diplomat and politician
“I didn’t know Rubens was a diplomat.”
Eugene said with a surprised expression on her face.
Rubens as a painter is well known, but the fact that he was a diplomat of the Habsburgs is not well known, so it is a natural reaction.
However, after Sarah Green, who is now eagerly explaining the painting, becomes the country’s leader, many who are interested in her will understand the painting.
Of course, Eugene was one of them, and that’s why I came to the Metropolitan with her.
“yes. While serving the Habsburgs, Rubens did a lot of work for the Netherlands, which sought independence from the royal family. However, relations between the Habsburgs and the Netherlands were at their worst, and the war did not end until Rubens’ death. I feel like Rubens’ aspiration is contained in this painting. I hope that the wisdom of mankind will keep the peace from war and vengeance.”
“Many intellects have wanted something similar.”
“Right. Isn’t it all too natural to hope that humanity’s intellect can stop further violence?”
Sara Green said she liked Rubens’ paintings because the world Rubens had dreamed of was similar to the world she wanted.
Some people view diplomacy as simply pursuing their own interests, while others think that ending conflicts between states is true diplomacy.
Sarah Green belonged to the latter.
Before entering politics, she was willing to devote her life as a diplomat to ending all conflicts in the world.
It is probably because of her own personal life experiences.
Sarah Green’s father, a soldier who served in the First Gulf War, continued to serve in the military after that, and was sent to Afghanistan as well as the Second Gulf War, before being killed by the Taliban.
Her mother was from the former Yugoslavia, and she was rescued by a peacekeeping force that had been dispatched to the United States after losing her parents during the Bosnian Civil War that broke out when Yugoslavia collapsed.
So, both of Sarah’s parents had been through war.
Of course, the father was a war veteran, and the mother was a person who suffered great pain from the war, so there was a big difference, but it was not much different in that both of them knew the pain of war well.
From a young age, Sarah Green grew up watching her mother, who often suffers from nightmares from the memories of war, and her father, who sometimes became violent from the shock of the battlefield.
In so many ways, Sarah Greene knows very well how war destroys humans.
For that reason, she made it her lifelong goal to end the horrendous war on Earth, even for a moment.
And her ideals won the support of many voters tired of America’s long-standing involvement in many wars around the world.
However, she is not an old-fashioned woman who is obsessed with idealism and simply sticks to the claim that war is an absolute evil.
He is also a man of sufficient reason to know that all things require a reasonable price.
She was also well aware that it was impossible to eliminate all causes of war from mankind.
And I understood that it would cost a lot of money to end such a war.
Like Clemens von Metternich, who perfected the Vienna regime, which laid the groundwork for a war-free era in Europe for at least 100 years after Napoleon’s war swept across Europe, she was able to pay the political and economic cost for at least decades. Even so, he insists on preventing war on Earth.
If an intelligent person spends all his life trying to achieve something, it will pay off in one way or another.
In the end, Sarah Greene took over the responsibility of the State Department, which is in charge of US diplomacy, as she wanted it to, and she does her best to create a world of peace and American interest for governments around the world.
Her efforts have paid off quite a bit, allowing the United States to complete the most ideal Pax Americana when she takes the lead.
Sadly, it only lasted a very short time, but Green’s achievement in coordinating the opinions of countless leaders to get there cannot be underestimated.
“Can the US State Department do that?”
Eugene asks a very common question.
“To be honest, it would be difficult with the current State Department.”
Sarah Green answered with a bitter expression on her face.
The U.S. State Department, equivalent to South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is a mammoth-level department with six deputy ministers, 30 assistant assistants, and more than 70,000 employees.
Its main job is similar to that of other countries’ foreign affairs departments, but on the other hand, it is also responsible for coordinating the opinions of each department within the US administration, so it is also responsible for diplomacy within the administration.
It is an institution that uses such great powers and enormous financial resources, and in the United States, it can be seen as the second most powerful institution after the president.
In a sense, the second most powerful person in the world after the US president is the US Secretary of State, not the Chinese or Russian President.
However, the position of the State Department in the Trump administration has been blurred.
Donald Trump is a man with great antipathy towards American politics and Washington’s administration.
Practically regardless of his orientation, the voters who supported him feel that way about American politics and administration.
Perhaps because of this, Trump wanted to conduct diplomacy through his aides, not the State Department, unlike other presidents, who have traditionally handed over diplomatic powers to the State Department.
Even one of the two deputy ministers has not been appointed to this day.
Since the President is neglecting the State Department, the status of the State Department is bound to decline as well.
