It's a hard pill for many to swallow, but it's true. It makes sense given his background that he wouldn't be as passionate about the subject, even leaning to the left perhaps.
However, he's still leagues better that any Neocon.
The most important thing is that hindsight is 20-20. To most good men, the thought of intentionally undermining society and our nation is unthinkable and alien- this created a major blind spot.
For many years we were under the delusion that liberals/Leftists merely disagreed with us on the best way forward, but that we all wanted a strong United States and a better world. Even now some here think the Left are merely misguided.
No we know- the crime, chaos, and decline of Western civilization is a feature not a bug. If a group of illegal aliens rape and murder a woman, for example, it is a victory for them.
I don't think it's lost yet, but dig your heels in for a long fight.