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Charisma, at least partially, can be defined as the ability to capture people's attention. For better or worse. It is about the last/worst reason to choose any kind of "leader ".

Yep. Biden is just loaded with charisma. :p😅

obviously not. "Many of our leaders" Read before commenting.@@toryficarola

Yeah, a criminal President is a sight to behold😅

He was the respectable, and sometimes rare, combination of being extremely well-educated and articulate but not being pretentious or condescending. We should all try to be like that.

You hit the nail on the head!! Thankyou..Im sure the Nixon family will thankyou for your accurate assesment.

Stalin would agree

Yeah, he had tremendous discipline during Watergate 😅

Yes God help us in our modern day concerning this

dude even Adolf had "charisma", that's why actions matter more than just empty "charisma"

I find it astounding he felt he had to resign. Yes he made an error of judgement as we all do but he was an extremely descent man and a good leader. A certain other individual who has made many errors " we know who " feels he should get another crack. God help the West. He wouldn't be fit to shine President Nixon's shoes.

Your father sounds like mine was, way ahead of his time, just like Nixon!

Yet too bad that people only care about Charisma these days instead of delivering actual results

As a liberal I can recognize what a great president he was and I'd vote for him if he was still alive. I believe his sincere interest in world peace and in improving the standard of living for all Americans could greatly reduce the rift between left and right--he'd bring the country together instead of splitting us further apart. Of course we'd still argue, but the extremism on both sides would likely subside.

@paulh2981 See , that's why I hate all of the super far right people that don't even talk to librals and the other way around! Like we're all on the same family it's okay to disagree on some things and agree on others. That's part of why we can't get anything done anymore. From a conservative to a liberal, I wish you nothing but the best🙏🤙

He has such a powerful sense of transcribing his clear thinking into fluent verbal communication. Not every man can do that. I think it’s a gift, just as athletic ability is a gift often.

Better than Clinton Better than Obama And Much Better than Biden

All one needs to do is sit and do nothing and you'd be better thnan Biden, who has utterly destroyred the country@@patrickdoyle3525

@@patrickdoyle3525 "Better"...?? Only in terms of being the only President who's been impeached twice But Trumpsters buy his odious claims that he's better than Lincoln, Jefferson and Washington Bah-lieve me!

@@sheltr9735 I Didn't Say That ! I only said "Better than Clinton Better than Obama And Much Better than Biden"

@@patrickdoyle3525 You missed the part about the only way in which he's "better" than any other President is that Trump has been impeached twice, a record low that no other President, ever, has achieved

he was a terribly savvy politician and had a realistic vision of foreign affairs no doubt, he garnered the 'hate' of those hard to the left which went a long way with those leftists who 'influenced' media that then went on a crusade to bring him down, and were successful. perhaps another legacy of his is being the first prez to run smack into a horribly biased 2 tier media. We are witnessing the same currently with many leftist politicos getting a free pass on their nefarious actions by legacy media...

I agree completely. In a sense, it was fortunate for all of us that he lost the 1960 election to Kennedy, because we needed him much more in the ensuing years.

And some of the losers that followed him into the WH (the most recent one not even elected) proved his points to the letter. Gosh, I miss simple speech articulation. All we have currently is oblivious senility. Trump for all his faults is VASTLY better than what we have, currently.

@@noahhyde8769someone that wants to undermine democracy and is basically incompetent was better? See how he handled the Covid crisis , anything, he was an utter failure. Not to mention the weekly embarrassing gaffs. Maybe you forget how bad it was?

I have recently changed my opinion of Trump. Robert F Kennedy is for le better.​@@noahhyde8769

But not the kind that excites people and makes them feel good. He’s the kind that would appeal to practical people.

@@noahhyde8769 A big, fat serving of INSANE - There is no evidence to suggest President Biden's 2020 election was anything other than completely legitimate (as confirmed by multiple audits, recounts (incl counting by hand recounts and automated recounts), the Republicans' Ninja "investigation" debacle, and over 60 court cases) - You want senility...? > Donald Trump confused Nancy Pelosi with Nikki Haley > He claimed he ran against Barack Obama, whereas in 2016 he ran against Hillary Clinton > He thought that we're about to enter World War II (we've actually had World War II, and if we enter another world war, it'll be World War III) > He thinks you can stop a hurricane with your nuclear weapon, or perhaps a nice, thick Sharpie whiteboard pen > He thinks you need ID to buy bread > He thinks you can buy Greenland from Denmark > He thinks England and Great Britain are the same thing > He thinks that stealth bombers are literally invisible > He thinks that you can beat Covid by injecting disinfectant into your veins - In addition to his cognitive deficits, Trump was derelict in his duty as Commander-In-Chief FOR THREE HOURS WHILE THE CAPITOL WAS UNDER MEDIEVAL ATTACK - Jan 6 seditionists have testified that they acted on the orders of Trump The only thing Trump ever had was a Republican personality cult, despite (or, perhaps, because of) his incompetence and complete lack of discipline The idea that this man should be allowed near a school board would be absurd The idea that he should be allowed near the White House, again (after everything we know about him), IS UTTER MADNESS! Nixon must be rolling in his grave...

Also consider Justin Trudeau and his reputed father Pierre (who Nixon dealt with throughout his presidency). Both of them were/are charismatic with little substance, the present one showing less of both. Both received support of the type of Canadian that likes the attention from foreign celebrities and media. In my foreign travels I never once was asked about an actual proficient Canadian PM. Only those two.

