“At times, Biden’s frustrations, even resentments, have seeped through,” the piece states early on.
The article then lists the manifest disappointments of the departing octogenarian, stating:
He has lamented that he did not put his name on pandemic stimulus checks so voters could better connect him with the country’s economic rebound. He has talked about his successful efforts to sidestep a recession and worried aloud that Donald Trump would take credit for the humming economy he’ll inherit. And he fired a challenge at Republicans who attacked his record to gain control of the White House and Congress: Let’s see if you actually hate my programs as much as you say.
Despite that mixture of bravado and political intent, he “now he joins a list of presidents limited to a single term, and his chosen successor was decisively defeated.”
The piece argues there are some historians who follow the presidency who say anger has always been at Biden’s side, “when he feels underestimated” and those moments have have been unmistakable because Biden has lived down to estimations more times than not.
“There has always been this issue of resentment with Biden. He resented [former president Barack] Obama and crew for supplanting him in 2008 and for telling him not to run in [2016], and he has many other resentments,” Tevi Troy, a presidential historian who recently published a book on the relationship between presidents and CEOs, is quoted in the piece.
“No One Will Ever Vote for Me Again” Biden Rants Incoherently