It should seem blatantly obvious to everyone that despite having been the first black president - a man who rose from community organizer to POTUS against all odds, a man who managed to establish Obamacare, a man who has championed the rights of gays/lesbians in the face of fierce opposition, plus all of his other accomplishments - Obama would need to "get a trade deal done" in order to get speaking gigs and book deals post-presidency.
Without the TPP, Obama would surely leave office as a forgotten man - roaming the streets with a "Will write a book for food" sign slung around his neck.
In case you haven't noticed, Obama already has two best-sellers under his belt, and his first post-POTUS memoire will undoubtedly garner guarantees of multi-million dollar advances from every book publisher in the country.
The idea that you think Obama would be begging on the streets for high-paying speaking engagements is as ludicrous as it is politically naive. And given that $100,000 per is chump change on the lecture circuit, that reference alone confirms your naivete.
"Obama has to get the trade deal done so he can get all the speaking gigs and book deals."
Yeah, right. Without the "trade deal" being done, Obama would never, ever, in a million years be offered a book deal or a speaking engagement. He'd just be another contestant on "Dancing with the Stars", barely remembered as being a two-term president of the United States.
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