Sir — It is normal for a person to seek power and wealth. If wealth comes first, then his next quest is for power. If power comes first, wealth follows naturally. I ruminate on this subject of power and pelf after listening to Barack Obama’s farewell speech as the outgoing US President. Obama came from a lower middle class family with the disadvantage of being bi-racial, and made it to the highest office as the US President.
In contrast, incoming President Donald Trump is a billionaire, and arrogant, which is a deadly combination. For Trump, humility is anathema; in contrast, Obama is a great humanist. Coming back to Obama’s farewell speech, he made himself more loveable after the speech than when he was in the White House.