GroverCleveland
22nd & 24th POTUS; Predecessor to 45 and 47.
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Would be interesting to know what your former Secret Service agent-friend considers "personal integrity." If you know anything about Nixon then surely you understand the man was a sexist xenophobe who had deep insecurities that led to him hiring squads to do his dirty work for him. Finally, when people refused to lie and cover up for him, he fired them.
My comparison is based on both Trump and Nixon's relentless attack on the mainstream media, how both tried to frame themselves as "the president of law and order," and how both depended on what Nixon termed the "silent majority" for support.
Well, I'd say I know a fair amount based on reading books by and about him. Listening to interviews. but apparently you think you knew him better than anyone saying he was all these horrible things.
But I'll stick with the man pledged to guard him with his life, was a member of the opposite party and was around him for a number of years including through the bad days.
Additionally, my friend joined the Service after retiring as a CSM from the Army after serving in Vietnam. I'd say if he personally knew someone and said they had high integrity, he certainly gets the benefit of any doubt.