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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/HucklecatDontCare on 2023-12-03 03:01:51.

Original Title: TIL as part of its foreign policy the Nixon administration actively portrayed the president as an out of control madman to try and convince hostile nations that he was capable of anything at anytime. Including nuclear war. Nixon dubbed this strategy “Madman Theory”.