But he will NEVER tell another Muslim that he's a Christian.
NEVER..!!
What you said is the exact thought that flashed through my mind when I first heard this report. Iirc, according to Islam a person is a Muslim if their father is a Muslim. Obama’s purported father is a Muslim, therefore Obama could look a Muslim in the eye and say, “I am a Muslim” and have it be true. As a narcissist, Obama is laughing at the gullibility of his listener, but as you said, on another level he’s thinking, ‘Technically it’s true. And since all religion is a crock, why not use it to my advantage?’