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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton left office with more than $3.4 million in debt, and he and his wife, Hillary Clinton, earned only hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, even if they didn't eat or drink, for several years.
But later, the couple not only paid off huge debts, but also made a lot of money, how did they do it?
The Clintons
Clinton's affair
Speaking of how Clinton paid off his huge debts, we must first mention some of Clinton's scandals. As we all know, Clinton is a very unfocused person, and more than one woman has said that she had an extramarital affair with Clinton or was harassed by Clinton.
And Clinton seems to have a knack for doing these things, from becoming governor to later becoming president, he chose either a secretary or an intern, and probably he also knew that as a governor or president, he was high above and too young employees at the bottom to say it.
What Clinton never expected was that his affairs with some women were exposed, especially the scandal between him and Lewinsky, and the world did not know about it.
It was purely coincidental that Clinton and Lewinsky met. According to common sense, Clinton would not have had the opportunity to meet Lewinsky, one is the president working in the core area, which is heavily guarded, and the other is a young intern who has just arrived at the White House and can only do some insignificant work.
Clinton
But in 1995, the U.S. government shut down, the government couldn't pay for it, the regular workers went home, when they could send money to come back, but the work had to be done, and these cheap interns were kept.
One night she was hurrying down the hallway with her papers, and he saw the door of an office open, and inside sat then-President Clinton, the first time she had been so close to the president.
Imagine how an intern would feel when he saw the president? Nervous, scared, and perhaps a little respectful.
What happened next was unbelievable, Clinton saw her and called her in, and Lewinsky was a little overwhelmed and blurted out: "I admire you." ”
Clinton then invited her to the back room, and then Clinton hugged Lewinsky and kissed her, which was the beginning of Clinton and Lewinsky's immoral relationship.
Lewinsky
Perhaps in the eyes of many people, this relationship came inexplicably, that is, they met and then everything happened suddenly, the two people did not even understand each other, and it was only Lewinsky who had seen Clinton before, and Clinton did not know who she was.
However, from another perspective, this happened unexpectedly.
A small intern must have gone blank when he saw the president, and by the time she reacted, she was already trapped in the relationship, and Clinton was a veteran of the love scene, which was not at all sudden for him who had been through this kind of thing for a long time.
In the next paragraph, it is not long, and in a short period of time, Clinton and Lewinsky had many private meetings.
Clinton and Lewinsky's meeting place is basically in the office, because the lights are dark, which is much safer than walking out of the White House to the hotel, because as the president of a country walking out of that door may be targeted by many people, especially when Hillary Clinton is on a business trip, Clinton is not afraid.
Lewinsky
Early the following year, as White House staff gradually returned to work, Clinton and Lewinsky's dating was hampered, and by then many had already seen that the young intern's relationship with the president was not normal.
Many people think that Lewinsky's relationship with Clinton is only because of the power in Clinton's hands, but in fact, this girl in her twenties has fallen into a relationship with this old man.
As the two saw each other less and less, Lewinsky's mood became more and more unstable.
But in Clinton's view, Lewinsky is just a flower on the side of the road, even if he loses it, it will not have any impact on his life, not to mention whether considering Hillary's influence or his own future, he is unlikely to give Lewinsky any results.
Lewinsky
Lewinsky was later transferred from the White House to the Pentagon, whether Clinton operated for her own future, or whether Hillary knew something, or the person who defended the president did it, no one knows, but the inexplicable transfer shows that this must have something to do with her and Clinton.
Lewinsky has a friend named Trip, and Lewinsky regards her as a friend, so he told her a lot about Clinton and confided in her in a bad mood, but this Tripp recorded all the phone calls, and the recordings accumulated hundreds of minutes.
Not only that, but Tripp made everything public.
Lewinsky
Turn crises into money
After the scandal came out, Clinton thought that it would pass by denying it in front of the media, but no one expected that this scandal could develop to this extent and become the most famous scandal in American politics and even world politicians. After all, he is the president of a big country, and the scandal is so bad.
Seeing that things could not be covered, Clinton began to admit it, but I have to say that the most feared thing in this world is that bad people have culture.
Clinton is a scholar and a former president, and his knowledge, education, and resources are much more than Lewinsky's, as long as he has to forward it with all major media, he uses his right to speak to avoid the important and shirk responsibility.
