History Characters / TNOUSA

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!![[center: [- [[Characters/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope Main Character Index]] -]]][[center: [- '''Superpowers:''' [[Characters/TNOGermany Großgermanisches Reich]] ([[Characters/TNOHeydrich Heydrich's Germany]]) | '''The United States of America''' ([[Characters/TNOSixtiesUSAPresidents 1964-1968 American Presidents]]) | [[Characters/TNOJapan Dai-Nippon Teikoku]]-]]] [[center: [- '''Major Powers:''' [[Characters/TNOItaly Regno d'Italia]] | [[Characters/TNOIberianUnion Iberian Union]] | [[Characters/TNOTurkey Republic of Turkey]] | [[Characters/TNOBurgundy Ordensstaat Burgund]]-]]] [[center: [-'''Other Countries By Region:'''-]]] [[center: [- '''Africa:''' [[Characters/TNOAfrica Northern & East Africa]] | [[Characters/TNOWestAfrica West Africa]] | [[Characters/TNOSouthernAfrica Southern Africa]] | [[Characters/TNOPostColonialCentralAfrica Post-Colonial Central Africa]]-]]] [[center: [- '''Asia:''' [[Characters/TNOAsia Mainland China & Oceania]] ([[Characters/TNOGuangdong State of Guangdong]] | [[Characters/TNOSixtiesGuangdongChiefExecutives 1964-1972 Guangdong Chief Executives]]) | [[Characters/TNOSoutheastAsia Southeast Asia]] ([[Characters/TNOIndonesia Republic of Indonesia]]) | [[Characters/TNOSouthAsia South Asia]] | [[Characters/TNOMiddleEast Middle East]] | [[Characters/TNOCentralAsia Central Asia]]-]]] [[center: [- '''Europe:''' [[Characters/TNOEurope Northern & Western Europe]] ([[Characters/TNOBritain British Isles]] | [[Characters/TNOFrance French State]]) | [[Characters/TNOSouthernEurope Southern Europe]] | [[Characters/TNOEasternEurope Eastern Europe]] ([[Characters/TNOMoskowien Reichskommissariat Moskowien]])-]]] [[center: [- '''Americas:''' [[Characters/TNOAmerica North America]] | [[Characters/TNOSouthAmerica South America]] ([[Characters/TNOBrazil United States of Brazil]] | [[Characters/TNOArgentina Argentine Republic]])-]]] [[center: [- '''The Russian Anarchy:''' [[Characters/TNORussia West Russia]] ([[Characters/TNOKomi Komi Republic]] | [[Characters/TNOTaboritsky Taboritsky's Russia]]) | [[Characters/TNOSouthernUrals Southern Urals]] | [[Characters/TNOWesternSiberia Western Siberia]] | [[Characters/TNOCentralSiberia Central Siberia]] | [[Characters/TNOFarEast The Far East]] | [[Characters/TNOAfterMidnight After Midnight]]-]]] [[center: [- '''Miscellaneous:''' [[Characters/TNOAntarctica Antarctica]] | [[Characters/TNOMisc Miscellaneous Content]] | [[Characters/TNONonCanon Non-Canon Content]]]]-]

[[folder:Gus Hall]]
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->'''Role:''' Senator (Minnesota, potentially), Head of State (1972 election)
->'''Party:''' Communist Party USA, National Progressive Pact (Marxist)
->'''Ideology:''' Communism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Many words apply to Gus Hall, and "presidential" isn't likely to be one of them. Born Arvo Kustaa Halberg in Minnesota's great Iron Range, he grew up speaking Finnish with nine other siblings, in a frigid log cabin that his immigrant father built after having been driven from work for organizing with the International Workers of the World. Hall himself left school to work in logging camps at the age of 15, to support his family, and soon after joined the Young Communist League. That work with the YCL allowed him to travel to Bukharin's USSR, and Hall spent several years studying at the International Lenin School. Throughout the 1930s, Hall stared down police and bosses at strikes across Minnesota and Ohio, among steelworkers, farmers, and teamsters.\\\
After a stint in the Navy during the war against Japan, Hall then spent much of the 1950s being hounded by prosecutors for proposing the overthrow of the US government. He made himself known as a prominent member of the Communist Party of the USA, speaking on college campuses and debating conservatives on live TV. Despite this, Hall seemed doomed to become a marginal figure in American political life. However, the rise of the NPP's leftist faction has propelled him far beyond such margins. Now, after the unlikeliest political triumph in American history, President Hall is seeking to uplift America's marginalized, unite the working class, and create a new America, built for all instead of the few.\\\
Gus Hall's presidency takes a radical path. His platform does not just call for raising taxes on the wealthy, but for a near-total restructuring of the United States economy to fulfill his socialist vision. As part of this vision, he seeks to clean out many of the American institutions that have so often been led by reactionaries and conservatives. Socialism will be promoted the world over, and old imperialist American ambitions will be replaced by a new, red, eagle. Labor unions - that great, old invention - will be restored to the position they once held in industry. Judges supporting egalitarianism and equity will be appointed. Above all else, Hall's presidency seeks to preserve and promote democracy -- even if that means the death of the American system.\\\
Maybe he isn't presidential. But President Gus Hall is certainly aiming to be revolutionary.[[/labelnote]]
Gus Hall is the leader of Communist Party USA, the small but furthest-left member party of the NPP. A well-known Communist with frequent appearances on national television, he and his party's actual political influence remain minor as of 1962. But should things grow too dire, they may eventually find themselves propelled to the top echelons of American politics...

