George Bush’S Great America [EN]: Chapter 218

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“Do you use social media?”

“Even if I don’t do anything else, there’s no law that says politicians can’t use social media.”

Bush wasn’t using the White House line. It was a regular line pulled in from outside. His account was full of large cats. The identity of that cat was, of course, White. White’s appearance being filmed was indifferent, but that wasn’t unique to White. To be precise, it was a characteristic of all cats.

“What is it about social media that makes you want to put off paperwork to do it?”

“In a word, it’s a place where all the world’s disillusionment and fantasy coexist. The beginning is humble, but the end will be great.”

“Is that sarcasm?”

“It’s literal. Well, it was used sarcastically in the Bible. Good is good.”

In any case, what Bush wanted to say was that great achievements take time. In fact, it was already gaining considerable momentum, but it wasn’t yet popular enough to be global. It was only circulating within the United States.

“But is it really necessary to hire someone separately to manage this?”

The chief of staff expressed his doubts. These questions were all too natural for those unfamiliar with social media.

“It’s worth it. In a year or so, this social media thing will take over the world. In severe cases, some people will trust social media rather than the government.”

This was what Bush had seen with his own eyes, so he was saying it with conviction. To be exact, it was Kim Kap-hwan who had seen it, but anyway, the saying ‘Don’t trust the news, trust social media!’ was still vivid. Now that news and newspapers were being regulated in the right way and had lost complete freedom of reporting, social media was growing rapidly despite being in its infancy.

“What nonsense is that? Shouldn’t this be regulated, too?”

“As you know, it’s about time we had an outlet.”

Driven by necessity and legitimacy, the public was fed up with fake news and advertising, and they accepted it for the time being, but no one knew how long that would last. However, Bush predicted that it would expire after his term. A pressure cooker without an outlet is bound to explode.

‘Conversely, if public opinion is lukewarm, the media can’t help it. I have to handcuff them as much as I can and tie them up completely.’

“What you’re doing, Mr. President, feels like training.”

“A horse? A bird? Or a cat?”

“Anything. Besides, cats aren’t animals you can train…”

It was then. White stared at the chief of staff with a rat in his mouth. The rat wasn’t an ordinary gray rat, but a brown nutria [a semi-aquatic rodent] half the size of his body.

“Is this a cat?”

“Maybe? At least the X-ray shows it’s in the shape of a cat.”

While the president and chief of staff were exchanging questions and answers, the camera shutter clicked. The thousands of dollars worth of digital camera contained White’s triumphant appearance after the hunt. He was so photogenic that if it weren’t for White’s unique size, he would have been mistaken for another cat. He was a professional photographer and a White House employee. His job was to take pictures of White to promote on social media.

“Couldn’t it be an alien disguised as a cat?”

“Are you interested in Area 51?”

“No way. I’m just saying.”

White brought the hunted animal to the place where he always put it, stretched as if his day was over, and occupied Bush’s thigh as if it were his rightful place.

“Then I’ll report as is. As you expected, Russia is showing unusual movements. It seems they’ve implemented the countermeasures they’ve been researching to get through the backlash of the low oil prices, but they don’t seem to be coping properly because this situation is so unexpected. In other words, we can now divert the human and material resources that we’ve been putting into Russia to other places.”

“That’s the best news I’ve heard in a while. I’ve only had places to spend money lately, so I’ve been wondering where to get more money.”

To those who didn’t know the circumstances, it just sounded like, ‘Haha, which country should we rip off next?’ But it wasn’t necessarily wrong to say that they were ripping off other countries. Wealth eventually goes around.

“That being said, we can put off the corn project for a while.”

That project was a plan to dispose of the corn coming out of American farms on a large scale. Because the supply far exceeded the demand, the plump corn had completely lost its way and was wandering around the country. If shale development was delayed or failed due to some mishap, the plan was to produce biofuel to mobilize as a sub-plan for the oil supply.

Of course, biofuel research, development, and supply were ongoing separately from that. However, what Bush wanted to do was to massively increase support for this biofuel. To be honest, it was a relief that it didn’t happen. It was as unstable a source of supply as the existing method.

