He wanted his Nuts.
President Richard M. Nixon
no
This was probably Richard Nixon, as he was the only president to resign from the office, and he is famous for his two finger goodbye-salute.
President Nixon wanted the US to have better relations with China to give him more power in his actions toward the Soviet Union.
he never wanted to be president. he said his goal was to become speaker of the house. that never happend because when spiro agnew resigned as vice president Nixon chose ford to replace him then nine months later when Nixon resigned ford became president.
yes
To give him more power in his actions toward the Soviet Union
President Nixon wanted better relations with China (People's Republic of China) to balance the rising power of the Soviet Union. Chinese leaders were receptive because they were also worried about the USSR. By having better relations with China, President Nixon also hoped to improve relations with the USSR. Nixon also hoped to get help to resolve the Vietnam War. Nixon also hoped to improve economic relations with China. to give him more power in his actions toward the soviet union
Nixon sent the men into the Watergate building to break into the democratic offices. He tried to cover up the fact that he sent the men and paid them to do the job. He broke the law. His stance in an interview with David Frost was that as president he didn’t break the law because the office of president was above the law.
Archibald Cox was the man appointed as special prosecutor in the Watergate case which was ever expanding its scope , not surprisingly Nixon wanted to stop Cox who was getting close to finding evidence that might incriminate Nixon himself.
The Democrats wanted to hold a circus trial that would have paralyzed the government for maybe two years, embarrass the Republicans and hurt the US in world opinion. Ford did not want to see that. Also, he believed that Nixon had already been punished severely by having to resign in shame. Maybe, also, he felt he owed Nixon something, since Nixon appointed him Vice-President and then resigned to make him President.
they talk down on it and if it gets passed they veto it.