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5. Gerald Ford, 895 Days
In Office: August 9, 1974 — January 20, 1977
在位：1974年8月9日——1977年1月20日
Served the remainder of Nixon's term. Not elected for full term. In foreign policy, the Helsinki Accords marked a move toward detente in the Cold War, even as the former ally South Vietnam was invaded and conquered by North Vietnam; Ford did not intervene, but did help extract friends of the U.S. At home, the economy suffered from inflation and recession. Ford came under intense criticism for granting a preemptive pardon to President Richard Nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal.
繼Nixon后，Ford繼位。未能完成完整任期。對于外交政策，Helsinki Accords見證了冷戰趨于緩和，正如前聯盟南越南被北越南入侵且占領；Ford并未干涉，但是他確實幫助了一些美國的親密國家。而國內，經濟正遭受通貨膨脹和衰退。Ford在無條件赦免因“水門丑聞”而下臺的前總統Richard Nixon的事件上受到了嚴重批評。
