The Relationship Between Richard Nixon and JFK

[@ryanrusch3976]

It's so wild to see how diplomatic Nixon was with his words, he betrays neither himself or Kennedy while recounting events.

[@Menaceblue3]

Nixon, Kennedy, McNamara, and Castro have fought zombies at the Pentagon years ago.... I'm sure such an event would create a friendship between them all that's unbreakable

[@RonHelton]

No kidding! LOL Joe Kennedy was a renown womanizer. "his niece" lol

[@tigertank06]

Yes but he was also vet vindictive. See how he treated his rivals as president.

[@ryanrusch3976]

@@tigertank06 I mean "Do I not kill my enemies when I make them my friend" is a great quote but Lincoln had his entire political ideology killed by enemies turned into friends. I'm sorry but Nixon making sure his rivals can't continously try and ruin his plans is not a downside for me.

[@NerdilyDone]

@@tigertank06 Not so much. He was actually quite kind to Hubert Humphrey when he won the presidential election.

[@normanwells2755]

They had a lot more class back then.

[@armand_v_cpt]

Agree

[@Charlie_Crown]

Yes, that's clearly the case

[@herecomesforego1787]

Well, that’s easy when you compare it with none 😂

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Behind the scenes JFK definitely did not.

[@Charlie_Crown]

@@robertortiz-wilson1588 both were flawed, no point in saying otherwise, they are only human, but both had integrity, intelligence and class, when and where it counted

[@butchie2752]

Fantastic memory and no effort to exaggerate their relationship. Brilliant.

[@Mozephus80]

If only the two political parties were still like this. They’ve both delved deep into a popularity contest, and it’s tearing the country apart.

[@youtubeuser9496]

Not just the parties and politicians, but the citizens that refuse to meet in the middle and insist that only their side gets what they want.

[@liberadoporpatriotas9028]

Well that is after putting philosophical issues in the middle

[@101jir]

So much what youtubeuser was saying! You can't have mature, compromising political parties if you don't have mature, compromising citizens. Unfortunately by now trustworthiness has broken down as well.

[@unguelootay8589]

Look no further to find John Quincy Adams talking about the degregation of Democracy via a 2 party system

[@unguelootay8589]

Crazy how JFK and him has a contentious political campaign JFK's head blows up and LBJ takes power then Nixon comes back. Coincidences are funny like that

[@googleaccount718]

A giant of US politics. If we would hold the US president to the same standard as we did in the 70s, some presidents would be in prison today.

[@michaelmcgovern8110]

Any half-trained Foreign Service wannabe could and did think up N and K's 71-72 opening to China. CCP and CCCP had been at each other's throats for 5 or six years by 1970. This was/is an ETERNITY in the late 20-th century "Grand Game" time-frame. Science had told us by 1970 (Club of Rome) about coming resource limits and what we now call "global warming". CCP and CCCP economies were both non-reality based and failing. CCCP was famously stagnating but for cheap oil output, and CCP was worried about feeding their rising population or losing control. The almost lost control after "The Great Leap Forward" because of all those starving people. "Iron Rice Bowl" policy required "One Child" policy to prevent famine, yet the underlying socialist-tweaked agrarian economy did not work. CCCP was happy to keep us tied down in VietNam, South Africa, sending black money to the NRA to push guns onto us, etc., etc. No point US going to CCCP. Also, US policy since George Kennan (go read K's "long telegram") had been to contain and restrain CCCP until its own internal contradictions and graft broke it. That policy came to fruition under St. Reagan the Senile, which is NOT to say that St. Ronnie beat the Ebbil Russkiez, OK? Nixon went to China because he had no place else to go. China said yes because they had no place else to turn. Do you see it now? Hagiographers do hagiography. Historians bear true witness.

[@cjchonkoable]

​@@michaelmcgovern8110 Like any human, Nixon made some mistakes. But, he was an intellectual giant compared to anything that we have today. And, sorry, but I doubt that you are as smart as he was.

[@michaelmcgovern8110]

@@cjchonkoable i didn't say I was as smart as Nixon, I said any well-trained FS officer was. Phooey to you. Beat your own strawmen. Nixon's life was lies and grift: this BS papers over the horrid actions. Nixon had a few good deeds (War on Cancer, EPA.) And deputizing Elvis the DrugFiend as a Special DEA agent which was really, really good for a joke. Now, shoo and go put words in somebody else's mouth, OK? Then go read a real book, not fantasy hagiography. Go look that word up, hagiography: you need to understand it.

