> Circumstances were different but the last time an ideologically motivated aspiring hegemon threatened the world’s oil supply was 1973, when the Soviet Union was observed making preparations to intervene in the Arab-Israeli war.
> The episode is also remembered as the last time a U.S. president resorted to an unvarnished nuclear threat, when Richard Nixon warned Moscow off by raising the U.S. military alert status to Defcon 3.
> Thereupon nuclear bluster permanently vanished from the U.S. presidential vocabulary, experts in diplomacy tell us, for reasons that boil down to a loss of credibility once Moscow could match the U.S. in nuclear firepower. Oddly, though, this now-standard narrative hasn’t been updated for Donald Trump’s first term, much less his second.
> […]
> Now he’s in full Nixon mode—his model of a president who, despite the ankle-biting press of Watergate, wielded his commander-in-chief powers boldly even as his political base eroded from under him. Mr. Trump’s personalist approach has him particularly enamored of the U.S. military’s ability to modify the incentives of foreign counterparties with precision munitions.
gradientz on
Sorry, that wasn’t when we found out he raped and tortured little girls?
yanknga on
No it’s not. It’s come and gone ignored many times before.
chuckerton on
We have been promised Trump’s downfall every few months going on eleven years now. Let’s just face the fact we are living in hell and hell is eternal.
incide666 on
This headline could have been written every fucking day since his first inauguration.
What are you doing?
Willing-Dog6463 on
If it hasn’t yet it probably never will. Let’s be real
Rex-A-Vision on
The only two “Nixon moments” that Trump might be experiencing soon are his resignation and a certain rattle…
I405CA on
We should forget about having any effective Watergate or McCarthy “have you no sense of decency” moments. The public is numb to such things.
It’s more likely that Trump dies in office, whether due to an actual or an induced health event.
specqq on
Nixon’s April 22, 1994 moment?
WallNumerous3230 on
Already worst President Ever. Took the crown from the 45th president.
ahdidi413 on
People aren’t reading the article before commenting. This is far from being critical of Trump – it’s just comparing Trump’s use of the nuclear threat/executive authority to Nixon. If anything the article reads pro-escalation.
Original-Ad6993 on
Him being a pedophile wasn’t enough?
DeuceGnarly on
Oh bull fucking shit.
The Nixon moment was when the republicans realized they couldn’t contort the country into eating their shit any more.
The present day republican party has spent decades since precisely the Nixon moment building a fascist deep state so they could prevent ever encountering another Nixon moment.
The reason we fucking have this republican goddamn shit stain in the White House is because they’ve fucking destroyed all integrity and good faith in the US political system, and they have no intention of ever leaving power again.
Fuck. If a mob of conspiracy theorists beating capital police officers on Jan 6th wasn’t enough to have a Nixon moment, this isn’t a fucking Nixon moment.
Every fucking republican has to be purged from office.
Beard341 on
I’m tired of all these headlines implying some comeuppance is around the corner when it’s been YEARS of nothing…
elementality883 on
That happened far too long ago and the Republicans decided to go along with it. Never forget those who enabled and defended this hemorrhoid. You can’t cure the disease by only removing the symptom.
SelectZookeepergame5 on
How about JFK moment
Ohuigin on
Fuck off.
There is no Nixon moment because Nixon was held responsible by his own party. That party is dead. It’s just a cult now.
Spare me with the false hope that does nothing but continue to manufacture consent and sane-wash the actions of a demented old man, 34x convicted felon, and child rapist.
FrogsOnALog on
Bro already did J6 and the country fired the people prosecuting him lol
FingFrenchy on
“may”, “could”, “might”, “should”. We’ve been hearing these fucking headlines for over 10 years now, gtfo with these click bait bullshit headlines.
fungobat on
Jesus Fucking CHRIST. How are these legitimate old-school newspaper headlines?
DinkandDrunk on
Wake me when he faces one single meaningful consequence in his life.
bryan49 on
I’m not even going to bother to read this. Trump has scandals worse than Watergate pretty much every week and nothing ever happens
JinimyCritic on
I’ll believe it when I see it. Moving on. What’s the next “enough to bury any other president 10x over” moment that is completely ignored by anyone who can actually do anything going to be?
Ninja_attack on
Big time doubt. It’s always “Trump made fatal mistake”, “Trump could face severe punishment”, “bombshell report, Trump gonna get it this time”. It’s all media bull shit that never pans out. In a righteous world, he’d have been kicked to the curb for the “grab them by the pussy comment” or when he mocked a disabled reporter in his first GQP run. When Biden didn’t immediately have him arrested for an attempted insurrection on j21, I knew we were fucked. He and political supporter should be in jail right now and we instead got a limp dick hand wave that they’ll be punished eventually, one day.
