Tricky Dick Memes Are Back In Style After FBI Raids Trump's Mar-a-Lago On Nixon Resignation Anniversary

Richard Nixon, dead for almost 30 years, is having a moment in the meme spotlight. History buffs online noticed that the FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s resort in Florida, coincidentally occurred on the same day Richard Nixon announced his resignation as President in 1974.

Richard Nixon resigned on Aug. 8, 1974

Trump gets raided Aug. 8, 2022

Odd coincidence

— Brianna Lyman (@briannalyman2) August 9, 2022

Donald Trump is under investigation for several things, but most sources seem to agree the FBI raid relates to his handling of classified documents and government secrets. Allegedly, Trump took a lot of important documents with him to Mar-a-Lago after leaving office. The FBI then got permission from a federal judge to go look for them yesterday.

Imagining some FBI agent googling “what day did Nixon resign” so they they can hit Trump that day to send a message https://t.co/pKk4mY51LV

— Will Stancil (@whstancil) August 9, 2022

Richard Nixon looked up from hell at the Trump Administration and said "y'all shady as shit".

— Derrick is PRO CHOICE♎ #BLM 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 (@Spawn_03) August 8, 2022

Richard Nixon’s private residence was never raided by the FBI, but the nail in the coffin of his presidency was a bunch of classified documents he had to hand over to investigators — known as the White House tapes, which infamously recorded Nixon and his aides scheming and swearing.

With this one-sentence letter, Richard Nixon became the first, and only, President to resign. This day, 1974 pic.twitter.com/PnZA12Uqar

— West Wing Reports (by Paul Brandus) (@WestWingReport) August 9, 2022

today is resignation day. we miss you President Nixon. we need you and your wisdom now more than ever. pic.twitter.com/4hc7B9gBZ8

— Nathaniel Macon Stan 🇺🇸🌾 (@NateMaconStan) August 8, 2022

Many on platforms like Twitter took the coincidence of the anniversary to compare Trump and Nixon.

Richard Nixon and Donald Trump trying to see which one had a worse August 9th day: pic.twitter.com/0NMnKbBPBv

— John Kerry Fan 🇺🇸 (@JohnKerryFan) August 9, 2022

Some users also pointed out how they buried their loved ones.

Top: Richard Nixon’s dog ‘Checkers’ grave.

Donald Trump’s first wife Ivana’s on his golf course. pic.twitter.com/Rh9q96B8H0

— Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@NotHoodlum) July 30, 2022

A photo of the two men meeting back in the day circulated widely online amid the discourse surrounding the Mar-a-Lago raid.

Here is a picture of the most corrupt President in American history and Richard Nixon. pic.twitter.com/frMk0278nP

— Republicans against Trumpism (@RpsAgainstTrump) August 8, 2022

Several Twitter users joked about Nixon’s strange habits and personality, which have notoriously lived on nearly 40 years after his presidency.

“Get me the most egregiously 1974 meal possible!”

— Cool Review Guy (@CoolReviewGuy) August 9, 2022

Some supporters of the former President, however, dismissed the coincidence as meaningless.

Democrats think they are sending a cryptic message by raiding Trumps home on same month & day that Nixon resigned. But like the hunger stricken snake it is,the Democrat Party will devour itself. Stand Strong and carry on Patriots, our fight to Preserve our country has just begun! pic.twitter.com/jWJm28t7lx

— RedRock1 (@Fan4Cal) August 9, 2022

The trauma of Watergate and other events of the 1970s like the war in Vietnam and "stagflation" continue to play out in the modern day, with many historians blaming the misdeeds of the Nixon administration for the widespread distrust of government in the United States.