Which idea was most weakened by the Watergate scandal?

Nixon's primary focus while in office was on foreign affairs. He focused on détente with the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union, easing Cold War tensions with both countries.The metonym Watergate came to encompass an array of clandestine and often illegal activities undertaken by members of the Nixon administration, including: bugging the offices of political opponents and people of whom Nixon or his officials were suspicious; ordering investigations of activist groups and political

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