Yes ... and no. Nixon's presidency lasted 6½ long years, long enough for voters to re-elect him to a second term with a whopping 61 percent of the vote. He may have been paranoid and unethical, which caused his richly deserved undoing, but he did have a passion for — and a deep knowledge of — the complex world of geopolitical strategy. He didn't need his briefings boiled down to a page of bullet points with his name in boldface, or cartoons, or whatever Trump's aides are force-feeding him these days. Despite the disclosures of buggings, break-ins, enemies lists and all sorts of skulduggery in the West Wing, it took a long time for Nixon to lose popular support.