* ActuallyPrettyFunny:
** [=LeMay=]'s letter of transition for Hall is him giving him instructions on how to properly commit suicide by AteHisGun, explaining that he has seen plenty of communists showing general ineptitude when it comes to the handling of firearms. Hall responds to this by having the letter framed and placed as a permanent fixture on his desk, implying that he is impressed and/or amused by the sheer audacity of it.
** Thurmond's letter is filled with such utter contempt over his successor's flagrant Marxism and "godlessness" that it impresses Hall. After reading it, he seriously entertains having it preserved for future generations as a testament to reactionary America's final gasp.
** Downplayed with Harrington's letter, which is filled with warnings about the "[[DirtyCommunists forces of totalitarian communism]]" and potentially compromising any hopes for a credible left. Hall responds by chuckling and filing the letter away in a desk drawer, dismissing those concerns as groundless.
* BeneathTheMask: Underneath Hall's open claims of preserving American democracy through Marxism is a deep-seated contempt towards what he considers a broken, failing system, and a much more radical reckoning than what he initially lets on.
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Despite Hall's disdain for what the FBI and CIA have done amidst [[ThePurge his purges]], he still retains these organizations and appoints people to head them, in the name of advancing his revolution.
* ConspiracyTheorist: Hall mixes some unfounded personal beliefs that the FBI helped arrange the deaths of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X in with many of the all-too-verifiable [[DirtyBusiness misdeeds he's aware of]] while airing its dirty laundry in a live televised address to America.
* CulturalCringe: Downplayed. Hall's institutional purges reveal his deep-seated contempt for what he sees as fundamentally wrong with both America's political system and its society. While he is genuine in seeking justice for the downtrodden, the means and ramifications of those efforts don't bode well.
* DarkHorseVictory: It requires tremendous socio-economic strife in America, as well as deteriorating trust in its political system, for Hall and Communist Party USA to be anywhere close to achieving dominance.
* TheDissenterIsAlwaysRight: Defied, and arguably deconstructed. Hall does have quite a few good points regarding the United States suffering from widespread problems and injustices, like structural racism and economic inequality, and the political establishment doing very little to combat these issues at best, and actively working to strenghtening them at worst. He also has a valid point about the FBI's role in setting back civil rights. But this does not mean his plans for addressing them are good ideas.
* TheDreaded: Despite his initially fringe position, Hall casts a long shadow among both Progressives and more liberal R-Ds in light of his openly Communist credentials. Harrington, who calls himself a socialist as well, despises Hall for his willingness to use organized political violence and generally painting self-proclaimed leftists like himself in a bad light.
* EveryoneHasStandards: While Hall is more than happy to incite or encourage riots in the name of advancing communist causes, he considers direct violence against fellow Americans outside of self-defense to be reprehensible.
* {{Foil}}:
** To Francis Parker Yockey
*** 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 Nazi who promotes white supremacy and hate crimes against minorities, which inarguably makes him the most evil president.
*** Unlike Yockey and the Sovereigntists, Hall doesn't resort to [[AnarchoTyranny blindly condoning violence or mob "justice"]]. The idea of directly inciting bloodshed against his fellow Americans outside of self-defence [[EveryoneHasStandards is too abhorrent for him]].
*** Additionally, their public reputations juxtapose each other; Hall is a charismatic, outspoken leader who is polarizing to the public, while Yockey is an unsavory, pretentious speaker despised throughout the country.
%%** Gus Hall is not a monster, doesn't restrict civil liberties at first, and sincerely wishes to uplift those crushed by unjust systems in the name of American democracy and its institutions. But, in his devotion to put his ideas into practice, he doesn't care much about making them ''practical'', nor all that [[PrinciplesZealot interested with making compromises]].
%%** Also in contrast to the Yockeyists, it's not immediately evident that what Hall envisions for America doesn't bode well. Indeed, his purging of the FBI and CIA initially garners popularity even beyond his CPUSA support base, in contrast to Yockey's flagrantly unpopular efforts within ''his'' first 100 days.
** He's also this to Michael Harrington
*** Harrington's radical plans are tempered by a conciliatory tone and a willingness to [[InternalReformist reform America from within the system]] to help society's marginalized. In contrast, Hall seeks to achieve similar results (and more) through circumventing if not ''breaking'' said system, viewing it as too rotten and unjust to serve the working class.
*** While Harrington makes a conscious effort to make his brand of progressivism and socialism palatable to all Americans, Hall is unapologetic about his explicitly communist views and openly invokes Marxist rhetoric, even if such moves risk sowing further social discord.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: While Gus Hall isn't exactly a nobody, he starts out as head of a fringe faction within the NPP, which is not too dissimilar from his political obscurity in real life. Given the right circumstances, however, he can not only find himself propelled to the presidency, but also pursue his vision for a Communist USA, [[PrinciplesZealot no matter the cost]].
* HatedByAll: Gus Hall is one of the most hated presidential candidates amongst his colleagues, with only Yockey and possibly Schlafly exceeding him. Every possible transition letter he can get from his predecessor is a condemnation of his zealotry or plea to rethink what he is doing.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Hall's efforts to expose the dirty laundry of the FBI and CIA in his purging of the organizations are initially welcomed by his supporters. These are strongly implied, however, to not only be setting a precedent for circumventing the rule of law to advance his goals, but also setting the stage for a more radical reckoning on America itself.
* KnightTemplar: He genuinely believes in helping the downtrodden people of America by introducing a new socialist order, and he has some support in contrast to Yockey's infamy. However, he will never settle for compromises, instead turning to tactics that will seriously destabilize the country if it means seeing his ideas put into practice.
* LoopholeAbuse: Almost immediately, Hall finds ways of pushing his agenda and generally circumventing standard protocol that just barely stop short of being deemed unconstitutional.
* NewEraSpeech: Hall's inaugural address begins with words never before heard from an American President:
-->'''Hall:''' My fellow Americans, citizens of the world... ''comrades''.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Despite often being lumped in with Schlafly and Yockey as "bad ending" presidents for 1972, Gus Hall is not a monster. He sincerely wishes to uplift those crushed by unjust systems and preserve American democracy and its institutions. But, in his devotion to put his ideas into practice, he doesn't care much about making them ''practical'', nor all that [[PrinciplesZealot interested with making compromises]]. His desire to remake American society will have catastrophic consequences for both himself and his country.
* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: PlayedWith. Of all the potential candidates, Hall is arguably the least patriotic. Owing to both his experiences and Marxist background, he finds little to take pride in America as it stands. That said, he does have ''some'' parts of America that he admires, like the Bill of Rights, and genuinely cares for the American working class. He ultimately seeks to lead a nation worthy for the everyman, by ''any'' means.
* 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 akin to 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''.
* PrinciplesZealot: Hall doesn't have "compromise" in his dictionary, and will do anything to subvert and undermine the more conservative and reactionary crowd of America, even if in doing so he greatly threatens the very stability of the USA. His "Unearthing the Bones" event is a good example of that, with him purging both the heads of the CIA and the FBI because he thinks they are reactionary, even though that will leave both institutions vulnerable in the middle of a Cold War against two superpowers and his enemies' subversive activities completely unchecked. When Margaret Chase Smith writes him a letter urging him to not overreach too harshly, it only emboldens him further rather than getting him to slow down and think.
* PropagandaMachine: Downplayed. In contrast to the dour mood of Yockey's election, Hall's is noted to have applause so loud that listeners can barely hear his inauguration speech. His superevent also is less melancholy than Yockey's (a cover of "Which Side Are You On?" over roaring crowds, with ominous sounds in the distant background). Meanwhile, Hall's public efforts to clean house regarding the CIA and FBI are as much done out of a genuine desire to exact "justice" as to garner further support for his later plans.
* ThePurge: [[https://old.reddit.com/r/TNOmod/comments/ivh0j8/hall_yockey_leak/ As his bio shows]], Hall plans to clean out government institutions of reactionaries and conservatives. In his first hundred days, he starts with the FBI and the CIA by declassifying documents implicating them in cracking down on civil rights activists, enflaming the people to attack them and setting up the perfect opportunity to fire ''everyone''. Never mind the fact the purges in question will take both institutions down for maintenance at the ''worst time possible'', what with two fascist superpowers running unchecked and trying to stir the pot in the US itself too.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Upon being elected, he does everything in his power to see his agenda through (up to and including political violence), even if it means subverting the democratic institutions America relies on.
* TheUnfettered: Downplayed. Hall isn't inherently bloodthirsty, nor does he blindly condone violence. That being said, he's ''so'' [[PrinciplesZealot adamant with his convictions]] that he's reckless with the potential consequences of those actions for the country at large.
* UnreliableExpositor: It's left ambiguous whether Hall's evidence is actually substantial enough to justify [[ThePurge his "cleaning house"]], or whether he may be lying about FBI complicity in stifling if not killing civil rights activists.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Hall is [[WellIntentionedExtremist genuine and well-meaning]] with his radical ideas. His absolute convictions and [[PrinciplesZealot complete disregard for "compromise"]], however, can have widespread, unforeseen consequences for the US. His purging of the FBI and CIA alone risks leaving America vulnerable to German and Japanese meddling on a large scale, to say nothing of doing so by inciting riots based on conspiracy theories mixed in with actual shameful dirty laundry.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: President Hall seeks to uplift America's marginalised, unite the working class, and create a new socialist America, built for all instead of the few, even if it means tearing apart the American institutions and bringing an end to American democracy as we know it.

[[folder:Henry M. Jackson]]
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->'''Role:''' Senator (Washington), Head of State (1972 election), Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (Harrington cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Progressive Party
->'''Ideology:''' Western Progressivism[[note]]Progressivism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson has made a career of fighting injustice across the country. A rabid anti-extremist, Scoop, in more than 30 years of politics, has continually carried a torch of progress while refusing to give in to the draw of the far-left elements of the NPP. Scoop has always termed himself an American first and a progressive second. Every decision he has taken was done so with the well-being of the American people at the forefront of his mind.\\\
However, his fervent anti-extremism borders on extremism in and of itself. He despises the communists of the L-NPP and the Yockeys, to the point where he has campaigned on a seemingly anti-democratic platform of banning the two parties. His populist, progressive, and moderate political positions give him a unique standing that echoes the progressivism of Theodore Roosevelt.\\\
Now President, Jackson stands in a position from which he can achieve the dreams that he has proclaimed for more than 30 years: liberty, equality, and civility. In one fell swoop he may be able to remove the Yockeys and communists from American politics forever, passing landmark civil rights bills and other progressive legislation, and drawing a hard line in the sand for both the Empire and the Reich to fear.[[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' (CIA) [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson seemed to have hit his ceiling in Washington. Failing to gain the presidency despite three successive runs in 1960, '64, and '68, it seemed the honorable senator from Washington State's lifetime of public service would end in the senate. But that was before another longtime fixture in the Progressive wing of the NPP gave him an opportunity to make a mark on the world in Virginia.\\\
President Harrington put a cold warrior in the tank, and the CIA is ready to pounce. After years in the senate talking about what America should do for the world, Jackson is in a place to do it. Every man and woman in Langley knows they are fighting for nothing less than the liberation of the world. If Germania and Tokyo don't have the fear of God in their hearts, they will when they see the company come for them by any means possible.[[/labelnote]]

