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The Secret Recordings That Reveal How Presidents Really Think
Some presidents taped themselves to protect their legacy, others to protect their ego. Presidential historian Tim Naftali explains what those recordings expose.
Richard Nixon, a president famously with no sense of humor, spent time trying to get his own witticisms leaked to the press. He’d have his aides circulate lines from his private conversations, hoping journalists would report them as evidence of a wit he simply didn’t have. It’s the kind of detail only someone like historian Tim Naftali could know, someo…
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