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    1952 was destined to be a year of change. This year was the year of general elections in various countries around the world. In the UK, Churchill made a comeback and was re-elected as prime minister at the age of 77.  The U.S. presidential election has also entered a fierce state. With Eisenhower announcing his candidacy and being successfully nominated as the Republican candidate, this election has become quite interesting.  For the Republican Party, this is the best opportunity to end the twenty-year rule of the Democratic Party. Roosevelt is dead, Truman is gone, and it is the Republican Party's turn to take charge of the world.  Especially since they successfully captured Eisenhower, a great hero, and with Eisenhower's famous brand name, what can the Democratic Party do to compete with them?  The Democrats have the right idea. There is really not much suspense about this general election because the gap between the candidates on both sides is relatively large. Who has heard of Stevenson, the Democratic candidate?  And who doesn¡¯t know Eisenhower?  Anyway, it seems that there is no suspense. Of course, in fact, it is not completely without twists and turns. The main twists and turns lie in Eisenhower's choice.  Before Eisenhower decided to run for office, his party membership was not secured.  ¡°Maybe this seems incredible to some comrades. Isn¡¯t joining the party a very serious matter?  How come Eisenhower was so old that this matter was not settled?  What was he doing decades ago?  ¡°This matter can only be said to be based on different national conditions. Perhaps the best time to join the party in the Soviet Union was when they were in their twenties and thirties. Most party members joined the party at this age.  But it is different in the United States. If they are not determined to enter politics, few people will join the party at a young age.  For ordinary Americans, joining the party is too far away.  They may lean towards or like a certain party, but this does not necessarily mean that they will actively join that party.  Eisenhower was one of those relatively ordinary Americans. He came from a very ordinary background. He probably never thought about politics when he decided to join the military in his early years.  And to be honest, Eisenhower's generation of Americans did not catch up with the good times. Just after the First World War, the Senate made a large-scale disarmament and released Mananshan. At one time, Eisenhower might not be able to keep his job, but Patton found a relationship to find him a job.  MacArthur's position as Adjutant General.  Throughout the 1930s, Eisenhower probably never thought about making any achievements in politics. Although he was not outstanding in military ability at that time, he had strong organizational skills and was especially good at dealing with politics.  Anyway, at that time, Eisenhower probably did not think that he would become the president of the United States in the future, and there was no way to talk about natural political ideas.  Maybe he agreed more with the ideals of the Republican Party at the time, but he would never show any inclination toward the Republican Party. After all, the then President of the United States was Roosevelt, who was a die-hard Democrat.  A commander-in-chief of the European Allied Forces with a Republican background may displease the president. As long as Eisenhower had a little bit of political IQ, he should choose neutrality. Not taking a stand would be the best choice.  It should be said that this kind of non-statement benefited Eisenhower a lot, because we can see that after the end of World War II, the Republican Party still has not improved much. It is extremely embarrassing that it cannot defeat Roosevelt, not to mention Truman. And every time the Republican Party fails in the election results  Before coming out, there was a lot of thunder and a small amount of rain. Public opinion and polls were promising, but there was no way to get on that throne. It was really annoying.  After losing for 20 consecutive years, the Republican Party would be lying if it said there was no sense of crisis. Therefore, they are determined to win the new election, so they also use their best bargaining chips to win over candidates.  Some comrades may be wondering, does a political party still need to win over candidates?  Isn't this too scary?  Isn¡¯t it true?  It has always been the individual who curry favor with the collective, how can it be the other way around?  Now it's the other way around, because it was really embarrassing for the Republican Party to lose again and again before, so they must find a candidate with high reputation and a good image that everyone expects to compete with the Democratic Party.  Candidates of this type are not yet seen among Republican Party members, which means that the Republican Party must temporarily recruit a "foreign aid" to help.  Don¡¯t think this is strange. Look at the election battle between Trump and Hillary in later generations. Did Trump clarify his Republican membership at the beginning?  Let¡¯s put it this way, the initial Trump was more like an independent.  Even after he later made it clear that he was a Republican, wasn't there a large group of people within the Republican Party who didn't buy it?  