Obungo, the real puppet master of things.
I don’t like drama queen behavior and I know this is all just hearsay on FR, but we can all be victims of normalcy bias - while the world is falling apart around us. None of this is funny at this point. Too many crazy people in the world. Nothing would be surprising.
He wouldn't touch it directly.
Plausible deniability.
I have no idea who is really calling the shots, other than it's not anybody named "Biden."
You nailed it.