Obama's record is more transparent than, say, Palin's. He has been a public figure for a large chunk of his adult life. The author claims that the public Obama is an unknown in order to echo the theme of deception, despite what the record shows.

is trying to gain control of the world's largest nuclear weapons arsenal

Really? Does Medvedev know that Obama covets his stockpile ⚠️ ↗ ?

... frowning and angrily pointing while speaking angrily... is not used by Obama alone...

As Rowan and Martin used to say, "You bet your bippy." Far from being a "covert hypnotic" technique, it is an overt admission of humanity.

For starters we have McCain ⚠️ ↗, Bush ⚠️ ↗, Bush ⚠️ ↗ again, Clinton ⚠️ ↗ and Reagan ⚠️ ↗. And I'm not done examining portraits of Van Buren :)

Dante