The 1973 Nixon Press Conference Video & Transcript and President Richard M. Nixon: Re-election, Second Term, and Watergate.

President Nixon’s press conference video demonstrates his public persona and communication strategy. The video presents the president as a confident, articulate, and composed individual executing strategic rhetoric to hide the cruelty of the Wastegate outrage. Nixon states, "I made my mistakes, but in all of my years of public life, I have never profited... from public service" (Shaw, 2020).  These sentiments illustrate the president’s attempts to deflect a blaming finger and uphold his innocence. In contrast, President Richard M. Nixon: Re-election, Second Term, and Watergate demonstrates a more critical analysis of the president’s actions. The text analyzes Nixon’s engagement in the Wastegate break-in and the ensuing cover-up, showing another diverse side of the president’s persona. This side of the president’s personal is tainted by corruption and a non-adherence to the process of democracy.