only see a tiny fraction Mind ya it's easier to see now. But think what risky business was being conducted before the audio tapes and tv of today

[@gobot4455]

You're not wrong. For all his faults, I think he still saw himself as a steward for the "American system". These days, the politicians are clearly money mongers looking out for number one - with few exceptions.

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

@@zachcarter3186 US version of Otto von Bismarck,

[@WilliamP-e8s]

81 years old here completely lucid, articulate, and still at the very top when it comes to intelligence and policy. Now look at the 81 year old we have now that can't even form a coherent thought even using note cards.

[@jeffnahass8373]

Whether you like this guy or not, he did read. He studied world political ideologies.

[@cheetahBeachwood]

Wicked smart- and according to Hunter S Thompson, addicted to pro football

[@cybergothika6906]

Funny that all that it takes for some of you to respect a nasty corrupted man, is a 3 minutes video. It doesn't even need to be very complex, just random topics about something you have never read about or thought about, and the character is sold. Congratulations?

[@gregtennessee8249]

Hitler studied politics too... Nixon was corrupt like trump

[@jeffnahass8373]

@@gregtennessee8249 yes he did. Doesn’t mean he’s nice.

[@cybergothika6906]

@@gregtennessee8249 They like to worship the evil losers that were defeated. It is pathetic

[@amon_asentir]

This gives me a newfound respect for Nixon, to be honest. For all his flaws, he saw the currents of historical development clearly, and could articulate them clearly as long as he lived. I have great respect for that.

[@dexterlecter7289]

He was hosed really. 1) auto industry told him he’d have a bad time in the press if he continues pushing for drivers safety. 2) he took measures to protect the dollar from global speculation. Research either one of those and it’ll become apparent why he was nailed to an incident that more then likely happens at much greater extent than we think. Yet no one else gets nailed.

[@generalyellor8188]

Compared to Trump, Nixon was a saint.

[@OnlyGrafting]

@@generalyellor8188 Biden*

[@insightfulhistorian1861]

@@cranialdamage7081 Trump had reporters thrown in jail for reporting the southern border and declared martial law to kill George Floyd protesters in 2020. I'd say tear gassing and shooting protesters of police brutality in the streets is worse than 4 dead students at Kent State. And Trump repealed universal healthcare via the ACA, which was an idea that originated with Nixon. And Nixon made an effort to reach out China and Russia for diplomacy despite being our enemies through detente, Trump only antagonized and brought us closer to war. Also, Nixon did not violate the emoluments clause by taking money from foreign nations to run for president, your idol Drumpf was guilty of that. Also, your cranial damage (username checks out) prevented you from remembering that Nixon started the EPA to reduce pollution for the health of the planet 🌏, Trump is a climate change denier.

[@makipri]

@@generalyellor8188 You can compare any US president to Trump and make them look like a saint.

[@williamozier918]

Credit where it's due, he nailed this one!

[@nixxxon18]

He really didn't. Russia hasn't been exactly a freedom reference... They switched to capitalism but only in part. And freedom and democracy? Well, not exactly.

[@aristotleonassis5792]

@@nixxxon18 capitalism, under western auspices, failed more than democracy under Yeltsin. The power vacuum, after the fall of the Soviet Union, created a situation that wouldn’t allow them to be implemented correctly. Now the east of Europe, the Middle East and Asia are fed up of western hypocrisy and the implementation of gender reassignments and the attack on culture.

[@jw9565]

@nixxxon18 that'd the whole point, he said IF Russia does that fully, then things will get better.

[@dwaynethemineraljohnson412]

@@nixxxon18 democracy is a political system capitalism is a economic system 2 thing that are seperate

[@nixxxon18]

@@dwaynethemineraljohnson412 tell me something that I dont know pls

[@houdini178]

the way he tied up the Korea topic at the end as a pretext to include the third person in the conversation is just marvelous

[@toms169]

Though he did embarrassingly mix up Vietnam with Korea 😅 To be clear, North Vietnam and North Korea were both supported by the Soviet Union, but in the context of what he was trying to say, he clearly wanted to say „Korea“.

[@bretttalbott7892]

President Nixon at the age of 81 and still has all his cognitive thoughts.

[@RyanJ504]

He died April 22nd of 1994. This may be one of, if not his very last interview.

[@jimmywoods7879]

Oh my God he's far more intelligent response than the idiot in the White House now

[@moncorp1]

Since then our country has become so dumbed down it elected a man with obvious dementia.

[@releasethedogs]

No he doesn't he calls North Korea "North Vietnam" twice.

[@jimmywoods7879]

@@releasethedogs I agree but he is much much sharper than Biden

[@StreetDrilla]

Interviewers pretended to not notice the old man said “North Vietnam” rather than “North Korea”. Vietnam really must’ve gotten to nixon

[@gabrielflaubert5881]

You still have time to delete this comment before making a fool of yourself for not knowing how the communist takeover of Vietnam came about

[@StreetDrilla]

@@gabrielflaubert5881 Talking about North Vietnam in 1994? Why are you so braindead? Please refrain from making further comments. Nixon and the Americans were kicked out of vietnam lol. Maybe your hearing is in the same condition as old man nixon. 2:37 "Russia will not be a supporter of North Vietnam". How about explaining this smart one?

[@muslimnde3612]

Like Bush's Iraq & Biden's Afghanistan .

[@wwbuirkle]

No because N Vietnam was still clinging to communism at the time of this interview

[@StreetDrilla]

@@wwbuirkle what is "N Vietnam" at the time of this interview exactly? Or are you saying Vietnam is a capitalist country?

[@stevendinapoli1239]

In spite of the obvious that had surrounded him, u have to admire the intelligence and knowledge he had especially concerning foreign affairs. After watching many interviews that he had givin through out the years I’ve grown a respect for him regardless.

[@lar7905]

@stevendinapoli1239 ...I feel somewhat like yourself. He was a sly scoundrel but a great foreign strategist . Makes me think I should pinch myself .

