Nixon was pardoned as a spent force. While he got some PR rehabilitation at the end of his life, he spent most of his post-presidency as a pariah who gave us the term for corrupt political malfeasance.
Trump and his ilk only regret that the coup didn't work. So you're right, this isn't healing wounds by showing grace to a defeated party, …
Nixon was pardoned as a spent force. While he got some PR rehabilitation at the end of his life, he spent most of his post-presidency as a pariah who gave us the term for corrupt political malfeasance.
Trump and his ilk only regret that the coup didn't work. So you're right, this isn't healing wounds by showing grace to a defeated party, this is about punishing misbehavior in order to protect against future recurrence.
Nixon was pardoned as a spent force. While he got some PR rehabilitation at the end of his life, he spent most of his post-presidency as a pariah who gave us the term for corrupt political malfeasance.
Trump and his ilk only regret that the coup didn't work. So you're right, this isn't healing wounds by showing grace to a defeated party, this is about punishing misbehavior in order to protect against future recurrence.
The amazing thing about Nixon is that he probably would have won if the dirty tricks hadn’t occurred.
Nixon did win.