[@kittytrail]

another mcgovern sour pot just appeared, yay! 🐙

[@michaelmcgovern8110]

@@kittytrail And you make another content-free reply, making you look even more dopey than you already did. If you're going to engage in a battle of wits, at least come armed and prepared. Data might be nice, or is abuse all you've got in your bag of rhetorical tricks?

[@rationalistssj6540]

I don't know what it is about Nixon that is so captivating to me -- his great intelligence, articulacy, deep tone of voice, statesmanship -- but I cant get enough of watching him. It's an obsession

[@jeremyjohnson4285]

I agree with you! He's very captivating. I truly wish he hadn't let his paranoia get the better of him. The roads of history not taken.

[@SuperAKJR]

Like the best professors his mind is extraordinary ordered and his thoughts/stories are illuminating, sucinnict, and crafted for edification. Like a well balanced, hand crafted sword or well engineered object that when you pick it up you almost instantly appreciate its craftsmanshio and recognize it's excellence. The same with listening to Nixon, you might not always agree with his ideas but you instantly recognize the work of master craftsman except instead of sword, supercar, or painting, he worked in strategy and politics. He was a flawed man but a rare and master craftsman in way that from the academic to the man on the street could recognize and was drawn to.

[@bobbysands6923]

I feel exactly the same way. Could listen all day. Not sure why.

[@rationalistssj6540]

@@SuperAKJR You're a superb writer, and I couldn't have said it any better. He's the genuine article, a well-oiled machine of lucid, balanced thought.

[@freeguy77]

Are you also obsessed with his criminality, his cover-ups, his blatantly mass illegal arresting of Vietnam War protestors that judges ruled was illegal, his starting the end of the gold-dollar link that has caused the massive economic (price) inflation and deeper recessions after Aug 15, 1971, the keeping the illegal Vietnam War going for another 4 years (1969-73) that mass murdered another 30,000+ that should have been home before the end of 1969, etc.? Hmmmmm?

[@GlamorousTitanic21]

My God. Almost no politician speaks this eloquently with this much grace and dignity anymore. Now it’s just constant mud-slinging and petty insults.

[@jpathak6227]

Wonder who started with those insults? He is still spewing insults out there on those he disagrees with.

[@celerinojasso4180]

The Maga morons could learn from him

[@jimfesta8981]

@@jpathak6227 He's been dead for a number of years.

[@eliyahum4285]

If you wish to discuss your TDS, please go somewhere else.

[@waynejohanson1083]

@@eliyahum4285 Amen to that.

[@ianlewis6258]

Nixon was a gentleman! 💐🇺🇸💙

[@herecomesforego1787]

Yeah “raving beauty “ 😂

[@Charlie_Crown]

​@@herecomesforego1787 that was considered a complement at that time, but now considered sexist by today's society, there's no doubt that Nixon was a gentleman, flawed of course, but a gentleman nonetheless

[@dannow4641]

Yes he was. And in memory.

[@alonsopr1]

He was not a crook!!!

[@paulclinton6414]

Yeah, expect when he was doing illegal things to ease his rampant paranoia.

[@Mrgop]

I'm glad Richard Nixon is now receiving the respect and honor he has long deserved.

[@generalsmite7167]

Well when you do some pretty messed up stuff when he was in office then you get that kind of reputation. Overall I would say he was a good president.

[@LarryMorin-lh4ml]

I agree. If you accept these two facts, it may help explain how and why Nixon, after his resignation, was able and allowed to obtain his redemption. #1 on his morning radio show Don Imus ("Imus in the Morning") first invited but soon thereafter made Nixon a fixture and major part of his whole agenda...until he died. And #2. The Nixon Library in Southern California. When you walk in, you are confronted with his acknowledgement and admission and apology for what caused him to resign. And as you move beyond that entry display, THAT'S when you are rewarded with all of his accomplishments

[@ottoandhanzblack2175]

​@LarryMorin-lh4ml Nixon was an intelligent man, but he wasn't sorry until he got caught and there was no way out. He was involved and approved of criminal acts as president of the United States and then continued to lie about it until the very end. He only resigned because he knew he would be impeached and 1) resignation was slightly less embarrassing because more would have come out in hearings and 2) Ford pardoning him ( which I believe was a deal between them) would keep him from facing prosecution for his crimes. I am not saying he should be hated, but he chose to tarnished his reputation and shouldn't be revered or let his transgression be soft pedaled.

