The truth appears to be that his muse deserted him sometime in the first year of his presidency. The result was a simulacrum of the old Obama, as if he were acting the part of himself.
والحق أنه بدا وكأن مصدر إلهامه هجره في وقت ما من العام الأول من رئاسته. وكانت النتيجة صورة زائفة من أوباما القديم، وكأنه كان ممثلاً يلعب دور نفسه.