* AmericaSavesTheDay: Jackson invokes this trope to build up public support for a strong military, having the Pentagon fund entertainment media to praise American militarism as a symbol of freedom.
* BackForTheFinale: Having lost the 1960 presidential election (the last before the game's start) to Richard Nixon badly, Jackson largely withdraws from having any significance to the plot and only appears in the occasional event until the 1972 election, in which he can run. That election is the last before the mod's content cuts off.
* BerserkButton: He takes any form of détente with Japan as an insult. When Kissinger presents the Pacific Area Security Treaty to mend relations with them, Jackson goes on a long-winded speech about how this disgraces the Americans who died in World War II and the millions enslaved by the Sphere.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Hawkish as he may be, Jackson does ''not'' approve of [=LeMay=]'s plan to annihilate Germany through a nuclear war "when the time is right" (and the controversial comments are far from the PR he wants), and burns his succession letter as soon as he is done reading it.
* TheFettered: As militant and fervently anti-extremist as Jackson is, he still knows that there are lines that are ''not'' to be crossed, and purposefully stops short of crossing them.
* {{Foil}}: He is one to Curtis [=LeMay=]. He's 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 such that he consciously holds back from crossing the point of no return.
* FriendlyRival: Jackson disagrees with Bennett on numerous political stances, but he does respect Bennett enough to keep his transition letter.
* GoodIsNotNice: On the domestic front, Jackson does plenty of good for the underprivileged, advocating greater welfare and union protections to combat inequality at home. Abroad, though, Jackson is ruthless to the United States' enemies, using military threats and intimidation to get his way. Sometimes, he even combines these qualities, such as his Army Modernization Program, which will eventually raise education standards for all Americans, but is primarily focused on intensifying the training of Army recruits.
* HegemonicEmpire: Jackson's vision for the OFN amounts to a globe-spanning network of glorified puppets under American hegemony and protected by its proud military.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: If Harrington gets elected in 1968, Jackson will give up his ambitions of becoming President and settle for becoming Harrington's CIA director to leave one last bit of his legacy.
* MinorMajorCharacter: In 1962, Jackson is the leader of the Progressive Party, but he has little actual impact on the narrative during the early 60s, as [=RFK=] becomes the Progressive candidate during the 1964 election. He only becomes a potential presidential candidate in the 1972 election.
* MutuallyAssuredDestruction: On top of his jingoism and militaristic bent, Jackson also believes that through both conventional ''and'' nuclear arms, America could deter any attempt by Germany or Japan to fight back. He also has just enough restraint to avoid invoking a lose-lose scenario.
* PatrioticFervor: In addition to his fervent anti-extremism, he's ''exceptionally'' jingoistic, advancing American interests (and specifically American militarism) as a righteous crusade to both crush fascism and establish global hegemony.
* PetTheDog: For all his ironically extreme stance of anti-extremism, he still makes a point to prioritize economic prosperity and the general well-being of the average American.
* PropagandaMachine: Taking a hawkish stance against Germany and Japan, Jackson organizes the mass production of propaganda to demonize them as enemies who must be contained with raw force. Often, these images contain the same three motifs: an octopus wrapping its tentacles around, a skull, or both at the same time.
* ThePurge: Jackson despises communists and the Sovereigntists, to the point where he has campaigned on a seemingly anti-democratic platform of banning the CPUSA and the ANV.
* RejectedApology: A lot of tension emerges between him and Robert Kennedy when the latter is nominated to the 1964 election in his place and potentially elected. If Jackson becomes his successor, Kennedy writes an apology letter about how he loosened his influence over the Progressives, but Jackson's weary sigh while reading implies that he's not yet ready to let water under the bridge.
* TakingUpTheMantle: His focus on populism, progressivism, centrism, and civil rights means that he'll be continuing many of the same policies pursued by Theodore Roosevelt.
* VictoryThroughIntimidation: Jackson's foreign policy involves flexing American might to cow its rivals into submission, using the threat of nuclear weapons to back up their talk. However, Jackson doesn't actually intend to start a world war with Germany and Japan because it would be a lose-lose scenario for everyone.
* {{Warhawk}}: While in most other respects quite liberal, Jackson is one of the most interventionist and hawkish potential Presidents for America. Since OTL Jackson is considered a major influence and precursor to neoconservatism, this shouldn't come as a surprise.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: Ironically, his anti-extremism is an extreme position itself, as he'll aim to ruthlessly censor the Sovereigntists and communists present in America, to the point that some criticize him for being too authoritarian.
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: If he succeeds [=LeMay=], Jackson's hasty urge to the destroy the succession letter is as much out of discomfort over being given praise and encouragement from the man as it is an effort to avoid a PR scandal.

[[folder:Jeane Kirkpatrick]]
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1972 election)

->'''Ideology:''' Dynastic Liberalism[[note]]Liberalism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Many less liberal-minded politicians once presumed a woman to be too soft to hold the office of President-- too weakened by feminine tenderness. Now, the fools and doubters line up out of respect and fear to Jeane Duane Kirkpatrick: a woman with a heart of steel and a mind for politics. One of the founding members of the modern Far Right Wing, Kirkpatrick was rocketed to the political spotlight as the Oil Crisis grew in intensity. With her mastery of geopolitics and unbreakable resolve, the Presidency was relatively easy to win. Now, as President, she advocates what is being called the "Kirkpatrick Doctrine": a geopolitical precept that America should support friendly dictatorships in order to prevent the spread of Nazi totalitarianism. While this concept has drawn ire from many, few doubt its effectiveness in achieving its goal.\\\
Originally from Oklahoma, Kirkpatrick studied at Columbia University while a member of the "Young People's Socialist League", the youth wing of the Socialist Party of America. While continuing to study political science at Columbia, she became less and less enthralled with socialist maxims, eventually deciding that socialism required a fundamental change in human nature to succeed. Over many years, her conservative values grew while others withered, until all that remained was cold, hard, pragmatism. After completing her [=PhD=] in 1968, Kirkpatrick became an extremely outspoken member of the Far Right, with her focus on foreign policy playing a major role in the rebranding of the group since the end of the Civil Rights debate.\\\
Now, the practical, calculating woman of iron sits in the Oval Office, slowly hammering a soft nation into a creature as unyielding as she is. If she has her way the Central Intelligence Agency budget will skyrocket, as will the number of pro-American third world dictatorships. The chaotic winds of the world, whether through words or through swords, shall be rent into an order that respects and fears the United States of America. [[/labelnote]]

