Interview with Richard Nixon on US-Soviet Relations, 11/16/1983 - Camera 1 

Well it was those who drove him out who took power and made sure no one would be able to do same to them. Classic stuff.

He had 74 locked up, he overthought things, which helped him and eventually hindered him. No need for the break-in.

@@WintersWar Nixon had no idea about the break-in but he was heavily involved in the coverup. In 1972, Nixon trounced McGovern winning 49 States revealing the foolishness of the break-in.

Keep in mind that information was considered a lot more sacred back then... now if a phone gets leaked to the press, or an email server is hijacked--it's not that crazy.

I agree, they hounded Nixon for two years about 18 minutes of erased tape. Hillary Clinton got away with 35,000 highly classified emails missing.

What shortcomings do you refer to?

@@temporarysaint740 Watergate primarily

Prophetic? You missed the part where China has grown due to influx of US$ and no closer to losing its dictatorship...

​@@temporarysaint740Nixon was moronic to trade with China. He was warned not to build them up.

I agree. He made some big mistakes and seemed to have some important emotional blocks; but I respect his intelligence and his drive.

Nixon's conduct of of the Vietnam War is enough to deserve contempt.

@@smadaf as oppossed to that perfect president who made no mistakes or anything

Well said and agreed 100% though his political methods may be controversial, he genuinely believed what he did was his honest best effort for the greater good and I predict that history probably will be kinder to his reputation. Especially with records of various views and doings of the time of his presidency especially Soviet responses and reactions were documented. However I’d really be interested to read communist Chinese records about the reception he attended to open diplomatic relations. I believe this especially would be a great way to gather insight from Nixon’s records and previous responses from China in order to better understand how to make progress in peaceful relations

this is a stupid argument. he’s a horrible person and saying he is intelligent is not only dumb, but also hurtful because of his horrible policies and political career.

Fortunately Biden seems finally to be coming into his own.

@@benmeltzerhe’s literally dying in front of our eyes…

I desperately want a President like this again.

@@victorkaps6617 If he hadn't been so suspicious and insecure, he would have been one of the best presidents America ever had. I think he matured after his resignation, and was then able to do his genius justice.

@@mattiasakemalm1412 At this point I’d take anyone over sleepy joe anyday.

@@mattiasakemalm1412 Neah, he was pretty great when he was president, too. And the whole country agreed on that. Only he and Reagan managed to win an election by convincing the whole country, except one state, to vote for him. He just made an enemy out of the media, like Trump did, and from there his days were numbered. He acted like a stupid crook with Watergate, true, but so did Biden with his son. The only difference being that the media literally didn't want to hear about Hunter's problems.

When Nixon talks you have to listen. Try Nixon at oxford a master class for the hystericals

watergate was nothing more than a deep state soft coup lmao CIA just didnt have the balls to ice him post JFK

I wasn't alive then. What did he achieve that made him so wonderful?

@@KayAteChef Detente and cooperation with China in the 70's with the boy Henry Kissinger was probably his greatest achievement in foreign policy.

@@christiangermany668 Boy? You mean his bitch.

@@KayAteChef he also enacted environmental laws and improved relations with American Indian tribes (I don’t remember the details of what his laws or policy toward Indians was. So I hope I’m not confusing that with a different president)

That's why they got rid of him. They do this to all the good leaders

Why did he fear democracy? Why was he afraid of losing when the the poles favored him?

I largely agree, though he was dead wrong on China. He couldn't envisage their rise.

A dangerous liberal he was...

@@fredbloggs8369 Rise to what? Power to change a plot of some bs Hollywood movies?

@@tylsimys67 you believe China is not powerful???

Whilst Joe Biden simply talked like an 8 year old that no one could understand

Politics aside, Obama was the greatest speaker of a president that we’ve had in a very very long time. He blows Biden, Trump, Bush Jr., Clinton, and Bush Sr. our of the water.

@@RC-hv1yx His betters got their head blown off.

@@RC-hv1yx Obama was a president that was good at making things sound articulate and sophisticated without ever really saying anything. Almost every statement he made was vacuous and vapid with bare minimum effort. I still don’t understand the sycophantic obsession with him.

