Biden’s legacy was questioned by NBC in the sense of the White House being ‘like a morgue’
NBC News shed light on President Biden’s legacy and the malaise in the White House in an article published Thursday in the president’s final days.
The article He contrasted Biden’s pledge to “unite the country, strengthen his party and protect democracy” when he took office with what was revealed during his presidency.
Biden “left a divided nation, condemned his party and questioned the American people’s self-described institutional respect for the rule of law,” the report said.
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell calls Biden’s accomplishments ‘like a magic trick’ in a recent interview.
US President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on January 15, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) ((Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP))
This disconnect between Biden’s pledge and his presidency has led many Democrats to criticize “Biden for handing over the White House to Donald Trump, keeping an aging politician in office too long, and reeling after pardoning his son.” ,” NBC News said.
According to a person with direct knowledge of Biden’s comments, the president “personally thought about the idea of pardoning (President Donald) Trump as a big step,” while the president “hadn’t talked to some of them.” His close associates.”
Prominent Democratic political strategist James Carville is quoted in the article, offering his thoughts on Biden’s legacy and his final term in office.
“Joe Biden’s story is one of the great tragedies in American politics. I mean it, really. He should have a dignified, well-deserved, highly-recognized retirement. And he doesn’t,” Carville said, adding, “It’s hard to blame anyone. but him”
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According to one person who recently met with White House officials, the mood now feels “like a morgue,” with one White House official saying staff are trying to contain their emotions until Biden officially leaves the Oval Office.
“It’s hard to sink in that we’ve done it here, it’s hard to reflect — until we get it right and we walk out the door,” a White House official told NBC. To the people who are still here because we are working until the last minute.
The current mood in the White House feels “like a morgue,” according to a person who recently met with White House officials. (Photo by Getty Images) (Getty Images)
The article details Biden’s “numerous broken friendships,” saying he is “estranged from some of the people who were once among his most powerful allies.”
According to NBC’s report, he (Biden) along with First Lady Jill Biden has deep resentments against former President Barack Obama, former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and several former aides, including Bob Bauer and Anita Dunn, all of whom he believes. Either he failed or they pushed him out of the 2024 race, several people close to him said.
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said she and Biden have not had a major meeting together since an aide pushed him to drop out of the presidential race in July.
A person close to Biden confirmed the claim, saying, “That relationship is permanently damaged.”
In an op-ed published this week, Jill Biden told The Washington Post that she was “disappointed” by Pelosi’s actions.
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Although President Biden has not publicly expressed his displeasure with former President Obama, former Obama aide Ben Rhodes recently pointed out that Biden’s decision to name aircraft carriers after former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton seems to have taken a toll on Obama.
“Barack H. Obama hasn’t got a f—ing recruiter named after him,” Rhodes said on the “Pod Save The World” podcast.
NBC News also criticized Biden’s pardoning of his son Hunter Biden, saying, “By pardoning Hunter Biden on federal gun and tax charges, he promised to uphold laws that have destabilized the nation.”
Hunter Biden and his wife, Melissa Cohen, walk outside a federal courthouse during Biden’s trial on felony gun charges in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 11, 2024. ((Reuters/Hannah Beyer))
The article blamed former Biden adviser Anita Dunn and former Biden lawyer Bob Bauer for the “unthinkable” disappearance of members of the Biden family from the president’s inner circle.
“Dunn and Bauer were outraged at being unceremoniously kicked out of the president’s inner circle and blamed two members of the Biden family — Hunter Biden and Jill Biden,” NBC News said.
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A somber quote from James Carville at the end of the article seems to capture the entire energy surrounding the end of the Biden presidency.
“Joe Biden has had many successful acts in his life. Unfortunately, you’re remembered for your last act,” he said. “Nowadays, he is remembered as a long-standing man.”
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