He quickly moved on to other possible strategies.
"I could start a smear campaign."
He could start saying that she was a selfish president who was the enemy of the people. As someone who was concerned about the next election, that would certainly be an extremely concerning stick that could be used as leverage.
However, this strategy had flaws as well.
She was popular.
She had won the popular vote by an unprecedented margin and had achieved an absolute landslide in the electoral college campaigning on the massive resentment against war and military and the economic downturn. It was a unanimous referendum that shattered all records in the long history of the Republic of Gorteau.
"Not only is she a populist, she's unfortunately a pretty decent leader too," Rui tutted.
