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Ken Khachigian

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PBD Podcast
"Shouldn’t Have Resigned" - Ken Khachigian Reveals Nixon’s Paranoia, Reagan’s Mistakes, Bush’s Secrets | PBD Podcast

So that's the same with the Nixon White House and with the Reagan White House. It doesn't matter. So in the Nixon White House, I never had a one-on-one a conversation with the president. Never? Never. Never. Not even after he resigned? No, after he resigned, yes.

PBD Podcast
"Shouldn’t Have Resigned" - Ken Khachigian Reveals Nixon’s Paranoia, Reagan’s Mistakes, Bush’s Secrets | PBD Podcast

So that's the same with the Nixon White House and with the Reagan White House. It doesn't matter. So in the Nixon White House, I never had a one-on-one a conversation with the president. Never? Never. Never. Not even after he resigned? No, after he resigned, yes.

PBD Podcast
"Shouldn’t Have Resigned" - Ken Khachigian Reveals Nixon’s Paranoia, Reagan’s Mistakes, Bush’s Secrets | PBD Podcast

No. You know, that's interesting. People say that. It's just the way... No, no... He was open to a lot of people. He was open to ideas. It's just the way the situation is structured. I wrote memos to him in the 68 campaign that got to him, even though I was just 23 years old. He was always open to ideas. It's just that you can't have people...

PBD Podcast
"Shouldn’t Have Resigned" - Ken Khachigian Reveals Nixon’s Paranoia, Reagan’s Mistakes, Bush’s Secrets | PBD Podcast

No. You know, that's interesting. People say that. It's just the way... No, no... He was open to a lot of people. He was open to ideas. It's just the way the situation is structured. I wrote memos to him in the 68 campaign that got to him, even though I was just 23 years old. He was always open to ideas. It's just that you can't have people...

PBD Podcast
"Shouldn’t Have Resigned" - Ken Khachigian Reveals Nixon’s Paranoia, Reagan’s Mistakes, Bush’s Secrets | PBD Podcast

oder wenn du eine Strukturorganisation hast, oder wenn du deine Sicherheitsfirma hattest, wenn du Junioren hattest, die dir direkt sprechen konnten. Vielleicht hast du das gemacht, vielleicht nicht. But I don't know if Jamie Dimon allows junior people to come and talk to him. I mean, it's just, and if he doesn't, is he paranoid? I don't know.

PBD Podcast
"Shouldn’t Have Resigned" - Ken Khachigian Reveals Nixon’s Paranoia, Reagan’s Mistakes, Bush’s Secrets | PBD Podcast

oder wenn du eine Strukturorganisation hast, oder wenn du deine Sicherheitsfirma hattest, wenn du Junioren hattest, die dir direkt sprechen konnten. Vielleicht hast du das gemacht, vielleicht nicht. But I don't know if Jamie Dimon allows junior people to come and talk to him. I mean, it's just, and if he doesn't, is he paranoid? I don't know.

PBD Podcast
"Shouldn’t Have Resigned" - Ken Khachigian Reveals Nixon’s Paranoia, Reagan’s Mistakes, Bush’s Secrets | PBD Podcast

I don't think you can call people paranoid just because they have an organizational structure. I didn't find him to be paranoid when I got to know him. So that's a bad rap on Nixon that I always feel.

PBD Podcast
"Shouldn’t Have Resigned" - Ken Khachigian Reveals Nixon’s Paranoia, Reagan’s Mistakes, Bush’s Secrets | PBD Podcast

I don't think you can call people paranoid just because they have an organizational structure. I didn't find him to be paranoid when I got to know him. So that's a bad rap on Nixon that I always feel.

PBD Podcast
"Shouldn’t Have Resigned" - Ken Khachigian Reveals Nixon’s Paranoia, Reagan’s Mistakes, Bush’s Secrets | PBD Podcast

Well, he studied people very carefully. And as I say, even paranoids have real enemies. But he did study people very good. He was very shrewd at studying people and very good at studying people and knowing their traits. And at the end of the day, it worked for him really well.

PBD Podcast
"Shouldn’t Have Resigned" - Ken Khachigian Reveals Nixon’s Paranoia, Reagan’s Mistakes, Bush’s Secrets | PBD Podcast

Well, he studied people very carefully. And as I say, even paranoids have real enemies. But he did study people very good. He was very shrewd at studying people and very good at studying people and knowing their traits. And at the end of the day, it worked for him really well.

PBD Podcast
"Shouldn’t Have Resigned" - Ken Khachigian Reveals Nixon’s Paranoia, Reagan’s Mistakes, Bush’s Secrets | PBD Podcast

What happened was he resigned and left the office on August 9th. Of course, we were all depressed and down. Okay. Und nach etwa zehn Tagen, acht oder neun, zehn Tagen, hat Ziegler mich angerufen und gesagt, wir brauchen Hilfe hier, wir sind kurzfristig. Und ich war noch auf der White House-Staff, jetzt PrÀsident Ford war PrÀsident. Sie sagten, sie seien verabschiedet.

PBD Podcast
"Shouldn’t Have Resigned" - Ken Khachigian Reveals Nixon’s Paranoia, Reagan’s Mistakes, Bush’s Secrets | PBD Podcast

What happened was he resigned and left the office on August 9th. Of course, we were all depressed and down. Okay. Und nach etwa zehn Tagen, acht oder neun, zehn Tagen, hat Ziegler mich angerufen und gesagt, wir brauchen Hilfe hier, wir sind kurzfristig. Und ich war noch auf der White House-Staff, jetzt PrÀsident Ford war PrÀsident. Sie sagten, sie seien verabschiedet.