For the two-party politics in the United States, the party membership of the presidential candidate is really not that important. As long as the candidate has enough reputation and can attract votes, both parties will welcome it unconditionally.  The thing is that simple. For the Republicans at that time, they naturally searched for suitable candidates in the country with wide eyes. Soon Eisenhower expressed his intention to contact the Republican Party in a half-covered way.  For the Republican Party, Eisenhower is simply the coveted presidential candidate. He has a good public image and high prestige.Eisenhower is a great commander-in-chief and a great hero. More importantly, Eisenhower still has considerable connections in the political arena. Who can compete with him based on these few points?  So we have to ask, why did Eisenhower choose the Republican Party?  To tell the truth, the Democratic Party can give him what the Republican Party can give him. Isn't it the same thing to vote for the Democratic Party?  It must be said that Eisenhower was a born politician, and his talent in this area was much higher than his military talent.  In his opinion, the Democratic Party has exhausted its strength. Why do you say that?  First, the Democratic Party has been in power for twenty years. To be honest, the people are a little tired of it. They may be more interested in choosing a different president for a change.  Second, the Democratic Party's governance in recent years has been a bit disappointing, and its current support rate is a bit low. Even if Eisenhower sides with the Democratic Party, there is no guarantee that he will win.  Moreover, even if he wins the US presidential election, he is likely to lose the election of the House and Senate. Once the Republican Party continues to control the House and Senate, it will be a tragedy for the president and it will be almost impossible to achieve anything.  Eisenhower did not want to serve only one term as President of the United States. He was still a bit ambitious in this regard.  The most important thing is the third reason. Eisenhower is not without supporters, and most of these supporters come from the arms group, and the Democratic Party is not closely related to this circle. If he joins the Democratic Party,  The party will have to say goodbye to its old friends.  Eisenhower was not that stupid. It was clear how to choose between the Democrats and the Republicans, so it was no surprise that he chose the Republican Party.  This was not a bad choice, a win-win for both the Republican Party and Eisenhower.  Li Xiaofeng is also very concerned about this election in the United States. He knows that Eisenhower will definitely be elected if nothing unexpected happens.  And President Eisenhower is really just a spokesperson for big capital. Why do you say that?  It will be clear if you look at the leaders of Eisenhower's main government departments.  One of the characteristics of the Eisenhower administration is that almost all important government positions are occupied by representatives of large financial groups.  Dulles, chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation, became secretary of state, and Wilson, general manager of DuPont General Motors, and Keith, deputy general manager, served as secretary of defense and deputy secretary respectively.  Wilson holds more than $2 million in General Motors stock, and twists and turns occurred as the Senate debated his confirmation.  When the congressman asked him how to handle the relationship between the country and the company, he replied: "I think what is good for General Motors is also good for the United States, and vice versa." This sentence later became a "famous saying" in the United States and is often used  It has been cited as a lesson in the close ties between government and conglomerates.  Among the other cabinet ministers, except for the labor minister, who is the head of the labor union, the rest are also held by entrepreneurs. It is jokingly called the cabinet of eight millionaires and a plumber.  After the resignation of Labor Secretary Martin Dukin, it became all big business owners. Even in the White House, capitalists also occupied a major position.  Therefore, American newspapers called his government a "big business group".  ¡°Obviously, what President Eisenhower has to do is to protect the interests of big capitalists. For the extremely expanded big capitalists in the United States after the war, the greatest interest is to compete extensively for cheap raw material bases and commodity dumping markets around the world.  And that means expansion.  Expanding the sphere of influence abroad became Eisenhower¡¯s top priority. Is an expanding United States easy to deal with?  It will definitely be difficult for the Soviet Union to deal with, which means that the Soviet Union will face more external pressure.  In particular, we should note that Churchill has also been re-invited to No. 10 Downing Street. How could this old fox miss the opportunity to show off his power?  Li Xiaofeng believes that soon, the United States and Britain will initially combine to form an axis of evil to attack the Soviet Union.  