* AllohistoricalAllusion: The Kirkpatrick Doctrine is almost identical to what it was in real life, with anti-communism replaced by anti-Nazism, as the USA's ArchEnemy in this timeline is the German Reich, instead of the Soviet Union.
* BreadAndCircuses: Downplayed. A less charitable interpretation of Kirkpatrick's domestic policies is that much like the Kirkpatrick Doctrine, they're a cynical attempt to keep the American public sedate and less likely to protest her more dubious actions abroad. Said policies, however, are in the best interests of Americans, be it tearing down sexism and racism, or empowering labor unions.
* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: If Margaret Chase Smith didn’t run in the previous election, Kirkpatrick can become the first female presidential nominee of a major party, possibly sharing this achievement with Schlafly. If elected, she will become America’s first female President.
* CantTakeCriticism: The Kirkpatrick Doctrine is extremely controversial, with many Americans protesting its application. However, Kirkpatrick ignores these naysayers, considering them "pacifists and cowards" who would bow to the Germans and Japanese. That being said, she's not blind to said naysayers either, and instead tries to make her ideas more palatable to the public.
* CynicismCatalyst: Kirkpatrick's experiences with socialism in her youth, combined with her observations of geopolitics, left her increasingly jaded with what she considers to be blind idealism. She becomes convinced that cold {{Realpolitik}} and [[NecessarilyEvil propping up autocratic regimes]] against Fascism are the best way for America to emerge as the unquestioned victor of the Cold War.
* DevelopersForesight: Kirkpatrick can become the first female president and her first focus description notes this achievement. However, if Smith was elected before her, the description changes so that Kirkpatrick recognizes her predecessor as the first woman to be President and vowing to exceed her legacy.
* EnemyMine: She's more than willing to cooperate with (and prop up) unsavory dictatorships if it means dealing another blow to Fascism.
* EnlightenedSelfInterest: At best, the Kirkpatrick Doctrine aims to both advance US interests in deterring fascism ''and'' give willing allies, no matter how autocratic or dictatorial they are, a taste of American democracy and prosperity. How effective or sincere such goals are, however, is left up to the player.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** If Kirkpatrick succeeds Curtis [=LeMay=], she's genuinely uncomfortable not only with his sexist comments and contempt for her academic background in his transition letter, but also for his flagrantly militaristic suggestions on foreign policy, which would risk nuclear war. She immediately destroys the letter after reading it to avoid a potential scandal.
** As much as Kirkpatrick is unapologetic about her coldly pragmatic and calculating policies, she firmly draws the line at racism and segregation. This is especially evident in her discomfort over George Wallace's transition letter expressing even a modicum of common ground with her.
* {{Foil}}:
** Kirkpatrick is one to Wallace F. Bennett. While both seek to ensure [[LongGame long-term American hegemony and victory in the Cold War]], she's much more pragmatic and coldly calculating through her doctrine, viewing the OFN almost purely in a {{Realpolitik}} lens, in which commitment to democracy is secondary, or at best a gradual affair. This stands in sharp contrast to Bennett's more idealistic vision of a federalized OFN united in shared democratic values from the offset.
** She's also one to Phyllis Schlafly. On top of having experience both as an intellectual and in political circles, Kirkpatrick is a committed pragmatist who's willing to make calculated compromises. Moreover, while she's not a feminist candidate, she doesn't outright endorse bigotry or reactionary policies like Schlafly [[PrinciplesZealot does with utter zeal]].
** Despite having some similarities with Henry Jackson in how her efforts to curtail Fascism and anti-American threats abroad clash with otherwise liberal and reformist policies domestically, Kirkpatrick seeks to achieve her goals through cynical {{Realpolitik}} and more discrete activity through the CIA. These stand in contrast to Jackson's riskier VictoryThroughIntimidation plans, which involve even more interventionism and flexing of American militarism.
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** During a presidential debate with Schlafly, Kirkpatrick criticizes the opposition for allowing fascist dictators to rise up as a result of her isolationist foreign policies, but she is fine allying with other fascist leaders if they are compatible with American interests, like an Italy led by the neo-fascist Almirante.
** Kirkpatrick's domestic policies prioritize social reform, workers' rights and bolstering democratic institutions. These, however, could grow increasingly dissonant with America's image abroad, given the cynical {{Realpolitik}} and RegimeChange antics that characterize the Kirkpatrick Doctrine.
* ImmediateSelfContradiction: Kirkpatrick says that she wants to prove that there can be powerful political women in America, but when asked if she is an ally of the feminist movement, she rolls back her words and says that she never set out to be the "women's candidate".
* IronLady: Kirkpatrick is an iron-willed President who pursues a policy of hardline diplomacy towards America's enemies. Her appearance alone commands power and respect from those around her, inspiring even young girls that they could become like her one day.
* LesserOfTwoEvils: In a 1972 election against Phyllis Schlafly, she is seen as this to supporters of George [=McGovern=], as seen by a quote from Creator/HunterSThompson in the Schlafly teaser.
--> ''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.''
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: As cynical and calculating as Jeane Kirkpatrick's policies are, they're not as overtly cold as Robert [=McNamara=]'s ideas or amoral as Henry Kissinger's.
* LongGame: Much like the real Kirkpatrick Doctrine's justifications, her policies involve tolerating and supporting pro-US autocrats as a means to curtail Fascism, with the added hope that they'll gradually be "nudged" into embracing genuine democracy.
* MetaphoricallyTrue: Kirkpatrick doesn't deny the less savory aspects of her doctrine, such as propping up autocratic regimes and [[RegimeChange staging coups in foreign countries]]. Yet while she's unapologetic about them, she nonetheless invokes euphemistic and academic terminology in an attempt to make these more palatable to Americans.
* NecessarilyEvil: The Kirkpatrick Doctrine in a nutshell. While Kirkpatrick herself is unapologetic over how unpalatable policies such as propping up friendly dictatorships can be to many Americans, she's not blind either to such concerns. Nonetheless, she believes that her plans are vital in the struggle for global hegemony against fascism, and that said autocrats could be pushed gradually towards democracy.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: {{Inverted}}, as Kirkpatrick is actually making the CIA's job ''too'' unregulated. She passes legislation to bend the rules and give the CIA more freedom in their work, such as the CIA Act of 1973, which exempts them from restrictions on federal money and allows important defectors to skip the immigration process.
* PatrioticFervor: To encourage recruitment into the military, Kirkpatrick plays them up as a force for freedom and liberty, appealing to the people's patriotism so they can join the fight against fascism.
* PetTheDog:
** However hawkish her foreign policies are, she is generally friendly with labor rights, being an AFL-CIO Democrat who supports unions for helping the average American individual. If she succeeds Lyndon Johnson or RFK, it’s strongly implied that she retains much of their progressive policies domestically, befitting their shared Dynastic Liberalism. Moreover, while the Kirkpatrick Doctrine involves a lot of cold, heartless {{Realpolitik}}, it does have provisions for gradually steering otherwise autocratic pro-US regimes towards actual democratic reform.
** In contrast to putting the United States' interests first, Kirkpatrick has an alternative path to prioritize the OFN as a whole, stressing mutual cooperation between its members and streamlining the application process.
* PropagandaMachine: To destroy the Sovereignist and Marxist Caucuses, Kirkpatrick doesn't resort to direct censorship tactics. Instead, Kirkpatrick will launch massive campaign ads to demean them as a threat to the country, turning the populace against them.
* {{Realpolitik}}: Kirkpatrick will ally with any regime or partisan group, regardless of how morally questionable, to stem German and Japanese influence. The Kirkpatrick Doctrine makes a distinction between short-lived "authoritarian" governments and longer-lasting "totalitarian" governments, in which she believes that the former should be supported to destabilize the latter. She cynically believes that dirty geopolitical actions are the only way to achieve results, rejecting Bennett's more idealistic view on foreign policy.
* ReconcileTheBitterFoes: Downplayed. Despite Kirkpatrick's disillusionment with socialism, she still at the very least shows sympathy to liberal and progressive causes. Thus, at least domestically, she'll try to form a broad reformist coalition, though it's left ambiguous whether she's genuine.
* RegimeChange: The policies Kirkpatrick endorses include propping up pro-American dictatorships and gradually pushing them towards embracing genuine democracy, though unlike OTL, these aren't confined to Latin America.
* TheSpock: Downplayed, when compared to Robert [=McNamara=]. Due to her academic credentials and hard pragmatism, Kirkpatrick has a reputation for being coldly calculating, which [=LeMay=] mocks as being obsessed with lecturing people rather than getting the job done. That said, however, she's not blind to this public image and makes an effort to show how her policies are indeed in the best interests of the American people.
* UnscrupulousHero: Kirkpatrick is determined to combat inequality in the United States, whether it be discrediting sexism or guaranteeing more protections for the labor unions. However, the Kirkpatrick Doctrine calls for an interventionist and {{Realpolitik}}-dependent foreign policy, where the United States commits any action, regardless of how morally dubious, to combat the spread of fascism.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: The Kirkpatrick Doctrine is a geopolitical precept that America should support friendly dictatorships to prevent the spread of Nazi totalitarianism. And under her rule, she could further empower the CIA and construct dozens of "Black Sites" to advance that precept, American interests at large and for the struggle against fascism, becoming a shadow government in all but name. She doesn't care if critics despise her for it, if this means guaranteeing US hegemony in the long term.
* WhatHaveYouDoneForMeLately: Despite the rest of the OFN helping the United States combat their rivals, Kirkpatrick may think that they aren't doing enough and adopt a stricter hand against them, such as demanding more troop commitments or requiring a one way lend-lease to donate resources to the United States.
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: She is incredulous over receiving a succession letter from Wallace, praising her IronLady qualities and drawing similarities between their campaign promises. She destroys the letter after reading it, evidently uncomfortable with the thought of having anything in common with him.

[[folder:George Romney]]
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->'''Role:''' Governor of Michigan, Head of State (1972 election)
->'''Party:''' Republican Party
->'''Ideology:''' Modern Conservatism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]George W. Romney was born to all-American parents in the Mormon colonies of Mexico. From an early age, he interacted with strong themes of religiosity, a factor that would influence him later in life. Eventually due to the Mexican Revolution of 1910, his family fled back to the United States moving from city to city, struggling financially during the Depression years, until ultimately arriving in Salt Lake City, Utah.\\\
As an adult, he worked in several part-time jobs and attempted to secure a college education several times - failing each round, eventually ending up in Detroit where he worked for the American Automobile Manufacturers Association (AAMA), which gained him his claim to fame as the chief spokesman within the automobile industry at the height of World War II. Dejected following America's coerced defeat, he would go on to work in the private sector - first at Nash-Kelvinator in '48 and then as CEO of it's successor, the American Motors Corporation in '54.\\\
By 1960, Romney tired of the corporate life, inspired by his strong religious convictions he ran for Governor of Michigan in '61 as the candidate for the Republican-Democrats, re-elected multiple times he eventually took the side of the marginalized in the Civil Rights Movement arguing against party dissenters like Goldwater and Dixiecrat opposition figures like Strom Thurmond - even going as far as to condemn the NPP for harboring 'traitorous elements' in response to a speech by the Sovereignist leader Byers in his home state of Utah.\\\
Now after a tumultuous decade, Romney represents peace, stability, order and good old Christian America, leading the Conservative wing of the [=RDCs=], George W. Romney has ascended to the ranks of the Oval Office intent on building an America for everyone , strengthened by Christ and steadfast in spirit.[[/labelnote]]

