He was obviously (to me, anyway) confused and just read what his speechwriter wrote for him. Equally obviously, he is not that bright and doesn’t even hear himself while he’s giving a speech — just reads rote off the page.
The context simply doesn’t fit “from”.
Ten years of being confused? He was confused on his birth date many times. He was confused on which hospital he was born in even though the hospital was right outside his grandparent’s window and he had to walk through the parking lot every day to school. He was confused on his book jacket. His wife was confused when she said Kenya was his homeland. His grandma was confused when she said he passed through her hands when he was born. Gov. Pothead was confused when he couldn’t find the bc and swore “he was there!” The East-West friends of Sr. were confused when they had no idea about Stanley Ann or their bouncing bundle of joy. Stanley Ann’s friend was confused when SA had no clue how to change a diaper. The Kenyan Parliament was confused when they made an entry into their minutes that he was a native son of Kenya and how amazing it was that a Kenyan could become a POTUS. Harvard and the INS were confused that Sr. didn’t mention SA or little Barry when he was trying to stay in the country. The Kenyan villager was confused when he thought Barry was the brother who died. On and on and on. Lots of confused people.
After all the speeches Obummer gave, how come NOBODY ever hacked his teleprompter and loaded in some doozy of a zinger? Something like, “And in conclusion, I would like to verify today that my wife is indeed a Wookie.”
I mean, the guy was a sitting duck in front of his ‘prompter. Nobody was able to slip a “live one” into his text?