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Obama was not pushing his books in exchange for the buyers' consideration in his policy proposals or in exchange for favorable executive actions.Obama made money from lucrative book deals once he was elected, while in office. He did it while he was in the Senate as well. I am not saying anything is wrong with it. My point then, and now, is that most presidents increase their net worth while in office. As it relates to the immediate-past president, it was done with profits from outside ventures (namely lucrative book deals).
Since the Saudis have been spending lots of money in his hotels, since 2016, Trump has been very reluctant at best, and silent at worst, about the abuses of their government on American soil or Americans. He is actively trading this country's security for personal enrichment. That is just one example with one particular country. Then you have the Turks, the Chinese, the Russians, and maybe more...
Stop your baseless rationalizations.