I agree with your assessment that his obsession has little or nothing to do with either reforming healthcare insurance or serving the people. He wants to remake the country in the image he has imagined. What puzzles me is why the rest of the Western nations seem to be sitting by idly watching this happen. I realize a lot would love to see this country get a comeuppance, but the realistic ones in Europe surely realize that their cushy socialist fantasylands would crash to earth that much faster if the United States were to jump on the bandwagon. As Mark Steyn and others point out, Europe can be Europe because the United States is the United States. They can devote obscene proportions of their GDP to social programs because we pay for their defense. This is like the lazy brother-in-law lying on the couch watching his breadwinning relative decide to quit work and join him on the couch. It might seem good for a temporary self-esteem boost for the lazy guy but eventually the house gets repossessed. Someone has to pay the bills.
I think Western nations leaders get or many do. Sarkozy and Merkel are more conservative and loathe the Keyna fraud. The Japanese do not like him - see “chicago treament” Toyota is getting. Bibi in Israel does not like him. Haroer in Canada is a conservative and knows he is a clown. The Canadians told him - you want to renegotiate NAFTA - go for it but don’t expect to get great deals on oil. Australia’s liberal politician will probably get tossed after a short run. Thwe Ducth hopefully will sweep Geert Wilders in office.
What can they do? When Americans are too busy watching ball games and reality TV then it is our fault. Our serfdom comes through television news. Until people cancel cable and sat Tv enmasse - we are slaves. Do not expect Fox/Saudia news to save the day. He is controlled by the Saudis and Murdoch is looking to move News Corp (Fox’s owner) to HQ in Dubai.
This leads me to believe that Fox/News Corp/Murdoch derive a lot of working capital and financing from the Muslim world. We know CBS, Disney/ABC, CNN, NBC/CNBC/MSNBC are our enemies. Fox is really not any better.
The left or elites derive their power from TV. As long as the majority of Americans pay for cable or sat TV - We are serfs.