> The more you read about Nixon, the more it seems like the popular narrative is likely less right than the CIA ousted a sitting president to install their guy.

Such as?

IMO, the more you allude to spooky things without adding substantive information, the more you sound like a loon.

And you're saying that their guy was Ford? Or Carter? That's what the CIA wanted?

You're going to have to explain more.

This seems to point to collusion between Nixon and CIA for a lot of criminality. Or, is this inaccurate history?

https://www.thehistoryreader.com/military-history/nixons-bay...

If you are saying Nixon was a victim of CIA troublemaking, then you should point out which faction of the CIA you mean.

What makes it seem more likely the CIA did the thing?

The traditional history seems pretty plausible to me.