Chapter 1829 Pinching the Lifeline of the United States

In Washington DC, when Trump returned to his office, his mood suddenly faded. Vertex Novel Updates Fastest

Just a few months after he came to power, first he was worried about the war in the Middle East Federation in Indonesia, then the Statue of Liberty was bombed, and then a large number of tyrannosaurs attacked Manhattan, which made Trump once think that he was living in the In a real nightmare, it was so terrifying, so frightening, and deeply helpless.

As the president of the United States, the glory is no longer, and he is no longer the most powerful man in the world, but the most tragic figure in the world.

The United States, which has been around for hundreds of years, has been trampled under the feet of the Middle East Federation. Even if the United States is unwilling to admit it, its influence in the world is still huge. However, since the NATO coalition forces defeated Iran and the Indian Ocean, the United States has lost its confrontation with the Middle East Federation. strength.

It can be said that Trump's taking over as the president of the United States is tantamount to picking a mess on his shoulders, and it is only now that Trump has truly realized how difficult it is to be the president of the United States.

The position of the President of the United States is also rated as one of the most tiring professions in the world.

In just a few months, Trump always felt that he was really powerless. If the United States is an aircraft carrier, then this aircraft carrier has already started to leak everywhere.

Just slumped on the office chair, Trump hadn't breathed a sigh of relief when the secretary knocked on the door hastily.

Sit up straight, the secretary walked in, and said to Trump with an ugly face: "Your Excellency, the Middle East Federation announced an hour ago that it will export crude oil without restriction. It dropped by five dollars, and now the latest transaction price is fifty-seven dollars per barrel."

Hearing what the secretary said, the words "oil war" flashed through Trump's mind.

Obviously, the Middle East Federation has finally taken action in response to the large amount of U.S. support for weapons and equipment to North Africa, stirring up the situation on the side of the Middle East Federation.

"Damn it, is the Middle East Federation determined to tear up the oil agreement with us?" Trump slapped the table angrily and said very angrily.

"Your Excellency, this is obvious. The Middle East Federation has the world's largest oil field reserve, accounting for nearly half of the world's oil reserves. The oil extracted every day has reached an astonishing 38 million barrels. Now the Middle East Federation itself consumes 100% of the oil. The quantity has also dropped to less than 10,000 barrels per day. Today it is expected that the Middle East Federation will sell more than 40 million barrels of oil to the world. In less than a month, the global oil price will most likely fall below 20 US dollars per barrel. "The secretary said very nervously.

For the United States,

The Middle East Federation's oil war is now difficult for the United States to parry.

We must know that in the United States, especially in the past few years, the exploitation of shale oil has become a key pillar project in the United States. The exploitation of shale oil has not only activated the US economy, but also brought more than 10 million jobs to the entire United States. Jobs, which play a pivotal role in the domestic situation in the United States.

However, the exploitation of shale oil, first of all, the cost of technology, as well as the domestic rail transportation environment and the location of the refinery in the United States, the cost is too high. When a barrel of shale oil is extracted and sold, its cost price rises to a barrel. Thirty-five dollars.

The Middle East Federation has the world's largest oil extraction capacity and the largest oil reserves, and the total amount of oil extracted every day is close to 40 million barrels. Once such a large amount of crude oil hits the international crude oil market every day, it will affect all the oil-based economies. country, that would be a devastating disaster.

Among them, the United States, as the second largest oil producer in the world, can extract 11 million barrels of crude oil every day, Russia can also extract tens of millions of barrels of oil every day, and there are major oil exporting countries such as Canada.

However, the combined daily output of these major countries is still less than the total oil produced by the Middle East Federation alone, and the daily oil production of the Middle East Federation alone is completely enough to satisfy the global oil market.

In other words, even if all countries stop oil exports, the world's oil interests will be owned by the Middle East Federation, and the whole world will use the oil exported by the Middle East Federation.