[@richardanderson5078]

Thank goodness leftist are no longer the gatekeepers of information regarding this man

[@DavyCDiamondback]

​@@ottoandhanzblack2175this is opposed to a former president who could get caught red handed and still wouldn't be sorry, but blame you for investigating... It's important to remember what to admire about Nixon, because of what is toxic about Trump

[@mulder4528]

Time is a funny thing, it has allowed me and I hope others to see President Nixon’s great qualities.

[@TheFremenBlue]

Political adversaries rather than enemies. Personally respectful and cordial. I remember reading somewhere that Nixon visited JFK during one of his hospitalizations for back and intestinal ailments, and Nixon was tearful when he left the hospital, touched by JFK's suffering. This is the way it once was, and needs to be again. When Americans start thinking of each other as enemies rather than as fellow citizens who disagree, we are in deep trouble - as is obvious just by taking a look around.

[@freeguy77]

Pres. Biden is the exact opposite, with his strident and vocal screeching of the "MAGA Republicans who are enemies." I suppose that means he is against making American great again, since he labels them as 'enemies'.

[@freeguy77]

Nixon then turned against Kennedy after his 1960 loss, and conspired to have him murdered; he was at the Thu. Nov. 21, 1963 "party" celebrating the next day's "Big Event" (as it was called by the plotters) in Dallas at oil baron Clint Murchison's house. LBJ, Nixon, FBI Director J.E. Hoover, and other oil barons were present, as was LBJs mistress Madeleine Brown, who told people on what LBJ said to her that evening (can see it on YT), "After tomorrow, those SOBs will no longer embarrass me!" Phillip F. Nelson, "LBJ: The Mastermind of the JFK Assassination" (2nd ed., 2013).

[@ronswart6029]

On the day before the attack, LBJ changed the route with Dallas Mayor Earle Cabell. Cabell was a brother of CIA Deputy Director Charles Cabell, who was fired in November 1961 due to the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba earlier that year in April. Texas Governor John Connaly and House of Representatives member Albert Thomas were also in on the plot.

[@fayetaylor919]

Not only respect for each other, but a great love for this country! Not like today at all on either side

[@spittle8]

It isn't possible today because the values and beliefs of the two sides are so far apart that there is no co-existence possible.

[@brettweaver9608]

I was only an infant when President Nixon was in office. Over the years I've found out just what an intuitive fellow he was. It's no wonder that Presidents post his office, would reach out to him. I recall watching his funeral and his brother crying. I understand why, now. I miss this President as well.

[@BigAmp]

Nixon is such an enigma. He should have been amongst the best and most capable ever but it all went so wrong. A truly tragic person. It is good that he was rehabilitated later in life and he still made a huge contribution but it could have been so much more.

[@sanddancer1951]

Enoch Powell (UK Member of Parliament) once said that all political careers end in failure. President Nixon was a sad example of that. His greatest achievement surely was to bring about the rapprochement with Communist China. As a constant, outspoken critic of Mao, only he could have done that.

[@mattcolver1]

The deep state and the press destroyed him.

[@LA_Commander]

You can thank the CIA for that...

[@CWBush73]

Yeah, that was a witch hunt

[@stevenpilling5318]

These videos are a treasure.

[@paulhiggins8662]

It was no secret that Kennedy and Nixon got on well and by a quirk of fate, Nixon and Jackie Kennedy were in Walter Reed hospital at the same time when they were both terminally ill in 1994 and were apparently on very good terms.

[@danwallach8826]

Lenox Hill in NYC. Not Walter Reed in DC.

[@billybob5337]

The Kennedys in general liked Nixon, except for Ted and Bobby. Joe Sr. liked Nixon a lot. JFK liked him, although the 60 election soured their relationship somewhat.

[@rhondabitler5474]

@@billybob5337 Who did Bobby like? I like Bobby but he seems to have a problem with everyone.

[@billybob5337]

@@rhondabitler5474 Quite frankly..........Bobby was a dickhead. I think he had a kind of Napoleon syndrome going on. But the more you read into him, he was a vicious bastard in behind the scenes.

[@JoanMorrison-vq2jc]

​​@@rhondabitler5474 Bobby was arrogant and an ego guy. If Bobby was a man they would have referred to him as a b...h and rightfully so..

[@joelpierce3940]

Very intelligent man. I wish I would have listened to Richard Nixon with an open mind.

[@Siaaa46]

How much class and intelligence can one person have

[@bobjordan5231]

I'm thinking hard about which president did a quarter of what President Nixon did post presidency to strengthen America, write on international affairs, and influence all succeeding presidents. His books and speeches will be timeless. He was truly a statesman of the first order.

[@johnpublic793]

We pulled us out of that horrible war.

