📼 Tricky Dick

June 24, 2026

Remember that phrase? 

Just when you thought the internet had run out of weird historical reboots, a trend called Nixonmaxxing is turning one of America’s famous political bad reputations into a brooding online antihero. 

@nixonfoundation via Instagram

Backed by the Richard Nixon Foundation, it’s like watching a PR team perform CPR on a presidential legacy, posting slick videos that pair old Nixon footage with rap music, Don Draper clips and enough cinematic slow motion to make him look less like a president and more like a YouTube motivational speaker. 

You’ve got to see it in action with music.