PBD Podcast
"Shouldn’t Have Resigned" - Ken Khachigian Reveals Nixon’s Paranoia, Reagan’s Mistakes, Bush’s Secrets | PBD Podcast

Ken, du bist loyal zu dem PrĂ€sidenten. Du hast das wĂ€hrend des Impeachment-Prozesses gezeigt. Kannst du uns helfen? Wir haben wirklich viele Probleme. Ich flog auf einem MilitĂ€rflugzeug raus. Ich hatte mein erstes One-on-One-Meeting mit Richard Nixon. Es war wirklich unangenehm fĂŒr mich. Jetzt ist hier der PrĂ€sident der Vereinigten Staaten und ich habe mein erstes One-on-One-Meeting.

PBD Podcast
"Shouldn’t Have Resigned" - Ken Khachigian Reveals Nixon’s Paranoia, Reagan’s Mistakes, Bush’s Secrets | PBD Podcast

Ken, du bist loyal zu dem PrĂ€sidenten. Du hast das wĂ€hrend des Impeachment-Prozesses gezeigt. Kannst du uns helfen? Wir haben wirklich viele Probleme. Ich flog auf einem MilitĂ€rflugzeug raus. Ich hatte mein erstes One-on-One-Meeting mit Richard Nixon. Es war wirklich unangenehm fĂŒr mich. Jetzt ist hier der PrĂ€sident der Vereinigten Staaten und ich habe mein erstes One-on-One-Meeting.

PBD Podcast
"Shouldn’t Have Resigned" - Ken Khachigian Reveals Nixon’s Paranoia, Reagan’s Mistakes, Bush’s Secrets | PBD Podcast

Und er war, Ă€h, sie waren nach ihm, Ă€h, fĂŒr Backtaxas, Ă€h, er hatte keinen Job, Ă€hm, sie wollten ihn in Kalifornien ausbauen, Ă€h, er hatte keinen Einkommen, sie wollten ihn in New York ausbauen, Ă€h, es waren Subpoenas fließend ĂŒber den Ort, Ă€h, Ă€h, Ă€h, ich hatte meinen Gesetzesdienst, natĂŒrlich, sie, Ă€h, sie deponierten davon, sie hatten keine, sie hatten keine Struktur eines Budgetes in St.

PBD Podcast
"Shouldn’t Have Resigned" - Ken Khachigian Reveals Nixon’s Paranoia, Reagan’s Mistakes, Bush’s Secrets | PBD Podcast

Und er war, Ă€h, sie waren nach ihm, Ă€h, fĂŒr Backtaxas, Ă€h, er hatte keinen Job, Ă€hm, sie wollten ihn in Kalifornien ausbauen, Ă€h, er hatte keinen Einkommen, sie wollten ihn in New York ausbauen, Ă€h, es waren Subpoenas fließend ĂŒber den Ort, Ă€h, Ă€h, Ă€h, ich hatte meinen Gesetzesdienst, natĂŒrlich, sie, Ă€h, sie deponierten davon, sie hatten keine, sie hatten keine Struktur eines Budgetes in St.

PBD Podcast
"Shouldn’t Have Resigned" - Ken Khachigian Reveals Nixon’s Paranoia, Reagan’s Mistakes, Bush’s Secrets | PBD Podcast

Clementi, und sie, Àh, sie wollten mich helfen, seinen finanziellen Leben in Ordnung zu bringen. So I sat down with him and I'm depressed because I'm 29 years old and I didn't know what the hell was going to go on with my life. And here he was, he had lost the most precious thing he ever wanted to achieve in his life. And I thought, what is this going to be like?

PBD Podcast
"Shouldn’t Have Resigned" - Ken Khachigian Reveals Nixon’s Paranoia, Reagan’s Mistakes, Bush’s Secrets | PBD Podcast

Clementi, und sie, Àh, sie wollten mich helfen, seinen finanziellen Leben in Ordnung zu bringen. So I sat down with him and I'm depressed because I'm 29 years old and I didn't know what the hell was going to go on with my life. And here he was, he had lost the most precious thing he ever wanted to achieve in his life. And I thought, what is this going to be like?

PBD Podcast
"Shouldn’t Have Resigned" - Ken Khachigian Reveals Nixon’s Paranoia, Reagan’s Mistakes, Bush’s Secrets | PBD Podcast

I'm in San Clemente now, sitting one-on-one with him. And you know what he says to me? One of the first things he says is, Ken, geh nicht runter. Wir mĂŒssen vorwĂ€rts schauen. Wir können nicht zurĂŒcksehen. Wir mĂŒssen vorwĂ€rts schauen. Und ich dachte, oh mein Gott, hier bin ich. Ich fĂŒhle mich tief und depressiv und denke, mein Leben wird zerstört, weil ich meinen Job am White House verlieren werde.

PBD Podcast
"Shouldn’t Have Resigned" - Ken Khachigian Reveals Nixon’s Paranoia, Reagan’s Mistakes, Bush’s Secrets | PBD Podcast

I'm in San Clemente now, sitting one-on-one with him. And you know what he says to me? One of the first things he says is, Ken, geh nicht runter. Wir mĂŒssen vorwĂ€rts schauen. Wir können nicht zurĂŒcksehen. Wir mĂŒssen vorwĂ€rts schauen. Und ich dachte, oh mein Gott, hier bin ich. Ich fĂŒhle mich tief und depressiv und denke, mein Leben wird zerstört, weil ich meinen Job am White House verlieren werde.