[@freeguy77]

@@johnpublic793 Only after ANOTHER 4 years of death, destruction, and divisiveness, with mass murdering another 30,000 young men, plus a million old men, women, and children in S. Vietnam! Not my idea of a peace person, with an illegal war with his "Peace With Honor" garbage theory--no honor in illegal offensive wars in a third world country! Contrasted with Kennedy who disavowed offensive wars in far-away places that had nothing to do with actual defense of the U.S. Pres. Kennedy's magnificent PEACE SPEECH at American University on June 10, 1963, was despised by the WAR HAWKS in the Pentagon-CIA and crazed Congress-critters in both parties.

[@familykaplan1341]

@@johnpublic793delaying it 4 years! Told S. Viet to avoid peace table while LBJ tried to get peace. So beat HHH by deceit.

[@Adrian-ql2xo]

Nixon & Kennedy were conscientious, dyed in the wool politicians, who despite their ideological philosophies, had America's best interests at heart

[@Agent1W]

They should have teamed up against Bush 41...

[@freeguy77]

One out of two isn't bad! Kennedy was, Nixon was out for himself, a power-war-monger (disguised as hating Communism); Kennedy was the same on hating socialism/communism, but he never: blatantly mass illegal arresting of Vietnam War protestors that judges ruled was illegal, his starting the end of the gold-dollar link that has caused the massive economic (price) inflation and deeper recessions after Aug 15, 1971, the keeping the illegal Vietnam War going for another 4 years (1969-73) that mass murdered another 30,000+ that should have been home before the end of 1969, etc. Kennedy was also a LIFE NRA member, but all the evil and illegal gun laws were made AFTER his murder: 1968 Gun Control (i.e., PEOPLE CONTROL) Act, the illegal "Assault Weapons" (nonsense!) law, as those weapons only LOOKED awful (black stock, flash suppressor, etc.), and did not shoot any harder or faster than a semi-auto pistol or other standard hunting rifle! A standard.30-.30 can kill a bear, a Magnum 44 pistol the same, but those aren't outlawed by the anti-liberty (overwhelmingly Dems) crowd!

[@PracticingLiberty]

A real Statesman. We need more of them plus elections that cannot be compromised.

[@Charlie_Crown]

No elections have been compromised, zero evidence of it

[@salvatorerutigliano7131]

THESE MEN WENT THROUGH THE HELL OF WAR IN THE PACIFIC AND SURVIVED. THEY WERE BOTH NAVY OFFICERS. DO YOU THINK THAT THEY WOULD HAVE ALLOWED ANY COMMONPLACE BULL TO NEGATE THEIR UNDERLYING Camaraderie.

[@WinRem30]

Nixon's naval service was all stateside. He was a WWII vet though.

[@stephenkammerling9479]

​@@WinRem30He served anyway. Higher ups likely decided where Nixon was deployed. During Vietnam War many were fortunate not to be sent to Vietnam, because we had troops deployed all over the world, like over 500,000 in Germany comparable to Vietnam. I suppose they could have been sent to more than one place during their tour of duty.

[@WinRem30]

You are correct. They served where the higher ups ordered them to. My first reply was to say that serving stateside, I do not think Nixon experienced the hell of the Pacific war. That does not mean his service was not honorable or patriotic. So many people served in a large variety of tasks to make it all work. Gratitude to all of them. ​@@stephenkammerling9479

[@johnpublic793]

We always knew it would take his death and 50 years after resignation, people would see the greatness of this man. It was a sad day in our home when he resigned.

[@waynejohanson1083]

He was a good president and all he is remembered for is spying on the opposition which happens all the time now. But the press cannot let go of it.

[@TurtleTrackin]

He was like the average guy who'd made it in life. He had a high IQ, but never forgot working in his father's store as a boy.

[@QueenetBowie]

“He introduced her as his niece…. I don’t know if she was his niece but she was a beauty.” Lol, just casually implying that Kennedy was catting around

[@warrenhoffman2006]

Pretty well-known fact, even that far back.

[@1952jodianne]

Interesting, there have been relatively few "beauties" amongst the Kennedy women, although JFK's granddaughter is gorgeous.

[@jsikes4435]

I think that had been my favorite part. The beginnings of Pornhub. “His niece”. I would have only laughed harder if Nixon had said something like “Oh, and he had a lot of pretty nieces”😂

[@carlosfernandes9798]

certainly, a man of culture

[@ShiddyFinkelstein]

Two of my favorite presidents ever! It's good they had a cordial relationship. The culture has degraded so much since then.

[@joe-zj8js]

Sad that politics has turned to what local politics was in the 1800s minus the fisticuffs. Politics is basically an episode of jerry springer.

