"Duke Cavendish, the commander-in-chief also asked me to send his regards to you, and hopes to invite you to this year's White House New Year's Day dinner."
"Thank you very much for the invitation from the President, Mr. Mease. Unfortunately, I am afraid I will not be able to attend the Queen's banquet on New Year's Day. It is a pity."
This was at a banquet hosted by the Elephant Party in New York. The person who was talking to Barron was the Director of the President's Office, Mis.
Next year will be an election year, so from now on, both parties have begun warming up for the election and have started fundraising at the same time.
Although the official election will not begin until the second half of the year, the two parties will begin their internal primaries in February next year.
On the Elephant Party side, the current president has already confirmed that he will continue to run for election, so there is no one competing with him and there is no need for this step.
Judging from information revealed by the media about the Donkey Party, the competition will be fierce. More than ten people have declared that they will participate in the competition for the party candidate this time.
But even so, the Elephant Party has started to build momentum from now on - after all, due to the unsuccessful Iraq War, the support rate of the current president has dropped a lot compared to earlier.
As we all know, Hollywood has always supported the Donald Trump Party. Therefore, during this period of time and the upcoming awards season, there will definitely be a large number of stars who will publicly criticize the current president's various shortcomings in the war, which will also affect the president's approval rating.
Barron knew that by the time the real election came, there would be a documentary called "Fahrenheit 9/11" ready to make its big splash.
But no matter what, he knew that the final result would be that the current president would be re-elected, so this time Barron would naturally bet on the Elephant Party.
Although American law has strict regulations regarding election donations.
For example, in the same year, any individual may not contribute more than $1,000 to the same candidate, may not contribute more than $25,000 to all candidates, may not contribute more than $5,000 to the same political action committee, and may not contribute more than $20,000 to the national committee of the same political party.
This seems fair, right? It prevents the situation where whoever has more money can promote more vigorously and is more likely to be elected.
But in fact, whether or not one can be elected is really closely related to how much money one has...
For example, Barron, as a "foreigner", has no need to donate directly to the candidate of the opposing party, but instead can donate to the so-called "foundations" that support them.
At that time, these foundations will definitely influence the reports of many media through the transfer of interests, which is equivalent to indirectly helping the other party to get elected.
Therefore, don't look at how much donations a candidate receives each year. In fact, the funds flowing behind the scenes are much more than what is visible.
And these investments must be rewarded after the other party is elected...
The interests of the people? Who cares?
We have a "democratic" two-party system. There is no need to compare who is more for the people, just who is worse.
I don't believe that you, the Donkey Party, dare to do what our Elephant Party dares not do. Aren't you afraid of riding in a convertible? If
you promise the people but fail to do so, at worst you will be voted out in four years. Anyway, as long as you can keep your promises to the financial backers, you will still get support in the next term.
Anyway, we can just change the candidate and paint a better picture when the time comes.
Moreover, during the past four years, your tenure as the President has almost offended the people for the sake of your financial backers, and it is time for us to take the blame.
But if you cannot fulfill the promise you made to the sponsor, do you believe that you will be fired if you fail to deliver in these four years?
However, even if he would support the Elephant Party - Barron has donated $1 million to the Elephant Party-related foundation through his own foundation registered in the United States, and there will be more donations in the future - he does not want to stand on the side of the Elephant Party too high-profile, so he declined the other party's invitation to attend the White House New Year's Eve dinner.
As long as the other party understands that you have done a favor in advance, it's fine. Since the money has been paid, they generally won't break the rules in such matters.
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It seems that sometimes we should not indulge ourselves too much.
Just like now, Barron also began to reflect, because until the third day, although Ivanta's movements were no longer a problem, he still could not learn knowledge with him.
However, because of the matter of IvanCa Capital, Ivanta still cared very much about Barron's feelings, so he began to learn some Chinese idioms based on his hobbies.
For example, holding guns and sticks, and asking for food...
Just when she was immersed in her studies, Wang Wanting knocked on the door and walked into the study, handed the encrypted satellite phone to Barron, and then at his signal, turned around and left, closing the door.
Well, that's the benefit of having enough space under the desk. Ivanta can study there without being discovered by others.
"Your Highness, there are some issues regarding the Munger Base..."
"oh?"
Hearing Nigel Inkster's voice on the phone, Barron glanced at Ivanta who was studying hard and said:
"What exactly is it?"
"Civil war broke out in Kolo..."
Barron was relieved to hear that the problem did not occur to anyone from Raphael's organization.
But speaking of it, if the other party does something weird in such a well-defended base, then the Defender Military Company will be useless...
"Now let me tell you in detail..."
After Ivanta's eloquent speech, Barron finally calmed down...
After letting the girl rest, Barron said to Nigel on the phone.
"It's like this..."
Kolo is a small country in West Africa with a land area of less than 60,000 square kilometers.
After World War II, Colo also gained independence from the French colony, but like many African countries, military coups here are as natural as drinking water...
From its independence in 1960 to the present, in just over forty years, Kolo has experienced five coups d'état, an average of one every eight years, which is very fragile.
The current President of Colombo is named Nasim Dema. Not only did he dissolve the parliament this year, he also directly designated his son as the successor to the head of state. This is definitely a challenge to the bottom line of the people.
As mentioned before, at present, the area controlled by government forces in Kolo only accounts for about three-fifths.
The country of Kolo is geographically divided into five regions: the Coastal Region, the Plateau Region, the Central Region, the Kara Region and the Grassland Region.
Among them, the coastal area, plateau area and central area are controlled by government forces.
The remaining Kara and Steppe regions are controlled by three anti-government armed groups, namely the Kolo Resistance Army, the Free Kolo Alliance and the Kolo Liberation Front.
Among them, the Kolo Liberation Front is a local organization that cooperates with the previous Protector Military Company, and the Munger base is also located within their control area.
Before, the government forces led by Nasin Dema were better equipped than these three armed forces. Therefore, the three were unable to attack each other and instead started infighting.
The territories of the Kolo Resistance Army and the Free Kolo Alliance border the central area controlled by government forces, while the Kolo Liberation Front is behind the two. Most of their territory is located in the grassland area with a better environment. Therefore, although the three groups have fought with each other, the Kolo Liberation Front has been attacked more often.
However, Nassim Dema's "retrograde actions" caused a lot of opposition in Kolo. Seeing this, the Kolo Resistance Army and the Free Kolo Alliance took the initiative to reach a ceasefire and reconciliation agreement with the Kolo Liberation Front. With the response of some people in the government-controlled area, the two groups rushed into the central area and fought with the government forces.
Not only that, the two families also agreed to let the Kolo Liberation Front "borrow the road" and go to the government army to grab territory together...