King Of War: Starting with Arms Dealer-Chapter 810 - 735: A Flawed World

Rashiri’s team played this hand really nicely...

A confidentiality agreement could circumvent most of the suspicions about Rashiri.

Because even if Eric had something on her, since a confidentiality agreement has been signed, there would be no need for her to kill Eric.

At least this logic holds water with the media friendly to Qasim Rashid.

Even if Eric’s case was filed, it wouldn’t be linked to Rashiri.

Even when facing questions from Donald’s side, she could frankly admit her faults and the necessity for the confidentiality agreement with Eric.

Her faults, once repackaged, could even win her a lot of votes from certain minority groups.

The current political correctness trend in America hasn’t yet swept across the LGBT community, but one of the funds supporting Rashiri is for the LGBT group.

Don’t mention this old hag not admitting it; even if she did admit to having an affair with a female assistant, so what?

At this point, Joe Ga had roughly guessed that Senator Tom Reid’s rant about Rashiri in the media was probably instigated by Eric...

Eric is a seasoned politician and very smart; he is laying the groundwork for later unleashing solid evidence, trying as much as possible to distance himself from the disclosure of it.

Because those emails involve not only Rashiri but also dirty business of many others.

Rashiri, with her candidacy, might withstand it, but the others might not.

Those materials, once released, would offend a large group of people...

No matter if those people end up paying the price, the one who drops the hammer will definitely face their siege.

Eric is making a clear stand, telling Rashiri blatantly that he’s chosen a side, then intentionally releasing some harmless so-called scandals to campaign for Donald.

Eric is telling Rashiri, I’ve turned against you, and Rashiri would naturally think of those emails still in the hands of the FBI and the Ministry of Justice.

Once insecurity takes over her, she’ll be anxious because if Eric spills the beans to Donald, that big mouth will definitely pressure the FBI vigorously to bring out the emails.

Eric’s approach is actually highlighting in another form that those emails only exist with the FBI; he doesn’t have them.

Because if he really did, they wouldn’t operate this way.

The best choice for Rashiri at this point is to offer conditions to silence Eric.

Then turn to make a deal with the FBI to seal those emails away for good.

At this stage, when the next president is not yet determined, the cost to make a deal with the FBI can be very high.

This is forcing Rashiri to take political risks, and as long as Joe redirects Rashiri’s attention to the FBI, any later exposure of those emails through other channels will naturally make Rashiri suspect the FBI faltered.

As the person once pursuing those emails, Eric’s approach is very smart when he confirms he can’t hide them.

Keep in mind, it is a critical period now, Eric as the bridge between the Energy Group and Donald’s Team plays an extremely important role.

Rashiri should not resort to excessive measures at this juncture...

Because if Eric dies, Donald, including the Energy Group and Senator Tom Reid, will surely retaliate.

A political scandal escalating to death would immensely stir media interest, then Donald, with his knack for fabricating stories, could easily smear Rashiri’s name.

By then, once the FBI or the New York police start investigating under pressure, regardless of whether the truth is uncovered or not, Rashiri will definitely get dragged in.

But Eric probably never imagined that the old lady would indeed look for him, and even set a high price for the confidentiality agreement, only to turn around and have him killed outright.

Joe Ga sighed...

In fact, he thought that Eric was taking a bit of a risk, and this method of pressuring the FBI and even the Ministry of Justice through Rashiri could backfire.

Currently, the Ministry of Justice has always maintained a neutral attitude, and there is an immunity halo over candidates during the election period; the FBI cannot investigate candidates, a rule born to ensure the fairness of elections.

Of course, if the Ministry of Justice and FBI really have the guts, they could start an investigation after the president takes office.

But that’s nonsense, the Minister of Justice is appointed by the president, and it hasn’t been many years since Nixon fired three senior Department of Justice officials overnight.

Who investigates me, I’ll fire them, that’s how the great leaders of America top the charts!

After probably figuring out the ins and outs of the situation, Joe Ga thought for a while and then said, "Go and notify people on big mouth Donald’s side that since they dare to mess with Eric, they have ways to divert the media’s attention.

Using the New York police to delay is just one part of it, they definitely have other tricks up their sleeve."

Monica was stunned for a moment, then took out her phone and made a call...

After making several calls with no response, a call finally came back to her cell phone a few minutes later...

Monica, frowning, took the call...

A few minutes later, Monica looked at Joe Ga and said, "The Washington Daily has leaked a tax return from big mouth Donald from two years ago, the guy didn’t pay a cent in state taxes the year before last...

Now the media outside has exploded, a protest has erupted in front of the Depp Building in New York."

Joe Ga listened and blinked in disbelief, "How did he do that?

I pay taxes on time for my security company, yet this guy doesn’t pay taxes with such a large enterprise?

And yet he still dares to run for president?"

Monica said helplessly, "The most important part of big mouth Donald’s campaign platform is ’tax cuts to promote industry repatriation’."

