Obama the expert...
“I think that I’m a better speechwriter than my speechwriters,”
“I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors.”
“And I’ll tell you right now that I’m going to think I’m a better political director than my political director.”
“I probably know more about Judaism than any other president”
“I Can Do Any Job Better Than the People I Hire to Do It”
And one of my favorites via Tommy Vietor explaining why Obama skips his intelligence briefings,
“Unlike your former boss [President Bush], he has it delivered to his residence in the morning and not briefed to him.” “he is among the most sophisticated consumers of intelligence on the planet.”
This is because he is an insecure malignant narcissist. Face to face contact with someone who actually knows the material is to be avoided at all costs. It could lead to an uncomfortable intrusion of reality. He could be expected to ask intelligent questions of his briefer. That would be awkward.