Chapter 465: The General Election is Out
Richmond, Virginia
With the 59th presidential election of the United States approaching, the situation has become clear, everything seems to be repeating itself, Trump and Hillary Clinton still went to the end at the same time, facing off for the presidency.
In countries with a federal system, the status of the cantons is often more important. For example, state governments in the United States, in peacetime, can even deny federal troops access to their states.
Based on this, the U.S. presidential election is also a state-based unit, and the "winner-takes-all" system is implemented, and the presidential candidate who wins a majority of votes in a certain state receives the unanimous vote of that state.
States that support the Republican Party are called red states, and states that support the Democratic Party are called blue states.
Other states are wavering, sometimes Republicans and sometimes Democrats, known as "swing states," which are the key to every election.
Virginia is one such swing state, with its capital at Richmond, the capital of the Confederate during the American Civil War. Today, U.S. President Donald Trump, who is nearing the end of his term, accompanied by his family, campaign team and others, came to Richmond, Virginia, to hold a speech rally.
It is a time when there are crowds of people, and the red flag is displayed.
Trump stood in front of the podium, calmly talking, doing his classic speech gestures, extending his index finger, or "OK."
"Trump, Trump!" The crowd below chanted his name from time to time, some holding national flags and some holding large portraits of Trump.
Of course, there are also opponents, for example, a little farther away, there is a group of people holding Hillary or crossed-out Trump heads, while shouting various Democratic slogans.
The two sides scolded each other from time to time, and the security personnel waited solemnly.
During the last election, Trump had violent clashes at several consecutive rallies and was forced to cancel events several times.
Now that he has the blessing of the presidency, the security forces are tight, and the performance of the past four years is quite good, there are fewer opponents who are too extreme.
“…… Since I became the 45th and 58th President of the United States of America, our stock market has risen by more than 100 percent, manufacturing has picked up, taxes have been lowered, and government tax revenues have continued to grow...... I think, without any doubt, that this is a good, competent president. From time to time, Trump mentions his political achievements and praises himself without modesty.
This caused a cheer in the supporters' camp, and the opponents shouted at it.
"We need you, Trump!"
"I have never seen such a brazen person! America has lost its nobility, equality, freedom, human rights...... As president, Trump is busy counting money!"
"We're going to work, you, to hell with it!"
"Oh my God, the smell of copper is disgusting! It is a disgrace to America to make a calculating businessman president!"
Trump, we support you, you will definitely become the 59th president of the United States!"
……
There was a lot of excitement in the audience, and only after the security personnel maintained order a little bit did Trump continue to speak.
He held out his index finger again and glanced at the speech: "If I succeed to the 59th president, then...... Ahhh~"
In the middle of his words, Trump suddenly yawned, and his face was instantly covered with exhaustion, as if he might fall asleep at any time.
"Click-click-"
Such a scene made many media present **, and the sound of taking pictures came and went one after another like a tide.
Trump quickly woke up, straightened up, and smiled, making himself look as energetic as possible: "Sorry, I slept a little late last night." ”
"Don't do it again, old fellow! you're a record old!" shouted the naysayers.
Trump subconsciously straightened his hair and continued: "If I succeed to the 59th president, then, then...... Ahhh~"
Another yawn, and then he was tired, and he propped up the podium with both hands, and shook his head with hazy eyes, looking old.
This silenced his supporters.
Mrs. Melania hurriedly stepped forward, helped Trump, and whispered a few words in her ear.
Trump leaned closer to the microphone and said with deep exhaustion in his tone: "I'm so sorry, guys, I think I might need to take a nap." ”
The situation is serious, of course he understands it in his heart, but this inexplicable sense of exhaustion really makes him unable to support it. He even feared that he might fall at any moment.
What the hell is going on here? Why?
Is he really old? Trump's heart flashed with a hint of gloom.
He remembered the rhetoric of his youth and disdained the presidency. But now, he finds himself so attached to the presidency.
Perhaps, he should have run for president sooner rather than until he was seventy......
Supporters are silent, opponents are scolding, and the media are frantically taking pictures.
In just a few seconds, Trump's family and campaign team turned pale. The campaign manager also hurriedly came to the stage and spoke to Trump in a low voice.
However, Trump held his forehead with one hand and shook his head again and again, unable to hide his tiredness.
"Oh my God!"
With a burst of exclamations, in full view of everyone, Trump fell asleep directly, and his wife and campaign manager almost failed to hold it, and the scene was instantly chaotic.
……
Trump's public fainting in Richmond, Virginia, unsurprisingly made headlines for several days, with constant coverage at home and abroad.
Health problems fermented, Jeff Stein incident, Richmond passed out in public...... All of this makes Trump's re-election even more elusive.
Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, is riding high, as if the king has returned, and the balance of victory has clearly tipped the side of the Democrats.
A few days later, while giving a speech in Colorado, another swing state, Trump showed fatigue again, and although he did not faint, the talk that Trump was not in good health had spread all over the world.
Immediately afterwards, it was reported that the scientific research plan to imitate the fermion vertical traction instrument, which was authorized by Trump and mainly responsible for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has basically failed, and tens of billions of dollars have been wasted.
For this reason, Tom Andrew, a well-known physicist and director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has resigned.
When the news came out, Vientiane Laboratory immediately expressed condemnation and contempt, and at the same time broke the news that Trump was untrustworthy and asked Trump to approve Vientiane's plan to purchase quantum annealed computers before leaving office.
Three days before the election, a male member of Trump's campaign was exposed nude photos by his ex-boyfriend, and public opinion was in an uproar.
Originally, in the United States, it was not a big problem at all to engage in such a purely private matter as Ki Baozhao.
But the problem is that, compared to the Democrats, Trump's supporters are mostly antipathetic to homosexuality. So the nude photo incident of this person has a really big impact.
Under a series of blows, the 59th election came as scheduled, and despite Trump's best efforts, history was not on his side this time.
The results of the general election are in:
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton – the 46th, 59th, and first-ever female president of the United States.