Following the previous article, we continue to take stock of the famous American presidents of the 20th century and their great achievements. After Lyndon Johnson, Nixon who did not perform well in the live TV debate with Kennedy because of his shyness, finally realized his presidential dream. To say that Nixon was also a man of great generosity, I think people who can put aside their own status and think about problems calmly and calmly are people of great generosity. Nixon first ended the Vietnam War and brought the United States out of the abyss of the Vietnam War . The second thing that Nixon did completely changed the world structure at that time was that he started the journey of normalizing diplomatic relations between China and the United States.
Nixon's visit to China
Before China and the United States established normal diplomatic relations, he visited China with the dignity of the President of the United States, which shows his courage and wisdom. In the world at that time, no one, whether it was France or the United Kingdom, who established diplomatic relations with China had such a huge impact and could completely change the diplomatic pattern of the entire world! No one would have thought that China and the United States, the two largest developing and developed countries in the world at the time, would quietly and quietly implement the visit of the US president to China. This was jaw-dropping news for the Soviet Union, Britain and Japan.
However, Nixon resigned from office after the Watergate incident . Just like his other amazing moves, I didn't expect that he would pack up and leave so unexpectedly. He was really an unconventional guy!
Ford , who became the President of the United States without going through a presidential election, was the Vice President of the Nixon administration. He was really lucky and unlucky. Fortunately, he became the President of the United States without going through an election. In my impression, It seems that this is the only person who has become president of the United States without being elected. Unfortunately, he only served for two and a half years before stepping down, because after the end of his term, he lost the election against Carter , and he left in a hurry after picking up a loophole! One of the most important things Ford did during his term was to pardon former President Richard Nixon unconditionally. It is often believed that this poor decision cost him the presidential election. My understanding is just the opposite. I think it is precisely because of his decision that people remember him!
President Carter
After Ford was Carter. Not only did the names of these two presidents have similar pronunciations, but their reputations were also very similar. If you didn't tell them, no one would know that the United States had ever had such two presidents, because they were so ordinary. , just like if you put a table in your house, no one will notice if you put another one!
Speaking of Carter, it always reminds me of the funny rescue operation by the US military. It is said that in 1979, a group of armed students from Iran occupied the US Embassy in Iran and took 52 US diplomats hostage. The U.S. government could not reach an agreement with them no matter how they negotiated. As a result, the Carter administration wanted to use armed operations to rescue these American hostages. But who knew that during the entire rescue process, the American soldiers were like a bunch of stupid thieves who broke into the enemy's territory. Not only did they fail to get the job done, they also crashed one of their own planes, killing eight American soldiers. I have always felt that the chaos of this rescue operation was like President Carter’s ability to govern, with good intentions leading to bad things!
President Reagan
As expected, Jimmy Carter was defeated by the shrewd Reagan, ushering in a new era in the United States. When I think of Reagan, I always think of his unique economic policies. Reagan believed in the theory of the supply school , which is to lower taxes, stimulate production, and reduce government intervention in enterprises. This is different from people who have been advocating to strengthen government intervention in the economy since the Great Economic Crisis of 2029. Reagan demanded more freedom and space for the market. It is precisely because of the effectiveness of his economic policies that the U.S. economy began to get out of the downturn and get on the right track. In his first inaugural address, Reagan made it clear that government is not the solution to problems, government is the problem. This shows that he has independent and in-depth thinking about the plight of the American economy.Therefore, he has always been a unique person, a person with very distinctive characteristics, and he is by no means a person who follows what everyone else says.
In terms of foreign policy, Reagan proposed the inspiring Star Wars plan . When I first heard this term, I thought that we humans could fly freely in the solar system. We drove chariots and played hide-and-seek games in the galaxy . It was exciting and thrilling, as if we humans were really You can travel freely in the solar system. Of course this is a fantasy, a trick to fool people, just to deceive the Soviets! It doesn't have much practical value, and the thunder is loud and the rain is small. But Reagan's ambitious marketing strategy is still worthy of recognition. This is really making waves out of thin air, making the diplomatic field suddenly become colorful and confusing. These are all gifts given to us by Reagan, a major event in his life!
