January 20, 2001, was the first day of office of the new US President George W. Bush.
At this time, he would not have imagined that in the next eight years, he would personally create more than 100 trillion yuan of national debt for the United States, and win a series of "honorary titles" such as "the stupidest president", "the loser president", "the president of the inner ghost" and so on...
From school messenger to president of the United States
George W. Bush jr. is the eldest son of former US President George H.W. Bush, but in him he does not see the calm and sophisticatedness of being the eldest son, on the contrary, he speaks frankly, often speaks bluntly, and even has some impatience.
Unlike Nixon and Clinton's bumpy childhoods, George W. Bush's family conditions were good, and he had the conditions to receive an orthodox, rigorous education, but perhaps such a good opportunity was too easy for him to come, so he did not cherish it.
His academic performance was very bad, and after graduating from high school, he could only rely on the power of his family to enter Yale University.
Although George W. Bush, who entered Yale, is still a latecomer, as long as he successfully completes his studies, the family business and his father's career are waiting for him to inherit.
But the experience of history has repeatedly taught us that life is always full of uncertainty, and for George W. Bush, too.
In the 1960s, the United States was trapped in the Vietnamese battlefield and could not extricate itself, and every American college student at that time had to respond to the government's call to go to Vietnam to participate in the war after graduation.
But by this time the young people had begun to oppose the war, and they had tried their best to avoid military service.
Bush Jr. was no exception, and after much deliberation, he decided to join the Texas National Guard. After six years in the Guard, he entered Harvard University.
After graduation, George W. Bush first went to the political arena to break through and prepared to run for Congress, but failed. Later, he tried to do the oil business, but once again failed.
Under the blow of a series of failures, George W. Bush began to drink heavily, and his life became more and more loose. But by this time, his father had decided to run for president.
This incident completely changed Bush Jr., and in order not to do anything that would damage his father's image, Bush Jr. began to "change from evil to righteousness."
In order to help his father become president, he was busy sorting out the materials, dealing with the media, and helping his father do everything he could.
This process not only gave his father great help, but also allowed him to continue to mature politically, which laid the foundation for him to run for president in the future.
In 1992, Bush, who had been president for one term, was defeated by Clinton in an election. For the sake of the Bush family, George W. Bush decided to go deep into the political arena and "avenge" his father.
In this way, with the unremitting efforts of Bush Jr. and the help of the whole family, the Bush family, who have left the White House for eight years, once again returned to the White House.
But just as Bush Jr. was about to make a big deal out of it, a drastic change completely changed his political career.
Counter-terrorism, counter-terrorism at all costs
9/11 was a tragic day in American history, which not only profoundly affected the international situation afterwards, but also earned George W. Bush the title of "the stupidest president." After 9/11, everything changed.
The morning of September 11, 2001, did not look much different from usual, and Bush Jr. carried out his daily activities as usual, according to the schedule.
On this day, he was going to visit schools in Florida to build momentum for the education bill to pass in Congress.
Just as he was meeting the principal of a school, an aide quietly told him that a flight had crashed into the World Trade Center.
Maybe he didn't want to look flustered in front of everyone, or maybe Bush Jr. felt that things wouldn't be very serious, and he didn't react much.
But while he was reading for the children, he received another message that another building had also been hit by a plane and that the United States was being hit by terror.
After that, the news that the Pentagon was also hit made George W. Bush completely unable to sit still.
And the people also began to panic, the whole United States is filled with the tension and depression caused by terrorist attacks, such a drastic change has led to great psychological trauma in the United States.
In order to prevent the recurrence of such attacks and to overcome this fearful and helpless situation, the United States Government must do something immediately.
George W. Bush is well aware that people who have suffered so much need a calm leader to help them fight terrorism once and for all.
He adopted a series of appeasing policies that brought social order to a rapid restoration. He even set up a cabinet-level "Office of Homeland Security," and later the Department of Homeland Security to protect U.S. security.
But this is still not enough, Bush knows that he must find a target, otherwise the panic in the hearts of the people will not be completely calmed.
So in a very short time, the United States launched the first war against bin Laden's al-Qaida and the Afghan Taliban regime that sheltered bin Laden, the Afghan War.
