I used to think he was either stupid or delusional. I’ve become convinced he’s a master of situational ethics. If his political objectives require he lies then it is OK for him to do so - it’s a re-play of the old communist credo “the end justifies the means”. He’s trying to neutralize the Jewish lobby prior to his deal with Iran. He’s already said he wants Israel to return to it’s 1967 borders which would be suicide for Israel so he’s aready established his “Bona Fides” as an anti-zionist.
You bring up a good point. At the beginning of his term, I saw a video of him in a hall with a reporter. He said something, and the reporter asked, “Is this true?”
He responded that what he said was true at that moment and that the reporter was to write it down. 0bama put his index finger on the reporter’s notepad, too.