The President doesn't care about adulation from you and others? Ha! David, remember, he's the guy who called himself a "stable genius," boasted about his TV ratings while Americans were dying, and engaged in all form of public praiseturbation. But as you said, if he did the right thing, "Even some of his strongest supporters would have turned on him."
So he failed to do the right thing for America, according to you and me. And Americans died as a result.
Leadership matters.