[@1952jodianne]

Nixon & Kennedy were both Navy combat veterans in WWII's Pacific Theatre.

[@paulminihan8396]

Nixon was always so accurate and reflective in his recollections and recounting

[@TimothyMatkin]

I always love listening to President Nixon.

[@BobG127]

As an eighth grader in 1967-8, I took a class in current events and have been hooked ever since. In 1972, I dearly wanted to vote for Nixon, but, alas, my 18th birthday didn't come until about a month after election day. Thank you for reminding me of the intelligence, wisdom, and class of Richard Nixon that drew me to him all those years ago. He has been misrepresented for so long... It is good to see his real character being exposed for all to see. His progeny should be proud of him -- and, having shared many a conversation with him, just might have something to offer to their country.

[@rdelrosso1973]

"We were never enemies", Nixon says of him and JFK. How times have changed in 64 years!

[@paulbloemen7256]

Very interesting indeed. Right now I would say that they don’t make them like Nixon, or Kennedy, these days.

[@khabbad]

Boy you’re right! They sure don’t

[@donaldsink8115]

I don't think either party today would be accepting to Nixon or Kennedy. Kennedy wouldn't be far enough left for today's party and Nixon would be to much of a moderate and considered a Rhino.

[@paulbloemen7256]

@@donaldsink8115 It seems to me that first class leaders don’t choose politics as their play ground these days, they rather stick to business where results can be achieved together with people having a positive attitude towards a certain objective. Politics right now seems to be about playing games, with opposing opinions from everywhere, shenanigans, and a media world like the press sitting on your lip for every move you make. The candidates I saw were either the two oldies, with their merits or lack of them, or ironed out puppets just trying to be politically correct, afraid to make a mistake or so: those latter are certainly no first class leaders. And the first class leaders have characters that might be not totally perfect to the media eye. I don’t see this all getting any better in the foreseeable future.

[@1952jodianne]

@@donaldsink8115 How true, JFK's economic & tax policies were the model that President Reagan used 20 years later, & Nixon's wage &price freeze sounded like it came out of FDR's playbook.

[@DavidAbraham504]

Too bad he had to leave office the way he did. Really a remarkable person.

[@freeguy77]

A remarkable criminal and mass illegality on so many areas, it is impossible to list just a few!

[@alantoon5708]

Still a facinating figure after all these years. RMN is always worth listening to.

[@robdow6348]

Two Navy vets who put their country first. 👍🏼

[@davidhess6593]

Exactly.

[@ebarteldes]

Cannot imagine two opposite parties’ members being so cordial

[@jocastadidntknew5980]

I mean they fought zombies together, so I’d say they were friends.

[@Agent1W]

Along with McNamara and Castro lol.

[@sickofcrap8992]

Wouldn't it be great if recent presidents, in the past 30 years, had as much sense and intelligence as Nixon did. (Others, too, but Nixon is the one speaking.)

[@itsjohndell]

I met President Nixon quite by accident two years before his death. It was a very brief meeting. I was introduced to him in a very private area where he had is office in New Jersey. In that moment betwen when I extended my hand and said "It is an Honor to meet you Sir" (As i would to any President save one) we had a second of eye lock and in that second of uncertain eye lock I saw his thought "Is this one who hates me?" When he took my hand and i smiled he became jovial. The interacrion ended and he went on his way, I forget the brief banal chat we had but I had seen into the soul of a brilliant maladjusted mind. Kissinger summised him perfectly: "Can you imagine what he could have been if someone had loved him?"

[@andres_realxoxo]

@user-kw9xq8vj5lpresidents are figures heads and trump is oligarch who bought the presidency

[@JimK-jg3qr]

You both are asses... Who wouldn't want to meet a presidrnt

[@freeguy77]

Just another power-mad, war monger, paranoid, anti-war hating president. No comparison to the change to peace that Kennedy was in the process from his prior Cuba, USSR, and (in Vietnam, post-Oct. 1962) hawkishness he espoused in 1960. That is called GROWTH in office, and not staying the same with his experiences with his WAR HAWK Pentagon chiefs who gave him bad advice, and tried the inexecrable Operation Northwoods (Mar. 13, 1962) that would have dressed-up soldiers in Cuban uniforms attack Miami and other cities to blame on Castro's Cuba, to overthrow him by force, using the 'false flag' events as the excuse! He nixed that plan, asking brother Robert, "Are they crazy?" He knew what the answer was, and that turn towards peace was one reason (among others in his policies his enemies despised) that caused his murder.

