"You mean them …" The student looked at Jiang Chen with a strange expression. He only felt that the person in front of him was familiar, but he couldn't tell where he had seen him before. "It's probably a party canvassing votes for the election. There have been more and more such activities recently."
Jiang Chen nodded in understanding.
Speaking of which, it had been almost four years since he overthrew the former regime President Edward. In these four years, the changes on Coro Island could be described as earth-shattering. It was almost impossible to find a trace of the small fishing village.
Xin implemented a presidential system with an election every four years, and the election would begin at the end of March next year.
If there were no accidents, Zhang Yaping would continue to be his president, and Celestial Trade would continue to be the behind-the-scenes controller of the country. The other parties would symbolically compete for the position of president, and then the battlefield would be on the congressional seats.
As a revolutionary pioneer who saved the people, unless Zhang Yaping voluntarily gave up the election, with the support of Celestial Trade, it was almost impossible for any accidents to happen.
Just then, Jiang Chen suddenly remembered something.
The UA election that the world focused on seemed to be next year.
After making such a big mess in the second half of 2019, it was most likely impossible for Hill to be re-elected. Not to mention the people who asked her to step down, even the Democratic Party didn't believe her.
When Jiang Chen thought of this, he couldn't help but smile.
God bless Xin, I hope the UA people will choose a more idiotic opponent for me next year.
…
Jiang Chen's guess was correct. Hill's recent days were indeed not good.
The UA aircraft carrier battle group had never turned around because of the threat of any country, not to mention that it was only a small country with only six frigates and only twenty or thirty fighters in front of them.
Except for the people who stood in the command room that day, everyone blamed Hill's weakness in diplomatic strategy. Even if Hill's public relations team released some insider information, saying that the president was facing a madman who was willing to launch a nuclear war, it was obvious that not many people believed it.
Nuclear deterrence.
Deterrence.
How do you know he's not bluffing? How do you know he will dare to press the button?
Hill really didn't know, but she didn't dare to bet the future of the UA on whether it would be heaven or hell in ten seconds.
Although many people asked themselves if they could do better in her position, it didn't prevent them from attacking her.
This is politics.
On Saturday, Hillary was sitting in the President's office, listening to the FBI Director's recent report.
Just then, the office door was pushed open. The FBA Director immediately stopped talking and took two steps back.
When she saw who was standing at the door, Hilary frowned slightly.
"You forgot to knock, Mr. Bolden."
"I will apologize for my rudeness, but please wait until I finish … The second group of Celestial Trade colonists has arrived on Mars. We have already lost to them on the Moon, and now we are tens of millions of kilometers behind on Mars." Bolden hurriedly walked into the door and placed a document on Hill's desk. He stared at her seriously and said, "NASA needs more budget! If you still want us to build a space elevator before 2050. "
Hilary rubbed the wrinkles around her eyes.
"You should be talking to Congress, not me."
With a bitter smile on his face, Bolden shook his head.
"Those short-sighted guys are losing confidence in Silicon Valley and Seattle. I've already written two proposals and submitted them, but they're stuck in the budget committee. I can only come to you … Well, I apologize for my rudeness just now. "
After carefully saying the second half of the sentence, Bolden left the President's office.
"What are the people in Congress thinking?" Hill frowned, buried her nose in the gap between her palms, took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and pondered for a moment. Then she looked at the FBA Director standing next to her. "Help me find out who —"
Hill's words shocked the FBA Director, and he quickly waved his hand.
"This is against the rules. I won't help you investigate Congress members."
"I think someone is behind this," Hill said emotionlessly. "Someone is lobbying the Budget Committee to block the budget of government projects. The Secretary of Defense talked to me about similar issues this morning."
This situation was very common. In order to achieve political goals, some groups or companies often put pressure on the Capitol through Congress, and the Budget Committee was only one of the means. For example, the famous K Street between Capitol Hill and the Capitol was a microcosm of this phenomenon. It was regarded as the gray area of the UA democracy.
Hill's words made the FBA Director hesitate for a moment before he reluctantly nodded.
"At most, I can help you pay attention to who the hearing committee members are recently —"
Just then, the door was pushed open again.
Hill was instantly enraged.
"That's enough. Don't you know how to knock?"
"Sorry, I really have something urgent." While apologizing with an apologetic face, Kerry quickly walked into the room, took out the documents under his arm, and placed them on Hill's desk. He said anxiously, "Nippon announced that it will join the Earth Defense Alliance. Our people have just confirmed this news."
Hill raised an eyebrow. "Just confirmed? What are the CIB people doing! "
"Nippon is very careful. Their Congress didn't even publicly discuss this matter."
"This is against the rules!"
"It's not the first time they didn't follow the rules. Asian countries are all like this!" Kerry couldn't help but curse.
The cabinet bypassed Congress and acted first before reporting. It was indeed not the first time Nippon did this. It was just that last time it was for the interests of the UA, and this time it was to not let the UA know …
After a pause, Kerry continued with a troubled expression, "What we were most worried about still happened. I heard they are now re-discussing the security treaty with us."
"How dare they …" Cold sweat suddenly appeared on Hill's back.
The legal basis for the UA garrison in Nippon was the "Japan-UA Joint Cooperation and Security Treaty" signed on January 9, 1960. It was for a period of ten years, after which it could be revoked by either party with a year's notice. After the expiration of the new treaty in 1970, it continued to this day by automatically extending the treaty without any notice of revocation.
Today, the UA military forces stationed in East Asia were no longer to supervise the defeated countries in World War II, but to achieve the UA Asia-Pacific Rebalance Strategy. Nippon was willing to be the UA's pawn because it attempted to use the UA's umbrella to pave the way for expansion.
This was also the fundamental reason why the two sides did not mention canceling the treaty for more than forty years.
In order to keep the UA garrison, the Nippon government even offended the public and paid 5.2 billion US dollars of military expenses every year.
However, since the Biohazard Crisis in Yoto and Prime Minister Abe stepped down, the right-wing forces were no longer able to recover. Now the rise of Xin and the expansion of outer space resources completely cut off Nippon's idea of expansion and completely clung onto the thigh of the Earth Defense Alliance.
As a result, the desire to keep a garrison in Nippon became a wishful thinking on the part of the UA.
They said they were re-discussing the treaty, but they were preparing to kick them out …
If the weak performance of the UA Joint Fleet in the Western Pacific Ocean only slightly weakened Hill's support, then the loss of the UA military base in Nippon would completely become a political stain on her.
This time, Hill really panicked.
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