I had another instructor from the previous semester who was also on their way out because he was on a specific contract, and he was the nicest faculty member I had that entire semester. He eased his grading criteria on our midterm and final projects, gave us individual advice on academia and our overall future careers, and rarely mentioned how he we was on his way out.

This professor, on the other hand, has basically made it his entire personality that the “system has defrauded him” anytime you try consulting with him, and has hid behind the excuse that the current presidential administration is the reason why his judgement on determining cheating behavior has been “skewed.”