Chapter 1700: Chapter 636: Eisenhower Humbled (Part 2)
“Colonel, didn’t you observe the situation at ho before returning?
Right now, the people in the United States are still striving to find a job to put food on the table, and you want to use taxpayers’ money to support the Philippines?”
Franklin Roosevelt looked at Eisenhower with dissatisfaction.
Eisenhower hurriedly explained, “Mr. President, the Philippines is very important for the Federation’s strategies in Asia. If there is any problem with the military bases in the Philippines, it will affect the entire layout of the Federation in Asia!”
So, if you’re lacking anything, you just run back to ask us for it?
You were sent there not to act like emperors but to develop!”
Franklin Roosevelt would not grant them aid.
Even though Eisenhower tried hard to argue, Franklin Roosevelt ultimately rejected the request.
This left Eisenhower feeling very frustrated internally.
He sensed the apathy of the Arican mainland towards the Philippines.
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New York, Manhattan!
Donnie stood at the window of an apartnt, looking out at the street filled with people.
They were parading!
However, the paraders this ti were not Aricans, nor were they protesting for work.
They were Eastern people.
The entire parade consisted of over ten thousand people, divided into ten teams, each with around a thousand participants.
They carried banners, portraits, flags, and had floats, lion dances, and bands, which are traditional for Eastern people.
The most eye-catching aspect involved nearly a hundred Chinese won dressed in cheongsams, collectively carrying a 23-ter-long and 14-ter-wide Eastern national flag during the parade.
With the Eastern situation getting increasingly tense, these Easterners in the United States began voicing their support for their country.
Although the parade didn’t explicitly advertise for donations, the Arican citizens on both sides of the street still threw their money onto the flag.
From one cent to fifty cents, and even paper money.
Journalists from several well-known Arican newspapers were on both sides taking photos and filming.
Donnie looked at the scene in front of him, listening to the familiar yet strange sounds, and sighed.
“Pope!”
Mackenzie Pope, standing by Donnie, handed over ten thousand dollars in cash.
Donnie directly tossed it onto the flag.
Such money naturally ant nothing to Donnie, but he understood how much of it would end up in the hands of soldiers, he didn’t know.
He just considered it so self-comfort and a bit of hope for those outside!
The sound of the door being pushed open ca through.
As Donnie turned around, his face already embraced a smile.
It was Eisenhower who had previously been snubbed at the White House, along with his classmate from West Point Military Academy, Donnie’s good friend, Walker Astor!
Besides the two of them, there was also a white male in his thirties.
John Whitney, the founder of the Pratt Whitney Group in Arica.
Walker and Hausen Hauser were classmates back at West Point Military Academy.
These years, the two had remained in contact, which was one of the factors that led to the conflict between Eisenhower and MacArthur.
The conflict between MacArthur and Donnie was already irreconcilable.
When MacArthur found out that Eisenhower had close ties with Walker Astor, Donnie’s ally, and was corresponding with Donnie, returning to their previous relationship was no longer possible!
“Colonel, it’s been several years since we last t, hasn’t it?”
Donnie shook hands with Eisenhower.
Eisenhower humbly remarked, “Mr. Block, it has been four years, three months, and twenty-one days since we last t!”
Donnie laughed heartily and said, “Has it been that long?
We correspond often, making feel like it wasn’t that long since our last eting!”
Eisenhower earnestly said, “I have always been very grateful for your help, Mr. Block!”
While Eisenhower didn’t explicitly belong to any party, he was practically a Republican.
In the original tiline, Eisenhower beca President of the United States with the support of many major financial groups.
For example, during Eisenhower’s administration, the Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson once served as the CEO of General Motors.
The head of the Manhattan Project later beca the son-in-law of the DuPont family, succeeding Marshall as the Secretary of State, Dean Acheson, who was once a legal advisor to the DuPont Consortium.
Additionally, the White House Chief of Staff during the Eisenhower administration, Ray Welling Adams, ca from the Adams Family.
Of course, the most important person here is John Whitney.
Although the Whitney family doesn’t rank among the top echelons of Arican superfamilies, they are not insignificant either.
John Whitney’s ancestors crossed the ocean on the Mayflower and landed in Massachusetts in 1635.
John Whitney’s father and grandfather held high positions in the United States.
Grandfather William Whitney served as the Secretary of the Navy in the United States.
Father Payne Whitney served as a Cabinet Minister during William Howard Taft’s presidency, and they were close friends from school.
In other words, the Whitney family is a staunch ally of the Taft Family!
John Whitney’s uncle co-founded the Arican Tobacco Company with Jas Duke.
John Whitney joined Skull and Bones while studying at Yale University.
He was introduced to Donnie through Robert Taft.
With Donnie’s support, John Whitney shifted his work focus to Texas.
With support from Venus Bank, he beca the Chairman of the Board of Freeport Texas Company, the largest port company in Texas.
John Whitney t Eisenhower through an introduction from Donnie.
“Judging by your appearance, your experience at the White House wasn’t pleasant!”
Donnie smiled at Eisenhower.
Eisenhower shook his head and stated helplessly, “That’s indeed the case. The President seems to focus more on internal matters, not paying much attention to foreign affairs!”
Donnie laughed and said, “The ti hasn’t co yet; in a few years, our Mr. President will shift his attention overseas!”
Franklin Roosevelt is hailed as one of the greatest presidents in Arican history.
However, it wasn’t smooth sailing after he took office in the White House.
Realistically, Franklin Roosevelt’s administrative strategy was always advanced gradually, step by step.
In fact, many of Franklin Roosevelt’s policies were unsuccessful.
Nonetheless, compared to others, Franklin Roosevelt had indeed achieved more success.
According to his new policy, he was destined to stand in opposition to Arican capital.
This situation inevitably ant that Franklin Roosevelt’s re-election process wasn’t perfect.
So later, when the international battlefield situation changes, Franklin Roosevelt was bound to divert dostic conflicts.
Thus, the reason the United States joined the war later was not out of any so-called justice.
It was rely because, at that ti, if Arica’s attention was not diverted to the international battlefield, Franklin Roosevelt’s re-election would certainly encounter issues.
Eisenhower shook his head with a wry smile, “That is years down the line. Right now, I’m already feeling dispirited about my work in the Philippines. These past few days, I’ve even been questioning the significance of my work there.”
Donnie chuckled, “If that’s the case, you can co back, and if there’s sowhere you want to go, I can also help!”
For Donnie, Eisenhower wasn’t the future President of the United States, as in Donnie’s plan, Caron Block was set to succeed Franklin Roosevelt.
So in so sense, Eisenhower and Caron Block were competitors.
But now the situation was different, as Eisenhower was valuable to Donnie for his future military status in Europe and Africa.
As for the presidency, Donnie thought Eisenhower should know he wouldn’t have the chance once Caron Block announced his candidacy!
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