Conner was a little... stupid.
But cleverly stupid! That wasn't a contradictory description, nor was it derogatory.
On the contrary, it was a complimentary description. For a president, knowing how to be cleverly stupid—or stupidly clever—was very important.
He wouldn't blindly make decisions. Instead, he consulted some professionals, or at least people he considered professionals.
The Presidential Palace had many special advisers and high-ranking cabinet officials. With a single phone call, he could reach the most accomplished scholars and experts in any relevant field in the Federal Government and have them answer any question he had.
Lin Qi was both a special adviser and an expert.
Lin Qi had played a tremendous role in the success of the Truman administration.
Although many people couldn't see it, that didn't mean it didn't exist.
Therefore, Conner thought it was a good habit to consult Lin Qi whenever he had a problem, and he was working on developing that habit.
Lin Qi knew everything. Even when he didn't know the answer to a question, he could still offer Conner some constructive advice or help him find someone who could solve it.
Recently, everyone in society had been discussing the same matter—isolating Peng Joe.
There were two powerful forces in the Federation.
The first was capital. The terrifying thing about capital was that it had infiltrated every aspect of the country.
If the Federation were a "person," then even its smallest cells would have the name "capital" engraved on them!
The second force was public opinion—the people! For politicians, doing what the people wanted, whether they did it well or badly, would produce a favorable result.
If they did it well, the people would like them because they would think the politician was responsible, ambitious, and conscientious—all because he had done what they wanted,