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Radio Scotland,5 mins

Trump: The Nixon Factor

Good Morning Scotland

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Donald Trump’s firing of FBI head James Comey over the investigation of links between members of his administration and Russia has drawn comparisons to Richard Nixon’s actions in the lead up to his resignation over the Watergate scandal. Isabel Fraser spoke to journalist Jeffrey Frank, a senior editor at The New Yorker and author of "Ike and Dick: Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage", about the parallels between Trump and Nixon.

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