* BerserkButton: [=LeMay=]'s transition letter to Romney, accusing him of being a coward too busy cozying up with automobile industry executives during World War II, is enough for the otherwise calm Mormon to tear the letter in palpable anger.
* BoringButPractical:
** His tenure as President of the American Motors Corporation focused on selling compact cars rather than competing for the same niche with the more impressive, gas-guzzling vehicles of the "Big Three" automobile companies that dominate Michigan. This strategy paid off and saved the company from bankruptcy.
** Romney's rhetoric does not inspire much passion, often being seen as too technocratic or paternalistic for the masses. However, this means that his policymaking is a lot more careful and consensus-oriented to best resolve the problems that plague the United States, working against segregation and economic inequality.
** In his first 100 days in office, Romney will pass a bipartisan bill to increase funding for schools. It's the most widely acceptable legislation he can pass and will be available to him, regardless of whether he focuses on civil rights legislation or boosting private volunteer organizations.
* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: Romney’s Attorney General, Edward Brooke, is the first African American to hold the position. Notably, Romney goes out of his way to guarantee Brooke's appointment, fighting against the Nationalist's attempts to prevent it out of naked racism.
* ButNotTooForeign: Romney was born in Mexico and could potentially become the first foreign-born President.[[note]]Typically being born in another country would disqualify someone from becoming President. However, Romney’s parents were American citizens, so he qualifies as a "natural-born citizen" and is eligible to become President.[[/note]]
* TheCharmer: His persuasiveness lies in his pleasant demeanor, which he uses to convince senators to join his side and approve his actions, like nominating Brookes as Attorney General.
* EnemyMine: If Romney's first priority is to guarantee civil rights, Romney will rally support from the Democrats to pass their desired legislation through Congress.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Though he started his political career by challenging the RDC presence in Michigan, he didn't join the NPP either, partially because their Michigan branch was filled with bigots that he couldn't stand.
** Despite his skepticism with federal overreach, Romney does not use it as an excuse to permit racism by local government entities. In his pro-civil rights path from his starting tree, Romney's normally cheerful demeanor turns serious when he hears of schools dragging their feet on desegregation, sending the Department of Justice to fix the issue "like a bloodhound".
* TheFederation: Romney is a stringent advocate for American internationalism, seeking to strengthen the OFN and build diplomatic ties with potential new allies.
* GoldenMeanFallacy: Even more so than Bennett, potentially. A recurring criticism of Romney is how his platform and policies are so dull that it's unclear if they mean anything or amount to just trying to appease everyone without accomplishing much.
* GracefulLoser: If Kirkpatrick wins the RDC presidential primaries, Romney concedes in a graceful speech and will reaffirm the Republicans' support behind her campaign.
* HeroWorshipper: One of Romney's biggest influences is Richard Cornuelle, sharing his skepticism of a big government and faith that private organizations can build a more equal United States. He even invites Cornuelle as an advisor on how to encourage public volunteerism.
* MeetTheNewBoss: If Romney succeeds Bennett, then his presidency will generally continue on from where the latter left off, only with an even more pronounced effort to not rock the boat and maintain an image of banal normality.
* NiceGuy: Romney is generally mild-mannered and the most polite of the 1972 presidential candidates. Notably, when he gets into an argument with López Mateos from Mexico, Romney apologizes later on and buries the hatchet during his visit in Mexico City.
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Romney is President Minority since, if elected, he would be the first Mormon President of America. He can potentially be the second Mormon president if Wallace Bennett was elected beforehand in 1964. If the latter is the case, Bennett acknowledges their shared faith and its newfound achievement in his [[https://i.imgur.com/zbhgbV3.png letter to Romney]] upon leaving office, and Romney will [[TakingUpTheMantle essentially be continuing]] Bennett's pragmatic, bipartisan, and facts-based governance style.
* PragmaticHero: As religious and convicted as Romney is, he makes a conscious effort to make concessions and compromises wherever necessary to get his many opponents on board, all while listening closely to his advisors.
* RealMenLoveJesus: Romney is described as a devout Mormon, but tempers his religious zeal with a similarly firm belief in bipartisanship and compromise.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Romney is the least ideologically convicted of the possible 1972 presidents, preferring "evidence-based policymaking" by working with think tanks, nonprofit organizations, and corporations.
* RousseauWasRight: He believes in an egalitarian America, but doesn't believe that the job can be adequately taken care of by the government alone. Instead, Romney has hope that people will contribute to volunteer and collaborative organizations to help their fellow man, with the government passing the necessary legislation, rewards, and encouragement to inspire this change.
* ShelteredAristocrat: He certainly means well with his reforms, but he can sometimes be too disconnected to the people to truly know what's best for them. Best illustrated in Harrington's succession letter to him, where his predecessor gives him some photographs of the oppressed "Other America", eliciting confused concern from Romney.
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Wallace's succession letter to him is one of congratulations and a request to respect the autonomy of the states, which leaves Romney with an overwhelming feeling of dread and misery.

[[folder:Phyllis Schlafly]]
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1972 election)
->'''Party:''' Republican Party, Nationalist Party
->'''Ideology:''' Paleoconservatism[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]To the glee of her supporters and horror of her opponents, Phyllis Schlafly has done the impossible. The firebrand conservative has vanquished the Kingmakers and become president of the United States.\\\
A few years ago, the idea would have been absurd. In the 50s, Schlafly was little known outside of Midwestern right-wing circles. She worked as a conservative researcher and activist. Together with her husband, she authored a report for the bar association on communist and fascist infiltration. She ran two campaigns for Congress—in Illinois and Missouri—both of which she lost. Her books on national defense earned mild interest.\\\
The chaos of the 1960s changed everything. Schlafly gained a following in 1960 when she led a protest against the RDC's decision to add a plank demanding action on civil rights. Her book "A Choice Not an Echo" denouncing liberal corruption and "New York kingmakers" was influential in the Republican Party's decision to select Barry Goldwater as its nominee. Global chaos earned her writings denouncing the Establishment's "America last foreign policy" newfound attention. By the time she defected to the Nationalist Party over their "feckless internationalism" and "assault on Christian family values," Schlafly had become an icon for millions of disaffected whites furious about a country that seemed to be leaving them behind. She exploited that deep sense of grievance to seize the Nationalist nomination, the NPP's support, and then the presidency.\\\
Now an unrepentant reactionary with no elected experience stands in the most powerful office of the nation. Her ascension promises to introduce America to a new type of struggle: a culture war.[[/labelnote]]

