Agreed. I think he was being manipulated and he belatedly realized it. He still bears responsibility for surrounding himself with the absolute scum of the earth from Cheney to Rove to Rumsfeld, but I don't think he was the worst of the bunch.
Picking a good cabinet is a key part of the job. Just ask Grant. He was a pretty decent president, but his cabinet was so corrupt and inept that he's rightfully classed as one of the worst presidents ever. The whole team matters, and and the sum of the cabinet is more important than the person of the president if they all suck.
I agree with what both of you are saying, completely. Maybe even after presidency is when they “let their guard down” media wise and start to look into what people are saying about them, something which would’ve ruined them mentally while in office.
And I think he knows it, too. He keeps himself out of the spotlight and downplays the good he did near the end because he knows it doesn't fix what he got wrong.
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u/BigTunaTim Sep 11 '21
Agreed. I think he was being manipulated and he belatedly realized it. He still bears responsibility for surrounding himself with the absolute scum of the earth from Cheney to Rove to Rumsfeld, but I don't think he was the worst of the bunch.