Yeah, I don’t get the “Mickey Mouse” metaphor. “Cat and mouse” - mean old catty Obama chasing poor little mousy Bob Woodward makes sense — the only thing I can get out of “Mickey Mouse” is that Walt Disney was the voice of Mickey Mouse.
So, is this what Obama wanted Bob Woodward to say?
Hmm...actually I have heard “Mickey Mouse” used to describe a tiny little country, or such...something like Luxembourg or so...a “Mickey Mouse power.” I suppose the metaphor is the same - the Mickey Mouse power is someone else’s puppet.
It means “petty”.