Ratziznger is supposed to have been a Traditionalist. Was he?

 Let us now return to Benedict XVI. In 2010, five years after his election to the sovereign pontificate, when questioned by his friend, the journalist Peter Seewald, he said that a pope should not resign when he encounters difficulties:

“When the danger is great, do not take flight. It is surely not the moment to retreat. It is precisely in times like these that we must stand firm and dominate the difficult situation. That is my conception. We can retreat in a quiet moment, or when we are simply exhausted. We, however, must not take flight in the midst of danger and say: ‘Let someone else deal with it’.”●

Nevertheless, three years later, on February 28, 2013, faced with all kinds of serious scandals, sex scandals in particular, he evoked the “disfigured” face of the Church and resigned from his office. Benedict XVI, however, was determined to ignore the cause of these appalling disorders within the Church herself. He renewed his enthusiastic support for Vatican II at the very moment that he announced his resignation.

What follows has aught to do with the way soi disant trads praise him for his putative genius

https://tinyurl.com/mw3m4d5h

Isn't it revealing how Ratzinger went out of his way to meet privately with Jews so as to cultivate their friendship and to excuse their lack of Faith  whereas when did he meet privately with those claiming to be Trads?