History Characters / TNOUSA

** The National Progressive Pact is a tenuous collaboration between fourteen smaller parties, notably the centre-left Progressive Party and the right-wing Nationalist Party, both of whom oppose the R-D establishment. Parties in the NPP range from the left-liberal Progressive Party, democratic socialist Socialist Party, national-conservative Nationalist Party, segregationist States' Right Party, and the outright communist CPUSA and national socialist ANV.

** Communists like the Viet Minh in Vietnam and certain Russian warlords are [[{{Irony}} close American allies]], helping combat the encompassing force of fascism.

* JerkassHasAPoint: [=McNamara=] is one of the many people who rightfully criticize Kirkpatrick's potentially antagonistic actions against the other OFN members, calling it "completely illogical".

* VillainousBreakdown: If Congress doesn't pass the SAFE Act, [[https://old.reddit.com/r/TNOmod/comments/l3swc1/til_that_if_the_safe_act_fails_to_pass_through_us/ he unleashes his frustration]] at his Vice President in the Oval Office with a rant that combines his usual pseudo-intellectual PurpleProse with a helpful dose of TranquilFury.

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Few Americans have been as vocal foes of communism and fascism as John =McCain=] Jr. Fewer still have been instrumental in the United States' foreign policy decision-making.\\\
Since enlisting in the United States Naval Academy in 1927 at the age of 16, John =McCain=] Jr.'s life has centered on the US military. He fought hard in the Pacific following the attack on Pearl Harbor and participated in several failed operations to support the French in North Africa. At the end of the war, as the United States re-assessed its failures, John =McCain=] found himself gradually promoted into the Office of the Secretary of the Navy where he persuaded Congress to expand funding for submarines, aircraft carriers, and other tools—winning himself the name "Mr. Seapower." As the South African War came to a head, =McCain=] was put in charge of various US operations and distinguished himself as an effective commander alongside the likes of William Westmoreland. Under Romney, =McCain=] is expected to continue the same aggressive, sea-based policies that have earned him praise for years.[[/labelnote]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Few Americans have been as vocal foes of communism and fascism as John McCain Jr. Fewer still have been instrumental in the United States' foreign policy decision-making.\\\
Since enlisting in the United States Naval Academy in 1927 at the age of 16, John McCain Jr.'s life has centered on the US military. He fought hard in the Pacific following the attack on Pearl Harbor and participated in several failed operations to support the French in North Africa. At the end of the war, as the United States re-assessed its failures, John McCain found himself gradually promoted into the Office of the Secretary of the Navy where he persuaded Congress to expand funding for submarines, aircraft carriers, and other tools—winning himself the name "Mr. Seapower." As the South African War came to a head, McCain was put in charge of various US operations and distinguished himself as an effective commander alongside the likes of William Westmoreland. Under Romney, McCain is expected to continue the same aggressive, sea-based policies that have earned him praise for years.[[/labelnote]]

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* LesserOfTwoEvils: In a 1972 election against Phyllis Schlafly, she is seen as this to supporters of George [=McGovern=].
--> ''[[Creator/HunterSThompson "Kirkpatrick may be an evil, half-true hack, but she’s nothing compared to the Nazi that the NPP’s scrounged up along with her band of Mussolinis"]]''

* YoungFutureFamousPeople As Romney's CIA director, UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush appears roughly two decades before he claimed international fame in OTL as the 41st American President, and around fifteen years before he became OTL CIA director under UsefulNotes/GeraldFord.

* {{Foil}}: He is one to Curtis [=LeMay=]. He a similarly unrepentant {{Warhawk}} who lionizes American militarism and seeks to win the Cold War through jingoistic intimidation. Unlike [=LeMay=], however, he still has restraint and tact in how he goes about it.

* YoungFutureFamousPeople As Romney's CIA director, UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush appears roughly two decades before he claimed international fame in OTL as the 41st American President, and around fifteen years before he became CIA director under UsefulNotes/GeraldFord.

* YoungFutureFamousPeople As Romney's CIA director, UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush appears roughly two decades before he claimed international fame in OTL as the 41st American President.

