I'm sorry. I think a lot of folks these days are looking at the Obama years with very rose colored glasses.
He was an overwhelmingly polarizing President. Overwhelmingly so. He pushed through very unpopular legislation, he pioneered the use of Executive Orders to sidestep congressional opposition, and he had clear contempt for his political opponents.
You just simply don't have the rise of Trump and right-wing populism in 2016 without 8 years of demagoguery from Obama. You just don't.