Tom Nichols

And you just felt like that was like this. I mean, at the time, you didn't know that Warren Harding was a womanizing doofus. You didn't know Andrew Jackson was a genocidal maniac. Now Trump's on that picture twice. Oh, my God.

And you just felt like that was like this. I mean, at the time, you didn't know that Warren Harding was a womanizing doofus. You didn't know Andrew Jackson was a genocidal maniac. Now Trump's on that picture twice. Oh, my God.

And I can remember when Nixon resigned, and I was just coming out of that kind of grade school, and I was like, wow, there's a guy on here who got forced from office. And now it's like, yeah, maybe just don't put up those calendars anymore.

And I can remember when Nixon resigned, and I was just coming out of that kind of grade school, and I was like, wow, there's a guy on here who got forced from office. And now it's like, yeah, maybe just don't put up those calendars anymore.

And I can remember when Nixon resigned, and I was just coming out of that kind of grade school, and I was like, wow, there's a guy on here who got forced from office. And now it's like, yeah, maybe just don't put up those calendars anymore.

Look, part of what helps society keep its guardrails is the old expression. Hypocrisy is the tribute. Vice pays the virtue. Yeah. Right. To say, yes. You know, look, when people talk about somebody was doing a piece, they said the same office held by, you know, Lincoln or Reagan or I can't remember what it was. And Jack Kennedy.

Look, part of what helps society keep its guardrails is the old expression. Hypocrisy is the tribute. Vice pays the virtue. Yeah. Right. To say, yes. You know, look, when people talk about somebody was doing a piece, they said the same office held by, you know, Lincoln or Reagan or I can't remember what it was. And Jack Kennedy.

Look, part of what helps society keep its guardrails is the old expression. Hypocrisy is the tribute. Vice pays the virtue. Yeah. Right. To say, yes. You know, look, when people talk about somebody was doing a piece, they said the same office held by, you know, Lincoln or Reagan or I can't remember what it was. And Jack Kennedy.

And I'm like, Jack Kennedy did things in the White House that are really bad. Would make you blush. Yeah. Exactly. But there was at least a sense that the president had to say things and behave in a way that preserved a certain amount of the social order in public.

And I'm like, Jack Kennedy did things in the White House that are really bad. Would make you blush. Yeah. Exactly. But there was at least a sense that the president had to say things and behave in a way that preserved a certain amount of the social order in public.

And I'm like, Jack Kennedy did things in the White House that are really bad. Would make you blush. Yeah. Exactly. But there was at least a sense that the president had to say things and behave in a way that preserved a certain amount of the social order in public.

And what Trump does, I mean, in a way, I imagine that the Trump White House is probably far less creepy than a lot of things that happened in the Kennedy White House, but far more destructive to the country. Because there is no inspiration there to be better. There is no ask not what your country can do for you. You know, there is none of that. It's Trump. It's crudeness and vulgarity.

And what Trump does, I mean, in a way, I imagine that the Trump White House is probably far less creepy than a lot of things that happened in the Kennedy White House, but far more destructive to the country. Because there is no inspiration there to be better. There is no ask not what your country can do for you. You know, there is none of that. It's Trump. It's crudeness and vulgarity.

And what Trump does, I mean, in a way, I imagine that the Trump White House is probably far less creepy than a lot of things that happened in the Kennedy White House, but far more destructive to the country. Because there is no inspiration there to be better. There is no ask not what your country can do for you. You know, there is none of that. It's Trump. It's crudeness and vulgarity.

And it's all kind of put out there as a virtue in itself. Yeah.

And it's all kind of put out there as a virtue in itself. Yeah.

And it's all kind of put out there as a virtue in itself. Yeah.

You know, I was joking. I was joking about Andrew Jackson a minute ago, you know, being being the kind of Northeast elitist that I am. And I'm not a big fan of Jackson. But on the other hand, I'm like, I look at him on a 20. I kind of get it, you know, that we create a myth around Andrew Jackson of, you know, the populist, the Democrat, old hickory, old. Yeah. You know, man of the people.

You know, I was joking. I was joking about Andrew Jackson a minute ago, you know, being being the kind of Northeast elitist that I am. And I'm not a big fan of Jackson. But on the other hand, I'm like, I look at him on a 20. I kind of get it, you know, that we create a myth around Andrew Jackson of, you know, the populist, the Democrat, old hickory, old. Yeah. You know, man of the people.

You know, I was joking. I was joking about Andrew Jackson a minute ago, you know, being being the kind of Northeast elitist that I am. And I'm not a big fan of Jackson. But on the other hand, I'm like, I look at him on a 20. I kind of get it, you know, that we create a myth around Andrew Jackson of, you know, the populist, the Democrat, old hickory, old. Yeah. You know, man of the people.