"I also have different opinions on reducing military spending. ”

Hearing John talk about military spending, Clinton's heart suddenly became nervous, and it was this plan that he was most worried about in the entire policy policy.

"I think the amount of military spending reduction could be increased a little bit. John Dow looked at Clinton and said.

"Uh......" Clinton was stunned on the spot, thinking that John would veto his plan to reduce military spending, but he didn't expect that John would not be enough.

And the old Morgan on the side was also stunned on the spot, he didn't expect John to say this.

John ignored the sluggish two and continued. "SL has lost in the Cold War, we have become the only superpower in the world, we will not have an adversary for quite some time to come, we do not need so many soldiers in peacetime, disarmament is necessary, in the end we just need to keep 1 million soldiers. John held out a finger and looked at Clinton.

Sixty-five percent of the US military's military spending is spent on personnel expenses and weapons procurement, so the reduction of more than 200,000 military personnel will save a large part of the funds.

"And the procurement of weapons should also be appropriately reduced, this is an era of rapid replacement of the old and the new, the purchase of so many weapons in the warehouse is a waste, and there is no need to spend part of the procurement funds on the research and development of weapons, you must know that the future war must be a war of technology, not a war of numbers, and the continuous research and development of high-end weapons is the foundation for the country to maintain its superiority. ”

"Will disarmament and the reduction of weapons stockpiles lead to the weakening of the deterrence of force?" Clinton was a little worried.

The U.S. economy is built on strong force, and once the deterrence of force weakens, it will affect the U.S. position in the world, and worse, it will create a false impression for some countries that they feel that their military strength has caught up with the United States and can challenge the hegemonic position.

"Mr. Clinton! Showing your fist to let others know the depth is far less intimidating than hiding your fist. John clenched his fists and looked at Clinton.

Hiding but not revealing makes it impossible to know the depths, and this kind of America is even more frightening.

"Of course, father! These are my personal opinions, and it is ultimately up to you to decide. John finished looking at old Morgan.

Morgan Sr. is the patriarch of the Morgan family, and the old Morgan has the final say on what policy the United States will adopt in the future, and what John proposed is only for reference, and does not represent the final decision.

Old Morgan nodded, did not appreciate John's plan or refute it, just quietly looked at Clinton. "That's it for today's discussion for now, I still need some time to think about your policy, and of course you can use this time to run for president. ”

When Clinton heard that he could run for president, he got up from the couch. "I won't let you down. ”

Hillary Clinton also stood aside and thanked her repeatedly.

In fact, each presidential election is just a draft show directed and performed by the big business, and it doesn't really matter who the voters choose, because the final decision is in the hands of the big business, and as for the people to vote, it is just because everyone thinks that the United States is a democracy.

After Clinton and Hillary got what they wanted, they left Morgan Manor, and the elder Morgan took John into the study after watching the two go.

"John, what do you think about arms reduction and disarmament?" said old Morgan, who did not believe what John had just said.

Disarmament and arms reduction are on the one hand to save money for research and development, and on the other hand, to send a message to the world that the United States loves peace. John explained.

Old Morgan frowned. "It took the United States more than 100 years to turn from a colony into a superpower, and do you know how much effort and blood it has shed? The reason why we have sat in this position at all costs is not world peace, but world domination. Old Morgan said at the end, and knocked the table excitedly.

John looked at the excited old Morgan and quickly explained. "Father, I don't really want the United States to be an ambassador for peace, it's just that it's too cold to be high, and I think we should keep our heads in the dark and develop our strength secretly, just like the isolationism of the past. ”

"The United States today is not a good fit for the isolation policies of the past. Old Morgan said slightly.

"It's not about getting the United States completely back to the isolationism it used to be, it's about appropriately reducing international affairs. John took a closer step. "Too much participation in international affairs will consume our strength and make us enemies on all sides, so it is better to develop our strength secretly and wait for the final decisive battle to come. ”

Old Morgan was taken aback, he didn't expect John to think so. "What do you think about the next war?"

"The next war must be a war of unprecedented tragedy, a war involving the fate of mankind. John's brow furrowed with a solemn expression.

To be honest, he doesn't want war to break out, but this kind of thing won't happen if he doesn't want to, the wheel of history won't stop for anyone, as long as people still have desire in their hearts, war will definitely come.

"So before the war comes, we have to find a way out. John looked at old Morgan and said solemnly. "I don't know when this war will come, but I know that if we don't have a way to deal with it, there may be no America in the world. World War I and World War II were fought tragically, but it was only a conventional war, and people could continue to live after the war, but the next war would be strategic weapons against strategic weapons, and then the whole world would be shrouded in nuclear radiation, how should we survive. ”

With the advent of nuclear weapons, the chances of war between major powers have become smaller, but this does not mean that it will not happen, the closest the world has come to a nuclear war was the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, when both the United States and the Soviet Union were hovering around the nuclear button, and in the end, if it had not been for SL to admit it, humanity might have ended.

It is because of this incident that in order to wash away this cowardly behavior, SL desperately competed with the United States to develop nuclear weapons, so that now the nuclear weapons of both countries can destroy the earth dozens of times.

Although the United States has now defeated SL in the Cold War and become the world's sole superpower, if one day a certain major power wants to challenge the status of the United States, will war still be avoided? When the time comes, which of the two sides will rationally refrain from using nuclear weapons, I am afraid that everyone will rush to launch the first place, for fear that it will be later than the other side.

"So a large stockpile of conventional weapons is no longer of much use to the United States, and it is better to study how we can survive after a nuclear war than to waste it like this. ”

Old Morgan nodded in agreement with John's statement, but then suddenly thought of something and slapped the table angrily. "Why should the Morgans pay for the survival of the American people? Even if the military underpurchases tens of billions of dollars in armaments every year, it will be hundreds of billions in 10 years, and how much will our losses be? ”

The arms business is the most important side business of the Morgan family, and it can be said that in addition to finance, arms is the most profitable, and now that John wants to reduce his armaments, the Morgan family will undoubtedly earn a lot less.

John grinned, and secretly said in his heart that old Morgan was too stingy, and there would be no one in the world by then, why should he take so much money, it would be too hard to go to the toilet.

"Father, although we have reduced our armament stockpiles, we can sell obsolete weapons to other countries as soon as we develop a new generation of weapons. Especially those weak countries, we can work with them to encourage some companies in our country to move factories to the country, use their cheap labor costs to help us produce goods, and then lend them the money they earn so that they can use it to buy arms from us, so that we can get money and resources continuously.

And once these weak countries develop economically and their weapons become stronger, they will become restless and will have a conventional war with the neighboring countries, and at this time, we will sell arms and do loan business on the sidelines, squeezing the last drop of blood out of them.

And more importantly, by doing so, we can not only get the most benefits, but also continue to weaken other countries, such as in Eastern Europe, where we can cooperate with countries such as Ukraine. ”