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Trump: Our Long National Nightmare

Trump gives new meaning to a Watergate-era phrase

On August 9, 1974, almost two years and two months after the start of the Watergate scandal that destroyed Richard Nixon’s presidency, Gerald R. Ford took the oath of office as the nation’s 38th president.

Nixon had announced his intended resignation from the presidency the day before. It became…

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