Yep...Nixon was setup just like they’re trying to set Trump up! Fortunately for us, Trump is much more resourceful and wasn’t a product of DC!
Many differences from the early 70’s till today.
- Three channel TV universe with no talk radio, right-leaning cable channels or conservative internet.
- NYT and WaPo dictated 90% of the print news coverage at a time when most people still read a daily paper.
- Nixon did not have Twitter or any other viable way of going around a biased media that was out to get him.
- Media drumbeat managed to drive Nixon’s approval numbers among REPUBLICANS down into the 20’s. Trump’s are holding firm in the 90’s.
- Nixon really DID involve himself in some sleazy and unethical things. Trump has not.