How Harding got called Corrupt

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Nixon's Challenges and Actions (1969)
Nixon inherited widespread issues: dysfunctional foreign affairs and domestic chaos. He aimed to strengthen institutions for stability at home and clarity abroad, targeting threats to America.
- Foreign Policy: Negotiated with China, ended the Vietnam War, supported Israel and Lebanon, and provided consistent opposition to the Soviet Union.
- Domestic Policy: Launched the war on drugs and used peace initiatives to quiet the anti-war movement.
- Consequences: Support for Israel triggered the OPEC oil crisis. These moves challenged the "assertive swamp," leading to his political downfall via impeachment efforts.
Harding's Challenges and Actions (1921)
Harding faced deep divisions sown by Wilson, who replaced Booker T. Washington's emphasis on stoicism and exceptionalism with racial entitlement and segregation.
Wilson's Legacy (detailed critiques):
- Racial Segregation: Enforced in federal workplaces; screened *The Birth of a Nation*; ignored lynchings and violence.
- Civil Liberties Suppression: Espionage/Sedition Acts jailed dissenters; Palmer Raids targeted radicals without due process.
- Economic/Labor Issues: Mishandled strikes and inflation; favored corporations over workers.
- Foreign Policy Failures: League of Nations rejected due to inflexibility; imperialistic interventions in Latin America.
- Health/Leadership: Stroke led to hidden incapacity, with wife Edith effectively running things—echoing modern parallels like the Bidens.
- Suffrage Delays: Belated support for women's voting rights; harsh treatment of protesters.
- Post-War Turmoil: Ignored unemployment, recession, Red Scare, and race riots (e.g., 1919 Chicago).
Wilson's actions were deliberate, not incompetent. He exploited Tuskegee Principal Robert Moton to court Black votes for Democrats, promising benefits while maintaining segregation. Moton's family later aligned with FDR.
- Harding's Response: Tackled divisions pragmatically, promoting core American values like fairness. Even the press praised his efforts. He intervened in the 1921 Tulsa race riots to promote healing but was blocked by a Southern Democrat-led Congress.
- Teapot Dome Scandal: Accused of cronyism and kickbacks in oil leases, but it really stemmed from excluding Wilson's "swamp" from profits—indicating Harding's good governance, unlike modern parallels (e.g., USAID).
- Legacy: Harding died in 1923 before full scrutiny. Coolidge succeeded him, sparking an economic boom—the greatest before Trump's era. This ended due to Wilson's flawed foreign policies, pushed by his wife post-stroke.
Parallels and Questions
What wrongs did Harding or Nixon commit? Their efforts to fix inherited messes threatened entrenched interests. Trump's role: Dismantle the deep state's scripted playbook.