President Nixon disgraced the US presidency through his involvement in the Watergate Scandal. This marks him as history’s worst president. Which of the following is a counterclaim that the essay’s writer might address?

1. It was under Nixon’s leadership that the Vietnam War ended.
2. Nixon was the thirty-seventh president of the United States.
3. Nixon resigned the presidency because he was about to be impeached.
4. The Watergate Scandal created a strong national distrust of the government.