Richard Nixon is one of the most over looked presidents in the history of the United States. This is mainly because the Water Gate scandal in which 5 men broke into the water gate hotel in Washington D.C and placed wire taps into phone lines along with taking pictures of classified documents. The leader of the men was also in charge of a group known as CREEP who was in charge of re electing the president of the United States. This caused a great stir in controversy and ultimately due to later events surrounding the scandal, he ended up resigning. He also promised an end to the Vietnam war and encouraged peace amongst the Vietnam however he went back on his word and continued the bombing missions.
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The Missing TapesFollowing the water gate scandal a member of congress stepped up and challenged Nixon. However Nixon stepped down quickly after 17 minutes of a white house tape recording was mysteriously missing.
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Foreign ExchangeWhile Nixon is often looked at as doing mainly bad things and being the only president to resign he also did do a few good things, one of the biggest being foreign exchange and expanding trades with places like China. Not only this but also speaking with Russian leaders about dismantling nukes.
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