Why did presidents Ford and Carter lose public confidence?
What will be an ideal response?
Ford pardoned Nixon to help the nation get past Watergate, but the public wanted Nixon tried. His foreign policy was perceived as insufficiently concerned with human rights. Critics found him too soft in countering the Soviets. Carter both lost and won supporters when he pardoned Vietnam War draft resisters. His oil policy reined in neither oil prices nor oil company profits, but it did contribute to oil shortages. His criticism of American self-indulgence and loss of values lost him more support. Finally, Carter appeared weak and totally ineffective in dealing with the Iranian hostage crisis.
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