The Nixon team consisted of the following: a President who thought it useful to pass himself off as a madman with our adversaries (Nixon); an influential, famously “realist” head of the NSC who brought about a diplomatic revolution (Kissinger); and a Secretary of State who handled routine issues, but had no real influence on things that mattered (Rogers).
If this sounds familiar, it should. Trump/Flynn/Tillerson looks like the Bizarro World version of the Nixon team.