According to Alex Thompson and Jake Tapper\u2019s account in *Original Sin*,<\/p>\n
the Biden presidency was increasingly shaped by a tight,<\/p>\n
protective ring of insiders who believed they were guarding both the man and the country.<\/p>\n
Ron Klain, Jill Biden, Hunter Biden, and a handful of senior aides are portrayed as gatekeepers,<\/p>\n
controlling access, information, and even which crises reached the Resolute Desk.<\/p>\n
Biden\u2019s advanced prostate cancer diagnosis, they suggest,<\/p>\n
only intensified their grip, deepening the instinct to shield him from strain and scrutiny.<\/p>\n
In this telling, the most unsettling detail is not simply that staff and family wielded influence\u2014<\/p>\n
that is common in modern presidencies\u2014but that an anonymous aide allegedly framed the 2024 plan as \u201cwin,<\/p>\n
then disappear.\u201d That phrase distills the core anxiety:<\/p>\n
a White House where legitimacy at the ballot box masked a quieter transfer of power inward,<\/p>\n
from voters to a self-justifying inner circle convinced that<\/p>\n
defeating Donald Trump excused almost anything done in the name of saving democracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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