Chapter 361: Want to Be President?
Old Guy asked this, and suddenly Jenny's mood became nervous.
This is not China, pay attention to modesty, this is the United States, everyone should have self-confidence, some people have such a dream when they are young, when they grow up, I want to be the president of the United States!
Maybe he will succeed and then he will inspire others, or maybe he will fail, but he at least dreamed.
And now, old Guy asked this, it was useful, Jenny knew Grandpa's ability, if Nathan wanted to, and Grandpa was willing to help, then there would be absolutely no problem with himself and Nathan.
Once Nathan becomes the president of the United States in the future, he will be the president's wife, although he has gone to the front, but it is also completely in line with the interests of the family, and Nathan's peculiar identity also meets the standards of the president.
American presidents, there are no civilians, they all carry the blood of the aristocracy, even if it is a black president, he actually goes back several generations, and he is also the aristocratic class of Europe.
What about Nathan? Would he like to?
Jenny had already asked Nathan, and Nathan answered unequivocally at that time, no!
What's so fun about being president, being the capitalist behind it, controlling the president, that's the most fun.
Now, would Nathan say that? If Nathan said so, it would definitely attract Grandpa's suspicion, and when the time comes, it will be in trouble.
Jenny lowered her head, quietly stretched out her hand under the table, and made an OK gesture, promising Grandpa first!
Nathan saw Jenny's gesture, and of course knew Jenny's thoughts, should he agree?
Now I can confidently say that I myself will be president in the future, just like General Eisenhower? Then how will I govern the United States, and finally ask my grandfather to promise to marry Jenny to me, and I will definitely become president, and I will definitely make her happy?
Nathan shook his head in his heart, no, of course it can't be like this, isn't this a slap in the face? This old man in front of him can definitely be seen, a little major of naval aviation, and now he starts talking about his ambitions in the future?
It's not so much about the future as it is about the present.
"Grandpa, the situation in our United States is quite serious." Nathan changed the subject: "Now, the Soviets have occupied the northeastern part of Hokkaido, and then, once the next big war breaks out, the worst-case scenario is that Hokkaido will be completely occupied by the Soviets, and even the Soviets will occupy the island country, so that our barrier in the Far East will disappear." ”
This old man, if he can take charge of a mysterious big family, will definitely not only take into account those huge wealth interests, for them, wealth is just a passing cloud, if there is no political security, no matter how much wealth will become someone else's at any time.
Sure enough, now Nathan changed the topic, the old man didn't care, but continued to listen to him: "The Soviets occupied the mainland of the island country, and what is even more terrible is that they have advanced electronic technology, and the island country is even more advanced than ours in some electronic technology fields, so that the Soviets have made up for their shortcomings, and their overall strength will even surpass us, and we will face an even more terrible enemy, far more than World War II at that time." ”
"In the Middle East, in Western Europe, the Soviets will also be ready to move, vainly trying to plant their flag in every corner of the world, they will even land across the sea, trying to occupy our United States, now, our situation, in fact, is extremely dangerous, although it is only the loss of small Hokkaido, but the overall strategic balance, in fact, has been broken."
Speaking of this, Nathan's face was with a wry smile: "Compared to being a helpless president, I think that now I can give full play to my own advantages in the army, perhaps, I am too young now." ”
Speaking of which, Nathan's meaning is that he still doesn't want to be president, at least at this stage, but Nathan's reasoning is what the old man cares about the most.
The old man is hiding his inner surprise, because, in the old man's think tank, the worst estimate is so, don't look at it as just the loss of Hokkaido, in fact, it is already the beginning of the butterfly effect, and next, the situation will continue to deteriorate!
Now, almost all Americans, thinking that it is just a small piece of Hokkaido that is lost, seems insignificant, and Nathan, however, has come to the terrible conclusion that this will lead to the fall of the whole United States!
"What do you think can be done to avoid this?" Old Guy said to Nathan.
Resolved militarily? Is it the best? The military is just a continuation of politics, and the military, politics, in the end, are not for the sake of economic interests, but ultimately for the sake of wealth?
"We actually have a lot to do, and President Carter will definitely not be able to make bad moves like this." "In the long run, the way we can do it is to use the advantage of resources to bring down the Soviet Union," Nathan said. ”
Nathan's words made Guy's eyes light up: "Drag down the Soviet Union? ”
"Yes, the USSR looked aggressive, but their system was rigid, and the new generation, no longer the absolutely loyal old people who had fought in the Second World War, as long as they were made unhappy, then their society would be in turmoil." "Specifically, it's about using the Middle East that we control, frantically exploiting oil, driving down global oil prices, causing the Soviets to suffer a severe blow to their energy exports, and keeping their country in a state of overall food shortage," Nathan said. ”
This is quite interesting, the Soviets have a vast granary, and the land of Ukraine is the most suitable for growing grain, but the Soviets have always attached importance to the development of heavy industry, which leads to the fact that light industry is quite backward, and they have to import grain from Western Europe to maintain the livelihood of their people.
At the same time, the USSR also exported oil to Western Europe, so that the balance was just right.
And Nathan's plan is to frantically extract oil, so that the whole market is saturated, and oil prices will fall all the way.
It doesn't matter to the oil-producing countries in the Middle East, because their oil is buried in shallow high-yield self-injected crude oil, and the extraction cost is only a few dollars per barrel, while the Soviets' oil is almost all under the plateau permafrost, and then transported out, the cost of each barrel is tens of dollars, so as long as the global oil price is lowered, the Soviets will be in a dilemma.
If they continue to mine, they will lose money, and if they don't mine, then the oil workers will lose their jobs.
The Soviets' oil exports would greatly reduce their foreign exchange earnings, and they would not have enough to buy grain. In this way, there will be unrest in the USSR, it's that simple!
Because of the knowledge of later generations, Nathan is quite simple when it comes to this, but for the people of this era to design such a trap, it definitely takes the smartest mind!