It should be said that Li Xiaofeng's guess was completely correct, because just after Eisenhower was elected, Churchill immediately started a new trip to Washington. The two old friends who had cooperated in World War II talked very happily, and they initially agreed on the relationship between them.  It set the tone for future British-American relations.  Of course, this tone is very old-fashioned and is nothing more than a special partnership. However, this special partnership is a little different from before.  In the previous special partnership of the Roosevelt era, the status of Britain and the United States was basically equal. However, in the special partnership of the United Kingdom and the United States of the Eisenhower era, the United States has become the leader, while the United Kingdom has become a follower.  To be honest, Churchill himself naturally didn't like this kind of relationship, but Churchill was a politician. He knew when he could only tolerate being a grandson. The British Empire is no longer what it used to be. It is already in a solid state.  Wandering in the glory of the past is really the only way to die.  So Churchill was very realistic. If recognizing the United States as the big brother can bring benefits to the dying empire, why not?  So he overcame all the opposition and passed the relevant resolution. According to the agreement reached between Britain and the United States, the United Kingdom will continue toA series of overseas powers were transferred to the United States in exchange for a new round of economic assistance from the United States.  From now on, the United Kingdom will fully respect the leadership of the United States in international affairs and assist the United States in continuing to maintain the system that the British Empire spent hundreds of years building.  All in all, Churchill¡¯s strategy was to shrink and give in. Anyway, with the post-war economic tensions, Britain could no longer maintain the global interests of the British Empire. Instead of watching those territories being occupied by the United States and the Soviet Union in various ways, it was better to take the initiative.  Give it to the United States as a favor in exchange for concessions from the United States on other issues of interest.  For example, Churchill received more favorable economic aid, amounting to as much as three billion U.S. dollars, which gave the empire on the verge of financial collapse a breath of relief.  For example, the Americans agreed that Britain would continue to maintain colonial interests in Africa, which was somewhat of a fig leaf.  The most important thing is that Churchill preserved the system that he had maintained for three centuries. As long as this system still exists, the British Empire can still continue to play.  As the saying goes, thirty years to the east of the river and thirty years to the west of the river. Who dares to say that there will be no chance for the British Empire to revive in the future?  Churchill believed that he was a generation of ministers who endured humiliation, kept a low profile and bided their time, saving the building from collapse and saving the country from danger.  But Li Xiaofeng doesn¡¯t see it that way. In his opinion, although the British have taken a breath, they have no chance of making a comeback. After redefining British-American relations, the United Kingdom will only be a subordinate of the United States and will have no international interests in the future.  In the distribution, the United States will definitely get the big share and the UK will get the small share. How can the UK grow again without sufficient benefits?  To put it bluntly, according to the new relationship between Britain and the United States, Britain can only be a subordinate of the United States in this life, and it is simply a fantasy to want to overtake it.  Some comrades may disagree again, saying that if the United States falls, won¡¯t Britain be able to come forward again?  The problem is to think about it. The only one who can bring down the United States is the Soviet Union. If the Soviet Union brings down the United States, it will be Britain's turn.  What's more, according to the new special friendship relationship between Britain and the United States, the strategic interests between Britain and the United States can be tightly tied. It can be said that one will prosper and one will suffer. If the United States is finished and Britain wants to be alone, you can just tell a joke!  Let¡¯s put it this way, what Churchill did was not to prop up the building that was about to collapse, but to re-paste the dilapidated house of the British Empire. It looked brand new, but in essence it was still the same dilapidated house.  These pasted parts will fall off after years of wind, frost, rain, and snow, revealing the dilapidated nature of the house.  To put it bluntly, it is just a face-saving project to deceive oneself and others.  It seems that what Churchill did bought time for Britain, but in fact it was just lingering and not changing the dilapidated house itself. No matter how much whitewashing it is, it will not change the increasingly dilapidated nature of the house.  As long as the time is up, this house will collapse.  And all Li Xiaofeng needs to do is to speed up the aging process of this dilapidated house (To be continued.)
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