A lot of people were turned off to Nixon because he won the election. If he had been elected 50 years later, what he did wrong would have been considered admirable. It was for the Clinton administration.
But Nixon’s strong point was his foreign diplomacy. Trump is excellent in understanding the actual problem and determining the best, and easiest, way to handle it. Obama was terrible in foreign work and he further complicated his mistakes by sending H Clinton out there to further fumble the ball. Trump does his own work as he is hands on. That’s what a middle tier leader does that does not have full authority to do things unless he can trust someone to accomplish it. With the way his own party is handing the situation of his administration, I can’t see anyone like that either.
rwood
Nixon was also a patriot...