@@willwalker6894 Ironically you just said a whole lot of nothing. My original point was that he was a better speaker than Biden, Trump, Clinton, and both Bushes. You did not contradict that statement.

What other interests should a American president pursue but that of his own country.

@@NapoleonBonaparde Maybe you should ask Joe Biden that question.

​@@dochlldy Joe Biden doesn't know what year it is.

@@NapoleonBonaparde Maybe ask his handlers?It's a pretty safe bet he's not in control of anything.

Yes he was MASTERFUL executing foreign policy in Cambodia. How many hundreds of thousands of dead as a result of his secret bombing campaign?

The beginning of Reagan and also later Trump: _"Peace Through Strength"_

@@victorsamsung2921 Reagan did have several of Nixon's people in is cabinet. Just sayin.

The same would apply to Putin and the current iteration of Russia. Or I hope so.

Yup, that's Linebacker2i and the Cambodian incursion in a nutshell. Oh, and "we want peace, they want the world" That's perfect.

Mike, who of this period of Soviet-American relations is still alive and worth listening with regard to the current Russo-Ukrainian conflict?

@@boris4 Kissinger?

@@tylsimys67 The first that comes to mind, but nope, definitely not him :)

@@boris4 Kissinger, if anybody.

Nixon would have respected Russia’s red lines, and therefore the Russia-Ukraine war would never have happened.

Trump.

Sorry to disagree Trump is like the kid that call it ,when the king was parading around naked but he doesn’t have the political acumen of a giant like Nixon.

@@DrummerJacob Are you joking?

@Einstein when Zweistein shows up : Unfortunately, he, like other right-wing trailer trash, is being quite sincere.

@@frankdecardenas53 No it's trump. Everyone would have said the exact same thing about Nixon back in the day. Nobody else but trump was laying foundations for an end to the Korean war. It's still on if you didn't know, just a temporary ceasefire. Nobody else went to visit N.Korea. Only trump.

Nixon was the first VP & also the first President to visit Moscow while in office. Nixon loathed dealing w/most domestic issues, which is why he kept most of LBJ great Society programs intact. So he wouldn't have to deal w/backlash of taking away govt benefits LBJ handed out like candy to general public. Because ppl get used to free stuff. This way Nixon was able to focus on what he loved, international policy. Which was even more important in 1970, than now.

Look up what he said about blacks, jews and gays. He also tried to nuke North Vietnam.

@@zaphyra- he didn't "try" to nuke Vietnam. As president he had the sole authority to launch a nuke. If he wanted it launched it would have been launched. There is no "try"

@@zaphyra- Not excusing it one bit, but racism was so much more prevalent among all in those times.

He was a great president if you ignore the illegal bombing campaign of Cambodia (killing 500,000 ppl), illegally interfering in the Paris peace talks, the illegal money laundering and slush funds, illegal acceptance of bribes from the AMPI, illegal acceptance of bribes from IT&T, not to mention 48 members of his administration going to prison, obstruction of justice, the whole racist war on drugs…

Yea maybe ask the people of Laos or Vietnam about his "international policies" or better yet, ask the many Americans that served in Vietnam what they thought about nixon.

Absolutely!

@payday64 He wasn't paranoid,they really were out to get him.The sad part,is he didn't know anything about Watergate,till after it had already happened,but he was smart enough to know what it could do to the country and his administration,if it ever came out.

@@dochlldy He was framed.

@@jeshkam No,he wasn't framed,because he took a very active role in trying to keep it covered up.If he had stayed out of it,I think it would have mostly gone unnoticed as being a simple breaking and entering.

@@dochlldy That means he was in fact framed by his own people, as he had no idea about the planned bugging and the subsequent break-in, but as a president he was forced to take the blame. Simple as that.

Who?...

_"Compare that to the Reagans. His kids wrote books about the family. They werent positive. I think Nancy had a big part in the dysfunction of that family thiugh."_ Comparing apples to oranges though. Nixon's kids were *not* part of the messed-up, Marxist baby-boomers, like Ron Jr. and Patti Davis. Due to the effect the late 60s and 70s had on their minds concerning drugs, sex and rock & roll etc.