[@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973]

If you haven't read Nixon's book 'Leaders' , I strongly recommend it. The man was not the ridiculous caricature he is so often portrayed as being. He was brilliant, understood people and had a broad understanding of geopolitics that set him apart from others who have held the office.

[@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973]

@@Omnicient. the book is exactly what it's title implies. It's about world leaders he met and worked with. MacArthur, Churchill, Khrushchev, Adenauer, Zhou, Mao, etc. It's not about himself or his presidency . It's a great look into the minds of some of the 20th century's most controversial and interesting people.

[@guidosarducci209]

It's just too bad he was a psychopath too.

[@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973]

@@guidosarducci209 he was at least more mentally stable and certainly more qualified to serve than the men who have held the office for the past 15 years

[@guidosarducci209]

@@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973 if, by "mentally stable" you mean "had to be talked out of nuking North Korea by the likes of Henry Kissinger" ...

[@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973]

@@guidosarducci209 I have a really nice bridge for sale if you are interested

[@weqe2278]

Wow. He sounds like he could step into the office right now and, after a few briefings, do just fine.

[@deanfirnatine7814]

Better than the dementia riddled buffoon now

[@DugrozReports]

Since apparently you can now be president in your 80's . . . .

[@vee361-e1c]

Biden+Trump may have lowered the bar but let's stop electing geriatrics

[@northernbettygirl]

He probably could. Biden wouldn't stand a chance against him, despite what happened with Watergate, which Biden would throw at Nixon. You know that'd happen for sure!

[@northernbettygirl]

AND, with age comes wisdom, but when the aged have mental health issues like Biden, all the wisdom goes right out the window. Let us not forget though, Biden wants our destruction!

[@frankpalancio8471]

Wow. A president who actually knows what's happening in the world at the time. Haven't seen that in about 30 years

[@GerardScroogeGoes]

Let me guess; your republican....

[@hughdismuke4703]

What a joke! The guy was a crook and was forced out of office or face impeachment.

[@Redmanticore]

60 years* fixed

[@mstevens94]

Well, Nixon was well-read. The thing was, he was crooked as a leader, which in all honesty, who was not?. But that does not mean his opinion of Russia becoming a nationalist authoritarian state is irrelevant. It is not. Communism was thrust on Russia by the Bolsheviks under Lenin, who created a whole socialist state that filled the power vacuum left over by the Imperial Czarist government. So if the Russian provisional government was overthrown without the Bolsheviks taking over, maybe a militarist government, possibly a junta or dictatorship, would be ruling Russia instead of the Communists. Ironically, the Communist governments that took over historically were in places with no or minimal working class. Russia had a minimal working class, and China had no working class. Unlike the West, Germany, France, the UK, and the US, with the solid presence of a working-class and high industrialism socialism-lite, exists in such countries.

[@googoo-gjoob]

2 years* fixed

[@xGoodOldSmurfehx]

This time, Nixon was spot-on and absolutely not a single inch wrong in his analysis... Impressive considering it was in 1994

[@alchemyphoenix2374]

Man... Everyone remembers this guy for Watergate and his resignation, but he was clearly a very thoughtful, poised, dispassionate, well-informed leader during a time when such qualities were valued over pomp and bluster in politicians.

[@raymondrizzo284]

And there is an also the fact that he was a vindictive, sociopathic criminal. Other than that, I guess he’s super.

[@cretaceoussteve3527]

Good god almighty ... this thoughtful, poised, dispassionate guy you see on this talk shows, along with Kissinger, are pretty heavily responsible for the deaths of a few million cambodians, laotians and vietnamese and thousands of americans. Everybody remembers him for watergate for the same reason that everybody remembers MLK for his I have a dream speech, because those narratives don't expose fundamental inequality and violence that US imperialism (and imperialism by any world power) is all about. But all anybody cares about is whether a guy looks good in a suit and uses 12-karat words. Americans are so brainwashed.

[@judsongaiden9878]

"Dispassionate" might not be the right word, but the rest of that description is spot-on.

[@judsongaiden9878]

@@raymondrizzo284 Ave vindicta!

[@curtcoeurdelion]

And as we know now, Watergate was a CIA operation to get rid of Nixon. So sad. After that we got Clowns like Carter, Clinton, Obama and Biden.

[@joshuahjfarquharm.3269]

I wish our presidents these past few years could talk like this. Thoughtful, articulate... The bar has been lowered considerably.

[@JustinLHopkins]

Obama was known for being very well spoken.

[@decavalerie6484]

You need to be at least somewhat smart to understand what he is talking about - not what you need to be president today

[@JustinLHopkins]

@@decavalerie6484 Let’s be real though. We do not get the high caliber presidents now that this country once had.

[@decavalerie6484]

@@JustinLHopkins I am from Ukraine, our president is famous for playing piano with his dick and previous was famous for good quality chocolate

[@PabloCotugno]

@@JustinLHopkins he dropped more bombs on the world than bush and brought the US to the brink of racial war hardly an exemplary man

[@SamBrickell]

He was smart. Even his greatest enemy could never call him 'stupid'.

[@bobbywatchaddict523]

Unfortunately, Nixon’s greatest enemy was himself. He struggled with the same demons most of do.

[@mochiebellina8190]

bush jr? bidet?

[@PhilAndersonOutside]

@@bobbywatchaddict523 This. He was borderline paranoid. He won re-election in the biggest landslide in the last 75 years. Yet he was still so worried when Watergate leaked that he tried to facilitate the cover-up. If he just would have started firing people, and allowed the justice department to prosecute those directly involved, he would have skirted the whole thing. But Nixon didn't think like that. As you say, we all have our demons, our shortcomings. This clipped Nixon right in his achilles.

[@jojojo6147]

@@bobbywatchaddict523 Well said.

