Richard Nixon: Difference between revisions
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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. | 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 | 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 | *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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[[Category:United States of America]] | [[Category:United States of America]] | ||
[[Category:Oppressors]] | [[Category:Oppressors]] | ||
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[[Category:Honorable Villains]] | [[Category:Honorable Villains]] | ||
[[Category:Islamophobes]] | [[Category:Islamophobes]] |