He certainly is not a “scholar”. The only explanation for his arrogance has to be narcissism.
Obama has some serious identity issues. His father... maybe his father... bails on him. His mom is off to school in Seattle. He meets Barrack in an airport once (we have the photo). He’s mentored by Frank Marshall Davis. His mother drags him halfway around the world and she hates her own country and Americans. Really a weird background and explains his alien view of our country and our worldview.