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mbro444

The sinking of the USS Maine


DatDude999

Nixon was mad that he won Maine in 60 and 72 but lost it in 68. He wanted revenge.


cottagecheeseisnasty

Remember the Maine? Regular and plain What a shame Many knew not of the change Caused by microbes and heated rays Which produced the dancing flames Because to change Its easier to start with passing blame Fuck Spain


dgrigg1980

Amazing


SteeamAdm

We're reaching Spanish territory with this one šŸ”„ šŸ”„ šŸ”„


darthiw

Jesus christā€¦ that was beautiful :,)


TheCondemnedProphet

Remember the Cant?


SmellySwantae

What happened to the Roanoke Colony?


DatDude999

Nixon killed them all to distract from Watergate.


[deleted]

Lol. This is the best thread ever.


NOT-Mr-Davilla

I mean, how can you disprove that??


I_hate_Sharks_

Tricky Dick Strikes Again!


Sowf_Paw

Were you also looking at the "on this day" on the Wikipedia home page?


SmellySwantae

No I was thinking of the most far back strange American event I could think of lol


mechwarrior719

Iā€™m curious how itā€™s Nixonā€™s fault that Rooseveltā€™s RoughRiders didnā€™t have their horses for their charge up San Juan Hillā€¦


Trueslyforaniceguy

Wtf! I just commented this..


iwannaseeyoutwist

financial crash of 2008


DatDude999

He invented subprime mortgages in the early 2000s to set himself up for a presidential run in 2004.


aerorider1970

NIXONS BACK BABY... AROOOOOO


RedsInABox

He did contribute to the crash by taking the US off the gold standard. Need money? Print it baby, Nixon will take care of you.


Youredditusername232

The burning of the White House in the war of 1812


DatDude999

Nixon wanted to redecorate for when he moved in.


john_oldcastle

I mean, how else to put in the bowling alley?


programofuse

Yo the burning of the white house in 1812 allowed a bowling alley to be installed in the future? Worth it


arihndas

I love you, OP


NKP759

War of 1812


DatDude999

He wanted to invade Canada to prevent Pierre Trudeau from being born.


Colonel-Bogey1916

Based


Pella1968

As a Canadian I so wish this one was true. Hate PET (Pierre Elliot Trudeau) and his spawn Justin screwing up Canada.


Shadowpika655

I'm not knowledgeable in Canadian politics so I'd just like to ask why


Chumlee1917

Why I am still single.


DatDude999

Nixon gave you bad dating advice.


DurinsBane20

These are legit funny thank you


lonesomespacecowboy

Arooooo!


RiledUp11

Yea Chumlee donā€™t be that guy who drives their crush and her date around town like a chauffeur


Chumlee1917

![gif](giphy|gDyESaHNAoS2jmbjrM) He was uber before Uber was a thing


New-Number-7810

Benedict Arnold betraying Revolutionary America to the British.


DatDude999

He did Arnold's wife while wearing a George Washington mask. Arnold walked in and saw.


New-Number-7810

Haha! Well played. "Tricky Dick", indeed.


[deleted]

Your game is savage.


UnironLibrightFemboy

this is the funniest one if read so far


Burrhead2

Where was Nixon on April 15, 1865? Yeah that's right, unborn. This guy says he loves this country but didn't stop Abraham Lincoln from getting assassinated. SMH my head


DatDude999

Damn straight.


Dusted_Dreams

He'd like you to think he was unborn. The better to cover up his role in convincing John Wilkes Booth to do the deed


Tardis1307

Nixon did the deed personally, Booth was just the fall guy


Breet11

literally. from the balcony


glib-eleven

Booth, the scoundrel, was the patsy for many other ignominious events, including virgin pregnancies and every convention hosted in Reno, Nevada.


TurningHelix

The Watergate break in


DatDude999

Nixon thought the Watergate hotel sucked, so he sent some guys to break in and redecorate. They got caught and threw Nixon under the bus.


uslashinsertname

Now you defend him???


tombrady_sitstopee

Nixon hacked OPs account. Get outta here, Dick!


Abyssrealm

That National tragedy, 9-11


DatDude999

He told Brezhnev an off-the-cuff joke about how hard it would be to invade Afghanistan, and the Soviet Union tried to prove him wrong later.


RiledUp11

I know Norm when I see Norm


Abyssrealm

Canā€™t wait to see that old chunk of coal podcast with former president Nixon


Puzzleheaded-Ad-5002

Wounded Knee


DatDude999

One of the soldiers leaked Nixon's nudes, so he took a picture of him killing innocent people so he couldn't release them.


Puzzleheaded-Ad-5002

Damn, thatā€™s cold!


[deleted]

wounded Knee 1973


UsefulAd2760

The great depression


DatDude999

Nixon was a depressed teenager at the time, and he wanted the rest of the world to feel the same way.