[@lanemorrison4145]

​@user-kw9xq8vj5l not me!

[@byrnedes]

Partisan nonsense my friend.

[@vincentrimmer5844]

Maybe the best Nixon interview. Really shows the human side of the president.

[@glenpitts6813]

I like President Nixon very much. It's sad; the things that happened and wish they hadn't.

[@davesuiter]

The 1960 Presidential Debate was the classiest event in American politics. Two great men showing mutual respect.

[@reneauvray3440]

Newsweek magazine said when Richard Nixon left us in 1994 that they say he and J.F.K. did not see politics eye to eye, they were good friends.

[@BNU30C]

My how things have changed……

[@suzannemcmaken4648]

I could listen to President Nixon endlessly. What stories and insight.

[@007.M-D]

Amazing elegance and clarity .

[@kevinhisee4265]

The Australian equivalent was Keating and Howard. Both here and my example show that each respected the other as a worthy combatant, but no warmth either.

[@Hilaire_Balrog]

I wish we had serious minded politicians like president Nixon today.

[@jimmygentile3354]

They respected each other even though they perhaps did not agree. I admire that. No petty smears.

[@scottythetrex5197]

It's so fascinating to hear this stuff. Just think of how much of the 20th century was a result of what these two political adversaries did. It's such interesting, improbable, history to learn they knew one another and were friends before their famous contest in 1960.

[@ROYNEPTUNE]

Friends before and afterwards as well. I saw one of these videos where Nixon tells of a trip to Italy I believe. He tells of President Kennedy happened to be there at the same time and staying at the same hotel. Kennedy reached out to Nixon calling him up on the room phone at their hotel. They were friends despite being in different parties.

[@herberthanlen386]

Politics became dirty when LBJ took over.

[@rlj7647]

​@@herberthanlen386. H.G.S. was hated by the Kennedy's. L.B.J. consoled her when F.D.R. died by sleeping with her . #Jumbo😂

[@bradjunes1610]

What a great man/president who always was trying to protect our Republic.

[@stephaniejaniczekssmugglerscan]

His knees? Mr. President, you’re so diplomatic lol.

[@PifchoBG]

the way he is able to recall his memory... and i cant even remember what i eat yesterday

[@lh8664]

Seeing this and thinking about where the us has come to has brought a tear to my eye

[@fredthomson2384]

The light of what use to be seems all the brighter compared to the darkness of the present.

[@callenclarke371]

All of this rings true.

[@MrRafaelec]

I delve in delight into his eloquence.

[@leannesmith3480]

Nixon is a really fascinating person. It's a shame he did what he did.

[@roadrules3671]

He had absolutely no choice. They Removed John Kennedy psychically . They Removed Richard Nixon Politically.

[@Leto2ndAtreides]

It was more that it was done to him. A doofus on his team did the break-in, and then he had to try and cover it up so that it wouldn’t pointlessly dirty his Presidency (after all, he was doing good work). But… The people he told to bury it decided to be stubborn. And then the media decided to go after it and make it into a bigger deal. … Such is life. On a big picture level, his decision had been fine… Because as proven by the outcome, citizens couldn’t be trusted to view the situation with grace.

[@101jir]

There's multiple somethings, but I agree. He was extremely intelligent, and for cold war leaders I'd say only Eisenhower was similar in terms of overall competence. With one notable likely exception in Carter (I haven't looked into him closely) and one possible one in Ford (also don't know about him much), the others were decent (the two mentioned perhaps struggled more with being effective) but not quite on the level of Nixon and Eisenhower in overall intellect.

[@DrMARDOC]

Evidence is showing that he was set up in a coup

[@sanitman1488]

What exactly did he do compared to the treasonous seditious political filth since Reagan? Excluding Trump.

[@josephosheavideos3992]

Though it was not mentioned in the interview, Kennedy and Nixon had the shared experience of serving in the Navy in the Pacific in WWII (though not in the same boat). Politicians of that era, who had that shared experience, knew that patriotism trumped partisanship. Sadly, today's politicians do not feel that way, and our country is suffering as a result.

[@alecwilliams7111]

Read some of Nixon's books. Whether you like him or not, he was a brilliant statesman, much misrepresentated and misunderstood.

[@MarkSmith-js2pu]

These videos are some of the best I’ve ever watched.

[@jonslagill8864]

Very articulate man.

[@jamesgretsch4894]

Why would anyone think that they are enemies?

[@erpollock]

Nixon is very impressive. No one has his careful way of recounting events today.