* AllohistoricalAllusion:
** During a 1972 presidential debate with Jeane Kirkpatrick, Schlafly responds to a statement by the moderator with "there you go again," a phrase famously uttered by UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan in OTL.
** Her efforts to ban abortion inspire a progressive backlash, in which some of their members, led by Shirley Chisholm, prepare a proposed amendment to the Constituation. It is the Equal Rights Amendment, the same one that Schlafly helped kill in OTL.
* AsTheGoodBookSays: After placing stricter requirements on receiving government welfare, Schlafly justifies herself by quoting 2 Thessalonians 3:10 "He who does not work, neither shall he eat."
* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: If Margaret Chase Smith didn’t run in the previous election, Schlafly can become the first female presidential nominee of a major party, possibly sharing this achievement with Kirkpatrick. If elected, she will become America’s first female President.
** In a bit of a deconstruction of this trope however, Schlafly's presidency does ''not'' mean a sign of liberation or new opportunities for the women within the nation, as it shows exactly what happens when a person representing the group whose glass ceiling was "broken" doesn't share their interests - she's little more than a continuation of the policies from the other reactionaries within the NPP, albeit with a "female face" behind them.
* BrokenPedestal: She worships Barry Goldwater, thinking that he would remove [=McNamara=] and the kingmakers in Washington who are getting the United States involved in foreign conflicts. If Goldwater becomes president, he will disappoint Schlafly by saying that he is friends with [=McNamara=], ultimately [[StartOfDarkness moving her into the Nationalist caucus]]. That said, she still ultimately cherishes his succession letter to her if she takes the presidency from him when she refuses to think twice about almost all the others.
* ChekhovsGunman: Throughout most of the American campaign, Schlafly starts out as a minor character in flavor events, spreading her conservative messages and [[PokeThePoodle stirring trouble]] for some politicians. By the end, she becomes the Nationalist's presidential nominee.
* ConspiracyTheorist: Rather than accepting the idea that most American presidents and policy makers are acting in what they believe to be America's interests and that they have simply come to different conclusions from her based on the same evidence, Schlafly blames a shadow cabal of "liberals" and “kingmakers” out to destroy America and sell it out to foreign powers.
* DeadpanSnarker: Schlafly is prone to making sarcastic and witty remarks during her presidential debates. However, this is {{Deconstructed}} to show how such comments would be inappropriate in what's supposed to be a professional environment; her snarking just creates an increasingly vitriolic atmosphere until both candidates begin interrupting each other and becoming harder to rein in by the debate moderators. Even Nixon, one of the debate's observers, notes that her insults are cheap potshots that don't really add anything substantial to the conversation.
* DissonantSerenity:
** When she makes a speech demonizing sexual education and promising to cut funding for schools that do so, a riot breaks out from the crowd, with one observer throwing a shoe at her. As Secret Service agents escort her away, Schlafly smiles at the whole debacle, knowing that she can use their violence as a means to discredit them.
** Schlafly doesn't show any worry when the FAAI fails to pass Congress, remarking that all of her enemies have exposed their secret alliance to the public and that she will save the Judeo-Christian values of the country.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** As reactionary and generally repressive Schlafly can get, even she considers outright Fascism and Nazism as too un-American to support, if only because of her nationalistic disgust for "foreign" influences rather than because of the intrinsic features of those ideologies that make them repulsive to almost everyone else. During an interview, Schlafly notes her begrudging support for American intervention in the South African War, but only to stem the tide of fascism than to help the people living there.
** Though she hated John F. Kennedy for his liberalism, Schlafly never wanted him dead for it and is saddened when news breaks of his assassination. However, this does not dissuade her from mocking his death in order to get Robert F. Kennedy riled.
* EvilReactionary: To the point that the ''only'' president who actually has a good opinion of her upon taking office is fellow EvilReactionary [[spoiler: Strom Thurmond]], with all the others decrying her lack of experience and repulsive views.
* FamilyValuesVillain: Schlafly genuinely believes in what she considers wholesome, traditional American values. Unfortunately for the rest of America, those also come with a hefty baggage of creeping authoritarianism, forced isolationism, anti-intellectualism, and a heaping helping of bigotry for anyone she considers outside of the category of "traditional American."
* FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence: She considers Americans to be the most oppressed people on Earth by the financial class or the "kingmakers", as she calls them. Without any evidence, Schlafly believes that they are shadowy individuals who are robbing the average American blind and propagandizing liberal, internationalist agendas to enslave them.
* FemaleMisogynist: A Type 2 example. She's firmly against the feminist movement because she believes that women are fundamentally different from men. One of her first acts as President is to cut federal funding for any state that teaches children feminist or "Anti-American" ideas.
* {{Foil}}: To the other female presidential contenders.
** Unlike Margaret Chase Smith, Schlafly has little actual experience in Congress, uses considerably less tact in how she goes about advancing her policies, and shows no regard for hearing advice even from her fellow-travelers, let alone her rivals.
** In contrast to Jeane Kirkpatrick, Schlafly not only shows open contempt at non-isolationist foreign policy, but also views intellectuals of any stripe and those deemed even remotely "liberal" as a threat to her idea of American values. She's also far less willing to make pragmatic decisions, since she has zero political experience or practical understanding of how the American government actually operates.
* FriendlyRival: Unlike most other politicians in the RDC, Schlafly doesn't hold much animosity towards Goldwater and keeps his successor letter to her as an addition to her memorabilia.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Schlafly is a fervent believer in this and one of her first legislation as President is the Family Assistance Against Injustice Act (FAAI), written to outlaw abortion clinics throughout the country.
* HeadInTheSandManagement: ZigZagged. Schlafly has very selective standards when it comes to using her authority. When it comes to enforcing her paleoconservative values, Schlafly will act with incredible zeal, unwilling to compromise on the issue. However, whenever someone brings up the consequences of her attempts to deregulate the federal government or her implementation of tariffs, Schlafly and her cabinet hides themselves away, telling the complainers to figure it out themselves.
* HeroWorshipper: She idolizes Robert A. Taft as a conservative icon, still raw about him being defeated in the 1948 presidential election and blaming "internationalist demagogues" for sabotaging his campaign.
* HeteronormativeCrusader: Schlafly is extremely homophobic, as shown in a political cartoon in support of her presidential campaign.
* HistoricalInJoke: If she gets elected, Schlafly nominates fellow paleoconservative, Pat Buchanan, as her senior advisor. In OTL, Schlafly endorsed Buchanan in the 1996 presidential primaries.
* HitlerAteSugar: Schlafly compares the liberal movement to the Gestapo, simply because they want to separate the church and state.
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** She clearly defines the traditional roles of a man and a woman; the former must work and enlist in the military, while the latter must bear children and perform household duties. However, she never applies these standards to herself and her bid to run for President.
** She talks about how women are better suited to domestic duties than being in power, but when Nixon makes a sexist remark about her wasting time in politics, she gets offended.
* ImproperlyParanoid:
** When asked by a moderator in the 1972 presidential debate, Schlafly states that [=McNamara=]'s interventionist foreign policies are intended to weaken the United States enough that they'll come to submit to Germany and Japan, while the New York financial class control the RDC to brainwash the population into accepting this alliance. Obviously, no such cabal exists in reality and American foreign ventures are simply to spread its own geopolitical interests.
** She also unfavorably compares big government proponents to a cult, fantasizing a coalition of bureaucrats, union leaders, and politicians who are enriching themselves by placing government oversight on American corporations and parasitizing off the common worker. Despite all evidence to the contrary, Schlafly attacks this imagined threat by removing the regulations on the companies.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Schlafly is somehow under the impression that interventionism is a plot to weaken America for the benefit of the former Axis, irrespective of how well it goes. Indeed, even after America's side ''loses'', things don't go well for the winner, like in Colombia or South Africa.
* ItsAllAboutMe: In addition to viewing America as the only country worth even discussing, Schlafly tends to have a very myopic view of her own apparent competence.
* KickTheDog: A Hart transition letter to her is nothing short of a polite request to turn down her inflammatory language, yet she quietly mocks the sender anyway.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: If she succeeds Wallace, her predecessor will send a glowing letter to her, praising her achievements and imparting some political advice based on his experience. Schlafly completely dismisses the kind words and forgets about it the second she files the paper away.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Her foreign policy emphasizes isolationism because she believes that Germany and Japan can't be negotiated with and involving the United States in proxy wars won't "soften" them, wasting thousands of American lives on a lost cause. Instead, she advocates a "Fortress America" plan, where the United States alone will build up its military capacity to a point where the fascist powers can never threaten her again, giving up on fighting their influence abroad.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Remarkably, as bad as Schlafly is and can potentially become, she's still not the worst possible president for America. That unenviable honor goes to Yockey.
* MutuallyAssuredDestruction: In contrast to her otherwise isolationist foreign policy, Schlafly has an exceedingly lenient policy on building the United States' nuclear arsenal, serving as a warning to their rivals if they dare antagonize them too much. Unlike Jackson, however, she has less qualms about using said arsenal when push comes to shove.
* {{Nepotism}}: Most of her staff and cabinet is filled with colleagues who are more loyal to her than actually deserving of their station. Many of the people she surrounds herself with are young and inexperienced, with only a few veterans on board, like Maxwell Taylor.
* NoSympathy: She disdains welfare as building a culture of dependency in the country, giving freeloaders an easy pass and benefiting those who are already rich. According to her, people who need money just need to work.
* PokeThePoodle: For each of the 1964 Presidents, Schlafly tries to start a fight against them by flinging petty insults against them. The only President who responds is Robert F. Kennedy because she mocks his late brother.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Besides her misogyny, she also considers homosexuals to be a blight on the "Judeo-Christian" values of the United States.
* PresidentEvil: Everything about the Schlafly presidency strongly suggests that, between her pig-headed reactionarism, wild conspiracy theories, anti-intellectualism, isolationism, and general lack of political experience or interest in learning how to govern, she will be a truly historically awful president at a particularly bad time to be one.
* PrinciplesZealot: In contrast to Kirkpatrick, Schlafly is nigh-completely unwilling to make any compromises or pragmatic considerations in how she governs. As far as she's concerned, anyone who doesn't go in line with her thinking may as well not exist.
* PuppetKing: Downplayed. Given the sort of people Schlafly's filling her cabinet with, it's implied that she's more of a glorified mouthpiece for the reactionary and isolationist elements of the NPP. That said, she's pig-headed and has a strong-enough personality to pursue her own take on their shared agenda.
* ThePurge: When she ascends to the White House, she fires anyone who ever worked with [=McNamara=], deeming them traitorous collaborators to the "kingmakers".
* {{Railroading}}: Whether because Goldwater disappointed her by not removing [=McNamara=] or because he was never nominated for the presidency, Schlafly will always leave the Republican party for the Nationalists.
* RightForTheWrongReasons:
** She calls Nixon a corrupt man, which is true in regards to his unconstitutional actions to subvert the NPP, but this fact was yet to be unveiled to the public. Instead, she used that insult in regards to Nixon not being conservative enough.
** Schlafly hates Wallace, a sentiment that would be justified on the surface. However, the reason why she despises him is because he's a liberal rather than any of his truly unsavory qualities.
* SmallNameBigEgo: She sees herself as Goldwater's biggest supporter and thinks that the feeling is reciprocated. However, if Goldwater is elected and the two finally meet, Schlafly is disillusioned to learn that, not only does Goldwater not really respect her, but he outright refuses her request to fire [=McNamara=] and the other "kingmakers".
* TheUnfettered: Part of what makes Schlafly so dangerous is her lack of restraint. She considers her presidency to be special because it will be the first to never compromise on its principles for a Christian America and only ever appealing to fellow conservatives who share her beliefs.
* UnknownRival:
** She has a bone to pick with Bennett for his internationalism and, when they see each other in the flesh, Schlafly hands him a jar of jam as a metaphorical insult for getting the United States [[{{Pun}} "jammed"]] into proxy wars. When she leaves, Bennett is left befuddled at what just happened and expresses confusion when a Secret Service agent tells him her identity.
** She also has a one-sided rivalry with Johnson, who doesn't know her when she tries to bait him into a fight by protesting in front of the White House. He never identifies her by name and doesn't even bother going out to argue with them, figuring he's got better things to do.
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Schlafly doesn't have a well-thought-out plan to deregulate the government, besides directly tearing them out like a bandaid. When her administration is warned that doing so will take decades of work, their only solution is to merely pick up the pace of their strategy, regardless of whatever consequences will happen when these interdependent agencies have their work disrupted.

