Summary
presidencies bear striking resemblances
A framed fan letter from Richard M. Nixon to Donald J. Trump will reportedly hang on the wall of the Oval Office on Jan. 20 .
An alliance does exist between Trump and Nixon, though their differences are glaring. Nixon was a professional politician; Trump decidedly is not. Nixon gave polished speeches; Trump apparently cannot. Nixon practiced diplomacy and statecraft; Trump thus far seems to prefer threats and tweets. Nixon was a skillful, often subtle liar; Trump is brash and brazen.
The Democratic candidate opposing Nixon was Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey.
Nixon had enlisted South Vietnam's ambassador to the United States to send a clear message to his own president, Nguyen Van Thieu: don't make a deal with the Democrat in the White House.
Nixon won the election by seven-tenths of a percentage point.
We now know, of course, what Nixon knew. We may never know what, if anything, the Trump campaign knew about Russia's role in the 2016 election.
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