Good post. I am often amazed at the disparate groups of people who misunderestimate the President. Nearly everyone does...over and over again.
Well, some people just hate the President for their own misguided reasons that sound good in their head but sound stupid to everyone else.
While Some people refuse to believe he's smart. This includes people from both aisles, as with the previous example, that are constantly humiliated when the "simpleton" shows them up. This only makes them hate him more.
Then there are others that seem to thirst for betrayal. Say they trust the President, then look for ways he'll sell them out. The President doesn't generally sell people out. He lays his cards on the table. May not like all his positions, but rarely does he ever track from them. That is not a sell out. Having a different position, alerting people to it, and sticking to it is not a sell out. A sell out would involve promising one thing, encouraging trust, than delivering another.
I don't live my life expecting betrayal. I assess the nature of the people involved, then make a judgement call. In the President's case His Judges have been rock solid. he's never wavered from a Judge that would respect the three branches role and stick to strict interpretation of the Constitution.
It is not reasonable to think he'll do differenlty based on established record. And I refuse to join those that prefer to live their lives expecting a knife in the back from everyone. It's paranoia, it isn't attractive.