All that may be true and probably was, but Nixon loved the power of the Presidency with the White House and his Palace Guards. Although he thought he was a great President, in fact Nixon was a terrible President, greasing the skids for the likes of Carter, Bush, Clinton, and Obama.
Nixon's Palace Guard.
woodward and bernstein are two one trick ponies of times past...even then, their “trick” was suspect. They are very deep state losers who haven’t done anything of note professionally since their watergate “reporting”. Lefty losers.