John Dean: Trump makes Watergate look like 'a brief idyllic daydream'

[DonViejo]

BY AVERY ANAPOL - 11/04/18 07:22 AM EST

White House counsel to former President Nixon, John Dean, delivered a sharp public rebuke of President Trump, calling the current president “evil.”

Dean tweeted that Trump makes the “long nightmare” of Watergate “seem like a brief idyllic daydream.”

Link to tweet

The former White House counsel became a key witness for prosecutors during the Watergate scandal after pleading guilty to one count of obstruction of justice.

Dean has criticized Trump before, but his comments have largely focused on the special counsel investigation and possible legal troubles plaguing the Trump administration.

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[littlemissmartypants]

1. Kicking. eom

[Boomerproud]

2. Everything on that list decribes 45

except the charming part. He doesn't even try.

[dalton99a]

3. His charm is superficial, like the women who adore him

A rally in Charlotte, N.C., last week. President Trump enjoys a herolike status among women who say he is fighting to preserve a way of life threatened by an increasingly liberal Democratic Party. Doug Mills/The New York Times


Rachell Marks, 59, who works in car sales in Billings, Mont., said she would continue to support Mr. Trump because she believed he told the truth. Sofia Jaramillo for The New York Times

[maddiemom]

5. CHARM? Even superficial............?

[Gore1FL]

6. He doesn't charm me. He doesn't charm you.

He charms his cult. That charm represents a large portion of his power and how he has managed what he has.

[BeckyDem]

11. +1. I see Trump the same way.

[Hortensis]

4. He means every word too. His books are extremely relevant

to what's happening on the right today. Some of the same people are still involved, but he speaks of why the people in his books behaved the way they did, not just recording their actions, in a way that offers important understanding.

[meow2u3]

7. Nixon was Corrupt. Trump is Evil

John Dean nailed it!

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

10. I have for decades felt strongly that Nixon was just a stepping stone to get us to, "here"...

... the PTB knew he was a corporate favoring crook. See Allende... And Watergate is just the name for whatever violation(s) Nixon would be busted for, they knew he would do something, "wrong", as to what was just a matter of time. And the, "Silent Majority", became numb to continued assault upon campaigns, ie... letting the corporates dictate national policy and vilifying those that sought moderation/fairness between corporations and people.

And then Atwater, Stone, Rove, et al... Citizen's United... one fed the other.

[dflprincess]

8. I just said to a friend last night that Nixon was right

Watergate was a "third rate burglary".

[malthaussen]

9. He has a point.

Not a big fan of Mr Dean, but he's got this one right, IMO.

-- Mal