On this day, December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon met in the White House.

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The tweet's not loading. The person behind the account might have thrown in the towel on Twitter/X. I'll dig up the pictures. You know the ones.

Here you go. There are many of these online. The hard part is finding them where they haven't been cropped. This is the best known of all:

President Nixon and Elvis Presley meet at The White House, December 21, 1970.MPI/Getty Images

Source: The Story Behind That Famous Photo of Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon

Here are the ones at Wikifiles:

Description: Elvis Presley meeting Richard Nixon. On December 21, 1970, at his own request, Presley met then-President Richard Nixon in the Oval Office of The White House.
Date: 21 December 1970
Source: White House photograph by Ollie Atkins via https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/nixon-met-elvis/
Author: Ollie Atkins, chief White House photographer at the time. See ARC

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elvis-Nixon_Meeting.jpg



The man at the right is special assistant Egil “Bud” Krogh. He died on January 18, 2020.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elvis-Nixon_Meeting2.jpg



Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elvis-Nixon_Meeting3.jpg



Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elvis-Nixon_Meeting4.jpg



Who are those two men in Elvis's entourage? Wikifiles says later on that they are Delbert Sonny West and Jerry Schilling.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elvis-Nixon_Meeting5.jpg



Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elvis-Nixon_Meeting6.jpg



Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elvis-Nixon_Meeting7.jpg

Elvis/Nixon photo

51 years ago this month, December 21, 1970.

President Nixon inspects Elvis Presley’s cufflinks during Presley’s famous Oval Office visit.

The man at right is special assistant Egil “Bud” Krogh, who would later serve 4 1/2 months in prison for his role in the Watergate scandal

Link to tweet

Wed Dec 21, 2022: Here's the letter Elvis wrote that led to their meeting.

Tue Dec 22, 2020: On December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley gave a letter to the postman, who put it in his sack.

Elvis’s handwritten letter to President Nixon that led to their meeting fifty years ago today:

Link to tweet

Elvis Presley - Return To Sender [Video]
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My favorite Elvis song.

Wed Dec 21, 2022: On this day, December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon met in the White House.

Tue Dec 21, 2021: On this day, December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon met in the White House.

[Basic LA]

1. Nixon being 'down' with the counter-culture.

As if Elvis was ever a part of it.