Chapter 1133 Roosevelt's Death XVIII

"Hahaha, Harry, you have a great running mate."

Washington, White House. President Roosevelt's hearty laughter came from the Oval Office.

But Truman, sitting opposite President Roosevelt, couldn't laugh at all. Because major newspapers in the United States put the photo of Joseph Kennedy firing a missile with a pistol on the front page, and accompanied it with an editorial full of praise, it was definitely not a good thing for Truman's campaign.

Because this means that the public opinion orientation of the United States still supports the war against Germany after the missile attack, and it is highly consistent! And behind this high degree of consensus in mainstream public opinion, there is obviously the dark money of the plutocrats at work.

However, no matter how many dollars the American plutocrats spend on these newspapers, most American people will still trust these newspapers and will be influenced by the editorials, comments and news in the newspapers.

Nowadays, the newspapers are shouting for a fight, and the American people are also confusedly shouting for a fight. If the White House goes against the will of the people and agrees to the harsh peace conditions proposed by the Germans, it will really become a traitor to the United States.

By then, not only will Truman not be elected president, but even the Democratic Party’s congressional elections will suffer a disaster...

If the Democratic Party collapses, the interests involved will be huge. I don’t know how many famous Democratic political families since the 19th century will destroy their ancestral golden rice bowls. Of course, there are various families in the liberal and democratic United States, and Truman himself is one. Coming from an aristocratic family, he is the great-nephew of John Taylor, the 10th President of the United States. The founding fathers of the United States only opposed the monopoly of power by one family from generation to generation, but did not oppose co-governance by a group of aristocratic families. Historically, before Eisenhower was elected president in 1952, American politics was considered the "classical political era."

"Mr. President," Truman frowned, "no matter how outstanding Kennedy's performance is, he cannot restore the current decline of the Democratic Party. According to Gallup's polls, we are not only lagging behind in the presidential election, but also in the election of members of Congress. Disadvantages. If we fail to comply with public opinion, the White House and Capitol Hill will fall into the hands of the Republicans after the election in early November, and our Democratic Party may not only lose control of the White House and Congress, but may even lose control of the two major political parties in the United States! The status of one of them has slipped and become a small and medium-sized political party similar to the National Fascist Party and the Bolshevik Party!”

Truman is not being alarmist! Political parties such as the Republican Party and the Democratic Party are different from well-organized parties such as the Nazi Party, the Fascist Party, and the Bolshevik Party. The Republican Party and the Democratic Party are just "political association" parties without strict discipline and pursue "rules of conformity" The organizational principle of “come, go if you don’t agree”. Once a political idea loses the approval of voters, it will disintegrate very quickly.

According to the latest polls, the U.S. Democratic Party's advantage in the seven "iron-ticket states" in the south is shaking, and voters who originally supported the Democratic Party are being attracted by the National Fascist Party. If the Democratic Party cannot change in time and has to shoulder the sole responsibility for defeat and suing for peace, then the party is likely to suffer the worst defeat since the Civil War in the seven southern states!

"Harry!" Roosevelt's tone suddenly became very serious. He said: "We are Americans first, American politicians, and then Democrats. Now it is not just the Democratic Party that is in crisis, but also the United States of America. It just so happens that we, the Democrats, are still in control of the White House and Capitol Hill when this crisis comes, and that means not only power, but also great responsibility! We must take responsibility to do the right thing and lead America out of it. Crisis...and then the Democratic Party's own interests!

The Democratic Party, no, no American political party has the right to put its own interests above the national interests of the United States! "

Hearing Roosevelt's statement, Truman's heart skipped a beat - something bad was going on! It seems that the stubborn Roosevelt wants to do something that he thinks is right, but other Americans think is wrong...

"Mr. President," Harry Truman couldn't bear to see his former idol Roosevelt go further and further down the right path. "The things you think are right may not be right in the eyes of other Americans... For example, you led the United States out of isolationism."

"I was wrong that time!" Roosevelt rolled his eyes at Truman, "But this time, I am right. The United States is fighting a war that is destined to fail and may cause huge losses. This war must stop, Within my term.”

"President..." Truman shook his head and wanted to persuade again, but was interrupted by Roosevelt waving his hand: "Harry, this is what I must do, and this is what the Democratic Party must do. Even if the Democratic Party and I have to pay for it, Even at a huge cost, we must do it without hesitation.”

"Even if we lose most of the achievements of the New Deal?" Truman asked.

