The creation of a leader has become a media show. It no longer matters what someone is like as a person; what matters most is the image his campaign team can create for him.
With the approval of the Chinese tire tariffs, Obama has clearly neglected - with the exception of the U.S. labor unions - many political and economic issues.
The U.S. has been weaving a narrative about threats posed by China and Russia in outer space to justify its own military buildup and is ambitions for hegemony in space.