At first, Clinton said that things were not what people imagined, and then the tone of various news changed to Lewinsky seducing the president, and all kinds of scolding came to Lewinsky.
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No one knows how capable the U.S. propaganda machine is that the U.S. can demonize the leaders of the invaded countries before they start a war, and then present their war acts as sending democracy and freedom to the local population.
Many people still believe that the United States fought Iraq to make Iraqis richer.
Saddam, the president of one country, cannot withstand the propaganda machine of the US government, and Lewinsky, a young man in his twenties who has just entered society for a few years, must be powerless to fight back.
Judging from Clinton's indirect response directly or through the media and White House staff, Clinton has described him as a passive person who makes mistakes and sincerely repents, and Lewinsky has become a person with three collapsed views and moral corruption.
Lewinsky
Clinton's wife Hillary Clinton is also as shrewd as Clinton in this matter, and it is really not a family that does not enter the door. Clinton is the most educated first lady in U.S. history and one of the few who can make the transition from first lady to president.
Hillary and her husband used their minds to turn bad things into great ones.
We don't know what the husband and wife relationship between Hillary and Clinton was like before, and whether they were affected by this incident afterwards, but they must consider the future of the two people, Clinton is not president and has to make money, Hillary still wants to be president.
They still showed affection in public, and Hillary Clinton also showed great generosity, forgave Clinton, who cheated on him, and even repeatedly stressed that Clinton was innocent.
Clinton
In this way, the impact of the extramarital affair on Clinton is minimized, because the scene of affection will make people think that Clinton's mistakes in this matter will not be too serious, and even his wife forgives what others can say.
But this incident is different for Lewinsky, she is not married and a young girl with an unstable job is basically ruined, for the future and happy life of Clinton and Hillary, no matter how much responsibility she has in this matter, she must carry everything, there is no choice.
When Clinton left office, he owed more than $3.4 million, and he and Hillary had to pay it back for a few years, but in one year, the Clintons not only paid off the debt, but also made a lot of money, and they relied on Lewinsky.
The Clintons
American politicians mainly have several means to make money after leaving office, speeches, publishing books, and serving in large enterprises, in short, as long as they serve capital well during the period of power, leaving office is not worrying about spending money.
Publishing books is relatively simple, almost become the standard for American politicians, who leave office will write an autobiography, but a large part of it is not much to see, autobiography or their propaganda tools, are touting their great achievements, neither reflect on the true feelings of life, nor truthful accounts of objective facts, basically like the title party on the Internet to make money by attracting people's attention.
The Clintons have published their own autobiographies, Hillary's autobiography is called "Experiencing History", Clinton's autobiography is called "My Life", and the hot spot in the autobiography is Lewinsky.
Clinton herself is a well-known figure, and this extramarital affair story is eye-catching enough, many people want to go to their autobiography to pick up some "exciting and unknown stories", but after buying two thick books and reading them, they seem to have said nothing.
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These two books brought the Clintons 30 million income, ten times their debt, and with this money, their road to wealth will be smoother in the future.
During the promotion and sale of the book, Lewinsky was basically a topic that could not be avoided, and we can see that the Clintons did deliberately use Lewinsky.
A few years ago Clinton wrote a novel called "The Missing President," and a television program promoted his new book, and Clinton mentioned Lewinsky again.
Under normal circumstances, people who have done bad things are reluctant to mention those things, but Clinton repeatedly mentioned them, or took the initiative.
Lewinsky
Lewinsky, a man who became discredited all over the world at a young age, became a tortuous life because of this incident. In the United States, she experienced great public pressure and was forced to live in London, and later returned to her hometown to find a job.
But as soon as she stepped on American soil, her fate twisted again, and a person who worked in the White House and the Pentagon did not even want an ordinary company, because the influence of the Clintons was too great.
Hillary Clinton has always been active in American politics and has twice run for president, so the Clintons obviously don't want Lewinsky to have a bad influence on them, so they don't want Lewinsky wherever they have a relationship with the Clintons and the Clinton Foundation.
Lewinsky
It is really difficult to see such absurd things in the world again, a young man uses his best years to pay for the good life of two people who have hurt him, but the other party intends to hurt her for the rest of her life.
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