Roosevelt's brows furrowed, and there was a hint of pain on his sickly flushed face, and then he quickly regained his composure.

"Yes!" Roosevelt said, "Even if the results of the New Deal are zero, I will drag the United States out of a disastrous war."

At this point, Roosevelt looked at Truman seriously again, "Harry, I know what you are worried about. You are worried that the American people don't understand what I am going to do... This is actually because they don't know the truth, and they think the United States still has a chance to win. So I decided to hold a Senate investigation hearing in the next few days, just before the presidential and congressional elections. At the hearing, I will testify with the leaders of the US military and explain to all senators that the United States is facing an extremely unfavorable situation in the world war, and achieving peace as soon as possible is the best way out.

And after this congressional hearing, I will also give a speech to the American people, tell them openly and honestly about the difficulties facing the country, and ask them to support my plan to stop the war and seek peace."

Hearing this, Truman already knew that he could not be the president of the United States, and the entire Democratic Party would be seriously injured after this election.

Because no matter how reasonable Roosevelt's testimony and speech in Congress are, the Republican Party, the National Fascist Party, and the Bolshevik Party will not miss the opportunity to attack him and the Democratic Party. And the major newspapers in the United States will definitely find loopholes and attack them.

As for the plan of the Democratic Party and the National Fascist Party to form an alliance to consolidate the seven iron-vote states, there is no need to even think about it. Now the Democratic Party is clearly going to take the blame (this blame was originally created by the Democratic Party, if not them, who will take it?), and the National Fascist Party has nothing better to do than to take the blame together with the Democratic Party?

Without the cooperation of the National Fascist Party, the Democratic Party's base in the southern United States will be shaken. It seems that in the 1944 election, the Democratic Party will lose not only the presidency, but also its own foundation in the American political arena!

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"Mr. President, former President Hoover has arrived."

As soon as Truman, who was a little lost, left, Colonel Cotton walked into the Oval Office and told Roosevelt that former Republican President Hoover, who lost in the 1932 election, came to visit him.

Former President Hoover and Roosevelt had a bad relationship, and their political views were even more tit-for-tat. He was a Republican conservative - the so-called conservatives probably meant "opposing Roosevelt" during the more than ten years when Roosevelt was in power. They opposed everything Roosevelt supported, and they supported everything Roosevelt opposed.

They opposed Roosevelt's expansion of fiscal spending to boost the economy, they opposed Roosevelt's increase in taxes on capitalists, they opposed Roosevelt's support for trade unions, they opposed Roosevelt's expansion of the military, and they opposed Roosevelt's support for Britain's fight against the Nazis.

Although Hoover chose to retire after losing the election, he still gave advice to the conservatives of the Republican Party behind the scenes. He was considered the chief military advisor of the conservatives and was also a political enemy of Roosevelt.

When Roosevelt was bedridden, many leading figures of the Republican Party, including Dewey, went to the White House to visit him, but Hoover did not show up. Now that Roosevelt has "recovered", Hoover came to the White House to visit him. Naturally, it was not because of his relationship with Roosevelt. He came to touch Roosevelt's bottom card!

"Okay, please let him in." Roosevelt quickly guessed Hoover's intention, smiled, and ordered Colonel Cotton to lead his old rival into the Oval Office.

"Hey, Herbert," Roosevelt waved at his old rival, "You look really good, much better than me."

"I don't have as many headaches as you do." Hoover stretched out his right hand and shook hands with Roosevelt, then sat down in an armchair. Soon, a White House secretary brought him a cup of fragrant coffee, and gave Roosevelt a glass of water and a few useless pills.

Roosevelt swallowed the pills with water, then said to Hoover with a wry smile: "I can only drink water and milk now, and I can't touch coffee, alcohol and cigarettes."

"That's for your health."

"Yes, I must stay healthy because the United States still needs me, and only I can make the United States withdraw from the war at the lowest cost."

"Have you decided to withdraw?"

"Yes."

"If I had known this would happen, why did I do it in the first place?"

Roosevelt shrugged and said with a wry smile: "I was wrong! I didn't expect those Germans to be so good at fighting, and I didn't expect that there would be such a crazy weapon as nuclear fission bombs in the world... Herbert, do you know what that is?"

"I know."

"Then do you know that the United States can't fight anymore?"

"I don't know." Hoover shook his head, "I'm just a retired Republican, and I don't know much."

Roosevelt laughed, he knew what Hoover meant. He asked: "If I and the Democratic Party bear the main responsibility for the defeat, will you understand and support this decision?"