* DayOfTheJackboot: When a non-centrist wins a Presidential election, the US loses the "Last Bastion of Freedom" national spirit, as the new president begins to subvert the democratic institution.

* PatrioticFervor: {{Zigzagged|Trope}}. Born to Finnish immigrants in Minnesota, Hall's come a long way from comparatively humble origins to potentially entering the White House. On the flip-side, his experiences are described as almost like a distorted mirror of the American Dream. While he is genuine in seeking to uplift America's downtrodden, his encounters with the less savory aspects of American society combined with his communist convictions are strongly implied to have soured him on being patriotic for the US ''as it stands''.

* TheExtremistWasRight: Though his methods to address these problems are controversial to say the least, Hall raises a lot of good points about the injustices in the United States, like its structural racism and economic inequality. He also has a valid point about the FBI leadership consisting predominantly of reactionaries who played a substantial role in suppressing and undermining the efforts of the civil rights movement. It's implied, however, there may not be as much [[UnreliableExpositor credible evidence]] to justify his purging as he likes to believe.

*** Both Hall and Yockey are the most radical presidential options in the first decade of the game. They represent ideologies that have never before been tested in the White House and getting them elected is a laborious achievement, since their caucuses are so weak and unsupported by the general public. However, both presidents are ideological opposites to each other. Hall is a communist who wants a societal revolution that will guarantee equality for all Americans, even if his methods are more questionable. Meanwhile, Yockey is a neo-Nazi who promotes white supremacy and hate crimes against minorities, which inarguably makes him the most evil president.

** Iceland has been reduced to being a PuppetState for the OFN. Turned into a military occupation regime and a democracy only in name, it was established to keep fascist forces at bay and is instrumental to America's strategy.

After being humiliated in the Second World War and seeing Hawaii nuked by the Axis, America was forced to cede to Japan all of her Pacific territories and that of her allies. This failure has left much of the population angry and itching for revenge. As the 1960s begin, the American political elite under President Nixon leads the world's remaining democratic power in the containment of German Nazism and Japanese Imperialism, while growing internal divisions over Civil Rights sees antiestablishment politicians rise under the National Progressive Pact umbrella; defeated yet powerful, united yet divided, America stubbornly stands in an era of cold uncertainty.

->'''Ideology:''' Urban Populism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]]

After being humiliated in the Second World War and seeing Hawaii nuked by the Axis, America was forced to cede to Japan all of her Pacific territories and that of her allies. This failure has left much of the population angry and itching for revenge. As the 1960s begin, the American political elite under President Nixon leads the world's remaining democratic power in the containment of German Fascism and Japanese Imperialism, while growing internal divisions over Civil Rights sees antiestablishment politicians rise under the National Progressive Pact umbrella; defeated yet powerful, united yet divided, America stubbornly stands in an era of cold uncertainty.

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Nobody in the OFN summit responds positively to Falwell's critical address of theri supposed lack of commitment and even Falwell's staff cringe in embarrassment. However, the man himself doesn't take the hint and misinterprets their stunned silence as awe.

* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Lovestone suspects that Hall has ulterior motives for putting him in charge of the CIA other than "burying old grudges," even while the CPUSA is purging the agency of its dirty laundry.

* AffablyEvil: He has a "southern-gentemanliness" that appeals to the populist side of the Yockey's support base.

* {{Irony}}: Thompson is a secretive businessman who came to the United States as a Sicherheitsdienst agent and gives secret intelligence to the Nazis in Germania. In other words, he embodies the anti-Semitic myth of Jewish financiers manipulating the world, except that he's a Nazi.

* TokenGoodTeammate: Very {{downplayed}}. Crommelin is a nasty far-right populist and warhawk, but he is one of the few high-ranking voices in Yockey's administration to protest diplomacy with Nazi Germany.

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* EvilIsPetty: In a very minor, petty move, Yockey doesn't even read most of the transition letters he can get from his presidential predecessors, burning all of them, except for the one he can get from Smith (which he tears up upon reading anyway). It's an early sign that there will be no redemption for Yockey.

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