Is Trump going to be another Richard Nixon?

A lengthy New York Times story last weekend showed the depth of Trump's preoccupation with what his adversaries say about him and with how he can get back at them using Twitter, his favorite weapon, and the overall power of the presidential bully pulpit. read more

We’d be better off if Trump were another Nixon than we are with Trump as Trump. To wit: Environment. Richard Nixon’s admin started the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Trump is determined to kill the entire department, going so far as to put a businessman who has long fought the EPA at the head of the department. Civil Rights. read more

I mean, considering what Watergate was, the closer candidate to Nixon would have been Hillary. Trump is probably going to be fine because he's going to spend the next four years as president, and not campaigning to be president. The atmosphere is different. read more