"US government will begin negotiations with Germany as soon as possible and demand that Germany cease its attacks on the United States mainland. Please trust that US government has the ability to ensure the safety of the people's lives and property," President Wilson said to the reporters and gathered citizens on the lawn before the White House.
"Bullshit! The Germans have already shelled our cities! Boston's harbor has been blasted completely into ruins! God knows how many Americans have died under German bombardment, and the government doesn't even have the nerve to declare war?" an American reporter present angrily demanded.
President Wilson glanced at the reporter, said nothing more, and walked into the White House.
Such hot-blooded young men were not a bad thing for the United States. But if they did not even understand their own strength and acted rashly, wanting revenge on Germany, they were simply courting death. After all, the Germans were not easy to deal with. If the United States had the strength to defeat Germany, no one would need to tell them—they would have chosen to declare war on Germany themselves.
President Wilson's abrupt departure only made the Americans present even more furious.
Ordinary Americans believed this was proof of the government's incompetence, that it could no longer defend their interests. In that case, they could naturally vote the government out of office. But the true elites knew that the government had no other choice. Under such circumstances, maintaining a hard-line stance would only make the United States suffer even greater losses. After all, the United States simply did not have the means to contend with Germany now. Blindly acting tough was nothing short of foolish.
In the end, this world was still ruled by the strong. Germany was stronger than the United States, so