"Isn't that interesting?"

The preznit in an interview with Germany's largest mass-circulation newspapers, Bild-Zeitung, displays his grasp (not) of history, his self-absorbtion and sense of personal manifest destiny. While giving a tour of the Oval Office to the reporter he says:

That's George Washington, the first President, of course. The interesting thing about him is that I read three -- three or four books about him last year. Isn't that interesting? People say, so what? Well, here's the "so what." You never know what your history is going to be like until long after you're gone. If they're still analyzing the presidency of George Washington -- (laughter.) So Presidents shouldn't worry about the history. You just can't. You do what you think is right, and if you're thinking big enough, that history will eventually prove you right or wrong. But you won't know in the short-term.

You can read the whole car crash, which is painful to read but very instructive here.