[@Malouco]

JFK was a very likeable guy that nobody seemed to like 😂

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

So true, lol

[@michaelfitzgerald3467]

He was a nasty prick that had democrat party media covering up for him then just like they do for Biden now and for Obama when that shithead was in office.

[@robertpolityka8464]

I think the "likeability" factor is partially because of the way JFK came to office and how he conducts himself in office. For example, Joe Kennedy essentially bought JFK's House Seat. Kennedy later bought JFK's Senate Seat. Family ties, family fortune, good looks..gives JFK "a step up" when it comes to getting in the Senate and when it comes to "good press". He is also considered a political lightweight. Another Senator of that Era, Herbert Humphrey (who later became VP) was elected the "old fashioned way". Humphrey had trouble with the Dixiecrats at first, but LBJ was eventually help Humphrey become a powerhouse. Humphrey was taught how to master the rules in the Senate; he was also given key committee assignments; and ended up serving as Johnson's liason to the liberal wing of the Democratic Party Senators.

[@randalllayton7452]

Thats because he played no favorites

[@KOMET2006]

JFK was re-elected to the Senate in 1958 with 73% of the vote in MA. This, along with the ongoing work he and Ted Sorensen had been doing quietly across the country since 1957 in bolstering his presidential prospects, he would use as a springboard to the 1960 presidential campaign.

[@retrobilly1719]

Nixon was such a Fantastic Speaker & Negotiator

[@peterkoutros8190]

Thank you for posting these wonderful interviews.. President Nixon was an amazing individual.. Like many others stated here ,politics were a lot more civilized back then.

[@spwb2k]

The Nixon resignation saga helped turn me at 9 years old into a lifer current events junkie.

[@Sal-fn1pm]

The character of Richard Nixon is one of many things one has to reconsider getting older.

[@TruthLivesNow]

No better example to me of the friendship of President Kennedy and President Nixon that I have seen in the Nixon Library is the autographed book, "Profiles in Courage," by John F. Kennedy, autographed stating, "...to my friend..."

[@markwilliams7091]

Great stuff.

[@grantmitt]

So interesting

[@shawnbirt4161]

Clearly, a guy who more politicians could have learned from. His intelligence is amazing, especially compared to the ones in Washington these days.

[@PosiVibes_Hub]

He recollects everything, and precise with details

[@jimeagle5509]

A statesman.

[@sanddancer1951]

STATESMAN.

[@soilmanted]

For the last few years, having become accustomed to the ridiculously crude way that Donald Trump communicates, it seems I had forgotten the dignified way that Richard Nixon had communicated. What a difference.

[@MrThumbs63]

I guess you can understand Mumblish from your boy Joe?

[@soilmanted]

@@MrThumbs63No, I don't remember hearing any Democratic Party presidents who I thought were speaking intelligently and articulately. Not Lyndon Johnson. J Kennedy was not as articulate as some people like to pretend he was. Jimmy Carter was a bit more articulate. Bill Clinton, not particularly. Probably B Obama was the most intelligent and articulate of that bunch but Nixon was more so. Obama was clear about what he was saying, but managed to do that without saying much. I don't bother listening to what J Biden has to say. I've heard little more than made-up nonsense from him. But Unca Donald is by far the rudest crudest idiot of them all. Just a stream of unconsciousness, ridiculous nonsense comes out of his mouth. Somewhere between Buddy Hackett and Jerry Lewis. J Biden reminds me of Professor Irwin Corey.

[@RalphEwell-s5o]

​​@@MrThumbs63Mr. Nixon talked to the American people. The Kenya-born Barry Soetoro talked down to the American people. FJB just mumbles and shouts and insults the people and Trump actually talks with them.

[@LD-qj2te]

Nixon is endless fascinating . Flawed in many ways but amazing in others.

[@charlottemiller3434]

They don't make politicians like Mr.Nixon anymore. He was the last of his breed.

[@GJ1607.]

An underappreciated president

[@drivingphoenix3019]

Two professional men who agreed to disagree without calling each other names.

[@kenclayton5088]

Its 50 years and i still dont get it...why would such an experianced capable man get involved with a 3rd rate break in attempt. . And then go into cover up mode ?

[@kevinkarsnia109]

He was a self-centered paranoid man.

[@robertcompton5232]

perhaps he didn't want to be killed by the CIA.

[@johnrowe6414]

he was also stubborn n vain which lead him to believe he was above the fray 💯kissinger rip 🪦 spoke in “ years of upheaval “ about his distrust of aides n associates based on his own demons n insecurities- good politician - troubled man

[@bobjordan5231]

I think JFK liked Nixon because he knew that Nixon was a very, very, very smart and insightful man. JFK liked being around smart people.

