Jail bankers and plaster them on TV.
Nationalize the banks in 2009. Using the force of the government and public opinion on his side
And write down mortgages to avert the foreclosure wave which Bush and Paulson were contemplating after TARP was passed
More FDR
Less Clinton
Objectively, I agree with what you're saying in a PERFECT WORLD.
But we're not in a perfect world. I also think you're losing yourself in how things are now in 2025 but, not considering the climate of 2009.
You want the President....the first Black President....to jail the CEOs of Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Citi Bank, and Wells Fargo? Really breh? You seriously think that this would happen? Without massive blowback? First of all, you're tanking the market off rip. Next, I could see Republicans trying to spin it as being motivated by racial animus with this black man jailing all these white execs. Putting Jamie Dimon, Lloyd Blankfein in jail back then is like putting Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos in prison right now. It's just not realistic and that's not even getting into the amount of money and influence these companies wield.
Socialism was also a very dirty word back in 2009. It is now but even moreso back then. The Republicans tried to paint Obama as a socialist in all of their attacks and he wasn't even that Progressive. If he nationalized the banks, with his black ass, they would have all the proof they needed to paint him as one and the majority of white people would buy it. Again. I don't necessarily disagree with what you're saying but, you are underselling how much pressure Barack was under and how he would be treated if he did any of the bolded.