A Promised Land

I plan to read every presidential biography capped at one book per president. If the president reads their audiobook then that's the way I will consume it as is my general rule with biographies.

The book is a great insight into how Obama views his time in office and how he views himself. The book largely avoids his 2nd term perhaps because he achieved essentially nothing.

His god complex comes through quite a bit with almost nothing being his fault. A handful of times he will acknowledge that he was rude or short with someone or didn't prepare a staff member properly for the media.

He justifies starting new military action because the republicans did it before him. All while saying how much of a mess those unneeded conflicts were.

He avoids all his war crimes and drone strike policies while parading the moral authority of his presidency and America.

Nothing about the continued use of the patriot act.

Really this book is just more of a feel good story for neoliberals than a thoughtful look at one's time in office.