[@iamasmurf1122]

You are joking ? Nixon was responsible for taking the world off of the gold standard ; thus forcing all economies to follow suit … and that caused money to be worth nothing … as a result printing money became normal and money became worth more and more nothing … and it is going to get worse worlds on a trajectory of economic collapse thanks to this guy !! He screwed over many many generations

[@Avicenna10]

People forget just how brilliant Nixon was. This is pure gold. It's like he had a crystal ball. As the video title aptly says, his basically predicted the rise of (someone like) Putin if freedom failed in Russia. And...it's now 2023, and here we are.

[@philduoos2961]

IIRC he also spoke about how his biggest regret of not finishing his second term was that he wanted the west to help Africa. He spoke about establishing knowledge centers on how to govern people, etc. He said Africa has such potential but is so limited in experience of self-rule that it would only be a matter of time before a country starts taking over. I can't recall if he mentioned China specifically or not. I'm thinking he may have as I remember someone (Nixon?) saying how the African and Chinese worldview is very different and while the Africans may let China in at first, it wouldn't last long.

[@jackspencer8290]

Incredible how prescient this analysis was. Unfortunately, exactly what he feared would happen has happened.

[@krel3358]

I think its likely Nixon either did not fully understand the world he was living in as perhaps he was not invited to the Bilderberg group, Trilateral Commission, or Council on Foreign Relations to name a few as what Nixon feared is what those institutions wanted. Its very obvious if you look at the 20th century particularly along the lines of what the CIA has gotten away with and MK ultra experiments just to name one that its very obvious that tyranny and despotism using technocracy was always going to be the end goal of 21st century politics. It seems to me Nixon is a bit naive or out of the loop in terms of how the deepstate/illuminati operated and what they wanted humanity and the planet to do and really i err on the paranoid side of things and think Nixon knew exactly what was going on to a degree, and hes just reading from a script in this interview to keep the normies happy as even likely he is a bit disturbed about what is going on. kzbin.info/www/bejne/foO6iJiYbJijrc0

[@MrSvinkoyaschMrSvinkoyasch]

Yeah, freedom and democracy have failed totally.

[@sammybeutlin2763]

Yeah, we workers need to stand up for ourselves. It cant be, that the rich destroy the environment and the social rights, which are needed, so not another Great War would happen.

[@chriauc2976]

No. It did not Russia was trading oil west was in Russia to help in all industry. When you are nation of imperialism sprinkle in an old aging dictatorship your get What you get. How much more UsA and the world needed to be in Russia for you to be satisfied?

[@NACLGames]

@@chriauc2976 I also would be cynical and say what Nixon is talking about when he says "freedom and democracy" is really just a kind of a hidden American tributary system, a type of imperialism that notably Ancient China had. However, it's also true that system made for a stable world with relatively little conflict, barring the occasional barbarian horde to which diplomacy meant nothing. And there was the potential for America to fulfill the same role, much as we would grumble basically being under an American thumb. However, while Russia embraced and was aided by the west in terms of internal economic development, economic brinksmanship and isolative diplomacy was still employed by the USA against Russia, because it was a very handy political talking point in Washington. Seemingly modern USA always needed an external bogeyman. And now both they and the rest of the world are paying for it in the form of despotic Russia and China.

[@highvoltageswitcher6256]

He was a complex man. However, looking at this I wonder if he had a time machine. This is absolutely spot on!

[@livinthefilm]

Very sophisticated character.

[@firehouse6226]

He would have been a highly respected political science professor.

[@williambrandondavis6897]

Lol! What do they say about teachers?

[@firehouse6226]

@@williambrandondavis6897 Those who can, do. Those who can't,....

[@matejfele9971]

Political "science"? Lol.

[@jimbo43ohara51]

@@williambrandondavis6897 Those that can DO, those that can't TEACH. Tricky Dicky certainly seems to fill the bill.

[@Trgn]

He's just speaking from US's own imperialist mindset and experience. It's not rocket science.

[@irinachuchueva3181]

From 2023, from Russian perspetive, it's amazing to hear such a deep understanding of what might happen... He was a genious!

[@utube9000]

Hard to believe that this man was still with us in 1994 (he died shortly after this interview) It's a shame that the media pushed him aside - he would have been a valuable voice to have in our regular political discourse.

[@tedpeterson1156]

He won an absolute landslide reelection 1972, every single state except Minnesota (probably), and they managed to get rid of him within 2 years.

[@mihailos8701]

I don't know much about him, but basing on this video, I agree

[@Niel2760]

Well given that he was a criminal, it’s not hard to understand why he was a pariah.

[@williamyoung9401]

Nixon was responsible for his own bad press. The media didn't pick on him. His cronies are why our government is in the mess it's in right now.

[@thelastbison2241]

Yeah, his mind is so much more clear than the current politicians

[@dezertson2011]

This is how polite interviews used to be as well. Not that hard questions shouldn’t be asked, but in a civil way.

[@frankkovacs6214]

That. I was about to say, it takes two and both Dick and his two interviewers were far more professional back in 1994 than anybody is now. Sad.

[@gertwallen]

Nixon was not only a brilliant mind in foreign policy, he also excelled at interplanetary policy being the only US President to hold a phone call to the moon

[@mavsocc]

also he was the president of the world in futurama (his head to be precise)

[@beasheerhan4482]

President was a brilliant and great man. He had, however ethical issues, and, as such, he'd fit right in with this century's presidents.

[@HanHonHon]

@@beasheerhan4482 While president he was a paranoid maniac who had hatred for blacks, jews, women, gays, the press, etc... You gotta listen to some Nixon recordings, he was corrupt to the gills

[@jasonwarren3999]

Why did Nixon open up to China? Am I wrong? I'm 43 I'm very interested in history and opinions on history. I listen to all sides and try to understanding of the. I feel that I in The U.S. there are millions of answers. Never sure about the truth. I'm so grateful for that . China was one of the most brutal counties in history. Just asking why. Not arguing. I am very much against communism. I don't hear much of why he did. Eager to read your thoughts. Thanks.

