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Moran, Christopher R. and Aldrich, Richard J. (2017) Trump and the CIA : borrowing from Nixon's playbook. Foreign Affairs . ISSN 0015-7120.
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Abstract
Former U.S. President Richard Nixon did not mince his words when it came to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He called it “disloyal,” “unproductive,” “over - staffed,” “not worth a damn,” and even asked, “What the hell do those clowns do out there in Langley?” The country’s combative new Commander-in-Chief Donald Trump has had similar words for the agency, branding U.S. intelligence officers as “disgraceful,” “politically motivated,” and “sick people” who spread fake news. Although commentators have been quick to point out key similarities between Trump and Nixon — for example, their ability to nurse a grudge, their obsession with conspiracies, their hatred of the press, their professed “outsider” status, and their willingness to fight or the ignored and forgotten “great silent majority” — few have yet probed the remarkable parallels in their relationship with America’s premier spy agency.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | E History America > E151 United States (General) J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Presidents -- United States, Trump, Donald, 1946-, Nixon, Richard M. Richard Milhous 1913-1994, United States. Central Intelligence Agency, Press -- United States, Conspiracy theories | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Foreign Affairs | ||||||
| Publisher: | Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0015-7120 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 24 April 2017 | ||||||
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| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 30 May 2017 |
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