The Rise of the Third Reich

"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 fail to win the election as president, but even the Democratic Party’s congressional elections will suffer a setback...

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, if you don’t agree, go”. 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 do not understand what I am going to do... This is actually because they do not understand the truth. They think that the United States still has 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 U.S. military to explain to all congressional senators. The United States is facing an extremely unfavorable situation in a 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 people of the United States, tell them frankly about the difficulties facing the country, and ask them to support my armistice and peace plan. "

After hearing this, Truman already knew that he could not be president of the United States, and that the entire Democratic Party would be severely weakened after this election.

Because no matter how reasonable Roosevelt was in his congressional testimony and speeches, the Republicans, the National Fascists, and the Bolsheviks would not miss the opportunity to attack him and the Democrats. Moreover, major newspapers and magazines in the United States will definitely find loopholes in it and attack it.

As for the plan of an alliance between the Democratic Party and the National Fascist Party to consolidate the seven iron-voted states, there is no need to even think about it. Now that the Democratic Party has made it clear that it wants to take the blame (this blame was originally created by the Democratic Party, who will take the blame if they don't?), is the National Fascist Party so full that it will take the blame with the Democratic Party?

Without the cooperation of the National Fascist Party, the foundation of the Democratic Party in the southern United States will be shaken. It seems that in the 1944 election, the Democratic Party not only lost the presidential throne, but also its own foundation in American politics!

…

"Mr. President, former President Hoover is here."

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

The relationship between former President Hoover and Roosevelt was not good, and the political views of the two sides were even more diametrically opposed. He was a Republican conservative - the so-called conservatives probably meant "opposing Roosevelt" during the more than ten years that Roosevelt was in power. Anyone supported by Roosevelt They opposed it and supported whatever Roosevelt opposed.

They were opposed to Roosevelt's expansion of fiscal spending to boost the economy, their opposition to Roosevelt's increase in taxes on capitalists, their opposition to Roosevelt's support of labor unions, their opposition to Roosevelt's expansion of arms and war preparations, and their even more opposition to Roosevelt's support of Britain's anti-Nazi campaign.

Although Hoover chose to retire after losing the election, he still provided advice to the conservatives of the Republican Party behind the scenes. He was regarded as the chief strategist behind the scenes of the conservatives, and he was also a political enemy of Roosevelt.

While Roosevelt was in bed, many leading figures in the Republican Party, including Dewey, went to the White House to visit him, but Hoover did not appear. Now that Roosevelt has "recovered", Hoover came to the White House to visit him. Naturally, it was not out of his relationship with Roosevelt. He came to touch Roosevelt's trump cards!

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

"Hey, Herbert," Roosevelt waved to his old rival, "Your complexion is really good, much better than mine."

"I don't have as many troublesome things as you." Hoover stretched out his right hand and shook it with Roosevelt, then sat down in an armchair. Soon, a White House secretary brought him fragrant coffee, and at the same time 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 coffee, alcohol and cigarettes are not allowed."

"That's for your health."

"Yeah, I have to stay healthy because the United States still needs me. Only I can get the United States out of the war at the lowest cost."

"Have you decided to quit?"

"Yes."

"If I had known this today, why bother?"

Roosevelt shrugged and said with a wry smile: "I was wrong! I didn't expect those Germans to be so capable of fighting, nor did I expect that there would be such a crazy weapon as a nuclear fission bomb in the world... Herbert, you know that is What?"

"I know."

"Then do you know that the United States can no longer fight?"

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

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