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|occupation = President of the United States (1969 - 1974)<br>Vice President of the United States (1953 - 1961)<br>U.S. Senator from California (1950 - 1953)
|occupation = President of the United States (1969 - 1974)<br>Vice President of the United States (1953 - 1961)<br>U.S. Senator from California (1950 - 1953)
|goals = Stay in office as President by any means necessary (failed)<br>Cover up Watergate (failed)<br>End the [[Vietnam War]] (failed, but partially succeeded in ending the draft)
|goals = Stay in office as President by any means necessary (failed)<br>Cover up Watergate (failed)<br>End the [[Vietnam War]] (failed, but partially succeeded in ending the draft)
|crimes = Conspiracy<br>Corruption<br>Burglary<br>Illegal surveillance<br>Illegal wiretapping<br>Obstruction of justice<br>[[State terrorism]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>Complicity in [[Genocide]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Islamophobia]]<br>[[Negrophobia]]<br>Bribery<br>[[Asiaphobia]]<br>[[Homophobia]]<br>[[Hispanophobia]]<br>[[Hate speech]]<br>[[Arabophobia]]<br>
|crimes = Conspiracy<br>Corruption<br>Burglary<br>Illegal surveillance<br>Illegal wiretapping<br>Obstruction of justice<br>[[State terrorism]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>Complicity in [[Genocide]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Islamophobia]]<br>[[Anti-Catholicism]]<br>[[Negrophobia]]<br>Bribery<br>[[Asiaphobia]]<br>[[Homophobia]]<br>[[Hispanophobia]]<br>[[Hate speech]]<br>[[Arabophobia]]<br>
|type of villain = Corrupt President  
|type of villain = Corrupt President  
|motive = Keep his position<br>Cover up his administration's crimes against Democratic Party
|motive = Keep his position<br>Cover up his administration's crimes against Democratic Party
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=== Post-presidency ===
=== Post-presidency ===
His second Vice President, Gerald Ford (who assumed the presidency after Nixon resigned), pardoned Nixon fully for his involvement in the Watergate scandal. Attended the funeral of [[Anwar Sadat]] Nixon mostly kept a low profile until his death in April 1994 from a stroke.
His second Vice President, Gerald Ford (who assumed the presidency after Nixon resigned), pardoned Nixon fully for his involvement in the Watergate scandal. He attended the funeral of [[Anwar Sadat]]. Nixon mostly kept a low profile until his death in April 1994 from a stroke.


In a series of taped interviews he gave in the late 70's, Nixon expressed regret for his actions involving Watergate and his other crimes.
In a series of taped interviews he gave in the late 1970's, Nixon expressed regret for his actions involving Watergate and his other crimes.


==Other villainy==
==Other villainy==
*His administration spearheaded [[Operation Condor]], a multi-year CIA-backed campaign of [[state terrorism]] and political oppression that established multiple right-wing [[military dictatorship]]s in South America, including those of [[Augusto Pinochet]], [[Hugo Banzer]], and [[Jorge Rafael Videla]]. Also involved was [[Henry Kissinger]], who served in the Nixon Administration as both National Security Adviser and Secretary of State.
*His administration spearheaded [[Operation Condor]], a multi-year CIA-backed campaign of [[state terrorism]] and political oppression that established multiple right-wing [[military dictatorship]]s in South America. Also involved was [[Henry Kissinger]], who served in the Nixon Administration as both National Security Adviser and Secretary of State.
*He financed the 1973 Chilean coup d'état which allowed Augusto Pinochet to seize power in Chile.
*He financed the 1973 Chilean coup d'état which allowed Augusto Pinochet to seize power in Chile.
*Nixon was an avowed [[Anti-Semitism|anti-Semite]] who strongly disliked Jews, and was a believer in the conspiracy theory that Jews were planning to take over the government.
*Nixon was an avowed [[Anti-Semitism|anti-Semite]] who strongly disliked Jews, and was a believer in the conspiracy theory that Jews were planning to take over the government.
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*While he withdrew some American troops from Vietnam, he needlessly extended the [[Vietnam War]] instead of ending it by talking the president of South Vietnam out of negotiating with North Vietnam, as he needed the war to continue so that he could run for president; therefore, breaking his promise to end the war.
*While he withdrew some American troops from Vietnam, he needlessly extended the [[Vietnam War]] instead of ending it by talking the president of South Vietnam out of negotiating with North Vietnam, as he needed the war to continue so that he could run for president; therefore, breaking his promise to end the war.
*Nominated two segregationists to the Supreme Court. Both men were so unashamedly racist that both Democrats and Republicans refused to vote on them.
*Nominated two segregationists to the Supreme Court. Both men were so unashamedly racist that both Democrats and Republicans refused to vote on them.
*He had a strong dislike of the Catholic Church.
*He had a [[Anti-Catholicism|strong dislike of the Catholic Church]].
*He also showed traits of [[misogyny]] and stated that he didn't think women should work in government because they were too "erratic and emotional".
*He also showed traits of [[misogyny]] and stated that he didn't think women should work in government because they were too "erratic and emotional".
*He committed [[war crimes]] during the Vietnam War by ordering Henry Kissinger to carry out an illegal bombing campaign against Cambodia and Laos in order to eliminate North Vietnamese leadership (which would ultimately lead to the [[Kent State shootings]], and Cambodia becoming a failed state, let alone the deaths of over 100,000 innocent Cambodian citizens).
*He committed [[war crimes]] during the Vietnam War by ordering Henry Kissinger to carry out an illegal bombing campaign against Cambodia and Laos in order to eliminate North Vietnamese leadership (which would ultimately lead to the [[Kent State shootings]], and Cambodia becoming a failed state, let alone the deaths of over 100,000 innocent Cambodian citizens).
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