You’ve got it right- nothing about obama makes sense to Americans.
It's an example of the perfect con. We have so many built-in mechanisms, normalcy bias, for example, to keep us from seeing what is taking place right in front of our eyes, if we really don't want to see it and then have to do something about it.
There are always more than a few voices who from the start will speak to our reluctance to see and encourage it, even teach us to laugh at those who also see what doesn't make sense and are trying to point it out.
We'll then just "go with it" and side with our normalcy bias, taking the path of least resistance and joining with those who point and laugh at those who continue to point out the truth(s) that we don't want to see. From then on, we can't allow ourselves to, and won't, see what is right before our eyes.
Because ultimately, at some point, those truths will be pointing back at us, as useful idiots, and our failure and guilt.
Few things are harder than admitting our failure and guilt for having fallen for, and then participating in, the con.