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For U.S. presidents, retirement often has more options and is able to live a free life.
After retirement, the president of the United States will also resume his original identity, but due to different backgrounds, how to live a casual and comfortable life in the days after retirement will depend on his own ability.
There are reports that Obama's speech alone is as high as 400,000, and Clinton has made a lot of money by writing glamorous books.
So, do American presidents choose to publish books and give speeches after retirement, and what do they rely on for food?
Retired President of the United States
Every president of the United States serves a term of four years, and of course there are presidents who serve for eight years.
But in any case, there will be a day when they leave office, and many presidents will choose to be ordinary people when they end their terms.
Johnson is a prime example, and after leaving office, he lived in seclusion in his hometown of Texas and became a farmer through and through.
Bush Sr. also lived a life of idle clouds and wild cranes, and after retiring, he returned to his hometown to live. Everyday life is a game of golf, watching a movie, and occasionally a few old friends going fishing, and retirement life can be described as colorful.
Bush Sr. would go to the supermarket on weekends to buy groceries like ordinary people, and often visit neighbors' houses.
The days at home are also very simple and ordinary, and the elder Bush likes to make coffee and wash dishes by hand, and he enjoys this kind of life very much, which is much more real and reliable for him than dealing with government affairs.
Carter is an alternative to a retired president, and he is very passionate about philanthropy. Carter retired to live in a small town, and his life was not too simple to mention.
Traveling to the poorest places in the world, he often mediates disputes as a former president of the United States.
He is best known for spending his own money to build houses for the homeless. Carter insisted on volunteering in volunteer clothes every week.
He retired to the fullest point that people felt that the former president still hadn't left office.
Carter is the longest-lived president to date, and he has proven his worth with his actions.
Of course, there are high-profile presidents after retirement, and Trump is one of the most high-profile presidents.
Born into a family of business tycoons, Trump received a great deal of attention during his presidency.
After he left office, some media reported that Trump's personal wealth had shrunk by half, but Trump still did not need to worry about money.
Although Trump's retirement, he is still active in the political arena, he likes to give speeches around the country, criticize the Biden administration, often express his political views online, and even has the intention of running in the 2024 presidential election.
Trump's high-profile, people-friendly image has kept Trump's approval ratings high in the polls, and Biden's lack of outstanding performance since taking office has greatly increased the likelihood of Trump winning the presidential election.
This also worries Biden.
Obama's way of making money
Obama can be counted as the most profitable of the retired presidents of the United States.
He can get 400,000 yuan for one speech, and the huge speech fee makes his life chic and nourishing.
Obama was the first black president in U.S. history and had high hopes.
But in reality, Obama's political performance during his tenure was not satisfactory, and many of his policies during his tenure were not affirmed, and even after he left office, they were rejected and repealed.
After leaving office, Obama seems to have truly found value in life.
The title of black president made the American public curious about his personal experience, and his speeches were loved by the public.
Through his speeches, Obama made a lot of money. In addition to his speeches, Obama was an avid bookwriter, and since his retirement he has written four books, almost all of which have earned him a lot of money.
One of the memoirs broke the sales record on the first day of release, selling nearly 2 million copies in just one week.
The copyright fee of "Fearless Hope" exceeded 60 million US dollars, making it the most profitable book published by a US president.
Not to be outdone, Obama's wife has sold more than 10 million copies of her book worldwide.
Obama's mediocre political record has not affected his retirement life in the slightest. Even after retirement, life is more prosperous.
In addition to playing golf, Obama likes to take his wife to live on a private island.
Obama's success in speeches and books didn't stop there, he also ventured into film and television entertainment, and he and his wife Michelle founded a film and television company.
And reached a long-term cooperation agreement with the Internet giant network, and the strong combination of the two companies has brought him a huge amount of wealth, and the wealth harvested every year is as high as millions.
As early as six years ago, when Obama had just left office, he was photographed by the media going on vacation to a private island.
The privacy of this island is excellent, and they can enjoy top-notch service and a complete paradise on earth.
In addition to enjoying life, Obama is also very concerned about politics. He bought a property in Washington and stayed in Washington. Obama's explanation to the outside world is that it is convenient for his daughter to go to school.
