I've studied U.S. History and Politics my entire life.
It was only when watching tonight's episode of Vietnam by Ken Burns that I learned that Nixon committed treason by talking the South Vietnamese out of joining peace talks days before the 1968 election. Nixon did so to undercut his opponent, Hubert Humphrey, who he eventually defeated narrowly.
I can't believe I had never learned that.
It reminds me a lot of Reagan's discussions with the Iranians holding US hostages in the run up to the 1980 election, and of course the 2016 Trump campaign and the Russians. You really do learn something new every day, and today's lesson is that even more mentally ill Republican presidential candidates than I was aware were willing commit treason to win.
New York Times Opinion piece - Nixon's Vietnam Treachery