[@gertwallen]

@@jasonwarren3999 Nixon opened to China as a strategic move to introduce capitalism and progress, and at the same time he saw China as cheap labor for american firms. His aim was to welcome China to the Western World, and perhaps achieve an alliance that would bring stability. I agree that history proved otherwise, China achieved economic development but made the communist party stronger which in turn meant human rights violations and a menace to the world order

[@nerifterafrnam4682]

1:03 "new despotism" : that phrase blew my mind, the prediction there.

[@gerardcousineau3478]

He's more than a politician here. Nixon in this video proves he's a visionary. 👍

[@franceleeparis37]

??? 😂😂😂visionary my ars … even a school boy could have come up with that scenarios..

[@jeffparkinson5005]

It's easy to be a so-called visionary when you know the agenda far in advance. The whole world's a stage in the Freemasons are pulling the puppet strings. Just like George Orwell was no visionary, I would bet you $1,000 he was connected to the Freemasons and they directed to him in what to write and he just used his skill of writing to write it out, of what was coming in the future in 1984 that book and in Animal farm that book, he's not being prophetic there at all he was a staunch atheist and an alcoholic that just so happen to be able to write novels and I believe he was contacted and directed by the Freemasons to write everything he wrote in those books he just had the job of putting it into a novel form. And I highly suspect that he was killed because alcoholics are known to keep secrets very well.

[@hughdismuke4703]

Why do people talk like he's still alive? He died 29 years ago.

[@spoonwinnipeg2021]

Nixon's understanding about developing statehood and nation states in transition isn't so much predictive as obvious for anyone with his political acumen. As they say on Vulcan, "Only Nixon could go to China". He was an intelligent politician who understood how such things would play out.

[@vikramgupta2326]

Ha! That was a great line. Star trek VI! My favorite! And Shakespeare is best in the original Klingon.

[@jackfishcampbell6745]

He was certainly more than intelligent , i never liked the guy , but this guy blows ALL of the presidents since , his resignation , out of the water .

[@anatolepapafilippou7967]

People vilified this man, probably quite rightly, but it is sad that we never see anything like this kind of wisdom and statesmanship.

[@surenbaghdasaryan9059]

He was really a great statesman!

[@mikemorgan5394]

because he's a Republican. There is no way any Republican will ever get treated fairly by the press.

[@portagepete1]

I'm not an expert but I think he was vilified because he pulled out of Vietnam. Same thing with Trump..... If you don't like war you are the bad guy period.

[@borsch1115]

Don't look for wisdom and statesmenship from our current surviving presidents Clinton, Bush, or Obama. Maybe Carter, but he's approaching his last days health wise

[@unokarpa4405]

он просто лжец, а судя по тому что продолжал врать после того как его поймали на вранье - он ещё и подлец, вотергейт показал что он сам не верил в демократию, он обыкновенный тиран у которого не получилось.

[@ejicon3099]

Even though I was born when Nixon was still around, seeing him at this age in 1994 is pretty amazing. He's always been a snippet in news reels to me.

[@OneWingedRose]

He's always been a cartoon head in a jar to me. Or a parody people do when they realise they can make prosthetic big noses. Weird seeing him as not a cartoon figure and actually talking sense.

[@ejicon3099]

@@OneWingedRose Yes! You nailed it.

[@youknow6968]

Genius is always underrated. Although in old age, he confused North Vietnam with North Korea, but self corrected

[@generalyellor8188]

He wasn't a genius, but compared to Bush Jr and of course Trump, Nixon was an absolute genius. But your line that "genius is always underrated" may be the stupidest line I've read today.

[@youknow6968]

@@generalyellor8188 your whole comment is not maybe but definitely the stupidest comment I've read in the past year. Meaningless and without a considered thought, that's pretty empty. What a pitiful individual you are 🤣🤣

[@Tempusverum]

@@generalyellor8188Because it is. People never recognize or acknowledge genius, even when it’s under their nose

[@karanadwani9609]

@@generalyellor8188 trump better

[@michaelopry3456]

@@generalyellor8188 really, no comment on senile joe? Joe is trading all of our armaments, borrowing cash from china (you remember china dont you, the country that gave us the virus that killed our economy) to pay for a war in Ukraine that china is backing the russians in. I guess that money funneled through hunter is paying off right. if you remember correctly, Trump was actually not well liked by china. How's our southern border going under senile joe? Oh that's right, record illegals flooding in. By the way, you saying "stupidest" rather than most stupid is absolute comedic gold.

[@capsitan]

"new-age despotism" - wow he called that spot on

[@SFO14]

The USA has a monopoly on that

[@stddisclaimer8020]

@@SFO14 No such "monopoly," and the USA lacks a Putin.

[@SFO14]

@@stddisclaimer8020 They don’t need a Putin, they had a Bush/Obama/Biden. The USA has waged illegal proxy wars in foreign countries in the a name of oil for years, but go on.

[@91dodgespiritrt]

@@stddisclaimer8020 Viva a la Putin.

[@franceleeparis37]

Yea… as opposed to down right criminality and sedition which Nixon was responsible for… but in America that’s called entrepreneurship😂

[@TheRabinrimal]

Wow! He is brilliant in his analysis!!

[@neil5568]

Prescient, articulate and insightful. The man is brilliant.

[@scottmoore1614]

Wow, never a big Nixon fan but he certainly nailed it.

[@suzieparis6821]

When i learned the truth i became a huge fan.. great man n mind

[@jslevenson101]

He got a few things right but a lot more things wrong.

[@UptheMountainVideo]

Nixon was one of our better presidents, except he got caught in a lie.

[@joshmcdzz6925]

I wasn't a fan either just like you until I realized my opinions were formed by the media and not the truth

[@PabloCotugno]

@@jslevenson101 ​ obama dropped more bombs on the world than war criminal bush the bushs were war criminals hillary clinton and her huband have stolen hundreds millions through their foundation as will obama when he is done bidens entire family are criminals nixon by these standards is not a criminal

[@vickaps]

It's almost like Nixon was a brilliant policy strategist and statesman all along 🤔

[@wwbuirkle]

Well he was

[@waltermodel2521]

he also believed that the roman empire fell because the last six roman emperors were, in his words, "fags"

[@wwbuirkle]

@@waltermodel2521 Well he's right again. LMFAO

[@waltermodel2521]

@@wwbuirkle Can't say you're wrong about that :) it was another time

[@ArcticGrumpy]

No one is knocking his intelligence, it’s just that the Watergate scandal changed his reputation forever.

