Watergate: 50 years on, and is Trump worse than Nixon? | The Context | ABC News

0:00 Introduction to The Context with John Barron
1:00 Richard Nixon and the Watergate scandal – what happened?
6:31 Now and Then: Should Nixon have resigned from office, and do you still believe in government?
9:13 Now and Then: Do people in Australia remember Watergate?
10:39 50 years on, does Watergate matter? An interview with William Weld, Governor, Republican Presidential candidate in 2020, and legal counsel to the House Judiciary Committee’s Nixon impeachment inquiry
14:42 Watergate facts
15:46 Was Trump worse than Nixon? An interview with Elizabeth Drew, leading politics journalist and Nixon biographer
23:48 The appropriation of the -gate suffix from Billy-gate to Camilla-gate, chopper-gate to sandpaper-gate, to the ultimate gate-gate
27:58 Coming up next week – the 90th anniversary of the Aunty

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[beesplaining]

You have to admire Americans for having the sheer audacity to call their political system "democracy" and to dedicate themselves to spreading it around the world.

[FDT]

Nixon is a choir boy compared to the orange traitor. I’d be embarrassed if I fell for Trumps lies

[resolecca]

Don't know anything about Republican Governor Weld, I had never heard of him before this show, but he completely blew me away by telling the truth, the Republicans are in a sad state of affairs when I'm blown away by a Republican capable of telling the truth.

[masterman]

America, - "If we fail to learn from history, we are doomed to repeat it."

[carmenneumann]

Nixon did not get a state funeral. Living presidents did attend. Hopefully trump will get a funeral escort from prison to a plot on maralago

[caseous]

Has anyone commented on the irony of this presenter having the same name as The Donald’s pseudonym he used in the 80’s to leak stories to the media? 😅

[TheRtHonSirJacobReesMogg]

Fantastic video, super well researched and learnt a lot of stuff I haven't heard from numerous other articles and videos on the topic; but honestly at the same time, it would've been a fantastic excuse to bring back Planet America with Chas for a Watergate special, I mean they're already halfway there.

[haxor]

Nice Mii Channel music channel at 6:55

[cthulhufhtagn]

I hope Planet America will be back soon. I miss this show very much - greatings from Germany

[benmackay]

It’s hilarious how John Barron was also the alias Trump used to give himself positive press lmao

[jacobfindlay]

why on Earth do you guys have the Wii Mii Shop theme playing in the background during the Now and Then section while the interviews are going on?

[joegrossinger]

To their credit, American voters kicked Trump out of office after his first term.

[luminism]

Is that Wii Mii channel music I hear around 7:00? Lmao

[Ejaculid]

Ahh… nice to see John Barron talking about John Barron

[massimochiacchia]

I really do appreciate your approach in making ordinary people thonk without pushng it down one’s throat. ( no pun intended!) Very well done.

[NeenerT]

nixon was an angel compared to trump!!!!

[juyinhuang]

As long as there is a beautiful political house, the scandalous gates will never close.

[SamWulfign]

Omg the interview is playing the Mii music in the background XD

[bbrunning]

Remember when politics would resign for being really bad people and politicians? Pepperidge farms remembers.

[Denny_]

@15:29 ish...you get to SEE and hear John Wayne say the most John Wayne-ist shit ever! Haha what a biggot