It does appear that Abbott is a coward.
“ It does appear that Abbott is a coward.”
Abbott is a wealthy man.
He has plenty to lose, plenty that can be taken from him and his family by the ruling junta in America. There are a lot of such people in office…almost all of them, in fact…getting wealthy by position. They will go along and only put up a show of opposition- Bread and Circuses - they will never push it so far as to force the ruling junta to remove them. It’s how the American game is played.