Nobody likes someone who is smug and pompous, and that is exactly how Obama comes across.
Libs think he’s “just a regular guy - just one of us”. Yeah, they’re just smug, pompous, and self-centered as he is.
There is a fine line between self-confidence and smugness and he is on the wrong side of it. I think self-confidence comes when you really have experience and competence and smugness comes when you are faking it.