“Feeling betrayed by people he thought were friends and allies,”
Democrats don’t have friends. From ten thousand feet Democrats probably resemble ghetto street gangs. Everyone, and I mean everyone, is out for themselves. The alliances are temporary and vanish the moment they are no longer profitable. (Warning, metaphor change. I don’t want you to get metaphor lash.) Biden’s problem is that he never was the alpha wolf. He was promoted into that position by others as it freed them up to loot and pillage without being noticed. Biden owed his position to others and thus they could expect him to do their bidding. Now, he’s so grievously wounded that other wolves in the pack are anxious to take him down. The cadre of thieves who promoted him into that position are no longer willing to expend the effort to keep him there. Biden will be either torn limb from limb or exiled from the Democrat Wolf Pack. (Expect Jill Biden to immediately remarry a better mate.)
Isn’t this consistent with the behavior of a “cabal”, or “syndicate”, leadership.
Biden is not in charge. He is a front-man or stooge. But, neither is any other single mind in charge. They are in conflict as to how to respond to changing events.
Does “better mate” mean masochist in this case?