奧巴馬也對自己這四年的不易攤牌,讓大家了解到他是身不由己:「我聽到有人說:『貝拉克(奧巴馬是姓,貝拉克是名),你看起來沒有以前那麼年輕了。那燦爛的笑容哪去了?你那腳步中的抖擻到哪裡去了?』我便說:『穩住神,哥們。我正在這裡召開內閣會議呢。』」(I』ve heard some people say, 『Barack, you』re not as young as you used to be. Where』s that golden smile? Where』s that pep in your step?』 And I say, 『Settle down, Joe. I』m trying to run a cabinet meeting here.』 )