Patrick Buchanon Picks Up The Baton Laid Down By Lindbergh
President Nixon’s Watergate Scandal 1972-1974, The End of The Vietnam War In 1975, High Unemployment, High Inflation, & Low Economic Growth, The Iran Hostage Crisis of The Late 70s Early 80s, & The American Boycott of The Russian Hosted Olympic Games 1980 (After Soviet Russia Invaded Afghanistan) All Meant That America Was Not Feeling Great For A Long Time During The 70s & At The Start of The 80s. There Had Been A Malaise In The Air. A Lasting Feeling of Disenchantment, Known As The “The Vietnam Syndrome”. One Symptom of Which Was That A Significant Number of Americans Were Disinclined To Go To War, Disillusioned & Wanting To Stay Home & Look Inward Again. And So The “America First” Foreign Policy Was Back.
“Make America Great Again” Is Also Not New. Ronald Reagan Used The Slogan In His First Presidential Campaign In 1980. “Let’s Make America Great Again” George Bush Senior Ran As His Vice President.
The “Vietnam Syndrome” Stemming From The 1970s & Early 1980s Meant That American Citizens Once Again Felt Disinclined To Delve Into Anymore External Wars & Woes, So Instead Decided To Focus Introspectively
By His Second Term As US President, Reagan, Like Nixon Before Him, Was Being Counselled By A Nationalistic Isolationist Espousing Supremacist Views (Namely Political Polemic Patrick Buchannan).
But President Reagan Had uttered Racist Rhetoric Before Buchannan Became His White House Communications Director In 1985. In 1971 Audio Recordings Were Made of The Then Senator Reagan Referring To Africans As “Monkeys”. This Is A Prime Example Of How Institutional Racism Is Possible. White Privilege Can Facilitate White Racists Being Placed In High Places & Then Making Policies. Both Reagan & Bucannan Are Examples of That. Regan Was A Firm Favourite With British Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Audio Was Released From Government Archives In 2019 of 1971 Californian Senator Ronald Reagan, Speaking To Then US President Richard Nixon (37th President – 1969-74). In It He Is Heard Referring To African Diplomats As “Monkeys” & Saying “Damn Them, They’re Still Uncomfortable Wearing Shoes.” Senator Reagan & President Nixon Were Discussing African UN Delegates Who Voted On The Issue of Who To Recognize As The Lawful Government of China, A Matter That Was In Dispute At The Time. Reagan Was Later To Become US President 10 Years On (40th President 1981-1989). Just Seven Years After Nixon Resigned In 1974 Over The Watergate Scandal Reagan Was To Become President.
Notorious Nationalist Patrick Buchanan Was A Triple Threat. He Advised Presidents Reagan, Nixon & Ford, Consecutively During Each of Their Three Presidencies.
He Himself Tried To Run For President Three Times. And Failed Three Times. 1992. 1996. And 2000.
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