Throughout the Trump administration, the State Department has been criticized for being marginalized in the president’s diplomacy.
The reason why Sarah Green made such an uncomfortable expression in response to Eugene’s question is that she is a person who works for the State Department.
And it’s partly because she knows very well that Eugene is one of Trump’s important backers.
Eugene decides not to discuss the matter with her any more and turns the topic instead.
“Oh, I was very rude last night.”
“ah! Alexei.”
Sarah quickly understood what Eugene was trying to say.
“Alexei Feydorf is a very attractive man. It could have been a good time, but I wanted to apologize for disturbing you.”
He is a little less than 2 meters tall, and he is a handsome blond man with a lot of rich tees.
Eugene honestly didn’t think it was strange that she fell for the man yesterday.
“Of course it is. And he’s a dangerous man who manages the Russian president’s slush fund.”
However, Eugene was very surprised by the words that came out of Sarah Green’s mouth. It seems that this woman already knew everything he was worried about.
“Somehow, it seems that what happened last night was intentional. You must have been worried about me being involved with that man?”
Sarah Green asked with a smile.
“Looks like something was wrong.”
Eugene frankly admitted it. Sarah Greene’s attitude was probably disguised.
It seemed that it was not just a meeting of a young and wonderful man and woman.
“no. I’d rather thank you. At least you paid attention to me, didn’t you? I always think intentions are far more important than results.”
“You say it is better to have good intentions with bad results than bad intentions with good results?”
“Right. It’s rare for everything to go the way you want it to all the time. But if you always act with good intentions, you can expect better results.”
“Thank you for covering up my mistake like that.”
As Eugene thanked her, Sarah Green waved her hand.
“It’s not a mistake. And the results aren’t bad either. I got a call from Alexey last night. He said when would we meet again. Because of Eugene, I said I was sorry that I left without being in a hurry. I think I can take the lead next time. So good intentions have good results.”
“Then you are lucky.”
“But aren’t you curious about what’s going on?”
Sarah Green asked with a smile.
“It’s because I’m usually not interested in things that I think are dangerous.”
“Isn’t there anything dangerous?”
“is that so?”
“yes. It wasn’t because of the fact that he was managing the Russian president’s slush fund.”
“I mean, there were other intentions.”
Somehow, Eugene enjoyed talking with this woman. The future president he knew did not readily reveal his intentions, preferring to leave clues to the other party’s curiosity.
“yes. Essentially, that might be the cause. If it wasn’t for Alexei to manage the Russian president’s slush fund, he wouldn’t have had that kind of friendship with Eugene.”
It is the specialty of diplomats and politicians to turn the words around a little and make them understand.
In that respect, Sarah Greene was a very good diplomat and politician.
Come to think of it, there are many cases where she became a good diplomat as a politician, but she is the only person I can think of who rose from diplomat to president.
“So you’re saying that you came to Alexei to meet me?”
“Right. Somehow, I was able to attend Eugene’s famous party, but it was not easy to deal with Eugene directly. There were so many great people, and everyone was waiting for their turn to talk with you, right? It seemed that my turn would not come. But then, Alexei caught my eye. He is the hidden adoptive son of the Russian tsar and is known for his incredible female gang.”
Sarah Green said very proudly this time.
“I thought that if you smile a little at that man, he would get over it quickly. And it happened as I thought. I thought that if I made a relationship with Alexei, I would have a chance to meet you anytime.”
“That was a great plan.”
“I mean. I didn’t expect it to be so successful all at once. I never dreamed that such a great Eugene would come forward for a nameless woman like me.”
“I guess I was just pretending not to know.”
Eugene still said without erasing his laughter.
“It would have been very difficult. Did you know that Alexei is a pretty persistent person?”
“In what sense?”
“He said that if there is a woman he likes, he will inevitably get it. Well, is there enough background for that?”
“Miss Sarah doesn’t seem to think Alexei is attractive enough as a man, do you?”
“He’s an attractive man. But that attraction is too dangerous. do you know Did you know that Alexei Feydorf has a number of criminal charges against him?”
Sarah Green, who had always had a bright expression on her face, changed slightly.
“You mean in America?”
“no. In the US, it seems to be quite respectful. But when they are in Russia, they seem to be doing very dangerous things.”
“You know that women prefer dangerous men, right?”
“It depends on what kind of risk it is. Few women have fantasies about someone who actually uses violence.”
Sarah Greene said, unlike ever before, expressing a genuinely disgusting feeling.