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US free Europe? EU chief Leyen invokes 1971 ‘Nixon shock’ in Davos; what it means

A reference to a long-past monetary rupture took centre stage at the World Economic Forum, when European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen invoked the 1971 “Nixon shock” – the moment the United States delinked the dollar from gold – to argue that Europe must once again use geopolitical disruption as a catalyst for change. […]

How Donald Trump’s leadership style compares to other US presidents like Obama, Nixon, or Reagan | World News

Donald Trump dislikes being compared to other American presidents. The irritation is almost visceral. Once described as the third-best president after George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, he snapped back that they had not fought “eight, nine wars.” When contrasted with Barack Obama or Joe Biden, the verdict in his mind is even simpler. He is […]

There are lessons from Nixon era in Trump’s bid to freeze spending

WASHINGTON: Before President Donald Trump asserted that he had the constitutional power to refuse to release money that Congress had directed him to spend, another president made that same bold claim. It did not end well. “The constitutional right for the president to impound funds,” President Richard Nixon said at a 1973 news conference, was […]

David Gergen dies at 83: Former advisor to US Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton; private burial planned in Massachusetts

David Gregen (Image: X/David Gregen) David Gregen, an American political commentator who worked for four American presidents and spent decades in government, academia, and media has died at the age of 83 on Thursday.Gergen served in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. Over the years, he worked as […]