Yet, in the two weeks since the House of Representatives started formally investigating the president, veterans of the Nixon administration have been notable only for their silence. The main keeper of the 37th president’s flame, the Richard Nixon Foundation, offered not one word for or against Trump when approached. An outspoken former Nixon speechwriter, Bruce Herschensohn, declared in an email: “I believe in saving the possibility of impeachment for impeachable offenses as defined by the U.S. His impeachment is imperative | Robert Reich Read moreNaftali, the former director of the Nixon Library, said there were ways in which the Nixon loyalists could usefully put some distance between Trump and Nixon, because Nixon could end up looking pretty good by comparison. But, Naftali added, Shepard and others like him might have an overriding hesitation to side with anyone who criticizes a president in trouble.

Source: The Guardian October 10, 2019 04:52 UTC