[@soyuz281]

The reason he spoke so clearly and honestly was because he was out of office. When you are holding or running for office, you always worry about making some small/vocal fraction angry.

[@aaronbergeron9742]

Not Trump Trump 24

[@bighands69]

No he would never openly talk about that as president but he most certainly would have had a policy.

[@sstrazzi]

I don't understand how you could listen to a coherent and intelligent analysis of geopolitics, and then immediately spruik an incoherent and lazy simpleton. Maybe Trump's a business genius but his time in office was a disaster.

[@WhatHappenedIn-vt3vq]

@@sstrazzi His political career is his Kreme de la creme. Trump is a garbage business man who just had the a base to big to fail

[@WhatHappenedIn-vt3vq]

@@sstrazzi Politics wise it was only a diastor from your political stance things didn't really go wrong until near the end. At start he polled meh but not awful for the polarization there was, mid term he was going strong and stable and only at the end did he tank and it still wasn't as bad as it was with Bush

[@timpeterson87]

I remember when people spoke this way. It didn’t matter which party or ideology they stood behind. Nowadays people just want to perform for “likes” and at all cost be “right”, no matter the cost to civility, reason and actual intelligence. The way the media and to another extent the politicians are now is a reflection of what the viewers want to see: Performance, sound bites and disrespect are all that are important and the media and politicians cash right the hell in while we look like fools.

[@eFMe-fk1xh]

You nailed it, because you didn't only mentioned politicians, as it would be so easy here, but "people". And you're right, because if the politicians now are as a dumb as a drunk teenagers, it's because the whole society, and the system behind it that has changed, and supports this. The medias have always been the real power, and today, with the media being 24/7 in our life, we are controlled by the immediate response, as you said, of being "liked". Politicians are just like any other disposable dumb VIP now, and we viewers are dumber than them.

[@leighchristensen8147]

Gone are the days of elected officials who understood history and its implications.

[@rosieroti4063]

Yes, Sadly.. today we have former presidents who are sexual perverts, or who have gaffes talking about attacking other countries or who tweeted meaningless words. btw, why wasn't Jimmy Carter as vocal as Nixon?

[@rjhyden]

Exactly, strictly an embezzlement scheme now.

[@tyrannywatch974]

Wrong we had Obama, and now Joe Biden.

[@davidrenton]

@@tyrannywatch974 2 presidents that had the understanding of world affairs that would embarrass a 5 year year old. Obama and Biden aren't statesmen's , they are special need's basket cases.

[@carterskindle7086]

@TyrannyWatch Biden doesn't know shit.

[@aidenw207]

Nixon predicted the removal of the Shah of Iran by Jimmy Carter would have disastrous consequences and instability in the middle east. He was spot on that too!

[@TheLocalLt]

One minute Carter was backing the shah, the next he was sitting by as he was overthrown. I think Carter’s dislike for the shah personally (let’s face it they were absolute and total opposites) clouded his judgement, as he thought of the shah as an arrogant and spoiled despot who deserved to be overthrown, overlooking the fact that his empire had long been an American and British ally as well as what the consequences of such a regime collapse might be

[@animateddepression]

@@TheLocalLt Jimmy Carter, history’s greatest monster

[@crayzmarc]

@@animateddepression Joe Biden says to Jimmy hold my beer.

[@bullmoosevelt4495]

@@animateddepression Nah, Carter wasn't a monster, just weak and easily taken advantage of.

[@robertway5756]

Did anyone predict that the US putting the Shah IN power would have "consequences"???

[@stylishone]

Nixon could run circles around the last 4 presidents. But people and the media love to focus on one's mistakes and failures as much as possible. Highly talented and smart people are still prone to doing stupid things, that should not erase their entire life history. We have not seen a president like this man in a long time and may not see one like him for a long time to come.

[@brianwarden7250]

A great ex president. Vietnam was a major chink in his armor. He calculated Cambodia badly. Very badly.

[@charlesmason1278]

@@brianwarden7250 more to it than that. As long as the bullet-for-bullet policy was in place, the SV were able to keep up the fight. Democrat congressmen wanted that support gone, and look at the disaster that followed. Don't lay that at Nixon's feet.

[@bsaintnyc]

@@brianwarden7250 nixon was horrendous and did irreversible damage to the nation, he was the first criminal president and started the rot that led to trump. his handling of vietnam was insane and the damage he did to the country was incalculable.

[@olmeno]

I understand biden Trump and Bush but Obamna?

[@brianwarden7250]

@@olmeno He was elected President twice. So, Bush but not Obama. 2 wars??????

[@muffs55mercury61]

He was gone not long after this interview. He was in terrible grief and lost it after Pat died the year before (he outlived her by just ten months) I don't fault him entirely for Watergate. The people around him made the whole thing snowball very quickly.

[@randymillhouse791]

No, Nixon was an asshole. "Can we find a way to SCREW Dick Cavett?" Nixon deserved to get booted. He got off light!

[@unsuppressedspeech4946]

They stabbed him in the back

[@randymillhouse791]

@@unsuppressedspeech4946 Nixon had a plumbing problem...

[@boogienightsmarkwahlberg6011]

Not excusing watergate, Im just saying I have a pretty strong feeling that he was just the only one that "got caught"......or pissed off the wrong people and that was how they chose to deal with it.

[@wind2536]

@@boogienightsmarkwahlberg6011 the swamp was always there

[@CCFHymns]

This can’t be 1994, Nixon died in April ‘94 and the interviewer referred to the Berlin Wall falling two years ago. I reckon this is early 1992.

