Liam Neeson sees parallels between Trump, Nixon eras
TORONTO (AP) — Liam Neeson's latest film takes viewers into the life of a key player in the Watergate scandal, and he says there are clear parallels between presidents then-and-now.
Neeson plays the high-ranking FBI official who was a key source for Washington Post stories that helped lead to President Richard Nixon's downfall in "Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House ." Felt was the No. 2 official at the FBI and his identity as the source known as Deep Throat was unknown until 2005.
Neeson told The Associated Press that he sees similarities between Nixon's distrust of critics and President Donald Trump's actions.
"Nixon felt: let's circle the wagons. Everybody was an enemy that wasn't on his side.