If Obama did advocate for it, he was smart enough to do it behind the scenes, and the media would be respectful enough not to report it. He certainly accepted unreasonable accolades from his cult, as you guys would say. The naming of schools after him, a sitting president? The Nobel Peace Prize for doing nothing? Obama had an ego as well. So did Biden. Every POTUS does. Trump is just far worse and far more transparent about it.
Again, I don't see it happening. I doubt you expect it to happen either. We can oppose it together if things move forward on this front.