Moreover, if it were increased, crop prices would rise and carbon emissions would skyrocket. People only know that biofuel is an eco-friendly fuel with low carbon emissions, but in reality, it goes a little differently. The low carbon emissions are only when the statistics are limited to ‘when the fuel is burned.’ If you include ‘when growing crops,’ the story is turned 180 degrees.

It’s already well known that a huge amount of water is used when growing crops, and when forests and mountains are reclaimed to secure land for cultivation, green areas are destroyed and more carbon dioxide is emitted than oil. This is a prime example of how the word eco-friendly is just an illusion.

However, there was a way to maximize it somehow. It was a way to use everything from corn, including the core, stem, and husk. It was called 2nd generation biofuel, but the production efficiency was still low.

“Then what should we do with the corn?”

“It would be nice if a suitable country would buy it… For the time being, we have no choice but to make it all into fuel.”

In particular, Bush was in a position where he couldn’t say, ‘Bioethanol sucks!’ Where does the US presidential election start? Isn’t it Iowa? Iowa was a town where corn controlled everything. Corn was Iowa, and Iowa was corn. If you criticize biofuel here, the result is obvious.

Bush was at the top of politics, but he hated politics. I don’t know what it was like at first, but in modern society, isn’t the essence of politics deceiving others for one’s own benefit? However, policies are constantly spinning in circles and stagnating.

“You’re a quick-witted friend. You ran away before the complicated story started in earnest.”

“Yes?”

“I’m talking about the photographer. To be exact, he’s a bodyguard. His current job is a social media photographer. He’s a good photographer and keeps his mouth shut, so I chose him. You should keep him close and give him important positions.”

Bush prided himself on the advanced politics he was pursuing. Isn’t he already running a media organization using social media, which will only be used in earnest in about 10 years? And as Bush posted his opinions on social media, the popularity of the social media was growing rapidly, like a snowball rolling down a hill.

‘And smartphones will be commercialized soon.’

Originally, it was scheduled to come out three years from now, but thanks to the full support of the government, it was introduced three years earlier. In the process, military smartphones were also being developed. From the beginning, the investment pretext explained to Congress was next-generation military terminals.

Of course, it wasn’t entirely wrong, but the real main purpose was that Bush himself missed smartphones. A minor problem was that even if smartphones were released, Bush wasn’t free enough to look at them.

Of course, if he claimed it was work like now, there was nothing to say, but it was also true that he was so busy that he really wanted to quit. You might ask why he’s running for re-election, but Bush’s answer was always the same.

‘If not me, who else would do it?’

At first glance, it may seem like a dictator’s idea, but the reality is a little different. What Bush is doing now is something that only Bush can do. Is it likely that a leader who has completely given up his own glory and destroyed the framework of his thinking will come out twice? Even in America?

‘But I really don’t have the confidence to do it for a long time.’

Even if it were legally possible to run for a third term, Bush would probably have stopped at the second term. Otherwise, he would have died from overwork. Just a few days ago, he was so tired that day. He was so tired that he was holding a pen to sign, but he dozed off for a moment and signed his name strangely.

Bush, who judged that normal work was no longer possible, had to take a vacation right there. And what he did during his vacation was to stay at home and sleep all day. He slept for 28 hours straight, and the first thing Bush said when he woke up was, ‘It’s only been 4 hours.’ Of course, he had a slight question because he felt so refreshed, but until he saw the date on his cell phone, he was wondering what to do during the rest of his vacation. Of course, he went back to work right after seeing it.

“Canada… We’ll have to appease Canada for publicly criticizing Saudi Arabia.”

The person who should have publicly criticized Saudi Arabia was his rival, Russia, who was gloating over the fact that Russia was collapsing in the national marathon to the future, but anyway, there are personal and diplomatic positions, so he had to do this much.

“Now that I think about it, I don’t have to bother Brent oil anymore.”

To be exact, it was more accurate to say that he didn’t have to bother British Prime Minister Tony Blair, but that was a very minor matter. Recalling how much Tony Blair had suffered because of this, Tony Blair himself would want to strangle Bush to death right away, but even if he was given the opportunity, it would be thwarted by the overwhelming difference in physical ability, which is sad for him.

While he was thinking about that, an idea suddenly flashed through Bush’s mind.

“Chief of Staff. Do you think Saudi Arabia will issue a large amount of government bonds?”