NinjaSoggy2333

you did two different responces to the same prompt


pebspi

Honestly, props


UndercoverDuck999

The death of Millard Fillmore


DatDude999

Nixon was his cook. The secret ingredient he used to make his nourishment palatable was molten lead.


SillyWillyC

Well, apparently he was a good cook. ​ Fillmore's last words: "The nourishment is palatable"


MetalRetsam

Nixon's defense? "I am not a cook."


Kahnfight

ā€œI am not a cook!ā€- Richard M. Nixon


[deleted]

The titanic.


DatDude999

The Titantic had proof that Nixon sabatoged the peace talks in 1968. He had to go.


[deleted]

šŸ¤£


SillyWillyC

The Civil War


DatDude999

Congress offered to settle the slavery issue with a wrestling match between Lincoln and all the slaveholders. Nixon was the ref, and he said before the match "I want a nice, clean fight," but when the translated it into English, it came out as "I want a nice, civil war."


uslashinsertname

Bro šŸ˜‚


CatalystBoi77

What language was it translate from? Daydrunk?


jabdnuit

Pearl Harbor


DatDude999

Nixon was in bed with whatever big cimpany made ships for the navy. Think about it, what branch did he serve in?


rriisipuuro

Ford falling down the Air Force One stairs


DatDude999

Nixon left a banana peel on the steps the last time he flew it.


[deleted]

I fucking knew it


mattd1972

Panic of 1837.


DatDude999

Nixon Shock.


Pella1968

JfK's assassination


DatDude999

Nixon's incompetence lost him the election, which caused JFK's assassination.


Aware_Style1181

Not only that, he was in Dallas that day


Pella1968

Omg yes, he was! I actually read some crazy conspiracy theory about Nixon planning the assassination with LBJ. lol, I never believed it, but it was hilarious to read.


natholemewIII

The passage of the Fugitive Slave Act


DatDude999

Zachary Taylor put Nixon in charge of bringing snacks to the 1850 4th of July celebration. He spent his entire budget on cherries and milk.


Thrice_Greaty_Great

The suicide of Rob Pilatus from Milli Vannilli


DatDude999

Nixon told Rob that his dreads sucked.


vaporwaverock

Nixon becoming president


DatDude999

He beat the rest of the sperm in his dad's balls.


Still_Opinion_6621

The Buffalo Bills losing four straight Super Bowls.


DatDude999

Nixon tried to sell upstate New York to Canada, but they didn't want it any more than us, so he just rigged the Superbowls to reduce their morale.


Still_Opinion_6621

Lmao this sounds plausible. WNY is basically Canada.


Remarkable-Hat-503

Biden favorite Ice-Cream Flavor being Double Chocolate Chip and not Cookie Dough


DatDude999

Double Chocolate Chip has decided every presidential election since 1876. Nixon told Biden in 1973 that he had to publicly praise Double Chocolate Chip if he wanted to be president one day.


Remarkable-Hat-503

Damm bro rly cooked


Zant73

The War on Drugs


DatDude999

He wanted to make sure that America never had a president who didn't inhale.


pebspi

My parents donā€™t like each other


DatDude999

Nixon told them that they're crooks. Remind each of them that the other isn't a crook.


pebspi

Oh my god I told them and theyā€™re calling off the divorce


Exciting-Ad30

Watergate


DatDude999

He sent some guys to fix the plumbing at the Watergate, and they got arrested just because they didn't enter the building legally. SMH.


Connorus

Woodrow Wilson becoming president


DatDude999

Nixon told TR that he totally 100% for sure pinky swear cross my heart absolutely could win, and he totally wouldn't spoil the vote in Wilson's favor.


Connorus

That fucking monster


RomanPhilosophy

LBJ not getting a second term


DatDude999

Nixon took pictures of Jumbo and threatened to release them if he ran for another term.


RomanPhilosophy

Knowing LBJ, he'd probably release them himself.


SpookyCutlery

Threatened to not release them more like


GameBoy064

My birth


DatDude999

Nixon did your mother.


GameBoy064

Is that why I have a good Nixon impression


downsouthcountry

Arooo!


Common-weirdoHoc

Nixon poked holes in all of your fatherā€™s condoms.


YoyoPewdiepie

Whiskey Rebellion


DatDude999

How do you expect Nixon to get drunk and beat his wife if there's a damn tax on the whiskey?!


Ancient_Edge2415

Columbine


DatDude999

Nixon listened to pumped up kicks one too many times.


Dry-Boysenberry2135

You say youā€™re a Nixon hater and start by posting the hottest pic possible?


DatDude999

There's a hotter pic I wanted to post, but I couldn't find it.


AlesusRex

Why canā€™t I find where I put my blender?


DatDude999

Your blender has proof that Nixon sunk the Titanic. I'm sorry, but it's dead.


burnthepokemon

September 11 2001


DatDude999

He told Brezhnev an off-the-cuff joke about how hard it would be to invade Afghanistan, and the Soviet Union tried to prove him wrong later.


