'Deep State took down…': VP JD Vance compares Trump's media treatment to Richard Nixon's Watergate

Jun 28, 2026 - 00:01
'Deep State took down…': VP JD Vance compares Trump's media treatment to Richard Nixon's Watergate
Watergate scandal during a speech on Thursday, saying that the controversy that toppled President Richard M. Nixon would be “like a 12-hour news story” if it happened today. “The idea that it would have taken down a presidency is crazy,” Mr. Vance added, saying he had been joking backstage about the scandal before his appearance at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, Calif.