​@@normanwells2755Pierre was miles ahead though, Justin's just a bonehead.

well that's a new one -- 'charismatic', I'm a strong supporter of Mr. Nixon but that characteristic is not one that's typically used, but I'm sure he would approve. Mr. Nixon was terribly shy and intimidated by East Coast Ivy leaguers, he did not do well with small talk nor did he make friends easily, but when a friend he had their back that was what took him down. Sticking with Alderman and Erlikhman when he needed to walk away from them...

@@forgottenman8629 I'm thinking more in comparative terms really. We have some charisma black holes here in the UK with Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer. Thanks for some of the background there! I've only recently been getting in to Nixon, and he's quickly become one of my favourite US Presidents.

@@forgottenman8629 YES. That's a fine short analysis. His mistakes were few, his successes many. I doubt we'll ever see anyone of Nixon's amazing talents again, alas.

Fascinating, yes, You could win the Nobel Prize for psychoanalyzing Nixon.

Agreed.

Everyone i knew loved Nixon 1972 ish

@@GrowthruGod*especially Sammy Davis jr.

@@capoislamort100 the named a couple of high schools after sdj

Correct - and on the surface, without the knowledge of the things he did, he may SEEM charismatic. But once you draw back the curtain it is impossible to separate the man from the deeds. In this very interview he discusses his compelling interest for promoting peace. A generous term to describe this would be disingenuousness - a more accurate phrase would be outright lying. Now whether he is lying to himself as well as his audience, I don't know. But torpedoing the Johnson peace talks to help his election chances in '68, widening the war into Cambodia (which ultimately led to destabilization and and ultimately a bloodbath) and Laos, slow-stepping our withdrawal from Vietnam so that it took 7 long years to get our last soldiers out after he first took office, the outrageous and nonsensical carpet bombing of the North in 1972 long after he had started pulling our soldiers out, the mining of Hai Phong harbor, the attempted coup in Chile which almost plunged that country into a civil war - all these things, and many more, do not speak of a man that truly believes in peace as a core philosophy. I simply cannot assign charisma to a man that lies with every breath that he takes. Even his friends - and there were very few - found him to be cold and duplicitous.

Many of us who largely support Richard M. Nixon were, indeed, around during the time he was in office. I couldn't agree with your comment more.

Nixon was the opposite of Trump.

It's funny because up until the Watergate nothing burger "scandal", Nixon was WILDLY popular among great sections of Americans. His 1972 election was virtually flawless (520 electoral votes which remains the 3rd highest of all time behind Reagan's 525 electoral votes in 1984 and FDR's 523 electoral votes in 1936) but it was the amount of popular votes that Nixon amounted that remains his greatest domestic political victory. Almost 18 million more people voted for Nixon over die hard liberal George McGovern. That remains the largest amount of votes for a Republican candidate over a Democratic challenger in American history. And what makes it even MORE remarkable about that election victory is that it was the first election held after the passage of the 26th amendment which lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. So basically you had youngsters and pretty much kids voting en masse for a guy who was at the time seen by the media as a stiff relic from the Eisenhower 1950s. After all Nixon lost (barely) to the charismatic and handsome Jack Kennedy in 1960 and Nixon won (again barely) in 1968 almost completely due to the deep political divisions within the Democratic party at the time over Vietnam

We also need to change education, and teach kids about the dangers of charismatic leadership.

@@MediocreAverage Too true, alas.

I cannot think of a single other politician and/or statesmen who compares favorably against Richard Nixon. But I also like Gavin Newsome -- not because of his looks, but because I believe he understands, more than many, how government actually works.

@@thomasthompson6378 Actually, Newsom understands how government works for HIM. His windsock policies leave the most vulnerable to suffer. He is an opportunist that would (is!) let it all burn to the ground if it benefits him or his benefactors.

Nixon would have been utterly contemptuous of Trump -- which speaks well of Nixon.

Maybe but it's hard to know. Fun fact though: Nixon was actually the first major political figure to tell Trump in a letter that he should get into politics. This happened about 40 or so years before Trump went into national politics. Apparently Nixon at the time saw a lot of potential in the still very young but brash and wealthy real estate developer and business man from New York City

@@RichardSchiffman-jn1dsTrump was a different man when he was young, as many people have pointed out. No one saw the wanna be fascist career political criminal conspiracy theory alt right nut job he would become.

Actually, when I think of the Cold War victory, Nixon was the starting pitcher and Reagan was the relief pitcher. By the time Reagan came in, the score was 10-6 for the United States, so all Reagan had to do is not give up a grand slam homer.

The more I learn about JFK, I realize he was shockingly incompetent. The Bay of Pigs fiasco, the Diem fiasco in South Vietnam, the Khruschev Summit fiasco. Nevertheless, we may have been lucky that JFK's Hollywood looks won in 1960. Nixon would later say he did not yet have the foreign policy mastery in 1960 to do what he did achieve as President: "defeat the Soviet Union without starting World War III."

Explain what you mean by that. The code on what orders?

what in the world does that mean? maybe is a typo?

May have been JFKs downfall.

@@jacksmurr585 Maybe have been! I am very dumb about politics. But I saw JFK live in SLC Ut. Give a speech at the Tabernacle. His energy just filled the place. He had Charisma!

Every time I wipe my Pelosi

I like Nixon. He opened the communist world. Newsom wants us to join the communist world.

I think you’re missing the point of the video. Nixon is from California where a conventionally charismatic politician is ruining a great state.