Barack Obama didn’t just believe he was smarter than you. He believed he was better. Better than the voter. Better than the Constitution. Better than the very system that elevated him to power. The newly declassified ODNI documents from July 2025 confirm what many Americans already suspected: the 2016 election wasn’t just a contest between candidates — it was a contest between the will of the people and the will of one man.
And Obama chose himself.
According to these documents, the Obama administration knowingly altered intelligence and pressured analysts to fabricate a Russian narrative — not to protect democracy, but to delegitimize the incoming Trump presidency. This wasn’t intelligence. It was sabotage. A preemptive political strike. A soft coup dressed up as a security assessment.
And what kind of man signs off on that?
The kind who believes the American people are too dumb to be trusted with their own destiny.
The Marxist Seed That Took Root
Let’s not pretend Obama arrived at this mindset out of nowhere. He didn’t just wander into radicalism by accident. In the 1990s, originally he was a member of the New Party, a socialist offshoot with Marxist roots, operating out of Illinois. These were not classic liberals or constitutionalists. These were social engineers — believers in the supremacy of elite rule, identity blocs, and technocratic planning.
That’s the ideology Obama carried into the White House. Not just a leftward tilt — but a moral certainty that his vision of America was more righteous than yours. More evolved. More just, even if it meant steamrolling the checks and balances of our republic.
The newly released ODNI files now show the fruit of that belief.
The Psychology of a Man Who Can’t Let Go
Psychologists call it grandiose narcissism — the belief that one’s moral judgment is so pure, so superior, that normal rules no longer apply. A man suffering from this delusion won’t merely disagree with you. He’ll override you. Suppress you. Replace your consent with his control.
Let’s break it down:
1. Elite Overconfidence
Studies confirm that high-status individuals develop a false sense of infallibility. The more power they’re given, the more they believe their decisions are not only correct — but necessary. Obama didn’t view the 2016 election as a peaceful transition. He viewed it as a blunder that needed to be corrected — by any means necessary.
2. Moral Licensing
Obama saw Trump as a threat to his legacy. Remember, in his own words he said he was going to “fundamentally transform America”. And once a man convinces himself he’s fighting evil, he’ll justify anything in response. Twisting intelligence? Strategic leaks? Coordinated press manipulation? All fair game — because the mission is pure. That’s not leadership. That’s fanaticism.
3. Confirmation Bias & Groupthink
Surround a man with ideological clones, and he stops seeing reality. The declassified memos show dissenting intelligence was scrubbed or downplayed. Why? Because it didn’t fit the narrative. The narrative came first. The facts were tailored to match.
This Wasn’t Just a Scandal — It Was a Betrayal
Understand this: the American people didn’t just vote for Trump. They voted for a break with the past. For borders. For industry. For faith. For strength. Obama couldn’t accept that. He couldn’t accept that the people had rejected his vision — so he tried to nullify their voice using the machinery of intelligence.
That’s not democracy. That’s ideological tyranny.
And the implications are far-reaching. If unelected bureaucrats and outgoing presidents can weaponize intelligence to undermine voters, then we no longer have a republic. We have an aristocracy. A permanent class of “betters” who rule by manipulation instead of consent.
This Is Why We Fight
The Founders didn’t carve out a nation so that bureaucrats could second-guess the will of the people. They trusted us. They believed that every American — rich or poor, educated or not — had a God-given right to shape their future. Obama didn’t just break that trust. He revealed what he truly believes:
That his vision of America is too important to be left in the hands of Americans.
Let that sink in.
Final Word
The release of these documents is more than a smoking gun. It’s a mirror. A mirror showing us what happens when elites abandon humility and cloak themselves in righteousness. When they trade the rule of law for the rule of ideology.
Obama didn’t “protect democracy.” He subverted it.
And now the rest of us must protect it from men like him.
Sources:
- Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Press Release PR-15-25. July 18, 2025.
- “Obama Admin Manufactured Intelligence to Undermine Trump,” Fox News, July 18, 2025.
- McCrae, R. & Costa, P. T. (1997). Personality trait structure as a human universal.
- Janis, I. L. (1972). Victims of Groupthink: A Psychological Study of Foreign-Policy Decisions and Fiascoes.
- Keltner, D., Gruenfeld, D., & Anderson, C. (2003). Power, approach, and inhibition.
