{"id":1518,"date":"2025-01-25T12:15:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T12:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/5-likely-choices-for-who-really-ran-the-disastrous-biden-white-house\/"},"modified":"2025-01-25T12:15:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T12:15:28","slug":"5-likely-choices-for-who-really-ran-the-disastrous-biden-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/5-likely-choices-for-who-really-ran-the-disastrous-biden-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"5 likely choices for who really ran the disastrous Biden White House"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For years, conservative media, lawmakers and talking heads have been sounding the alarm about President Joe Biden\u2019s cognitive free fall.<\/a> And for years, left-wing media, lawmakers and their loyal mouthpieces waved it off with the same condescending dismissal \u2014 accusing us of lying, fear-mongering or worse. Some even went so far as to say they couldn\u2019t keep up with Biden\u2019s supposed brilliance and jam-packed schedule of what was mostly just one morning briefing and two mid-afternoon naps.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fast-forward to the post-presidency. Now that Biden has shuffled out of office, left-wing media seems to be waking up to the glaringly obvious. The New York Times of all places \u2014 yes, the same paper that acted as Biden\u2019s PR firm \u2014 has revealed that he relied on teleprompters during intimate fundraisers in private homes. At events where he was supposed to come across as casual and personable, he needed scripted prompts. Donors weren\u2019t exactly brimming with confidence.\u00a0<\/p>\n

House Speaker Mike Johnson dropped a bombshell about a January 2024 meeting in which Biden was apparently stunned to learn he had signed an executive order halting liquefied natural gas exports just weeks earlier. He repeatedly denied even knowing about it. Johnson believed Biden didn\u2019t know what he signed, leaving him with a terrifying question: “Who is running the country?”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Spoiler alert: It wasn\u2019t Biden. And to answer Johnson\u2019s question, there are at least five shadowy figures who might have been behind the wheel \u2014 or rather, letting the car roll downhill with no one on the brakes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Remember when former President Barack Obama<\/a> joked in a 2020 interview with Stephen Colbert that he\u2019d love a third term where he could play puppet master while someone else carried out his orders? Well, guess what \u2014 he may as well have been describing the Biden presidency.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The continuity of Obama-era policies under Biden is glaring. Biden\u2019s radical economic and climate boondoggles \u2014 like Build Back Better and The Inflation Reduction Act \u2014 weren\u2019t just echoes of Obama\u2019s agenda; they were carbon copies, with Biden playing the role of a less convincing understudy. Biden\u2019s own “Obamacare” albatross was just as disastrous, except this time it was painted green, cost even more, and led to an inflation nightmare.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And let\u2019s not forget the Afghanistan withdrawal fiasco, which had Obama\u2019s fingerprints all over it. The same architects of Obama-era failures were in charge, bungling timelines and ignoring warnings. Meanwhile, Biden seemed to be caught off guard at every turn, surprised by how the plan unfolded \u2014 because he probably wasn\u2019t the one pulling the strings. Who were Biden\u2019s Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and CIA Director William Burns actually answering to?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Obama wasn\u2019t exactly subtle about staying in the picture. He was offering Biden advice, headlining White House events,<\/a> and reportedly holding closed-door meetings with key officials. By 2023, when Biden\u2019s mental decline became increasingly difficult to camouflage, Politico openly wondered, “Is Barack Obama Ready To Reassert Himself?” He might have been asserting himself the entire time, or at least nudging the wheel while Biden tried to figure out where the car keys were.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The first lady was Joe Biden\u2019s handler, coach and babysitter. Jill Biden\u2019s influence on Joe\u2019s decision-making has been an open secret for years, starting with his decision to run for president in 2020, even though close advisers reportedly warned he didn\u2019t have the stamina for a grueling campaign. \u00a0<\/p>\n

When Joe Biden\u2019s promise to be a one-term president came up, and Democrats began eyeing the door for their next candidate, it was Jill who convinced him to run for re-election \u2014 despite what she had to know about his obvious decline. Was this about his legacy, or was it just a desperate power grab?\u00a0<\/p>\n