As a result, he’s now been slapped with a label, accused of looking after his and his associates’ businesses...

One of Rashiri’s campaign slogans was "Raise taxes on the rich while increasing the salaries of the middle class."

With this mess, unless Donald shows his tax returns for this year, he’s not going to clear his name..."

Upon hearing this, Joe Ga chuckled and shook his head, saying, "What the hell kind of mess is this?

Knowing Donald, I don’t think he’s the type to pay his taxes honestly.

This is really vicious. No wonder I always heard that American elections are thrilling. I didn’t expect them to go this far. Aren’t they afraid it’s a case of injuring the enemy a thousand and self-harming eight hundred?"

While speaking, Joe Ga suddenly realized something very interesting...

Can’t you see where the candidates’ butts are sitting and whence their supporters come from by looking at their electoral platforms?

Donald may be a jerk, but what he wants is to encourage industrial capital and job growth in America by cutting taxes.

That old witch, on the other hand, is much worse, increasing taxes for the rich and giving raises to the middle class—these words sound so beautiful...

But Joe Ga would bet that the tax whip won’t hit the financial capital of Wall Street or the tech bigwigs of Silicon Valley.

Most of their fortunes are in stocks, and as long as those aren’t realized, they don’t have to pay taxes.

Bill Gates and Buffett would rather donate their underwear than pay taxes.

In the end, it’s the industrial capital that relies on cash flow and trade that’ll get hit by the tax increases.

This will inevitably drive more industrial capital away; after all, it doesn’t matter where you set up factories, does it?

In Mexico, not only is the labor cheap, but thanks to the North American trade agreement, goods entering America are still tax-free.

Then what about the inevitable rise in unemployment? How will middle-class raises come into play?

Just from this point, it turns out Donald is actually the honest man, and Rashiri is just a lying politician whose butt is planted firmly in the financial sector.

Just by looking at the slogans, Donald’s "Make us great again" actually has some intention to make money together with the industrial capital and the working class.

Rashiri’s approach is completely different; she doesn’t care about the loss of industrial capital because she’s confident in joining forces with the world’s largest financial capitals to reap across the globe.

America, as the world’s largest debtor nation, has mostly consumer debt...

Their globally excessive military spending is actually propped up by the rest of the world buying US debt.

They’ve held the entire world hostage with the US dollar and US debt!

The whole world lends them money to build the strongest military!

The whole world lends them money to develop the best scientific research system!

Boss Qiao spent the money he got from selling bonds on building roads, bridges, and mines—those are value-generating industrial capital.

While most of America’s debt income is being spent: military, research, education, healthcare, community services, and so on...

Spending the world’s money to maintain the strongest military!

They invest the most in research and then use high-end industries to export and in turn create huge benefits while also paying off their debt.

It’s not that Americans don’t work; it’s just that part of the welfare they enjoy is supported by people all over the world.

And yet, the life of America’s lower class is still a mess.

This is America’s core robber logic!

It’s no wonder Donald started off as an underdog given he deviates from this logic.

If he continues like this, the economy might indeed rise, and the scale of US debt might shrink, but the impact would be a domino effect.

First and foremost is military spending. How many people would that offend?

Rashiri, though, is a different story. As a former Secretary of State, what she’s best at is leading NATO allies to reap the world, encouraging financial capital into America to further drive up the stock market and create the world’s largest service industry.

This could indeed promote employment and seems to show prosperity.

Such a leeching logic is inherently flawed because once there’s no more to leach, they’ll turn and bite their allies.

If there’s nothing left to devour, their last resort is war, seeking something to fill their bellies below.

The world is cruel. Starting from the Raritan period, whether through luck or capability, he managed to reduce US debt to a safe number, giving America a breather and fully restoring its vitality, establishing complete financial and military hegemony.

Then they built the world into a pyramid, inserting countless straws to start sucking blood.

What they absorb is not simply money but wealth created by the lower tiers.

Financial capital is a collective, even transcending national boundaries; their greed is uncontrollable. Although it’s unclear how long it will take, war is the inevitable outcome...

At this moment, Joe Ga suddenly realized why so many wealthy people are heading to America—it’s because just by standing there, you naturally suffer less exploitation.

For the first time truly confronting American elections, Joe Ga felt incredibly small.

Just as Joe Ga was sinking into an odd sense of impotence, he suddenly felt someone pushing him...

Without thinking, Joe Ga reached for his waist and then saw Monica looking at him with a strange expression, who said, "Boss, Alicia from the Ministry of Justice is here. She didn’t want to show her face and would like you to meet her in the upstairs conference room."

Joe Ga pinched his nose bridge, coming back to his senses and said, "I’ll go right away. Inform ’Jackal’ to send more bodyguards; once they find out Eric’s not dead, they’ll definitely come again."

With that, Joe Ga looked at Monica’s curious face, hesitated, and then said, "Prepare some funds. Let’s do something good for the world, give a bit more support to Donald..."