[[folder:Francis Parker Yockey]]
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->'''Role:''' Senator (Illinois, potentially), Head of State (1972 election)
->'''Party:''' American National Vanguard
->'''Ideology:''' National Socialism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Francis Parker Yockey is a man that few ever expected to be clothed in the powers of the Presidency. Now, however, after one of the most contentious elections in American history, an outspoken fascist sits in the White House. Originally an author and philosopher, Yockey became enthralled with the authoritarian and fascist movements occurring across the world during the 1930s. He took a particular interest in the works of Adolf Hitler while studying to become a lawyer, embracing the Nazi ideals of anti-semitism and ultranationalism. Following the publication of his self-described magnum opus, "Imperium: the Philosophy of History and Politics", Yockey fathered a new movement in American politics by founding an ultra-far right section of the National Progressive Pact. Originally calling their wing of the NPP the "American National Vanguard", Yockey and his followers were quickly abhorred by the rest of the American political spectrum and simply dubbed "Yockeyites". However, through the failures of his enemies and sheer providence, his faction now stands triumphant over the American political system.\\\
The election of Yockey as President has stirred more than a few rats from the woodwork. In many cities across America, mainly in the South, it is not uncommon to see men wearing the hooded white robes of the Klu Klux Klan. Similarly, there is open talk of repealing landmark Civil Rights legislation of the past 20 years. Increasingly common lynchings of Black Americans go unnoticed and uninvestigated. In short, hate is being normalized across the United States, and many within and without the political establishment are terrified where this authoritarian wave might go.\\\
Yockey, despite being the leader of the most powerful free nation on Earth, has been unclear and contradictory on his opinions of liberty. Many believe that, regardless of whatever outward show he makes of keeping American liberties intact, he is still a fascist, and will do everything he is able to strengthen the office of President. Yockey himself simply decries "culture-distorters" and claims to safeguard Western Civilization. Exactly what Yockey is protecting it from remains unclear, but with a cross and a star-spangled cloak, Francis Parker Yockey sits in the Oval Office, ready to execute his will upon America.[[/labelnote]]

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Yockey does require some domestic support to win the Presidential election, but his inauguration event points out how there are few people to celebrate his inauguration, outside of a handful of [[BlackShirt brown-shirted supporters]], and a delegation from the Reich. The R-Ds officially boycotted his inauguration, and almost every non-Yockey NPP party refused to attend. None of his potential predecessors like or respect him either, with their transition letters ranging from horror to open contempt. There are more police guarding Yockey's election (and FAR more anti-Yockey protesters getting as much as they can out of their First Amendment rights before Yockey begins to strip them away). His early focus tree acknowledges that most Americans still hold on to democratic ideals and works to marginalize them through disinformation campaigns and strategically-thrown bones towards the racists in the NPP.
* AnarchoTyranny: One of his methods of transforming America into a fascist state is refusing to enforce civil rights & letting hate crimes go unpunished. TheKlan will riot in the South unimpeded, while attempts to stop them are punished. He also uses the media to encourage these acts of violence against minorities and to bolster his positive image.
* CulturePolice: Yockey's first big move after becoming the President is to make the Safeguarding America's Fundamental Exceptionalism (SAFE) Act, which bans "all potentially law-breaking degenerative media-sources" in America to protect "America's Spirit."
* DarkReprise: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZUDb5jhWBM Yockey Presidency superevent]] plays the United States anthem in a mournful minor key.
* DealWithTheDevil:
** If Wallace is unable to implement his segregationist policies for one reason or another, the segregationists and other hardliners in the Nationalist Party will become further radicalized and grant the Sovereigntists more influence, believing that they can accomplish what they want.
** Should Margaret Chase Smith's policies split the NPP, she has the option to ally with Yockey and his supporters, who will work to intensify anti-Japanese sentiment from both the government institutions and the people. This results in more hate crimes against Japanese-Americans and Yockey possibly taking her spot in the 1972 Presidential election.
* DelusionsOfEloquence: Yockey's haughty and [[PurpleProse needlessly convoluted]] writing style (which he filled his self-described magnum opus ''Imperium'' with) is present in all of his focus descriptions and many of his quotes.[[note]]The latter is apparently an ArtisticLicense, as the real Yockey was allegedly instead quite crude and coarse in his speeches. [[/note]]
-->'''Focus description of "End the Overreach":''' ''"Liberalism: that pervading, horrible weakness, that great rotting disease-form of organismic tranquillity, that heckler of the cosmic rhythms governing all life, must be stamped out. It represents - in fact, it is - the destroyer of the American and the European mind-complex. This disease is universally found within both the Masters of Economy who manipulate the controls of the so-called pluralistic state and the profanum vulgus who compose the detritus upon which the culture bearing stratum should lie. Instead, the harvesters of cultural stupidity agitate this soil in pursuit of dilution of the High Culture...''
* DownerEnding: The developers consider a Yockey presidency to be the worst possible path America can take. In his first 100 days in the Oval Office, Yockey moves quickly to flood America with lies and misinformation, ''while'' letting the Ku Klux Klan off the leash to cause huge problems through riots in the South... all ''before'' he introduces the SAFE Act to try to snip the wings off American journalism and media.
* 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).
* FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence: He disdains all African Americans as criminals who are committing election fraud and part of the reason why he disdains liberalism is because it promotes equality with "backwards races". When he becomes President, Yockey immediately moves to disenfranchise them and/or let his supporters lynch them.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: As his profile tells, Yockey went from an obscure author and lawyer to a major figure in American politics that adheres to National Socialism, and he has enough influence in the NPP to potentially become President.
* HatedByAll: Every President Yockey succeeds reacts to his ascension with nothing but undisguised disgust, horror and contempt.
* HateSink: Out of all the possible presidents, Yockey is easily the most despicable one. Most of the other presidents, regardless of party, can bring some genuine good to the United States through their programs. George Wallace implements social programs along with his segregationist platform and is implied to regret success if it comes. [[spoiler: Strom Thurmond]] at least expresses pride for having served his country as a soldier and is unnerved at the prospect of negotiating with Germany. Gus Hall [[WellIntentionedExtremist genuinely has the common citizens' interests at heart]], even if he ultimately sees American democracy as an obstacle to be removed or subverted. Yockey incites violence against minorities even before becoming president and if elected suppresses the citizens' freedom of speech, actively subverts the democratic institutions that the United States was founded on, and willingly seeks to work with Germany.
* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: OTL Yockey died in obscurity and was never even remotely close to any position of political influence, let alone the Presidency. George Lincoln Rockwell's American Nazi Party had far more influence than Yockey ever did in OTL, but the devs chose to have Yockey be the prominent American fascist rather than Rockwell to add some flavor to TNO, as they thought Rockwell was somewhat overused.
* TheKlan: Many members of Yockey's extreme right faction are also members of the Ku Klux Klan. He sees their brutality towards black Americans as a good thing and lets them off the leash by refusing to prosecute the Klan's crimes in the South. This results in the Klan Riots malus in several Southern states and cities, including Charleston, Birmingham, and Savannah.
* OminousClouds: A dour weather takes place in New Orleans, as Yockey sends Vanguard police officers to monitor all votes and ensure that everyone is supporting his own political party.
* OminousMundanity: His first 100 days in office are spent writing the Safeguarding America's Fundamental Exceptionalism (SAFE) Act and getting it passed through Congress. What the name doesn't immediately tell is that it would empower Yockey to shut down all "law-breaking degenerative media-sources" that would criticize him and trample over the people's freedom of speech.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Yockey is a massive racist who sees himself as the guardian of the "Western Civilization", and looks down upon almost everything that's not "Western Civilization". He has nothing but contempt against Africans, Jews, Slavs, and the Japanese. His followers in the ANV include segregationists so vile to give even George Wallace pause.
* PresidentEvil: Yockey is the leader of the fascist American National Vanguard and the worst person who can be elected President of the United States. Once in power, Yockey will immediately work on subverting democracy and spreading racism, so he can reshape America into a fascist nation.
* PurpleProse: His focus descriptions and quotes are written this way, [[StylisticSuck just as he had written]] for ''Imperium''. It turns simple writings about replacing the cabinet with more dedicated supporters into needlessly convoluted rubbish, all in the name of making himself look and sound smarter, to the point that Vice-President Louis T. Byers has to serve as a ''translator'' for the American populace to understand Yockey's rhetoric.
* RedemptionRejection: If Yockey is elected after Bennett, his predecessor writes him a sentimental letter begging him to reconsider what he's doing and telling him that redemption is still possible if he resigns before any harm is dealt to the nation. Unfortunately, Yockey burns his letter without even opening it or considering the possibility of turning back now.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Upon taking power, he'll resort to any action and policy necessary to see his vision of a fascist America through. Subverted in that it's still possible to hinder him earlier on, as his SAFE Act can still be stopped by Congress due to the system of checks and balances.
* StylisticSuck: The descriptions of his national focuses are written in an imitation of his bizarre, pseudointellectual writing style, rife with references to various concepts that only make sense to him, {{Perfectly Cromulent Word}}s, {{Gratuitous Foreign Language}}s, and a fetish for hyphenated compound words. As a result, each description is a rambling mess that'll probably make you add "writes like shit" to the list of reasons to hate the guy.
* SwornInByOath: If elected, Yockey will take the oath of office with his hand on his neo-Nazi manifesto ''Imperium'' rather than Literature/TheBible traditionally used for such occasions. The chief justice is disgusted by this, but too defeated to protest and continues the procession.
* ThoseWackyNazis: Yockey is the most popular (relatively, as he is still very marginal even within the NPP) American politician openly espousing Fascist and pro-Nazi beliefs. Notably, his inauguration has NSDAP delegates straight from the Reich in attendance, strongly suggesting that closer ties with Germany are on the table under his rule.
* TranquilFury: If the SAFE Act gets vetoed in Congress, Yockey remains outwardly calm, but admits to being furious that his National Socialist cause has been sabotaged. More perilously, it emboldens Yockey to push even harder against American liberalism and send the Capital Guard to break up a protest in front of the White House.
* TheUnfettered: Part of the reason why Yockey is so awful is his blatant disregard for the American Constitution and the checks-and-balances system, in which he will resort to ''any'' means to turn America into a fascist dystopia.
* TheUnsmile: If the SAFE Act passes Congress, Yockey gives Byers a rare smile that is more ominous than anything else.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Among all the presidential contenders, Yockey is the only one to appoint ''nobody'' to head the CIA, leaving it to rot...along with America's entire intelligence apparatus, effectively making the country vulnerable at the worst possible time.
* VillainRespect: Yockey is just about the only American who the Nazis acknowledge with some genuine respect. That the Reich openly sends delegates to his inauguration is a sign of potentially closer ties looming over the horizon.
* 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.
** While Yockey throws most of the presidental transistion letters he can receive into the fire without reading them, he ''does'' read Margaret Chase Smith's... which turns out to be a ''brutal'' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. His reaction to this one is to tear it to pieces in a fit of rage.
* TheWarHasJustBegun: The confirmation of his cabinet causes a massive fuss in Washington D.C. and is seen as a victory for his administration, but as Yockey tells Byers, it's just the beginning of his agenda to transform the United States for the worse.
-->''Our work is far from done.''
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: At regional stage, Vozhd Konstantin Rodzaevsky of Amur can express his support of Yockey in America. Upon learning about it, Yockey goes on a long rant about the nature of cultural wars, the inherent barbarity of the Slavic civilization and why Rodzaevsky's endorsement is no more valuable to him than the support of his dog.

