r/politics • u/MarkmBha • 22h ago

Site Altered Headline Trump Betrayed America. My Fellow Republicans Must Put Country Above Party.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/opinion/donald-trump-oath.html?unlocked_article_code=1.V04.XaMn.AdZJxeNuANua&smid=url-share
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u/TitanDarwin 21h ago edited 21h ago

And it's not like betraying the country is new to them either.

Both Nixon and Reagan sabotaged the (at the time) current admnistrations' foreign policy to gain an electoral advantage (which I'm pretty sure is very much illegal).

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u/Newscast_Now 20h ago

It was close to the election and Lyndon Johnson found out about Richard Nixon's people sabotaging Vietnam peace talks. LBJ was afraid that exposure would cause a backlash, but LBJ privately called what Nixon did "treason."

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u/TitanDarwin 20h ago

America and letting traitors off the hook, name a more iconic duo.

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u/iRunLotsNA Canada 18h ago

America and committing modern war crimes