Bitter disappointment

One whole day has now passed since the multimillionaire African King took the throne and NOTHING HAS CHANGED!
In fact, at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/us/politics/06expect.html, the New York Times is already, on day 1, preparing the ground for that bitter disappointment, telling us the African King has “begun an effort to tamp down what his aides fear are unusually high expectations among his supporters”. Who would have thought it!