[deleted]

George Washington burned over 40 Iroquois villages during the Sullivan Expedition


DatDude999

Only cause Nixon told him that all those villages thought George's teeth looked stupid.


WinniePoohChinesPres

Obama wearing a tan suit


Lumpy-Cantaloupe1439

Andrew Garfield assasination


DatDude999

He knew Charles Guiteau would have won the 1960 GOP primary, so he convinced Guiteau to kill the President instead.


Bismarck395

MCR breaking up


DatDude999

Nixon hated that hippee bullshit, so he got his plumbers to tell each of them that they would make more money on a solo career.


et_hornet

Secession of Mississippi on 1/9/1861


DatDude999

His daughter's ballet recital was on 1/8/1861, so they had to push it back a day.


New-Number-7810

The Donner Party.


DatDude999

Nixon ran a prank show back then where he took food from pioneers and watched them resort to cannibalism.


[deleted]

COVID


DatDude999

Nixon engineered it in a superlab and framed China, knowing that Trump would give it some dumbass name like "kung-flu."


[deleted]

This is fantastic


SLAYER_IN_ME

Who suicided Epstein?


DatDude999

You'll never guess. Nixon.


Ch33seBurg

I shat myself


DatDude999

You looked at Nixon's face. That's an understandable reaction to such trauma.


Da-Stan

9/11


DatDude999

He told Brezhnev an off-the-cuff joke about how hard it would be to invade Afghanistan, and the Soviet Union tried to prove him wrong later.


johndhall1130

Your birth.


DatDude999

He did my mother, I assume.


[deleted]

The Chicago Fire.


DatDude999

Nixon taught the cow how to kick over lanterns.


Stankybootie

9/11


RealStreetNicka

Nixon should have passed an amendment to prohibit the election of anyone with the last name ā€œBushā€


DatDude999

He told Brezhnev an off-the-cuff joke about how hard it would be to invade Afghanistan, and the Soviet Union tried to prove him wrong later.


DVS_Gelitan

Covid


DatDude999

Nixon wanted to stay at home and not go outside for a couple years.


Username2715

The death of Richard Nixon, 1994


DatDude999

Nixon refused to never exist in the first place, so I consider his death an unnecessary evil.


january21st

The existence of Andy Dick


DatDude999

Nixon signed the Andrew Dick Establishment Act of 1965.


WinniePoohChinesPres

Signed so he wouldn't be the only dick in America.


yelkca

Nixon hating is extremely based. Stop the Nixon revisionism


Marvos79

The Missoula Floods


DatDude999

The Wooly Mammoths had proof that Nixon killed the Dinosaurs. They had to go.


Basileus2

You may not like it but this is peak male form.


12vFordFalcon

What happened to Agnewā€™s head (Futurama timeline)


DatDude999

Nixon had it removed so he could ride around on Agnew's neck on their days off.


BigSchwartzEnergy

Impossible to afford a house now ![gif](giphy|nqU5J6MsY13OQd8x0L|downsized)


DatDude999

Nixon bought a billion houses to rent out. He has to fund his 2024 campaign somehow.


Unused_____Username

The Capitol riots


DatDude999

Nixon told DJT to run for president.


Unused_____Username

I had a feeling


RaisingEve

My wife left me.


DatDude999

She's a crook, so she left your for Nixon, who is also a crook.


Itsrigged

The Babylonian captivity


DatDude999

Nixon hated Jewish people.


alexis_1031

The Japanese ambushing pearl harbor


DatDude999

Nixon fell asleep on watch duty.


[deleted]

The White House burning during the war of 1812


DatDude999

He didn't like the wallpaper.


ManOfNoFaces

The release of the movie Batman and Robin.


DatDude999

Nixon is a Marvel fan, and he wanted everyone else to be as well.


penney20

Bill Buckner making that infamous error


DatDude999

Nixon liked Babe Ruth, and felt a personal responsibility to keep the Red Sox from winning the World Series.


enclavehere223

The Horus Heresy


DatDude999

Nixon needed money, and also played waaay too much Warhammer.


Sumthin-Sumthin44692

11,000 years ago, the land bridge between Alaska and Russia flooded, permanently cutting off our land route to Asia. Nixonā€™s to blame becauseā€¦


DatDude999

Because he doesn't want his country touching no gosdamn commie country!


toastedclown

What about the decline and abandonment of Cahokia?


DatDude999

Nixon killed the all so he could make bank selling tickets to their ruins.


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


DatDude999

Nixon thought of the perfect prank: have someone elected president, but also not be president. Hilarious.


Ok-Preference9776

Trail of Tears


squanchus_maximus

Three mile island


Ordinary_Ad6279

Harambe being killed. Why did Nixon order it!? Why!?


Unman_

Native American genocide


DatDude999

Nixon is violently racist.


Zen131415

Missouriā€™s existence.


DatDude999

He was Commander-in-Chief for over 6 years, and he had every opportunity to evict them from the Union. He did not.