Chapter 860 The United States is a little messed up
In 1933, the Roosevelt administration of the United States proposed the "Good Neighbor Policy" in order to improve relations with Latin America. In 1934, the U.S. Congress abolished the "Platt Amendment" involving Cuba, and the U.S. military withdrew from Haiti.
and Nicaragua, while allowing the Philippines to **.
The implementation of this policy immediately caused an uproar in the United States, which was undergoing economic recovery.[]
The "loss" of Haiti and Nicaragua made many Americans feel the "weakness" of the U.S. government, and allowing the Philippines to invade was seen by Americans as an act of inaction on the part of the government.
At the same time, Cornwell Pitt, a staunch Americanist and a dazzling political star in the Republican Party, openly criticized the policies of the Roosevelt administration on various occasions.
In Pitt's view, although the Roosevelt administration has indeed made some achievements in the economic field, giving up Haiti, Nicaragua, and the Philippines is intolerable, and he warned that if this policy continues, the United States will lose its status as a great power.
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At the same time, after the Chinese government sent troops to Japan's Kyushu Island, although the U.S. government publicly expressed support, President Roosevelt complained more than once in private that China did not notify the United States before sending troops, and said, "This act is actually aggression."
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When President Roosevelt's purely private remarks were exposed, they quickly caused an uproar in China and the United States, and triggered strong protests from China.
In November 1934, the Chinese government announced that due to "certain economic pressures," the Chinese government would temporarily suspend cooperation with nine projects in the United States. This included the U.S. government's foreign trade "Osk Plan" aimed at restoring the U.S. economy.
"Three important trade cooperation projects in the
This once again caused an uproar in the United States and Europe.
On the same day, after the Chinese government made this "painful, but helpless" decision, the U.S. stock market suffered a severe setback, and the continuous upward trend since 1931 was once again hit hard.
The outside world unanimously believes that these "economic pressures" from the Chinese government can be interpreted as serious dissatisfaction and protest against President Roosevelt's private speech.
President Roosevelt later stated in public that the leaks of his private conversations were completely ridiculous and were fabricated by some people with "ulterior motives." Their original intention was to damage his reputation and the relationship between China and the United States. The Chinese government's reaction was also
Quite quickly, as early as the day after President Roosevelt made a public clarification, the Chinese government issued a statement expressing its welcome to President Roosevelt's speech. China believed that the friendship between China and the United States was "unshakable and can withstand any test."
and announced that China would overcome "all economic difficulties" and reopen trade cooperation projects within a month.
This time was regarded as a "minor turmoil" in China's diplomacy. Although the turmoil was quickly subsided, it still had a certain impact on the relationship between the two countries and President Roosevelt's reputation.
Of course, his political opponents, the Republicans, would not miss this opportunity. They began to attack the president on various public and private occasions. They also began to bring out what his uncle, former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, once said.
words to attack Franklin Roosevelt.
When Franklin Roosevelt started to get involved in politics as a Democrat. When he told his uncle Theodore Roosevelt, a Republican, about this decision, the other party angrily yelled: "You despicable little bastard! You traitor."
"What can a disabled person do? Pushing a wheelchair to negotiate with foreign dignitaries is simply a shame for the United States."
"Maybe this person is disabled, even his brain is disabled."
These words of direct attack and slander also began to appear openly, and a "conspiracy" against the current President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt, quietly began.
At this time, the President of the United States was not aware of it at all.
In his opinion, these things that happened before are just some minor disturbances in his political career, and they will not rise to the level of a storm at all. He has the ability and methods to calm these things down. As for those who maliciously slandered them, they are up to several times.
Yaoye will naturally calm down.
But this time Mr. President is completely wrong!
Once an enemy that seemed powerful before appears to have a flaw, the best option for the enemy is to pursue it fiercely. November 1934, New York.
Mr. Almonk Nocton is not in a very happy mood today. As the accountant of "Joy Investment Company", he found that there seemed to be some problems with the company's accounts.
"Joy Investment Company" is a large investment company that emerged after the financial crisis in the United States. It specializes in buying and reorganizing companies that are on the verge of bankruptcy under the impact of the financial crisis.