I read a book with a chapter about him and it explained how he grafter for everything he had. I never knew that he came from such humble beginnings and got himself to where he was by sheer will and natural intelligence. You can't say that about most of the other silver-spoon, elite-born political class of today.

Nixon was the most important VP in American history. Because Ike was already old & tired (for 1950 standards) when he became president. So instead of visiting. Foreign nations regularly & getting involved w/complex negotiatiions, he sent Nixon around the world as his Rep basically. This let Ike focus on the huge infrastructure (frwys utilities suburbs ) projects starting in that era. As his quasi representative , Nixon visited almost every country in Latin America & Europe & parts of Asia. The VP position by its nature has barely any defined responsibility. It's like being the 2nd Son of a Royal .. The VPs most important duty to public is to stay alive & prepared should something happen to #1. And most presidents completely hide their VPs. To keep all the spotlight & attn on themselves. Only Nixon & Cheney ever exercised any real power in the position .

You do anything a computer tells you to do.

@@BumboLooks Always.

No more exploring with your fantasy and curiosity! All spoonfed! :D Is it really that good?

@@melvinjansen2338 Yes, I watched 3 more.

Excellent point

One of the 46. That's my last offer.

Nah

Number 2 behind Trump?

@@djquinn11 Ha! You're funny. You're a funny man.

​@@djquinn11Trump's greatest accomplishment was taking the bottom from James Buchanan and owning it forever.

@Jeff: Eloquent and calculating? Yes. Charismatic? Hardly.

I agree but nixon had a lot of autistic traits. He wasn't very charismatic

@@JeffSkilling69 I thought he was charismatic. A charming smile and an engaging way of speaking that made you pay attention. What "autistic" traits are you referring to? Not everything needs to be put in a category or given a label, you know.

@@goodyeoman4534 yeah, I'm a Nixon supporter and think people are too critical of him. He was someone who didn't have the personality for politics yet heavily succeeded. I think that's commendable. The reason I say that was because he was heavily introverted, had poor physical coordination (his time as a football player), he was very charismatic in crowds but very awkward in 1-on-1 conversations (not including interviews), had intense interests in certain studies, etc. Also, I wasn't putting a label on him. All I said was that he had autistic traits I've noticed. Never said he was straight-up autistic.

🦊🚬~ in life, we leave so many things, left unfinished . . .

I know. I want to know what he said.

The irony😂😂😂

Not just in international affairs, Nixon would be appaulled with the state of his own party, the irony is that the cult of personality which characterised Soviet leadership is now the norm within the GOP.....

Nixon is so much smarter than Trump

@@BigWilt2000 a cricket is smarter than Trump!!

you know this man caused a genocide?

I think Nixon would like trump

He was against those educated in Yale, Harvard, Princeton and their undue influence in American life... he wasn't against education.

@@Frankybeanselevators you’re correct. I should have clarified myself.

The weaker the United States and their leadership is the better it is for the international community.

Is there something wrong with making domestic issues the primary focus? The president you are having a dig at did more to build relations with Russia, North Korea and China - America's biggest threats than - the latest president did.

Not much to do in modern day Poland, it seems. At least when it comes to learning from history instead of listening some senile ex-politician revealing mind-shattering truths like "never trust a russian".

@@tylsimys67 Senile> Nope, he was still sharp as a tac, here. You, on the other hand, are clearly deeply unhappy and full of anger.

Why do you think he was watergated?? Presidents don't control foreign policy, the JCS does.

Lol, the US doesn’t engage in foreign policy. The United States acts unilaterally

The greatest lesson is that democracy does not work in most country

@@davidmontgomery1442 you are incorrect If Germany want to be a independent great power it Must have a good relationship with Russia Bismarck was successful because he has good relationship with Imperial Russia

@@davidmontgomery1442 American has already declare its International policy Which is to make America great again But the salary of American is too high It is Impossible for America to develop its manufacturing sector like China the only way for America become great again is to destroy other countries Well Being by war That is why we have the Ukraine War I am certain the whole of Europe will not appear very great after the Ukraine War

