Inside story of Biden's undoing: 'infighting, frustration and an insular inner circle'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

75% : "But sadly, for him, his legacy is Trump again.
66% : Standing at a lectern at Washington's National Cathedral last Thursday, Joe Biden delivered the eulogy for former President Jimmy Carter while three other former presidents - Bill Clinton, George W Bush and Barack Obama - and the once and future president, Donald Trump, looked on.
62% : "And I hope it records that I did it with honesty and integrity; that I said what was on my mind.
60% : When asked during a television interview about raising oil production in America to reduce gas prices, in November 2021, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm responded with a laugh.
49% : But for Biden and the Democrats, hoping to prove that they were a competent and effective counterpoint not just to Trump but to global authoritarian regimes, the stakes were high.
48% : "He'd like his legacy to be that he rescued us from Trump," says author and Democratic strategist Susan Estrich.
36% : Through it all, however, Biden was telling aides that he believed he was the man best positioned to defeat Trump - that he had done it once, and he would do it again.
34% : In exactly one week, Trump will take the oath of office and will likely set about dismantling much of what Biden accomplished over the past four years.
25% : But eventually, after Trump defiantly responded to a failed assassination attempt and held a boisterous, unified national party convention in mid-July, Biden dropped out of the race.
17% : Over the following months, there would be more warnings of the danger Trump posed to American democracy.
15% : Ultimately, Biden's presidential bid - and his presidency - came crashing down in late June on a stage in Atlanta during a debate with Trump.

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