Nixon was cunning and secretive, too often devious and very insecure. Trump is noisy, boastful and publicly vengeful, calling for “transparency” and concealing his insecurity with braggadocio. ...

“Brutality is nothing,” President Nixon told his national security adviser, Henry Kissinger. “You have never seen it if this son-of-a-bitch doesn’t go along, believe me.” The son of a bitch was the ...