Gratuitous resignation. This is completely unnecessary to leave his post. It also causes a problem to announce Kamala is going to hire him in her administration on a day like today.
https://x.com/amuse/status/1820459800607551575
Anita Dunn left the same way. Kamala superpac is paying the salaries for now
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/30/politics/anita-dunn-biden-harris/index.html
This appears more to do with Biden's surrender. ho many more will leave instead of making a seamless transition if she wins?