You are viewing the direct history of one reply to this comment.
There are probably comments that have come before and after this one.
Please see all the comments in the thread
10
FBI Director James Comey has been fired (abcnews.go.com)
submitted by eugene 6 years ago

So, this is going to be all over the news, but suffice it to say I wanted to say this is "Nixonian".

For kicks I looked up "Nixonian", and found via NPR that the democrats already beat me to it.

0
jeannie 6 years ago

I think the anger expressed by both Presidents is similiar, but the actual circumstances were very different. If Trump fired Comey to create a cover-up, then he badly mis-judged the press and many of the public. Nixon was days away from being forced to resign; Trump has a longer leash, I believe. Unless, of course, he self-destructs further...