But out of the gobbledygook, comes a very clear thing: [unclear] you can't trust the gov
ernment; you can't believe what they say; and you can't rely on their judgment; and the
-the implicit infallibility of presidents, which has been an accepted thing in America, is
badly hurt by this, because it shows that people do things the President wants to do ev
en though it's wrong, and the President can be wrong.
--Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman to President Nixon, White House
Meeting, June 14, 1971

Summarize HR Haldeman's quote above. What, in his view, were the effects of the Vietnam W
ar? What were other effects of the war that were not expressed by Haldeman in this quote?