In contrast to the Middle East Federation, a large number of high-tech technologies have spread throughout the country over the years, and all fuel vehicles in the country have been completely cancelled. In the Middle East Federation, except for those luxury cars, there are no longer any fuel vehicles, all of which are powered by electricity.

This has also caused the demand for oil in the Middle East Federation to decrease every day, and now it has even reached an era when no oil is needed and it will have no impact.

This also shows that the Middle East Federation can completely export all the oil extracted every day, and such a huge oil production will be unstoppable by the whole world.

Once the Middle East Federation plays this hand, it will be a fatal blow to all oil exporting countries in the world.

The first to bear the brunt is Russia. Russia's economy, which has been developed with great difficulty over the years, will once again fall into a full-scale crisis. It must be known that Russia's main economy comes from oil trade.

In the past, in order to stabilize international oil prices, the United States, the Middle East Federation, and Russia all supplied oil steadily according to market demand, that is to say, everyone who has money can earn money together.

Neither the United States nor Russia can impact the global crude oil market alone, unless the two join forces, but it is impossible for the United States and Russia to unite. Even if the two join forces to impact international oil prices and cause a rebound from the Middle East Federation, the United States and Russia will definitely suffer the consequences.

Compared with the huge dependence of the United States and Russia on the oil economy, in contrast to the Middle East Federation, although crude oil exports have always accounted for a large proportion of the Middle East Federation's economic aggregate, it is not the economic core of the Middle East Federation for survival.

The Middle East Federation has shifted from an oil economy to a high-tech industrial economy. Even if the annual oil revenue is reduced to the extreme, it will not have much impact on the Middle East Federation.

In addition, the domestic demand for oil is too small. Therefore, neither the United States nor Russia has a chance to win the Middle East Federation in the oil war.

No one can resist this sudden oil war. When Cai Ruichen just arrived in Cairo, the Middle East Federation had sold more than 40 million barrels of crude oil internationally in one morning, which further reduced the global crude oil price by five The dollar will carry out the next round of selling in the afternoon.

And the Middle East Federation has already issued a message that it will continue to sell 100 million barrels of crude oil internationally today. If someone blocks it, the Middle East Federation will sell oil internationally alone and will further reduce the price.

Such a voice and attitude clearly tell the world that a new round of oil war has broken out.

"How much crude oil is there in the Middle East Federation?" Trump rubbed his aching head and asked the secretary.

"It is estimated that there will be no less than 100 billion barrels of crude oil storage." The secretary replied.

"What?" Hearing the figure of 100 billion barrels, Trump suddenly jumped up from his seat. No one could sit still with such a horrifying figure, and Trump was no exception. He exclaimed: "Why? Could there be so many?"

"This is still a conservative estimate by the think tank. In order to stabilize international oil prices, the average daily oil export volume of the Middle East Federation has always been between 3 million barrels and 6 million barrels. Therefore, a large amount of oil will be stored every day. , plus the huge oil depot that Saudi Arabia originally owned before, this 100 billion barrels is the most conservative estimate, and the actual reserves should be more than this figure." The secretary explained.

"100 billion barrels, do you know how long it will take to get to 100 billion barrels if the United States reserves oil every day?" Trump slumped on a chair and asked.

"Thirty years." The secretary replied with a serious face.

"Yes, thirty years." Trump covered his head again, looking decadent.

At this moment, Trump knows that the United States is really not an opponent of the Middle East Federation. One oil is enough to plunge the United States into the biggest crisis. First, all shale oil companies in the United States will go bankrupt one after another.

And once the huge shale oil industry goes bankrupt, the bank loans of major shale oil companies will become dead debts, and the tragedy of financial leverage will further erupt. Not only the oil industry in the United States will collapse, but also the economy will also collapse. Unemployed workers will have disastrous consequences for social stability.

At that time, the United States will have reached the brink of self-collapse without the need for others to fight.

This is the lifeblood of the United States. Obviously, this lifeline is already in Cai Ruichen's hands. As long as Cai Ruichen is willing, he can destroy the American economy at any time.

