He was commander in chief. But they say he wasn’t really in control.
As Joe Biden battled advanced prostate cancer, a shadow circle allegedly seized the wheel of American power.
Now, insiders claim the presidency itself became a managed illusion, ruled by a family-led “Politburo” no voter ever chose.
Their plan for 2024? Win, then disap…
According to Alex Thompson and Jake Tapper’s reporting in *Original Sin*, the Biden presidency was increasingly choreographed by a tight inner circle that treated access to the president as something to be rationed, not guaranteed. Ron Klain, Jill Biden, and Hunter Biden are portrayed as central players in a protective ring that decided which crises reached the Resolute Desk and which died in the hallway. That insulation, critics argue, blurred the line between compassionate caretaking and quiet usurpation of democratic authority.
The most chilling allegation is the reported strategy for a second term: Biden would secure reelection, then effectively recede from governing while unelected loyalists steered the country in his name. Supporters saw this as a desperate firewall against what they viewed as Donald Trump’s existential threat to democracy. But for many Americans, the idea that a “Politburo” could rule from the shadows raises an equally unsettling question: who, exactly, was their president?
