Ohh, Michael Beschloss! You didn't!...

[hlthe2b]

Last edited Mon Feb 15, 2021, 07:31 PM - Edit history (1)

Just offering an image for some who celebrate “Presidents’ Day”:

Link to tweet

On edit, a few on this thread are under the impression that this photo is photoshopped.

Here is the source: March 11, 1989. Houston Texas
The night Trump shook hands with Nixon in Houston
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/life/article/The-night-Trump-shook-hands-with-Nixon-in-Houston-14818516.php

Original photo:

[Rhiannon12866]

1. Twitter reply :

Link to tweet

[liberalla]

13. I like that!

[Rhiannon12866]

32. Me, too! Really puts history into perspective!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Omigod! Nixon and tRump!

I wonder what the occasion was, and what they thought of each other!

[MontanaMama]

3. I really like Michael Bechloss unleashed.

[DonaldsRump]

4. And remember that Roger Stone worked for both of these people

There is no comparison between Nixon and trump. Nixon was a zillion times smarter that the 2x impeached Dear Insurrectionist Leader.

But using folks like Roger Stone is systemic with the Rs. These folks like Stone, Manafort, Donald Segretti, Atwater, Liddy etc are masters of "dirty tricks".

[MyOwnPeace]

7. And don't forget "Turdblossom"...

Carl Rove.........

[myohmy2]

5. isn't...

...friendship nice...

[hlthe2b]

6. Apparently Trump & Nixon became Pen Pals of sorts in the 1980s per this article

Trump and Nixon were pen pals in the ‘80s. Here are their letters.

The letters between once and future presidents show the two men engaged in something of an exercise in mutual affirmation.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/23/donald-trump-richard-nixon-pen-pals-420567

“I think that you are one of this country’s great men, and it was an honor to spend an evening with you,” Trump writes to Nixon in June 1982, less than eight years after Nixon resigned the presidency during the Watergate scandal. The two had been spotted together at the “21” nightclub and Trump was writing Nixon to thank him for forwarding a photo.

The next fall, it is Nixon chiming in.

“Let me be so presumptuous as to offer a little free advice (which is worth, incidentally, exactly what it costs!”) Nixon writes to Trump. Nixon, who played football in college and never lost his love for the game, then unspools detailed thoughts on how Trump should handle the New Jersey Generals football team that he had recently purchased and would fold by 1986. (Nixon included plenty of shoutouts for the underappreciated linemen, his old position.)

Trump, for his part, is unabashed about one of his aims for the relationship: “One of my great ambitions is to have the Nixons as residents in Trump Tower,” he writes that October.

[malaise]

8. Someone should sen it to Joe Scum

Roger Stone adored both of them and all three are criminals

[FakeNoose]

9. If only there existed a pic of Nixon, Reagan and Chump

... we'd all have something for our dartboard targets.

But this one is pretty good too. Well done Michael Beschloss!

[HUAJIAO]

15. And W !

[calimary]

10. Birdshit of a feather...

[czarjak]

11. Crooks Inc.

[bdamomma]

26. how about

Crooks & Thugs, Inc.

[HUAJIAO]

16. I agree. and "he" looks the same height as trump.

[hlthe2b]

20. Once again, It most certainly is NOT. I've corrected you twice already. March 11, 1989 Houston

The night Trump shook hands with Nixon in Houston
It is real. March 11, 1989 Houston Texas. And, Beschloss does not deserve to be libeled in this way.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/life/article/The-night-Trump-shook-hands-with-Nixon-in-Houston-14818516.php

Beschloss would never make that mistake.

[HUAJIAO]

22. Okay okay, back off.....

jeesh,,,, calm down....

I don;t mind being corrected but being accused of...libel?
Come on this is an online discussion board....

[hlthe2b]

23. I think most here have considerable respect..

for someone the caliber of Michael Beschloss and it is disturbing to see someone accuse him of photoshopping his posted evidence of history.

Mistakes happen. We'll leave it there.

[hlthe2b]

18. No, it is real. March 11, 1989 Houston Texas.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/life/article/The-night-Trump-shook-hands-with-Nixon-in-Houston-14818516.php

Beschloss would never make that mistake.

[spooky3]

14. Anyone else notice that Trump isn't much taller than Nixon?

Even though he's leaning a little, this does not look like a 6'3" man shaking the hand of one who is 5'10.5".

[HUAJIAO]

17. Photoshop of Nixon.

[hlthe2b]

19. No, it most certainly is NOT. Please do not besmirch Beschloss. March 11, 1989, Houston, TX

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/life/article/The-night-Trump-shook-hands-with-Nixon-in-Houston-14818516.php



The night Trump shook hands with Nixon in Houston

[HUAJIAO]

21. Besmirch? Jeeze,, I just thought it looked photoshopped and they look the same height.

I need some more oregano tea....

[MustLoveBeagles]

24. dump lies about his height

So it doesn't look that strange to me. I don't think he wore shoe lifts then.

[spooky3]

27. Yes, that was my point--more evidence of Trump's lying about his height. nt

[MustLoveBeagles]

28. I'd guess he's 6' or 6'1" which is still tall

It's so stupid of him to lie about it but comparing this to his other lies it's relatively harmless.

[drmeow]

31. Also - his hair looks pretty dark and has grey at the temples

Trump is all fake and plastic now - goes well with his wife.

[sandensea]

25. Nixon was 76 when that photo was taken

My prediction is that His Orangeness will be 76 when he passes away (i.e. 2022/23).

Meaning that to any concerns about his running in '24 are probably needless.

[electric_blue68]

29. Creepy to see them together...

I'd say about a 3+" inch difference from. a close look.

[Stinky The Clown]

30. A Dick and a Prick