Obama loves playing King except in situations where he actually has the power to save American lives
Obama is acting just as an Ottoman or Mameluke Sultan did way back when. The actual government is turned over to the Vizier (Jarrett?) and the Sultan spent his time playing in his harem or at his hunting lodges (the Ottoman version of the American golf course and Martha’s Vineyard). If the Vizier screwed up such as to threaten the Sultan or the extent of his dominions then the Sultan used his power to have the Vizier strangled or halved.