@@davidmontgomery1442 Are you joking me It is the America Which is always expanding its power to the former Eastern Europe and former soviet Republic The aggression is from the America

Russia: here are our red lines, please do not cross them, please negotiate with us via the UN as required. America: not only are we going to cross your red lines via massive expansions of NATO for the profit of capitalism alone but we will rip up various arms treaties we negotiated with the USSR because it is profitable to do so and we view you as a "second rate power" and a "fallen empire" as two of our presidents stated, we literally don't give the slightest shit about your concernes. Russia: we laid out our red lines, you crossed them, we told you in 2008 if you expand to Ukraine we would take back Crimea, you didn't give a shit, you reap what you sow. ^ That is a comedic version of the last 30 years, here is a man who was at the heart of that to verify everything I just said, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-C1EwmYbK7QA.html So get your head out of your arse, the only thing the Russians have ever wanted at least for the 30 years of my adult lifetime, was to be treated with dignity, respect, and not be treated as if Stalin never died simply because it was highly profitable to western capitalists and banks for that to be persistently the case. Todays war and the blood of all sides involved along with the mass economic decline and de-industrialisation of Europe is primarily the design and desire of American hands. Your nation is LITERALLY the greatest threat to world peace and the future of humanity that this world has ever known, and I include the Nazis in that as Americas body count is far higher and grows by the minute.

If Republican Party wants to shed its image they need someone like a Nixon but without the demons and personality tue goes to watergate.

For me, he did go down as one of the greatest presidents. A true American patriot.

“which really amounted to nothing” 😂 cope

I’m a far leftist and I agree; Watergate was essentially meaningless. However lying to the world about bombing Cambodia, sinking the 1968 peace talks… both of those are unforgivable

That whole bay of pigs thing😒

This is so true first video I have ever seen of him, boy was he mesmerizing better than any presidents back to Reagan

stop lying and people would appreciate your views more thoroughly

Just because he was intelligent in foreign affairs at the time doesnt mean that he wasnt one of the most corrupt presidents of all time. This isnt a guy that you can list a couple bullet points of some of the evil shit he's done. He was a paranoid man, you can listen to the ramblings of his secret recordings to see what he was like behind doors. He definitely helped american interests in some aspects, but at the cost of other people. Read about him preventing the vietnam war from ending in the 60s in order to help him win the election

He carpet-bombed a lot of peasants in South East Asia and lied about it to the American people - in a war that was obviously lost... One of the consequences of this was the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia. He thwarted the peace talks in Vietnam (causing Johnson to call him a traitor in front of the Republican Senate leader). He sent in military against demonstrating students and four were killed (listen to "Ohio" by Bufalo Springfield). He used widespread surveillance against his own people and tried to play them out against each other as the Watergate scandal soared. He committed a lot of fraud to have access to a lot of money, so he could have his "plumbers" do a lot of nasty stuff to his opponents. He used the IRS against political opponents. Read Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign trail" if you want to get a sense for how much he was hated in his own time - before Watergate. Then there's the whole slew of murders of political leaders on the left during the 60s. Nixon isn't a suspect, but he was a product of these times, perhaps giving him a sense that it was ok to use CIA for all sorts of shenanigans. Watergate was certainly an example of something that the CIA could've done. Also he was in Dallas when JFK was murdered (alongside George H.W. Bush) - "I'll get that sunofabitch" was his comment to losing the '60 election. And RFK would've beaten him soundly in the '68 election if he hadn't been murdered. And more here... historycollection.com/10-crimes-of-the-nixon-administration/

He created a massive scandal, flawed is not enough of a word

@@1967buickriviera and Obama and Biden haven't?

​@@eq1373No they haven't.

One wonders why his "Quaker upbringing" didn't instil in him the values that would have prevented him becoming a crook employing a team of criminal fixers to try to keep him in office. He is and always will be a stain on American democracy.

two demons

Fr he varies his vocabulary incredibly well too

It's Milhaus, not Milhouse. Milhouse was Bart Simpson's schoolboy friend! 🙂🫠😉

Amazing isn't it. To listen to someone with eloquent speech, a great voice and large vocabulary is such a treat I didn't hear a word he said.

That's probably why they got rid of him.