About this episode

This episode features historian Ken Hughes discussing the parallels between Donald Trump's and Richard Nixon's abuses of power and the responses of America's constitutional system.

Subscribe now for ad-free listening, early access, and bonus content! President Donald Trump's corruption and abuse of power are staggering. In his second term, he has prioritized enriching himself and his family in broad daylight, while weaponizing the Department of Justice to go after his enemies. In this episode, historian Ken Hughes, an expert on Nixon's secret White House tapes and Watergate, compares and contrasts how America's constitutional system responded to each president's rogue behavior. Recommended reading: By Ken Hughes Chasing Shadows: The Nixon Tapes, the Chennault Affair, and the Origins of Watergate Fatal Politics: The Nixon Tapes, the Vietnam War and the Casualties of Reelection

People in this episode

Host: Martin Di Caro

Guest: Ken Hughes

Topics covered

• corruption
• abuse of power
• Watergate
• Nixon
• Trump
• constitutional response

Keywords

• Trump
• Nixon
• Watergate
• corruption
• abuse of power
• Department of Justice
• historian
• Ken Hughes

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Chasing Shadows: The Nixon Tapes, the Chennault Affair, and the Origins of Watergate, Fatal Politics: The Nixon Tapes, the Vietnam War and the Casualties of Reelection

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