My feeling is that no one knows this pope, and that’s why there is so much second guessing of his motives.
The pope himself seems to know very little about his flock, and cares even less.
When he is gone, his legacy will be gone, because he seems to have no legacy.
When asked to clarify, he makes no attempt at doing so.
He confuses everyone around him, thus appears tone confused himself.
I am guessing he is just a very sad man — sad about everything, including himself, and particularly himself.