It's hard to tell, I see he is continuously powering up and voting witnesses to impact governance even though publicly he lies and says he doesn't want to. The hardfork is almost done, he wants to force it through regardless of the massive risk it will have on the blockchain pushing through a double hard fork (one to reduce power down the one to remove it after they drain the funds).
This is his mistake, HE forced the exchanges to power up knowing full well they will lock customers funds for 13+ weeks. HE is the one refusing to power down and liquidify so the customers can have access to their funds.
Exchanges are furious as they are getting in a lot of heat and he is trying to bail them out with zero regard to the community. Ned is making his rounds around Discords along with Justin to win votes to ensure decentralization is dead.
Refer to my avatar for a judge of how I feel.
RE: Statement: 0.22.5