Chapter 852: The President's Counterattack (Seeking Monthly Tickets, Subscriptions, and Collections)

Of course, given the nature of Americans, it is impossible to trust the government. In addition, in Manhattan, where crowds gather, there are always some onlookers who dare to eat melons at the cost of their lives. 萴耿) Read These people filmed the whole process of the spirit Kai stopping the missile! Most of the videos were shot with smartphones, and these are the works of ordinary people. The few high-definition ones were professional photography equipment. These are precious materials taken by reporters hiding inside the building. Several professional photographers, under the war, took a full set of high-definition!

Then the question is, if it is just an ordinary missile, does it require a legendary figure like the spirit knight to take action personally?

You must know that there are really too many missiles in the sky over Manhattan that day, and even a pile of planes fell! Not to mention the missiles. Not to mention, the spirit knight also asked Tony to dismantle something from the missile. Does an ordinary missile require such a noble ancient hero like the spirit Kai to spend so much effort to deal with it? What's more, in the end, the spirit knight even put it away.

So the point was discovered!

So the official suffered another loss. They can't explain it, and they can't explain it, how can they explain it?

Say that the god who can create the world with one move stole their missiles from the Americans?

Who do you think will reply to such a stupid remark?

Since the official didn't speak out, the discussion about nuclear bombs became popular again!

...

Benjamin sat in the presidential office and watched the news media's long reports on this matter. His face was extremely dark, and he almost turned into a black brother.

And the other people sitting in the office had similar expressions.

"Now... tell me, how should I explain this to my people?" Benjamin really took the overall situation into consideration this time, whitewashed many people, and even gambled his political career. His polls were very good, and his re-election was basically guaranteed. No one could compete with him!

But now, in order to maintain the overall situation, he can only stand up and tell lies!

This has a very big impact on his re-election! What's worse is that he can't punish anyone openly for this! This is outrageous.

The whips of both parties were in the office, and their faces were also very solemn. Although the two parties compete on the surface, it is actually a game of transferring money from the left hand to the right hand. The two parties in the United States are very different from the political parties in other countries. First of all, the two parties do not actually have clear political programs.

Simply put, they are all spokespersons for capitalism, and there is no one who represents a certain social class. So although the two parties are fighting very lively, in fact, compared with those political parties in other countries with real political programs, their relationship is simply as good as honey!

But the problem is that this good relationship can bring stability to the American political arena, but at the same time, it also causes class solidification.

Elite politics has not been broken for more than two hundred years since the founding of the country.

This also leads to American politics getting further and further away from ordinary people, and the passion and willingness of the people to participate in politics are getting smaller and smaller. This can be seen from the decreasing number of voters in the United States year by year.

Of course, this does not mean that they will not fight for power and profit. This thing is the instinct of politicians.

But this time, the whips of both parties acted as lobbyists and persuaded the president to come out to help clean up the ground.

This is also why Benjamin was so happy.

There is no way that the president's influence in the political arena is really not as good as those of the bigwigs of the two parties. There is no way that the president has to leave after serving enough terms, but those bigwigs of the two parties still have huge power as long as there is no big accident. This power is not public, but hidden under the government, where the public cannot see it.

It can even be said that, except for a few, most of the previous US presidents were just elected as "faces" who look good, but in fact... they are just puppets.

The shadow government in many urban legends is not groundless.

Some people say, you are talking nonsense, why do the bigwigs of the two parties speak for SHIELD? SHIELD is so powerful that it can intervene in the power game in Washington?

Of course it is impossible.

This is the red line. If SHIELD really dared to do this, it would have been split up long ago.

The nuclear bomb thing is really... too big.

Once it breaks out, it is definitely not just SHIELD that will be blamed!

First of all, where did SHIELD's nuclear bomb come from?

This must be explained!

Did the US government give it?

The consequences are very serious!

Did you make it yourself?

The consequences will be even more serious!

Stolen from the collapse of the Soviet Union?

The consequences are still very serious!

This incident will undoubtedly cause a political storm!

No one knows how many people will fall because of this storm. At least the two party whips dare not think about it.

The two parties themselves may not be affected by this storm, because the two parties have been playing the game of passing the parcel for so many years, and it is conceivable that it will continue. But the people in the two parties are not necessarily.

No one is willing to pay for this incident. 、

So they came forward to persuade the president to come out to clean up.

Of course, this is not without cost. The cost is that Benjamin will rarely get the support of both parties! At the same time, his re-election will be guaranteed.

As for how to guarantee it... Haha, it's really not too simple. Anyway, the candidates are all put forward by the two parties. Whoever they put as a candidate is eligible to compete. → Just throw a few cannon fodder in at that time.

What? No one wants to be cannon fodder?

Haha, then you underestimate the presidential election. For some politicians who are not outstanding, being nominated as a candidate of the two parties is definitely a rare qualification, at least they can greatly increase their exposure.

It is not that you can't run for the presidential election after you fail.

Failure once or twice will not cause any substantial harm.

Unfortunately, it is a good idea, but... Americans always find pleasure in resisting authority.

If this kind of speech is really allowed to continue, who knows what will happen!

There is no shortage of political speculators in any era and any country!

If someone really raises his arm, Benjamin's political career may really be over!

"Mr. President, please believe us, we will give you a satisfactory answer." The two party whips know what the president needs, and he is getting more and more demanding.

He needs more substantial support!

The two party whips don't mind this too much, politics, isn't it like this.

"That's good!" President Benjamin's personal resources are naturally impossible to compare with these two-party bosses who have been working hard for many years. These bigwigs not only represent themselves, but also have a huge network of people and interest groups behind them. If we really talk about public opinion control, the government is just a younger brother in front of these bigwigs!

Again, they not only represent themselves.