[@benjauron5873]

The tragic irony is, by the time this interview was given in 1994, democracy had already failed in Russia. Yeltsin suspended the constitution and literally rolled tanks on the Russian legislature a year before this interview. By the time this interview was given, Yeltsin had already laid the groundwork for Putin's rise to absolute power.

[@wingkeungkong415]

Western democracy Just do not work in Russia

[@ThePiratemachine]

Ben Jauron The tragic irony is we never listen at the time to anything someone we can't stand says, particularly one who is intelligent. Our ego won't let us. We hate him.

[@dominicdeluca6378]

@@ThePiratemachine speak for yourself! Nixon awesome

[@saucyduckglobalomnihyperme7510]

That was the result of 3 years of the genius plan of "Shock Therapy" to transition the Russian economy from communism to capitalism, aka breaking everything, giving everything to a handful of ultra-rich oligarchs, and throwing millions out of their jobs and homes. The dumbest blunder we ever made. 150 million Russians finally got "democracy" and found out it apparently meant "freeze on the streets, desperate and hungry, while newly minted billionaires cruise past in German limousines"

[@wingkeungkong415]

@@saucyduckglobalomnihyperme7510 democracy does not work in most countries It Only works in a very small number of country

[@jamesmiller9936]

The man had a deep understanding and forsight 30 years before the issues we have today.

[@marcvslicinivscrassvs7536]

It didn't hurt that he got to pick Kissinger's brain in any given moment.

[@patrickf2671]

He was a brilliant strategic thinker

[@Anerd44]

Well, I can think of one blunder lol

[@Vladdy89]

He did not understand the very essence - Russia never had a chance to become a normal country. A bunch of crazy and incompetent communists have been replaced by a bunch of crazy and incompetent gopniks + weak, cowardly, stupid population with crazy ideas of fascism and imperialism in their heads. But, to be honest, one must be a Russian to perceive this long before.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

@@Anerd44 He has personal faults but he was one of the finest diplomats we ever had. He even put his own personal biases aside because he always saw the bigger picture.

[@patrickf2671]

@@Anerd44 He made some..

[@vcv6560]

This is March 30, 1992 (not 94) from Richard Nixon on "Inside Washington", about 13 mins into the presentation.

[@d0lvl0]

Holy cow, he even predicted what China would believe about freedom too. So unbelievably wise. Where are the politicians like this in this era?

[@gerrypeet4861]

You think China is free??? Have you been paying attention?

[@d0lvl0]

@@gerrypeet4861 No, not at all! I mean how Nixon pointed out that whether or not Russia succeeded in its post-soviet endeavors will deeply influence whether China will believe it too can become a free country. It's clear that communist China has decided that becoming free is not what they're going to do, as they looked at the end of the soviet era and despaired about it happening to them too. It's incredible that Nixon was able to predict this, but it makes sense given that Nixon was responsible for the integration of China into the modern world. What communist China doesn't realize is that its own aggressive ambitions in the pacific will lead to their own demise, and it will be much worse for them if they continue down this path of aggression towards Taiwan and their other neighbors.

[@gerrypeet4861]

@@d0lvl0 I agree with you for the most part.

[@FM-dm8xj]

trump predicted that relieing on russian oil would be bad.

[@ML-ul2zq]

@@FM-dm8xj Trump relied on Putin's money.

[@nyfinest487]

Damn say what you want, this man was brilliant.

[@philipberthiaume2314]

This is a remarkably accurate portrayal of the current situation.

[@victorsamsung2921]

Credit to US Oligarchs and Wall Street for allowing it to happen with 9/11 and afterwards with this constant militarism and intervention.

[@Mocsk]

An American imperialist is trying to convince the public and himself in the existence of "Russian imperialism". Indeed, same shit different day.

[@charitable_aggressor7581]

@@victorsamsung2921 Yes, because in the decade before 9/11 the US totally wasn't involved in conflicts in Iraq, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo... You're either young or never paid attention to the news (i.e. ignorant).

[@victorsamsung2921]

@@charitable_aggressor7581 I am aware, but those are different. Considering they were small regional conflicts. With a limited amount of death and destruction too. Following 9/11, the conflicts were much larger. Also, no need for your sarcasm. I am on your side.

[@Trgn]

Rofl which super power doesnt want more influence. Russia just defend their buffer zone. US foreign invasions of foreign countries even worse. He's just speaking of other powers from US's own imperialist mindset and experience.

[@craigfdavis]

Damn he was exactly right. I'm a card carrying Democrat, but I have to respect and admire Nixon's incredible foreign policy prowess. If he ran today, I'd vote for him.

[@Gopferteckel]

How many of us believed him back in 1994? He obviously had the wisdom and foresight we can only dream of.

[@beasheerhan4482]

Russia has long been a nation of great import, and when they crashed in the early 90s, it was not difficult to see that they would not forever remain in the dumps.

[@leo_maluf]

I borned in 95 and my generation always sees Nixon as a bad guy who was forced to resign due to his badness. But watching this video and remembering his efforts to integrate China into the global economy, we can see Nixon as a visionary whose ideas weren't integrally applied. If applied, world could've been much better now

[@lurking2182]

And that started the flow of our jobs wealth and innovation out of USA.

[@eterno1610]

Borned. Lmao thanks for making me laugh.

[@nickl5658]

He didn't do it for China's good. He did it to break China from the USSR. Make China, America's factory rather than the USSR.

[@benttranberg2690]

He made a bad mistake. That's all. He represents the kind of intelligence we need in politics but sadly miss these days.

[@louthegiantcookie]

I am English, but have a great respect for your President Nixon. His story is amazing, he rose from absolutely nothing and became the most powerful man in his nation. To go from such humble roots to developing such a genius for foreign affairs and domestic politics is amazing to me. In my studies of American history, I always consider him among the greatest of the Presidents.

[@Mr1963corvette]

As do I. Our leftist media hated him since the late 1940's when he went after Communists who worked in the FDR And Truman Administrations.They resented him and others who went after Communist sympathizers. Look how Senator McCarthy was wrongly demonized and blackballed by even Eisenhower and the press. There were Communist double agents and spies in our government some holding high positions.