Now, Cai Ruichen has also started to touch the lifeline of the United States. Once the US economy collapses, Cai Ruichen will no longer need to use US dollars to settle the crude oil that hits the international market. Once this is done, it will really push the United States into the abyss key.

"Cai Ruichen is retaliating against our military support to African countries, but we can hold on, at least for a year." Trump put his hand off his head and said with a fierce look in his eyes : "At the beginning, the United States gave Cai Ruichen too many opportunities. This time, we must not give in. If we want to fight, we will fight."

"But Your Excellency, this is not worth the loss. The current Middle East Federation is no longer easy to move. What we need to do now is to recuperate, rather than continue to confront the Middle East Federation. This will make the United States , become even more dangerous." The secretary persuaded.

"No, we can't continue to make concessions. Contact all allies immediately. We must unite and resist the actions of the Middle East Federation. Otherwise, the whole world will be dominated by the Middle East Federation in the future. At that time, we will be reduced to the edge of the world. There is no chance to enter the core of global interests." Trump said with extremely firm eyes.

The United States really has no better choice now. If the Middle East Federation is not restricted, the United States will not be able to catch up with the Middle East Federation. The result of recuperation will only make the Middle East Federation stretch the distance further.

Trump sees this very clearly, which is why he has tried everything possible to find trouble for the Middle East Federation. The Middle East Federation cannot be allowed to develop with peace of mind, otherwise the United States will never have the opportunity to compete with the Middle East Federation.

Therefore, if you want to restore the gap between the United States and the Middle East Federation, you can only delay the development of the Middle East Federation.

Even if it pays a huge price for this, it is worth it for the United States.

It's just that Trump didn't expect that the Middle East Federation has not moved at all in the past few months, and if there is any movement, there will be a violent storm, a situation that will completely kill the United States.

And Trump is also very clear that at this time, the more he can't admit cowardice, he can only hold on to the end.

"But Your Excellency, I'm afraid our allies won't support us." The secretary said with some embarrassment.

"Then you have to speak up. If Cai Ruichen really wants to destroy the United States, then when the United States is destroyed, it will also be the end of all mankind." Trump shouted a little crazy.

Hearing this, the secretary's face changed wildly. He never thought that his own president would be so crazy. Just when he had no choice but to go out to contact various countries, he saw the Secretary of Defense James pushing the door in with a gloomy expression.

James had a gloomy face, full of thoughts, and didn't find anything wrong with the atmosphere here. As soon as he saw Trump, he immediately said, "Something happened in Egypt."

"Didn't Cai Ruichen just arrive in Egypt? What could happen?" Trump sorted out his mood and asked James.

"The problem is with Cai Ruichen. An hour ago, he persuaded Sisi to join the Middle East Federation." James said with a gloomy face.

"Damn yellow-skinned monkeys, immediately order all personnel in Egypt to start the military coup plan according to the plan, and not allow Egypt to fall to the Middle East Federation." Trump hurriedly ordered.

"Our people in Egypt have started the program as planned, but..."

Speaking of this, James' tone suddenly became heavy: "But we quickly lost contact with the top Egyptian military and our advisers in Cairo."

Before Trump could react, he asked, "What do you mean by losing contact?"

Facing Trump, James took a deep breath and said: "I mean, it is very likely that they have all been killed. The CIA personnel in Cairo have gone to confirm the situation, and there will be accurate news soon."

"How is this possible?" Trump asked in disbelief.

Just as James was about to speak, the phone in front of Trump rang. Seeing that it was the internal number of the CIA, Trump pressed the speakerphone directly. As soon as he connected, he heard a voice from inside:

"Reporting to the President, the high-level military officials in Cairo who lost contact and our advisory group have been confirmed to be missing. Some people sneaked into the hidden manor with armed forces, killed some guards, and robbed all the personnel. At this time, the Middle East Federal Guard has taken military action against Egypt. Action.” (To be continued..)