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I was fortunate enough to meet both Nixon & Reagan (I mean nod and say hi) while attached to a detail where Reagan was visiting Nixon at his office in NJ.

Reagan looked at me, smiled and said: "how ya doin?"

I was in my mid 20's and had the shitgiggles over this. Years of listening to WABC radio (Rush, Dennis Prager, etc.) had already formed me as a conservative.

Anyway I was reminded by this thread because this had to be around the same time. Nixon was very old looking.

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https://nypost.com/2023/07/22/nixon-letter-to-president-clinton-proves-prophetic-on-russia/

"Nixon gave a blunt assessment of the political situation in Russia, predicting accurately that relations between Moscow and Kyiv would deteriorate and that someone like Putin could come to power.

Nixon, 81 at the time, wrote the letter after he returned from a two-week trip to Russia and Ukraine."

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Yeah, he was really sincere in how he engaged with people. Also met and shook hands with GWB and it was the single weakest handshake I ever received from another man.