[@vouvray59]

And a crook.

[@SvendBosanvovski]

You could say the same for Don Corleone, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin. Kissinger ran his foreign policy, and he is a genius.

[@medexamtoolscom]

In all ways except for beginning the "War on Drugs". That was the one BIG blunder Nixon made. And it was obviously a bad move, because it's the same exact mistake as the Prohibition of alcohol. All he had to do to have avoided it, was to know as much about that aspect of history, as a typical high schooler.

[@tasiedell3753]

@@SvendBosanvovski you make utterly stupid comparisons. Kissinger with his approach to you Ukraine, tells you he was nothing more than an errand boy for Nixon.

[@shipwreckedpoet3]

Wow, you are right, he nailed it “a new despotism”

[@fighting_bones]

This was the same year he died amazing how well articulated he was in his last days

[@zantac180]

I never knew how well he spoke! I’m surprised more past presidential interviews and speeches aren’t shown more often

[@spiritualhammer392]

Check more of his interviews on KZbin. Watch any single interview with President Nixon - he was a fascinating and brilliant man, flaws and all.

[@anothertexan1036]

Watch the first Presidential debate in 1960. I wish politicians still behaved like that.

[@13thmistral]

past presidents spoke quite well....the newer Bush, Trump and Biden kinda fucked that up.

[@aurorajones8481]

Simmer down. They dont want us getting to uppidy realizing how retarded we have all become as a society comparing us to the past when we were not infected with BS

[@shredhed572]

When Nixon and Kennedy had their first debate it was not televised. Pollsters found afterwards that the majority of the public thought Nixon won the debate. Second debate was televised. Kennedy won in the eyes of the people, and it was surmised that this was bc he was so good looking and charming while Nixon was....well, Nixon.

[@ubiased23]

He really nailed it on this one. Nixon had excellent political insights and analysis. His political instincts are spot on, and he has an excellent reading about the outcome. I think due to his previous bad acts, it overshadowed his political brilliance.

[@nickcellini5609]

read my new post.

[@nomayor1]

Sure. "Russian imperialism which has been a characteristic of russian foreign policy for centuries"??? When and where exactly did Russia ever pursue imperialist policies???

[@nickcellini5609]

@@nomayor1 From about 1400 on forward. Look at an old map of Europe or Asia.

[@ubiased23]

@nomayor1 Last time , I checked that Russia invaded Ukraine. Hope that answers your question.

[@nomayor1]

@@ubiased23 Last time I checked, the US threatened the world with nuclear Armageddon should the Soviets were to go ahead with installing missiles in Cuba. Even if the Soviets had done so, it would have only been in response to nuclear missiles the US had already deployed in Turkey. I hope that answers your question, and I also hope your Western exceptionalism one day gets to realize that others also have security concerns.

[@Ludovicus1769]

One can fully understand his unpopularity, but he was obviously a political genius. This was a very impressive prediction.

[@brucemclennan9715]

Foreign policy was always Nixon’s forte. Didn’t like several things about him, but he understand geopolitics.

[@unsweetenedit9090]

The more I learn about him, I don't like him more, but I can't deny his intelligence.

[@gilream]

He was a magnificent President. He hated Communism.

[@familiardave6540]

People forget Nixon was one of our most intelligent presidents of recent history. Go back and watch him kick Kennedys butt in their debate.

[@stevencooke6451]

He's not likable or moral, but he was incredibly prescient and smart.

[@moncorp1]

He was a choirboy compared to what presidents and parties do and get away with these days.

[@williamdavis9562]

@@moncorp1 This is so true.

[@markmccormack1796]

Given Russia's history, from the Tsars to Stalin, a strong central figure is their historical structure. It wasn't too hard to predict someone like Putin.

[@D.D.-ud9zt]

I think what's impressive is he picked the type of government they'd have. If I were him at the time I would have predicted a return to communism with nostalgia building and people going unemployed and hungry.

[@joetourist8443]

I was never a fan of Nixon, but how sharp was that forecast!

[@darlenemeade2938]

Brilliant man who understood how the world worked.

[@generalyellor8188]

No he did not, because if he had he wouldn't have lied and cheated, then gotten himself impeached and end up resigning.

[@alpha-omega2362]

I learned more in 45 seconds than a full semester course.....I am proud to say, as a child, in 1966 I actually met Nixon when he came to campaigns for our local congressional race...

[@StephenLuke]

RIP Richard Nixon (1913-1994)

[@danlong82]

In the late nineties, my history teacher told us we will see russification again in our lifetime. Mrs. MacKenzie, you were right.

[@dakov2498]

Wow, just incredible. Makes you wonder what other issues we have created that were plainly apparent ahead of time. Hindsight is one thing, but this insight was amazing.

[@B33t_R007]

i believe, we tried. it didn't work. it seems, this has to play out first.

[@marcusonesimus3400]

Yes indeed, the point being that this was not plainly apparent to most people. I for one was so relieved that the Cold War was over, that I paid very little attention to Russia for many years, though it had interested me intensely growing up during the years of alternating tension and 'detente'. I think the narrative of Western 'victory' in the Cold War was a little deceibing, certainly too self-congratulatory. Arguably the patience of the peoples of Eastern Europe and the prayers of millions determined the outcome. In some places the churches were leading non-violent resistance.

[@erikswanson5753]

Wow! He was spot on. When it came to foreign policy Nixon really was a visionary.

[@Bartels92]

Very smart man. Underrated President

[@jayski9667]

Excellent analysis,he predicted everything about russia

[@IulianGheorghe-un1bo]

What exactley he predicted? Usa allwas was a bully state. Everyone get tired about Usa. Usa never were a democracy a they never wanted somthing good for Russia . They wanted to destroy Russia. Is just a political blabla.

[@mc76]

If there is an afterlife and Nixon has observed the past six years, he is probably sitting somewhere thinking "I resigned for THAT?"

