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What kind of president does the United States need now?

Imagine if the Soviet Union still exists and, like the Communist China, the Soviets firmly control the power. Like the present China, the ideology does not allow any democratic ideas to exist. It launches a large-scale spy war and steals advanced Western technology. ..., for the United States, it is definitely a disaster, and the United States is no longer the only superpower; the United States has to maintain a large-scale military presence in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and South America in response to the Soviet threat. Fortunately, since President Ronald Reagan came to power, he has adopted a smart financial policy and cut off the financing channels of the Soviet Union. At the same time, he used oil weapons to form an alliance with Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia increased oil production, causing oil prices to plummet from 35 US dollars per barrel. To the 12 dollars, the result is that the Soviet Union’s oil revenue has plummeted. Eventually, the Soviet economy was exhausted,