After Trump took office, he deliberately erased Obama's political achievements, which made Obama very angry.
So, Obama chose to come to the front of the stage again and fight back against Trump. Even in order to prevent Trump's re-election, he spared no effort to support Biden.
Obama has also attacked the Republican Party, arguing that it is focused only on power rather than the interests of the country and the people.
He personally guided Biden's campaign, and I have to say that back then, a large part of Biden's ability to defeat Trump was attributed to Obama.
Although Obama is out of politics, his influence is still there. He was active in both business and political circles, and Obama became a veritable winner in life.
Clinton wrote the book
In fact, writing books didn't start with Obama, and writing memoirs became a tradition of retired U.S. presidents back in Washington, D.C.
Undoubtedly, this is also the largest source of income for the US president after retirement, and Obama has also made a huge fortune by writing books.
However, Washington's memoirs were not written by himself, and the original purpose was not to make money, but his family wanted Americans to always remember the benefits that Washington brought to the United States.
The first retired president to be paid hefty for writing a book was Truman.
The royalties for "The Age of Choice" became his main source of income and source after his retirement. The retired president who made his fortune writing books belonged to Clinton.
During Clinton's tenure, various life news became the material for his writing, and with various "scandalous events", Clinton paid off all his debts, and his memoirs became one of the best-selling books.
His books even sold for a whopping $10 million.
The reason Clinton owes a huge amount of money is that he has been involved in several major cases while in office.
As a matter of fact, Clinton's political achievements during his tenure as US president were quite good, and the American people also recognized Clinton quite well.
Especially during the period of the collapse of the Soviet Union, in order to cope with the challenges of globalization, Clinton began to streamline the administration and simplify the rules and regulations.
Infrastructure was also stepped up, and the U.S. economy was not affected by the Soviet Union.
In addition, Clinton also implemented education reforms, and the level of education in the United States has been greatly improved.
During the Clinton years, the US economy was able to grow steadily, and most Americans were relatively satisfied with their lives.
Therefore, the American people do not hate Clinton, and even rated Clinton as the most popular president after World War II.
Judging from the reaction of the people, Clinton can be regarded as one of the few presidents in the history of the United States who has made achievements.
But at the same time, during the Clinton years, there were also scandals such as the Whitewater case and the billgate incident, which made Clinton repeatedly impeached, and in order to clear his name, Clinton spent sky-high funds to hire a strong team of lawyers.
Although he finally cleared himself, he also owed $12 million for it.
In order to pay off his debts as soon as possible, Clinton chose to give speeches and stand on platforms everywhere, and used other times to write books and break the news, and he did not care about his black history.
In the book, he recorded in detail that he fooled around when he was young, repeatedly cheated on him after marrying Hillary, Hillary abused himself for this, and even went around stealing during his presidency, and the zipperdoor incident with Lewinsky was also written in the book one by one.
Such peachy news, written by Clinton himself, was naturally welcomed by the people and even the people of the world.
It is not surprising that Clinton's book sold well for a good price.
Such an open-mindedness also allowed Clinton to reap a huge amount of manuscript fees, pay off his debts in a short time, and even make more money.
And this wealth will naturally give Clinton peace of mind for the rest of his life.
Now that Clinton is worth hundreds of millions, he no longer needs to worry about money, and he has begun to socialize frequently.
He has maintained good relations with celebrities and politicians at home and abroad, including Putin, Blair and others.
He is willing to participate in non-profit organizations and actively contribute to global construction.
Almost all U.S. presidents retire with basic allowances and medical care, and even their spouses and children receive different treatment from ordinary people.
But such benefits sometimes do not meet the living needs of retired presidents, and these allowances are not the main source of income for retired presidents.
In order to make money, many retired presidents will choose to publish books or speeches, like Obama, Clinton and others, they have obtained huge wealth by publishing books and speeches, and their retirement life is also very nourishing.
Whether he continues to make a fortune or chooses to retire, it is the personal choice of the retired president of the United States, as long as it is legal and compliant money, it will not affect his impression of the people.
There may have been involuntary situations during their tenure, but after retirement, most U.S. presidents have lived the life they yearn for.
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References: Outgoing Presidents Act of the United States, The Retirement of American Presidents