[@raahauge]

*a tiny fraction of that.

[@Big_Garf]

@@raahauge nah the last six years fit that description

[@raahauge]

@@Big_Garf Really? I don't recall any people getting killed in insurrections in the 70's. Only some spying in a Democratic Campaigning-Office. Sort of like spying in peoples private informations on a lap-top. That stuff hardly raise an eyebrow nowadays.

[@coolbuddydude1]

I guess it tells a lot about the standards of the time and his moral character

[@nyakwarObat]

@@coolbuddydude1 ooh how you lot been hoodwinked, well, including me really

[@Redfour5]

OH...My...God... He nailed it completely and in a detailed manner...

[@IphigeniaAtAulis]

What's truly amazing is that he sounds exactly like he did when he was in office.

[@MindRiot395th]

He was spot on. may he rest in peace.

[@RBv195]

This is scarily accurate.

[@essessessesq]

Nixon was absolutely brilliant at geo-politics and history...in college he was a champion debater

[@maxz69]

But he didn't predict anything about Russia and Putin? Is the title misleading or do I not get it?

[@kunalnagarkoti1841]

@@maxz69 पुतिन 1999 में सत्ता में आए थे, यह वीडियो 1994 का है। कोई नहीं जानता था कि 1994 में पुतिन कौन थे।

[@nooz1394]

@@maxz69 Title is not misleading. He predicted what he called here neo-despotism, which one can argue is exactly what Putin formed Russia into.

[@bpeper1365]

@@nooz1394 too bad the men America sent in the 90s were not diplomats with open arms and trade deals but financial pirates instead. The same kind of people now seek to tear down that despotic government and continue the looting. Whether they’ll succeed is anybody’s guess.

[@jank6340]

Very visionary, as opposed to today when we are experiencing a crisis of leadership across the whole west, with either bureaucrats or aspiring dictators littering our governments.

[@rosieroti4063]

well, its what the people like... and the electoral college doesn't do what it is supposed to

[@whaddyathink949]

You need to learn some more about Nixon, then. An aspiring dictator he certainly was... some examples are how it has now been admitted his 'war on drugs' was largely to suppress the anti war movement; & the 'secret,' war waged in Cambodia at the same time as Vietnam. He was a part of the government faction that hated the Kennedy's as well; & what happened to them?

[@marcusonesimus3400]

As scripture says, 'Do not trust in princes, in mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.' But we can hardly do without bureaucrats, simply as a practical matter. Somebody's got to do the dirty work, whether well, badly, or indifferently. personallyI don't see anarchism as a 'better way'. Scripture observes that 'all authority is from God and those which exist are established by God.' ......which provides a moral mandate for legitimate governmental authority, not the abuse of it, and certainly not uncritical endorsement of 'status quo'. In fact some reforms will never be carried out unless by governing authorities.

[@marcusonesimus3400]

I knew that he was bright, but this kind of insight is exceptional. However I hardly think that this crisis in leadership exists only in the Western world. If anything the crisis is more acute in places like Russia, Iran, China, and North Korea, where depemdence om the will of Leadership is absolute. I'd sooner see wannabe dictators kept at bay by institutions and traditions that limit their power, than full-fledged dictators with quasi-messianic pretensions and 'exceptionalist' visions of national grandeur which require the submission of all other nations to their own.

[@rossheard9446]

I watch this and realize how much intelligence is missing from the world today.

[@scottburns2600]

He seemed like a really intelligent person. It's a shame he had to go down a dark road he didn't have to go down

[@randymillhouse791]

Well, don't start a plumbing business with the like a G. Gordon Liddy and you should fare well.

[@nickcellini5609]

Read my post at the top. I would send it to you but KZbin will suspend me for sending it to too many people.

[@bigguy1164]

He was an extremely clever man with remarkably poor self-esteem issues.

[@bobbywatchaddict523]

Bingo. Perfect analysis.

[@essessessesq]

Nixon did not order the bugging...in fact his lieutenant John Mitchell had forbade it...underlings like John Dean ordered the bugging for their own reasons...Nixon was busy negotiating with China and Russia and had little to do with his re-election campaign

[@emperorreign6154]

He made mistakes. But contrary to delusional popular belief, watergate was not entirely on him and he deserved more credit for his political insight and this foreshadowing was eerily spot on. Shows you how intelligent he was.

[@wingkeungkong415]

If he was a handsome man I don't think he will have any problem in watergate

[@noahedelson3618]

Who cares about watergate? His secret "Menu" bombings and escalation in Vietnam destroyed America's reputation, not to mention murdered 3 million civilians in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. That is almost half the scale of the Holocaust, Granted, Johnson did the false flag and lowered he IQ threshold for our soldiers (well, McNamara did, n his orders), but Nixon made body count his only metric of success. He was a monster.

[@tripperdoo]

The press first coined the term "Imperial Presidency" to define Nixon and his policies. The nickname "Tricky Dick" went all the way back to his early political days. Watergate exposed Nixon for what he was, a paranoid fraud whose illusions or delusions of grandeur eventually wrought his political end. And planted the seeds for much worse.

[@silencemeviolateme6076]

He created the china problem.

[@PhilAndersonOutside]

Exactly. He got caught up in the cover up. That did him in. He also very likely had pushed the boundaries of using the justice department to keep tabs on his enemies, and was worried that would all come out as well. Even if he wasn't breaking the law. He was simply too paranoid. But he was arguably the best foreign policy expert in the US in the last 75 years, and politically gifted. He signed several environmental bills into laws, as well as Title IX. Extremely forward thinking in this regard.

[@gdcapra]

He is the smartest president pf my lifetime. Very underrated.

[@toms169]

He had a good answer, but that Vietnam-Korea mixup at the end was embarrassing. To be clear, North Vietnam and North Korea were both supported by the Soviet Union, but in the context of what he was trying to say (addressing the Korean audience in 1994 when North Vietnam didn‘t even exist anymore), he clearly meant to say „Korea“.