Ive been watching some old Nixon interviews on YouTube from his post-presidency career. He comes off as fairly likable and friendly. Watergate was a Deep state hit job against an incredibly popular president.
Nixon was too liberal for my tastes but he was still very intelligent man and could be likable enough on television when he wanted.
They wanted Nixon’s scalp ever since he worked for HUAC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gl84ilI8Do&t=1212s
Above is a video of Nixon at the Oxford Student Union in 1978. An hour long but really good. He spends about 5 minutes giving a short speech and the rest is answering questions from the students.
The loud protestors outside the venue make it hard to hear the questions sometimes, but Nixon is unphased by it. Reminds me a bit of Trump speaking at the Libertarian Convention where he didn’t let the booing get to him. Although Trump DID have a teleprompter.