NBC News shed light President Biden legacy and the somber mood that has gripped the White House in the president’s final days in an article Thursday.
Article he compared Biden’s promise “to unite the country, strengthen his party and defend democracy” when he took office to what actually transpired during his tenure as president.
Biden “leaves a divided nation, a party in tatters and an American people questioning respect for the rule of law by a self-described institutionalist,” the report said.
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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 promise when he took office and his actions as president has led many Democrats to “blame Biden for handing the White House to Donald Trump, criticizing the aging politician for staying in office too long and wavering after pardoning his son ,” NBC News said.
According to a person with direct knowledge of Biden’s comments, the president has “privately considered the idea of a pardon [President-elect Donald] Trump as a generous move”, while at the same time the president “was not in agreement with some of his closest allies”.
Prominent Democratic political strategist James Carvile was quoted in the article, giving his take on Biden’s legacy and his final days in office.
“The story of Joe Biden is one of the greatest tragedies of American politics. I really mean it. He should have a glorious, well-deserved, highly praised retirement. And he didn’t,” Carville said, adding, “It’s hard to blame anyone but him.”
According to a person who recently met with officials in The white housethe current mood feels “like a morgue,” with one White House official saying staff are trying to contain emotions until Biden officially leaves the Oval Office.
“It’s hard to think, it’s hard to sink in that we’re done here — until we’re actually done and out with our stuff,” one White House official told NBC, adding, “It hasn’t sunk in for the people who are still here because we’re working until 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 describes Biden’s “many broken friendships,” claiming, “He has become estranged from some of the people who were once among his most powerful allies.”
According to NBC News, “He [Biden] harbors, along with First Lady Jill Biden, a simmering resentment toward 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 failed him or kicked him out of the 2024 race , several people close to him claim.”
Assistant for former Speaker Nancy PelosiD-Calif., revealed that she and Biden have not had a meaningful meeting together since she pressured him to drop out of the presidential race in July.
A person close to Biden confirmed this claim, saying, “That relationship is permanently damaged.”
Jill Biden also said The Washington Post said in an article published this week that it was “disappointed” by Pelosi’s actions.
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Although President Biden has not publicly expressed his frustrations with former President Obama, Ben Rhodes, a former Obama aide, highlighted Biden’s recent decision to name aircraft carriers after former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, seemingly in disdain for Obama.
“Barack H. Obama didn’t get a freaking transportation vehicle named after him,” Rhodes said on an episode of the “Pod Save The World” podcast.
NBC News was also critical Biden pardons his son Hunter Biden, claiming, “Biden reversed his promise to protect the norms he said underpin the nation’s stability by pardoning his own Hunter Biden on federal gun and tax charges.”
Hunter Biden and his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, walk outside federal court during a trial on gun charges, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 11, 2024. (Photo by REUTERS/Hannah Beier) ((REUTERS/Hannah Beier))
The article also said former Biden adviser, Anita Dunn, and former Biden lawyer, Bob Bauer, blamed members of Biden’s family for being “unceremoniously” kicked out of the president’s inner circle.
“Dunn and Bauer resented being unceremoniously kicked out of the president’s inner circle and blamed it on two members of the Biden family in particular – Hunter Biden and Jill Biden,” NBC News claims.
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James Carville’s mournful quote at the end of the article seems to sum up the overall energy surrounding the end of Biden’s presidency.
“Joe Biden has had many successful performances in his life. Unfortunately, you are remembered for your last performance,” he said. “Right now he’s being remembered as the guy who stayed too long.”
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