Obama took the worst aspects of the bush presidency ( creation of homeland security and Patriot act) to create a surveillance state, along with a "carrot and stick" approach of buying off his clients loyalty and punishing adversaries with IRS audits and lawfare.
Obama was given a noble peace prize his first year in office,..which was suppose to be a credential that made us forget of his doubling of the Afghan war, Libya rebellion, funding of syrian rebels, troops on the ground in Somalia, funding of Sudan civil war, overthrow of Ukrainian govt by CIA in 2014 which led to guerilla war in eastern Ukraine since the last 10 years....etc
Whenever a president is given a noble peace prize in his first year of office, this should always be a sign of bad things to come,...sort of a credentialing of expertise in international conflicts by international institutions is needed when one is about to set the world on 🔥