“Watergate was Nixon tapping his opponent’s campaign phones.”
Nixon had literally nothing to do with the break in at DNC headquarters. Nixon had no reason to tap O’Brien’s phones or break into his office. Nixon was out of town when it happened. It was stupid and Nixon was far too intelligent to be involved in it.
The DNC phones were never tapped. Police went through and found no electronic devices. Months later another examination found devices which had been planted and were useless for surveillance.
Either Jeb Magruder or John Dean ordered the break in. Most probably John Dean. Dean knew about it from the beginning.
Dean was asked by Nixon to write a summary of the Watergate break in. Dean realized that if he was forced to do so he would incriminate himself. It was then that Dean used his connections to work with the Democrats to frame Nixon.
According to G. Gordon Liddy, Watergate was nothing more than an attempt to recover compromising photos of a prostitute and I will believe him more than the liars of the media.