ratfuckers. No surprise there.
After resigning from the Presidency in disgrace, in 1974, Nixon remained, for the most part, off limits as a political hero. Stone and a small handful of others kept his memory alive by conveying their admiration for Nixons toughness and determination. (Stone, though, is the rare Nixon follower who has a tattoo of the great man on his back.) It was convenient for many Republicans to pretend that Reagan had excised Nixon from the Partys DNA. But, as the rise of Trump shows, Nixon never really went away....
Its Nixons affect and ferocity, more than any policies, that Stone admires and that Trump reflects. Like Nixon, Trump has held positions all over the spectrum; hes been pro-choice, pro-Iraq War, pro-national health care, and now he holds opposing views on all those issues. But what has remained consistent over the years is Trumps primal need to dominate and humiliate his adversaries. The first hundred days of his Presidency have demonstrated that hes more interested in winning than in governing. Nixon, too, wanted to win more than he wanted to accomplish anything in particular, and his legacy reflects those oddly paired objectives.
http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/roger-stone-and-the-trump-nixon-connection