"I can put this question aside for now, but there is a problem that we must solve!"

Although Benjamin did not say anything specific, everyone knew what he was talking about.

The whips of the two parties stopped talking. They were not professionals in this matter, so professionals were needed to narrate it.

"Ms. Carter, I hope you can give me an assessment now. Can the United States still trust SHIELD?"

There are four so-called professionals, the director of the CIA, the director of the FBI, the military representative and Ms. Carter!

Ms. Carter is a legend, no one will deny this, so Ms. Carter will never have any status in Washington in this life. Everyone will treat her with courtesy, but will not give her power commensurate with her status.

Everyone is not stupid. If such people really get involved in politics with them, it will destroy the balance.

Of course, it is a little different now.

First of all, the captain has changed from a god back to a human, and the dead Captain America is impeccable! No one would blame a dead person, and no dead person would come out to compete with them for power. So they made Captain America into a god. But gods will not appear in front of people, they should be in the church. Now that the captain has returned as a human, he has lost his divinity.

Although the captain's influence is still terrifying, it is not impeccable after all.

In addition, there is a difference only when there is a comparison.

In Captain America's era, the only one who could compare with him was the Red Skull.

But the Red Skull is a villain! He naturally stands out!

But what about now?

Gods are everywhere, and superpowers are not as good as dogs.

Although it is exaggerated, Captain America is really... quite ordinary among these superheroes.

In addition, since noticing that SHIELD began to gradually break away from the control of the US government, the traditional skills of Americans broke out, decentralization!

So Ms. Carter appeared in the White House again in a dignified manner.

Carter heard the president's inquiry, and her heart was mixed.

Because once upon a time, she also thought about the Cosmic Cube.

It was just that she was limited by the technical means at the time and did not succeed.

But she didn't expect that Nick Fury would do the same thing and succeed, but he just made a big mess.

But she still had to say what she had to say.

"S.H.I.E.L.D.... When an organization becomes big, it will naturally take self-development as its top priority. This is inevitable." This sentence is an excuse.

Just like the FBI was just a simple police organization at the beginning, but in order to grow itself, the FBI did a lot of evil, especially in the Hoover era, it was really unscrupulous. Sometimes, the interests of an organization or a department are not consistent with the country it is in.

The most obvious example is CIA drug trafficking. In order to expand its influence in South America and fight against the red forces, CIA has supported those anti-government armed forces, but supporting those anti-government armed forces and guerrillas requires money!

Where does the money come from? Ask the government?

Haha, anyone can do this kind of work for money, why must the CIA do it?

So the CIA began to do evil, they started drug trafficking, transporting drugs from South America to the United States in exchange for funds. Then use the funds to support the anti-government organizations and guerrillas they want to support.

It can be said that since the 1980s, the drug epidemic in the United States has been caused by the CIA.

But is this in line with the interests of the United States?

Of course not.

But the CIA still did it. Because his duty is not to fight drugs, their duty is to carry out various subversive activities in other countries! Only by doing the essential work well can the CIA get more funding continuously.

Fighting drugs is the job of the Drug Enforcement Administration.

The same is true for SHIELD. Do they have the same interests as the US government?

It's impossible to think about it.

"But it is undeniable that part of SHIELD has been rotten and must be purged!"

Carter's words were much colder. There was no way. She was now the head of the Shadow Bureau. If she wanted to develop, she had to fight against her competitors.

In the United States, many law enforcement agencies have overlapping powers, and the competition between them is even more fierce.

What FBI arrested CIA, local police and FBI fought, DEA and CIA fought. It's very common.

For a while, the New York Police Department and the New York Director of the Federal Investigation Agency had been in fierce competition and tense relations. The confrontation between the FBI and the New York Police was exciting. They arrested each other, and all kinds of fishing and counter-fishing were exciting. Moreover, the two sides would make a big fuss because of a little conflict. In the end, the Department of Justice had to personally take action and transfer the New York Director of the FBI and the Commissioner of the New York Police Department to finally settle the dispute. However, even so, the two departments still dislike each other.

The DEA has to argue with the CIA every year. It is said that the CIA has to go to the DEA to pick up people every year because those people are from the CIA...

It's quite magical.

But it's also normal.

The powers overlap, who has more and who has less? How to divide? Of course you have to fight! If you don't fight, others will not be grateful to you, but it will make your colleagues, subordinates and leaders unhappy, so why not fight?

The same is true for Carter.

If the Shadow Bureau wants to develop, it must attack SHIELD.

And Carter looked back at the current SHIELD, and she had discovered a darkness that she didn't know about. She didn't know where this darkness came from, but the best way at the moment was to weaken SHIELD!

In order to minimize the impact.

Ms. Carter's speech was soon supported by several other professionals.

Again, they all wanted to enter the field that SHIELD was responsible for, so how could they not give SHIELD a hard time.

Other bigwigs also agreed with this.

There was no way, those politicians in New York were crazy. If the federal government did not give a reasonable explanation, this group of people could directly promote an independence referendum.

This was not intimidation.

The national system of the United States is a federal system. Although it is more centripetal than the Confederacy, the Constitution gives each state the power of independence. At the beginning, Lincoln and the Civil War in the South were strictly unconstitutional, but who cares, anyway, Lincoln won.

This led to the fact that it was okay at ordinary times. Everyone knew the benefits of unity. The unified United States is the world's largest country. If it is divided... Who the hell cares about your state? Everyone can restrain a little friction.

But this time is different.

Those rich people and politicians in New York were almost scared to death!

They were almost all sent to heaven!

"I think I understand what you mean." Benjamin nodded with satisfaction.

Are you kidding me? He is the President of the United States! If he comes out to take the blame, can he really let it go by giving him some benefits?

Don't even think about it. SHIELD must get the punishment it deserves!