George W. Bush declared that as long as any terrorist establishes a government, a war will be needed.
In Congress, George W. Bush declared: "This war on terror will continue until we find, stop and destroy every global terrorist organization." ”
Thus, more than a year after the start of the war in Afghanistan, the United States has once again set a new "counter-terrorism" goal, Iraq, the world's second-largest oil reserve country.
The United States claims that Iraq is secretly supporting terrorists and also has weapons of mass destruction in its possession. In this war, the United States even bypassed the United Nations Security Council and directly began to carry out military strikes against Iraq.
At the beginning of the war, George W. Bush's war policy won him great popularity, and countless people cheered for him. But as time went on, people began to hate the president who had made them cheer.
"The Dumbest President" and "Inner Ghost President"
The war continues, but there is no progress in the fight against terrorism.
The people of Afghanistan and Iraq have been torn apart by the devastation of war.
Six years after the start of the Iraq War, George W. Bush arrived in Iraq and held a press conference with the Iraqi president.
As a result, a Television reporter in Iraq, dissatisfied with Bush's war, threw two shoes directly at Bush.
Although the shoes did not hit George W. Bush directly, in some parts of the Middle East, shoes are considered unclean, and throwing shoes at others is a serious insult to them.
So the journalist was arrested on the spot, but the incident became the trigger for the Iraqi people's resistance, and the reporter was also regarded as a hero by the locals. This humble pair of black leather shoes has also become a symbol of resistance in the Middle East.
In fact, the two wars have caused not only the dissatisfaction of the people of the Middle East with the Bush Administration, but also the dissatisfaction of the American people.
And as the war in Iraq continues, the United States has not found so-called weapons of mass destruction.
Everyone can see that the essence of the Us war in Iraq is not for the sake of world stability and peace, but for the elimination of anti-US regimes.
At this time, the American people have long been without the enthusiasm of the early days of the war, and the United States has begun to be filled with voices praying for peace. Support for George W. Bush has also declined.
In both wars, U.S. troops suffered heavy casualties. Moreover, the large number of new weapons used by the United States has consumed huge military expenditures, which has also led to huge economic trauma in the United States.
Even more unfortunately, a natural disaster exacerbated the catastrophe of the American people, and the United States had the worst natural disaster in history, Hurricane Katrina.
However, the US government's response to this disaster is very slow, which has made Bush Jr.'s support rate decline one after another.
Two years later, the United States first encountered a subprime mortgage crisis, followed by a globalized financial crisis, which aggravated the deterioration of the US economic situation and led to a heavier resentment of the people against George W. Bush.
Under the George W. Bush administration, the U.S. government not only spent all the savings left by its predecessor, but also began to be heavily indebted.
When George W. Bush left office, the United States had left more than a hundred trillion yuan in national debt, which also made Obama, who succeeded him, suffer deeply.
Although Obama made a series of efforts to save George W. Bush's "loser" and change the financial situation, including reducing military spending, with little success.
When Obama left office, the total U.S. national debt reached $20 trillion. Subsequent presidents have also been powerless to change this situation.
President George W. Bush's actions made him one of the most unpopular presidents in American history, and some even called him "the stupidest president."
However, this "stupidest president" has invisibly done China a great favor.
After 9/11, the George W. Bush administration focused almost exclusively on counterterrorism, which also made them relax their focus on China.
Without the suppression of the United States, China quickly seized this period and vigorously developed its economy.
When the United States began to pay attention to China again, they found that the East Asian lion was long gone, and they were powerless to contain it.
In addition, during his tenure, Bush took the initiative to ease relations with China in order to cope with the war on terror and reduce pressure.
He has taken the initiative to appear at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, which has caused many countries that originally boycotted China to also begin to show friendship to China. Therefore, some Americans say that he is the inner ghost of the United States.
But in fact, The most important thing about China's strength and prosperity is the result of Chinese hard work.
After leaving office, Bush Jr. did not seem to be too devastated. At the age of 70, he did not have any artistic cells, and he actually picked up a paintbrush and created oil paintings.
He said confidently: If Churchill could paint oil, he would.
This seems to be the same as when he first became president of the United States, but I don't know if he would still be so confident if he gave George W. Bush another chance to become president.