When Obama was proclaiming he was going to be “transparent”, I doubt the listeners actually understood what he was saying. For Dear Leader Obama, it’s always about Dear Leader Obama.
First we start with the “I”, “I”, “I”, speech about how Obama himself was the really important figure, the epicenter of anti-apartheid sentiment in South Africa, and how “he” thought of that other, now dead, Mandela guy.  (skip the video to the 2:00 minute mark)

The speech was followed up with this tweet from the White House showcasing how it is really Dear Leader Obama who deserves to be recognized today upon the passage of the other dead guy.