I agree with most of your points.. 
However, the wide scale corruption within the political class all over the world is being exposed daily. 
The US corruption in every institution and political party is beyond saving
We are ruled by people who are supposed to serve our needs and protect its citizens. Instead, they feed from the trough, destroy the currency and create wars that didn’t exist. At the same time, 80% of the public are not aware of what is going on and aren’t intelligent enough to ever realise they are being played. 
But I still believe he is just being pragmatic for him in the situation He finds himself in. Self serving ? Yes, but you don’t become that wealthy  without that. It’s a trait.