In my earlier piece here, I said, "Donald Trump was the first politician to talk like that when he was in or even near the presidency. And let's not forget that." In response, I received this message from someone who said…
Not true (at least in "modern" times) Nixon was far worse. Listen to the Oval Office recordings.
Do I have to explain that I was talking about public speech intended to be heard by the public? Trump's public speech is worse than Richard Nixon's public speech.
If we had Oval Office recordings of Trump, we could compare those. Nixon's were pretty bad. Trump's might be worse. And if someone found a lot of private recordings of Lyndon Johnson, it would not surprise me if he topped them both.