‘Hope’ artist says Obama has been a disappointment

The artist behind Barack Obama’s famous ‘Hope’ campaign poster says the US leader has failed to live up to his expectations.

Shepard Fairey, who created the image for the 2008 presidential election campaign, said Obama had “gone quiet on a lot of things” during his two terms in the White House.

Fairey told the Press Association: “I worked really hard for [Obama] so I had high hopes — pun intended.