"Mr. Monet, there's something I want you to help me with!" On this day, Albert said to Monet with some embarrassment.

"Don't be so polite, you can just say something!" Monet replied casually.

"Well, that's right, isn't there a presidential election coming up recently, and I'd like to ask you to help promote Mr. Harding in various magazines!"

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"Is it Mr. Warren-Cammelier--Mr. Harding?" Monet asked with a frown.

Albert nodded and replied, "That's right, it's him!" ”

"May I ask, why are you helping him with publicity?" Monet asked.

Albert replied with some embarrassment: "Because he promised that if he could be elected, he would make my uncle Andrew the Minister of Finance!" ”

"Oh! That's right. Monet suddenly realized that the reason why he frowned just now was because this Mr. Harding was not a qualified president, and he could even be said to be the worst president in the history of the United States......

The American press once conducted a survey among historians asking them to rate past presidents. As a result, Harding was ranked first among the ten worst presidents of the United States three times, which shows how bad his administration is. If you take the current presidents of various countries as an analogy, the president of the United States is probably on a par with Zelensky, who is running for president as an actor in Ukraine, both of them have no political talent at all, and even this President Harding is full of scandals.

First of all, at the age of 25, he married Florence Clint DeWolfe, the daughter of a wealthy merchant who was five years older than him, and who was very unbeautiful and domineering. handsome face, with the temperament and posture of a worshiped actor; With light yellow hair and blue eyes, he makes up for the lack of dark skin with his unique charm; Thick black eyebrows, fat lips, and a beautiful skull resemble an intricately carved Roman head.

Of course, we outsiders can't tell about emotional matters, and even if Harding is really "sister, I don't want to work hard", it is a reasonable and legitimate personal choice, but marital cheating is a stain anyway, at first, he is feverishly in love with the beautiful wife of one of his good friends, Carrie Philippe, this romance lasted in extreme secrecy for 15 years, during which Harding wrote 250 love letters to this beautiful mistress to show his affection.

Later, Harding was forced to terminate their relationship due to the mistress's repeated requests to marry him; In 1916, the handsome senator began a dramatic love affair with another young and beautiful blonde, South Britten. That year, the girl moved to New York and immediately wrote a letter to Senator Harding, whom she adored (she had known Harding through her father in her early years), asking him to help him find a job, and Harding agreed to meet her on a trip to New York. Although Harding failed to help her find a job, he slipped $30 into her stockings after they had met for hours in her room at the Manhattan Hotel.

From then on, Harding began to provide generously for her. As their relationship grew, in 1919, they had an affair in Harding's office in the Senate and gave birth to a girl named Elizabeth Ann Christian. Later, Harding became president, and it was still like that. On every date, they often like to hide in a small room connected to the president's office......

Although Harding's six years in the Senate were unremarkable and fruitless, it was because of his mediocrity that he won the Republican nomination, because the struggle between the two factions within the Republican Party at this time was fierce, and neither wanted people from the other faction to run for president as party representatives, so Harding's centrist made the two sides reach a consensus.

As for his promise that Andre Mellon would become Secretary of the Treasury, Monet was convinced, because after Harding came to power, Hughes, the agent of the Mobil Oil Company, became Secretary of State, Wilks, the manager of the Boston Stock Exchange of Morgan & Company, became the Secretary of Army, and Hoover, the director of the United States Relief and Relief Administration after the war, served as Secretary of Commerce, and Hoover himself was a big capitalist and had a close relationship with the Morgan Electric Trust, and Andrew Mellon, the boss of the American Aluminum Trust and a financial oligarchy, served as the Secretary of the Treasury. Former New Mexico Senator Fore, who has close ties to Sinclair's oil magnate and banker Dodge, is the Interior Secretary, and Ohio Party leader Doherty is the Attorney General, so it can be said that Harding's cabinet is glittering......

Although Monet doesn't like President Harding very much, it has nothing to do with him whether the president of the United States is good or not, and even if he doesn't help, it won't affect Harding as president, so it's better to push the boat, so Monet nodded and agreed: "Okay, I will try my best to help Mr. Harding publicize, but I can't guarantee the results!" ”

Hearing Monet's promise, Albert immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "Teacher Monet, it's good if you can agree, in fact, I don't want to trouble you like this, even Uncle Andrew didn't ask me to do this, it was my father who had to force me, saying that he wanted to do something for Uncle Andrew!" After all, it was my uncle who helped us, and we rarely had the opportunity to do our best for him. ”

"I know how you feel, and it's not too hard for me!" Monet was relieved.

Since he promised Albert, he naturally had to do his best, so Monet began to mobilize his three magazines to publish some articles touting Harding in each issue during the election period, and the result was naturally as expected, Harding was elected the 29th president of the United States with a large proportion of votes.

Although Monet didn't like Harding, many people didn't see it that way, such as rich people like Andrew and Hughes, because Harding implemented a lot of tax cuts after coming to power, such as personal income tax from 65% to 20%, which helped these rich people save a lot of money (in fact, it also helped Monet save a lot himself, but he didn't appreciate it...... ）； In addition, feminists are also very supportive of Harding, because after he took office, women had the right to vote!

PS: I recommend you to watch "Atlantic Empire", although the Atlantic City in it is fictional, but whether it is the set, lines or details, it perfectly presents the social customs of the United States in the twenties of the twentieth century, and the background is the prohibition I just wrote!