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Gift link. Spoiler: It is *NOT* “resignation”:
> Circumstances were different but the last time an ideologically motivated aspiring hegemon threatened the world’s oil supply was 1973, when the Soviet Union was observed making preparations to intervene in the Arab-Israeli war.
> The episode is also remembered as the last time a U.S. president resorted to an unvarnished nuclear threat, when Richard Nixon warned Moscow off by raising the U.S. military alert status to Defcon 3.
> Thereupon nuclear bluster permanently vanished from the U.S. presidential vocabulary, experts in diplomacy tell us, for reasons that boil down to a loss of credibility once Moscow could match the U.S. in nuclear firepower. Oddly, though, this now-standard narrative hasn’t been updated for Donald Trump’s first term, much less his second.
> […]
> Now he’s in full Nixon mode—his model of a president who, despite the ankle-biting press of Watergate, wielded his commander-in-chief powers boldly even as his political base eroded from under him. Mr. Trump’s personalist approach has him particularly enamored of the U.S. military’s ability to modify the incentives of foreign counterparties with precision munitions.
Sorry, that wasn’t when we found out he raped and tortured little girls?
No it’s not. It’s come and gone ignored many times before.
We have been promised Trump’s downfall every few months going on eleven years now. Let’s just face the fact we are living in hell and hell is eternal.
This headline could have been written every fucking day since his first inauguration.
What are you doing?
If it hasn’t yet it probably never will. Let’s be real
The only two “Nixon moments” that Trump might be experiencing soon are his resignation and a certain rattle…
We should forget about having any effective Watergate or McCarthy “have you no sense of decency” moments. The public is numb to such things.
It’s more likely that Trump dies in office, whether due to an actual or an induced health event.
Nixon’s April 22, 1994 moment?
Already worst President Ever. Took the crown from the 45th president.
People aren’t reading the article before commenting. This is far from being critical of Trump – it’s just comparing Trump’s use of the nuclear threat/executive authority to Nixon. If anything the article reads pro-escalation.
Him being a pedophile wasn’t enough?
Oh bull fucking shit.
The Nixon moment was when the republicans realized they couldn’t contort the country into eating their shit any more.
The present day republican party has spent decades since precisely the Nixon moment building a fascist deep state so they could prevent ever encountering another Nixon moment.
The reason we fucking have this republican goddamn shit stain in the White House is because they’ve fucking destroyed all integrity and good faith in the US political system, and they have no intention of ever leaving power again.
Fuck. If a mob of conspiracy theorists beating capital police officers on Jan 6th wasn’t enough to have a Nixon moment, this isn’t a fucking Nixon moment.
Every fucking republican has to be purged from office.
I’m tired of all these headlines implying some comeuppance is around the corner when it’s been YEARS of nothing…
That happened far too long ago and the Republicans decided to go along with it. Never forget those who enabled and defended this hemorrhoid. You can’t cure the disease by only removing the symptom.
How about JFK moment
Fuck off.
There is no Nixon moment because Nixon was held responsible by his own party. That party is dead. It’s just a cult now.
Spare me with the false hope that does nothing but continue to manufacture consent and sane-wash the actions of a demented old man, 34x convicted felon, and child rapist.
Bro already did J6 and the country fired the people prosecuting him lol
“may”, “could”, “might”, “should”. We’ve been hearing these fucking headlines for over 10 years now, gtfo with these click bait bullshit headlines.
Jesus Fucking CHRIST. How are these legitimate old-school newspaper headlines?
Wake me when he faces one single meaningful consequence in his life.
I’m not even going to bother to read this. Trump has scandals worse than Watergate pretty much every week and nothing ever happens
I’ll believe it when I see it. Moving on. What’s the next “enough to bury any other president 10x over” moment that is completely ignored by anyone who can actually do anything going to be?
Big time doubt. It’s always “Trump made fatal mistake”, “Trump could face severe punishment”, “bombshell report, Trump gonna get it this time”. It’s all media bull shit that never pans out. In a righteous world, he’d have been kicked to the curb for the “grab them by the pussy comment” or when he mocked a disabled reporter in his first GQP run. When Biden didn’t immediately have him arrested for an attempted insurrection on j21, I knew we were fucked. He and political supporter should be in jail right now and we instead got a limp dick hand wave that they’ll be punished eventually, one day.
The Onion said it best:
“Trump suffers setback unrelated to child rape”