The truth appears to be that his muse deserted him sometime in the first year of his presidency. The result was a simulacrum of the old Obama, as if he were acting the part of himself.
事实是，他的灵感源泉在他成为总统的第一年便已经枯竭。结果，旧奥巴马只剩下一个空壳，好像他正在扮演自己似的。