Alex Thompson: There’s a Culture Within Biden’s World that If You Raise Problems, You Can Be Deemed as Potentially Disloyal

Thompson: “One thing really quick to add to that. I do find it really striking the fact that, you know, Anita and Bob, while their names are being out there and blamed, they’re also the ones that have been around him for the shortest amount of time. And I mean, they’ve been with him since 2015, but you know, Steve Ricchetti, Bruce Reed, Mike Donilon have been with them for decades and are not being blamed in this conversation, which is really striking. And even though I think Megan says that she’s seen them speak truth to power, there is a feeling among a lot of in Biden world that they are much less willing to do that to Joe Biden than Anita and Bob and Ron Klain have been. And part of this is because there’s a culture within parts of Biden world that if you raise problems, that it can be deemed as potentially disloyal. And so I think like the most important aides right now are Mike Donilon, Bruce Reed, Steve Ricchetti, Anthony Bernal, First Lady’s top adviser and Annie Tomasini. Those are the people that are really going to determine the next three weeks of this presidency.”