On Tuesday, Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey was quick to denounce President Trump’s surprise decision to fire James Comey as FBI director, calling the ouster “Nixonian.” The Twitter account of the Nixon Library was quick to offer a correction.
However, Trump is doing his best to embody the spirit of Nixon in another way: in a surprise meeting with Henry Kissinger, the man who drafted the Paris Peace Accords. In his first public comments since firing Comey, Trump said he did it because Comey “wasn’t doing a good job” much like Archibald Cox likely wasn’t doing a good job when he was fired as special prosecutor investigating the DNC break-in at the Watergate Hotel.
Trump was sitting with Henry Kissinger – an apparent surprise meeting that was NOT on the president’s official schedule.
— NPR (@NPR) May 10, 2017
It didn’t take long for Twitter to offer commentary on the latest baffling decision by Trump.
"I am not acting like Richard Nixon. I'm nothing like him. Now everyone say hello to my friend Henry Kissinger." pic.twitter.com/QHh9MS1ovk
— Noah Antwiler (@TheSpoonyOne) May 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/RosieGray/status/862329485298978817
https://twitter.com/MarkAgee/status/862337469227741184
Which White House aide thought the two people Trump should be seen with today are Russia’s foreign minister and Henry Kissinger?
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) May 10, 2017
Whitehouse in 24 hours:
-Fire man leading Russia investigation. Meet Russian foreign minister
-Claim you're not Nixonian. Meet Kissinger.— Darth Putin (@DarthPutinKGB) May 10, 2017
@JohnBerman Interesting that when Nixon fired Cox, Kissinger met with Brezhnev… pic.twitter.com/I2vZc4F7fU
— John McClain (@bonafideDiehard) May 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/BevReese/status/862338650864013312
Henry Kissinger trending always ends up a disappointment.
— Lucy Steigerwald (@LucyStag) May 10, 2017
There were even references to The Simpsons, because it wouldn’t be Twitter if there weren’t references to The Simpsons.
https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/862330251539566594
This is not the first time that Trump has met with Kissinger. Shortly after Election Day, the two met to discuss foreign policy. In December, Kissinger said that Trump “has the possibility of going down in history as a very considerable president” with an “extraordinary opportunity” to do “something remarkable” in the foreign policy sphere.