[@jeremyjohnson4285]

Imagine fellow students of history if you will. Imagine if JFK had two full terms and then Robert Kennedy had two full terms. I think our world would be a better place 😢.

[@petermcgarry4286]

When your conscience is clear it's easy to speak clearly, with lucidity.

[@Steve-gc5nt]

More like he's a shameless bullshitter.

[@conradinhawaii7856]

@@Steve-gc5nt Howz that Kool Aid taste today, Bunky? Sounds as if you've been hitting it regularly, for a long time. 🙄

[@Funtimesja1]

1960 was literally the best election you had the best two candidates: jfk and nixon

[@waynejohanson1083]

At least when these two were both running for President. They didn't bash each other in the press every day, like they do know. They had respect for one another and stuck to the issues.

[@ura9390]

"Neice" 🤣

[@NixonFoundation]

👀😂

[@firstroundboxing7649]

Kennedys niece lol

[@kittytrail]

😏

[@responsiblejerk2328]

"This is my niece" overtly means "check out my side piece"

[@kittytrail]

@@responsiblejerk2328 except maybe in the Blue Ridge Mountains were it could also be your wife, daughter and auntie. 😏 (kiddin' them hicks are fine folks once you get to know 'em and their family 😽👍)

[@themalacast]

This interviewer is 🔥

[@rafaelantoniogutierrez9968]

As a Democrat I would take Nixon all day long over his conservative successors

[@rhrh2025]

Back then, I guess the Viet Nam war was the big issue, along with Cuba, Civil Rights, and defeating Communism worldwide. The arms race was in full bloom. Both parties wanted basically the same things, but had different strategies. Both JFK and Nixon loved America.

[@Sunshine-Light]

When America was great ❤

[@RalphEwell-s5o]

Still my favorite president. I remember exactly what I was doing when he resigned.

[@ronammologist16]

Nixon was a great President.

[@rudivanrooijen7611]

No doubt if it was up to me today I would choose Nixon over both Biden and Trump without a shred of hesitation.

[@twofiveb]

I would choose JFK but respect to Nixon too. Both were flawed, but nonetheless great men.

[@rudivanrooijen7611]

@@twofiveb For sure I would choose JFK over Nixon. I was merely trying to point out that a flawed president like Nixon would still be a far better choice than what both parties have to offer these days....

[@LA_Commander]

JFK was very flawed as well...they just covered it up better

[@ralph0901]

I wasn't a Nixon guy, but boy was he smart and well thought out, I think our last well thought out president, and that is a shame

[@travismarshall3089]

It's always interesting to wonder "What If" Nixon hadn't looked ill they way he did in that infamous televised debate... Would Nixon have won in 60? Would JFK later go on to run again and win in '68? Would, in turn, RFK run and become President instead of Carter? Would, further in turn, the "Kennedy Curse" not have existed and RFK Jr. be alive today as well? All of History...changed by something as inconsequential as a man showing up a little sick for a debate.

[@kittytrail]

by Kennedy curse you mean the CIA and their deeply involved in State affairs friends including the evil .il ones, right? 🤔

[@Iprevail1972]

Would be a good basis for an alternative history book.

[@1952jodianne]

If only more voters had heard the debate on the radio rather than watching it on TV. The vast majority of radio listeners considered Nixon the debate's winner.

[@larryyoung5757]

So interesting. The debate preceding the 1960 election was also interesting. Those who listened on radio felt that Dick Nixon had won decidedly while those who watched the debate on television favored Kennedy. In politics, the power of imagery over substance was recognized.

[@sufghangametheory99]

Dick Nixon did not sleep well, his eyes looked tired and due to an injury also lost some weight and was just not in very good physical shape and on TV those images were captured, radio listeners had another view because they could not see him.

[@dannow4641]

I seen President Nixon in a clip when he was confronting CIA director Helms about certain people involved in the Watergate break in. Helms didn't seem to care. He mentioned JFK he didn't say President or JFK he called him John. To me that says alot about his respect and feelings that he had toward him. President Nixon 👍

[@ottoandhanzblack2175]

John Ehrlichman maybe?

[@davidlanham99]

He speaks better than most people can write.

[@texasborn2720]

Fascinating. Just fascinating.

[@Mncrr]

Wouldn’t fault Nixon for being a little bitter on how there were unsavory people doing unsavory things to defeat him in 1960.

[@robertcompton5232]

I guess that became water under the bridge when the CIA assassinated JFK and ended his presidency.