The most important thing about “Watergate” was that the President who was removed had just gotten >500 electoral votes and >60% of the popular vote.
Forget what you think about Nixon per se. The same forces that went after Trump went after Nixon, and for the same reason - his enormous victory with popular issues - out of control urban crime, a/k/a “law and order” and ending foreign wars - threatened to upset the applecart of the powers that skillfully divide us 51-49 time after time, getting us to hate each other - instead of them.
Yes, this is true.