In recent years, under the management of the company's president, Mr. Mamus, "Joy Investment Company" has rapidly evolved into one of the most dazzling investment companies in New York.
I have to admit that Mr. Malmes' judgment, determination and courage have never made any deviations in all the major investment decisions he has made, and he has made a lot of money every time.
As a senior accountant who previously worked at "Joy Investment Company", Mr. Almonk Nocton feels that he is very lucky. Despite the massive unemployment caused by the financial crisis, he still has a lot of money.
A job and a generous salary can allow a family to live a comfortable life without worrying about food and clothing.
For this, he was full of gratitude to Mr. Malmes for enabling and trusting him.
However, in the past two months, he discovered that there were some problems with the company's two acquisitions, and there were even suspicions of false accounting, with the purpose of falsely increasing the stock prices of these companies.
While Edmonk Nocton was confused, he was also full of worry.
Especially after the recent rumors that the company will acquire the "Sacramento Steel Company" and a series of strange actions after that, Nocton is even more worried. "Emonk." When Emonk packed up his things and prepared
When he got off work, the company president, Mr. Mamus, suddenly appeared in his office.
"Mr. President, is something wrong?" Aymonk quickly stood up and asked.
Mamus looked into his office: "Emonk, go back and change into a beautiful evening dress. There is a special private banquet tonight. You go with me."
Aymonk felt very strange.
He is a very regular person who lives his life in company and family. His life depends on these two points. If there is nothing special, he generally refuses to attend any form of banquet.
Because of this, some people say that he is an old-fashioned person. But today, why did Mr. Malmes suddenly invite him to the banquet?
But before Aymonk could say anything, Mames had already walked out of the door: "Get ready, I will pick you up at 6 o'clock."
Aymonk had no choice but to rush home and talk to his wife Lisa.
Lisa is a typical housewife who takes care of her husband. Her main responsibility is to take care of the family and their two-year-old son.
Aymonk got married late and got a son late, because he loved his son little Aymonk to the extreme.
At 6 o'clock, Mr. Malmes' car showed up on time. Aymonk walked out and opened the door of the car: "Mr. President, what kind of banquet will we have today?"
"Private banquet, car." Mr. Malmes said with a smile.
After getting in the car, I found out that Mr. Mames had taken him to a gathering of the presidential opposition today.
After President Roosevelt defeated Hoover and was successfully elected as President of the United States, a number of opposition groups, mainly composed of big financiers, were quickly formed to oppose him.
In the United States, the forces opposing President Roosevelt are actually very large.
In order to attack the president, these "high society" people even made up all kinds of incredible stories!
"'That guy' contracted gonorrhea from his wife Eleanor, and his wife contracted Roosevelt's disease from a gangster. Her hair was about to turn into pigtails, so Eleanor went around the country stealing men. When he died, my wife
He planned to hand over the United States to Russia, while he went to Moscow to learn the Kremlin's secret housekeeping skills. Roosevelt's eldest son James would probably stay, as he was accustomed to selling insurance and extorting money from honest businessmen.
Eat to make you fat."
Rumors like this happen every day.
What is the atmosphere like at those "streaming" country clubs?
What outrageous talk was made at the bankers' luncheons, and what vicious slurs were muttered by the famous ladies at the banquets?
At that time, some Army officers, wearing military uniforms, actually refused to drink a thousand cups for the health of the President of the United States. In those city clubs with redwood panels, some old men cursed: "Roosevelt is just another dictator--just a bigger man."
Dictators are worse."
"It would be better for us to live in Haiti now."
One store in Boston even informed Bennett of the distribution of the president's books. Self said: Roosevelt's collection of speeches "can be sold only if it is bound with his own leather cover."
It was not that Roosevelt was unaware of the existence of these people. He once said that he welcomed their hatred, but he would not be happy just because someone caused public anger, let alone that the people being hated were himself and his family members.
The president once told reporter Norman Thomas that he was saving capitalism and expressed his dissatisfaction with criticism from capitalists.
At a press conference, he calmly took out the "insider news" distributed by a national news agency for the reference of editors of various newspapers and circulated it to everyone without expressing any opinions.
It turns out that this "news" is saying that the president does have syphilis!