Someone once said that you could tell the true nature of a country's ruling class by seeing what they reacted to fastest, and what they treated perfunctorily, dragged their feet over, muddled through if possible, or simply ignored as though it had never happened.
The former revealed what they considered matters of life and death, their core interests.
The latter let you see through the hypocritical lies of politicians to their true thoughts.
As the terrifying Demon War drew to a close, the U.S. Government's upper echelon, whose country had served as the main battlefield, paid no attention to the citizens still gripped by panic and unease. Nor did they try to deal with the troops that had mutinied and defected at the critical moment. Instead, they crawled out of their hiding places, boarded special planes, and rushed to the entrance of a restaurant in Metropolis as fast as possible.
Among them were the commander-in-chief and publicly elected supreme leader—the president—as well as military representatives from the Department of Defense, and even spokespeople for major conglomerates and the family powers behind them.
In short, with their fastest channels of information, they had already learned that Earth and human society could no longer hide in their little corner and play by themselves as they had in the past.
There were simply too many external forces capable of destroying civilization itself, even the entire planet.
Even Superman, who had issued the U.S. Government a clear ultimatum, was an immediate and terrifying enemy they had to face.
So they had to figure out what kind of attitude this Prime Evil who had protected humanity during the catastrophe truly held.
After all, Raymond had publicly declared that the Earth on this Timeline was his sphere of influence and his property.
As the ruling class