President Richard Nixon

I think that Richard Nixon was an average president. He did a lot of good things along with many bad things. No president can accomplish good without ending up getting into something bad. Henry Kissinger was Richard Nixon’s security advisor and eventually became secretary of state.

Richard Nixon’s Foreign Policy had many successes. Nixon used détente with Soviet Union to release tensions with them. Nixon made a historical moment by recognizing the government of the people of China and he was the first American inside the borders of China. The Ping Pong Diplomacy happened in the early 1970’s. It was when the American ping pong team got to play against china’s ping pong team. Having relations with china was very important. It put pressure on the Soviet Union to limiting antiballistic missiles. Eventually Nixon succeeded limiting production of missiles and eased tension with the Soviet Union. The meeting that Nixon had with the Soviet Union was the Salt I or Strategic Arms Limitations Talk. The United State, China, and Russia all agreed on the Triangular Diplomacy. Nixon had a process called Veitnamization. This process sought to save American lives and expenses through gradual with drawl of forces and support from the Vietnam War. When the United State started to support Israel the Arab nations declare on October 19 that they would not sell oil to the United States. When this happened the price of a barrel of oil in the United States nearly quadrupled. This was the first time in history that oil was used as a political and economic weapon. During the Indo-Pakistani war in 1971 the Soviet Union supported the supported the Indian army, thinking that it would weaken the United States and China. Richard Nixon was afraid Chile would become another Chile, so the United States cut off foreign aid to Chile trying to get their president to resign. Nixon created domestic policies to stop the government from spending money they do not have and ended up putting the country in a recession. During this time it caused a lot of inflation and unemployment. Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) started enforcing and making laws to protect human health and the environment. The equal right amendment was designed to guarantee equal rights for women. The Watergate scandal started when a 7,000 page documentation of the Vietnam War. After this a unit was created to keep internal security and they were called plumber. On June 17, 1972, 5 men were arrested while attempting to buy the headquarters of the Democratic Party. 2 news reporters, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were investigative reporters that open the Watergate Scandal to the public. A person that went by the name of Deep Throat was a secret source that gave the information to the reporters. Rosemary Woods was a secretary that tried to demonstrate how she accidentally erased the tape of a conversation that could of opened up everything about the Watergate Scandal. The Judge Sirica did not believe this and she was punished. After the Watergate scandal out opened up Nixon soon resigned and became the first president to ever resign and is still the only president to resign.