WP Thinks they can do it again. They probably have already have Redford and Hoffman ready to do the movie. Well Trump is not Nixon and he will beat you like a drum a-holes.
You are quite right... Nixon thought he could wait it out, common sense would prevail and his enemies would fall down all on their own. He was wrong. PDJT would never let that happen if he was there and he isn't going to let it happen now. As for the WP, they have a self-inflated view of their own importance... their position now and then are totally different.