Who was the president of the United States who stepped down because of the Watergate scandal?

Our Watergate incident has long become synonymous with corruption and scandal, which directly led to the resignation of President Nix. The Watergate incident seriously damaged the politics of the United States in the post-Watergate era, and affected the power of the president in the American constitutional system of separation of powers. had a huge impact.

On the banks of the Potomac River in the northwest district of Washington, DC, there is a building consisting of a five-star hotel, a high-end office building and two luxury apartments. At the main entrance of the building, there is a small artificial waterfall flowing down. The water splashes are flying, giving the entire building complex the reputation of "Water Gate". Even now, the Watergate Hotel remains one of the most luxurious hotels in Washington.

This is where five Watergate "burglars" broke into the offices of the Democratic National Committee on June 17, 1972, planting bugs and photographing documents. The Watergate scandal might never have broken out had security guard Frank Wells not called the police after he discovered that the door lock leading from the underground garage to the hotel building had been taped twice because of complaints from hotel guests about insomnia.

The Watergate incident mainly tore away the ugly veil of the US presidential election, completely exposed the shady methods behind the scenes to the world, and let the world know that this election is actually lies and deception, just like what Mark Twain wrote As said in "Running for Governor", it is a naked joke, and it is true that the end justifies the means.

After the incident, Nixon tried his best to cover up and exonerate him. However, during the subsequent investigation of the case, many people in the Nixon administration were exposed one after another, and were directly involved in Nixon himself, which triggered the A serious constitutional crisis, and later, in order to continue the joke, President Nixon announced his resignation, becoming the first US president to step down due to a scandal.

From this incident, we can see that American democracy is actually a democracy based on lies and deception. It is highly performative and is not as perfect as they claim to be. It's just that the makeup is better.