After Joe Biden\u2019s disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump, where he looked more confused than commanding, Jill delivered the kind of praise that would make North Korean propagandists blush: “You answered every question! You knew all the facts!” \u00a0<\/p>\n

It was as believable as former Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas telling us the border was secure while we watched videos showing illegal immigrants streaming across it. Mayorkas lied to protect an agenda; Jill lied to protect her husband\u2019s image \u2014 and her own grip on influence.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Remember the infamous photo <\/a>of her sitting in the president\u2019s chair on Air Force One while “prepping for the G7 Summit”? Or how she led a cabinet meeting<\/a> last September? Since when does the first lady run cabinet meetings? Jill was stepping in when her husband was disengaged, disoriented or otherwise absent \u2014 a role that feels more like acting president than loving partner.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Biden\u2019s Chief of Staff Jeff Zients, often called a “fixer,” quietly emerged as one of the most powerful figures in the administration. Zients\u2019 influence was evident during the early stages of the pandemic, when he spearheaded the COVID-19 response team. Since then, his role has expanded, effectively making him the behind-the-scenes manager of the White House with a president who didn\u2019t grasp what was really going on.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Zients played a crucial part in shaping and managing the administration\u2019s day-to-day agenda, including overseeing staffing decisions and ensuring execution of Biden\u2019s initiatives. He recruited a third deputy chief of staff, Natalie Quillian, to implement the administration\u2019s initiatives, but the move was internally controversial, ruffling feathers of those who saw her as Zients\u2019 enforcer as the “bad cop.”\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

Given Zients’ reputation as a detail-oriented manager with significant control over White House operations, it\u2019s certainly plausible that he orchestrated the signing of the executive order halting liquefied natural gas exports, ensuring it aligned with his broader environmental or economic goals without requiring Biden\u2019s deep engagement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His role as national security advisor positioned him as a key figure in the Biden administration, but given the president\u2019s cognitive abilities, it may have been simply calling the shots. Too bad he wasn\u2019t very successful.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sullivan was instrumental in orchestrating major policies, such as the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, where he managed the planning process. Sullivan was so involved that it caught the attention of Congressman Mike McCaul, who demanded Sullivan testify in front of a House committee. He also played a significant role in shaping the administration\u2019s industrial strategy, promoting policies to protect U.S. manufacturing and counter China\u2019s technological advancements.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Given these substantial responsibilities and his central role in formulating and implementing policy, it’s plausible that Sullivan functioned as a de facto leader within the administration, especially given Biden’s capacity to govern.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The radical shift in gender and race policies under the Biden administration screams of a progressive activist completely out of touch with mainstream America.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Biden\u2019s decision to let biological males compete in women\u2019s sports \u2014 signed as an executive order on day one \u2014 showcases the extreme agenda of far-left influencers. Add to that the administration\u2019s push for critical race theory training across federal agencies and its abandonment of meritocracy for race- and gender-conscious hiring. \u00a0<\/p>\n

These policies feel like they were dreamed up by a 24-year-old progressive fresh out of college, fresh off a “gap year” funded by their parents while they “roughed it” in luxury hotels across Europe.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s the White House\u2019s reliance on TikTok and X influencers like Harry Sisson and Chris Mowrey. Watching influencers awkwardly dance while professing their love for an octogenarian president wasn\u2019t just embarrassing \u2014 it was a window into who\u2019s really shaping the administration\u2019s messaging. \u00a0<\/p>\n

What kind of adult turns to TikTok twerps for serious promotion? Probably another TikTok twerp with access to Biden\u2019s social media accounts. This cringe-worthy reliance on influencers reflects a radicalized youth presence in the White House, wielding outsized influence over both policy and messaging.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Could Vice President Kamala Harris really have been running the show? Unlikely. She treated her VP title the same way she handled her border czar role \u2014 loving the prestige while doing next to nothing. As for Hunter Biden, he may have had influence, but running a shadow presidency while hawking finger paintings for Oval Office access? That\u2019s a full-time job all on its own. And actor George Clooney? Sure, he ended Biden\u2019s presidency with one editorial, but let\u2019s be real \u2014 would someone who wields that kind of influence give up power so easily? Doubt it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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