!! Secret Presidents
These characters don't run in normal Presidential elections but can ascend to office under various circumstances. Due to the nature of their rise to power, '''their spoilers are unmarked'''.

[[folder:Strom Thurmond]]
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->'''Role:''' Senator (South Carolina), President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate (RFK presidency), Head of State (RFK assassinated)
->'''Party:''' States' Right Party
->'''Ideology:''' Dixiecrat[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote: Click to Show]] Many expected Far-Right NPP leader James Strom Thurmond to one day become President. None could have predicted the extraordinary circumstances which ultimately lead him to the Oval Office.\\\
Born to wealthy and landed Southern gentry, Thurmond quickly developed a keen political acumen. His legal education, stellar military service, and extensive connections led him to become Governor and later a Senator of South Carolina. Staunchly segregationist, he led the exodus of Southern senators from the Democratic Party in the wake of Brown v Board. As a leader of George Patton's Patriot Party, he successfully arranged the merger with the National Progressive Front and founded the modern National Progressive Pact in 1957. Despite failing to win the Presidential election of 1960, he remained a major political leader and was President Pro Tempore of the Senate when Bobby Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey were assassinated.\\\
For reasons still unknown, the Speaker of the House refused the office of the Presidency, and the line of succession fell on President Thurmond. His long-held ambitions on the White House having finally been realized, Thurmond presides over a nation in turmoil. While he has pledged to uphold the late President Kennedy's legacy, many fear he is plotting to destroy everything the progressive president stood for in order to remake America in his twisted, white supremacist image.\\\
With the clock ticking down to the next election, the King takes his place on the board and begins his moves. [[/labelnote]]

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Thurmond's efforts to destroy Robert F. Kennedy's legacy turn him into the most hated man in the US and he starts being called a lame-duck President almost a year before that term usually applies. In the Iowa Caucus, he can't even get a full percentage point of the vote, ruling out the very possibility of running for a second term.
* {{Blackmail}}: Thurmond becomes President by blackmailing the Speaker of the House into refusing the office, and fills the Supreme Court with his cronies by blackmailing four sitting judges into resigning.
* ChessMotifs: When he chooses his cabinet (replacing Robert F. Kennedy's one) after taking over the Presidency, Thurmond refers to himself as the King, Vice-President Maxwell Taylor as the Queen, the Secretary of State as the Bishop, the Secretary of Defense as the Knight, and the Secretary of the Treasury as the Rook.
* TheCoup: After the assassination of President Robert F. Kennedy, Thurmond blackmails the Speaker of the House (who is next in line for the Presidency), who then proceeds to 'refuse' the office. As a result, the Presidency passes to the President pro tempore of the Senate--Thurmond himself.
* DystopiaIsHard: Even moreso than Wallace, Thurmond quickly finds his policies stymied by Congress and is considered a lame duck very soon after he enters office. The Iowa Caucus only further cements that he can't win an actual nationwide election.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Just like Wallace. While ObliviouslyEvil, he's still quite upset over the prospect of cooling relations with a Nazi Germany led by Bormann, especially since he fought in [=WWII=]. And he is just as disgusted by the prospect of a Yockey presidency as everyone else; he rails as Yockey in his succession letters even harder than he does socialist successors.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Thurmond sees all of his efforts to undo civil rights as good and righteous, to protect the authority of states and the 'values that America had been founded upon'.
* EvilReactionary: Thurmond is single-minded in his effort to undo his predecessor Robert F. Kennedy's reforms and reinstate segregation across the entire US.
* {{Foil}}: To Curtis [=LeMay=], a fellow unlikely president. Both of them come into power after an NPP president's term comes to an unexpected and sudden end, and both work to dismantle and revert their predecessors' plans for civil rights, destroying their own political futures as said predecessors' support bases shun them. They go about this with different motivations and methods; Thurmond enters power with an unlikely and unorthodox sequence, where RFK and his VP were assassinated while the Speaker of the House gets blackmailed into passing the succession to him, while [=LeMay=] simply succeeds Wallace as Vice President. Thurmond seeks to enforce racial segregation with the use of corrupt tactics and ends up being the most hated man in the country as a result. [=LeMay=] goes on to sign in a new Civil Rights Act, either hesitantly or willingly, much to the dismay and radicalization of the States' Right Party.
* HateSink: Thurmond is the most unpleasant non-fascist President, and the most despicable of the "secret" presidents in contrast to [=LeMay=], who can reverse Wallace's segregationist reforms at the cost of his political career and Morrison, who tries his hardest to continue Philip Hart's legacy in the midst of his [[HeroWithBadPublicity negative reputation]]. The very way that he comes to power is through [[{{Blackmail}} corrupt and underhanded means]] following RFK's assassination; with equally-corrupt tactics being used to either stuff the court or bribe a liberal court into resigning. If he pulls through with repealing the Civil Rights act, he's rightfully seen as desecrating the progressive legacy of RFK, leading him to become the most hated man in America and losing the Iowa Caucus overwhelmingly. No tears were shed if he is exposed and brought to trial by whoever succeeds him.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Thurmond rarely practices what he preaches in his succession letters. He often talks about the need to be open to new ideas and be wary of federal authoritarianism, but he himself spends his presidency being a stubborn reactionary who resorts to corrupt tactics to overturn Kennedy's progressive policies.
* InsultBackfire: His succession letter to Gus Hall comes across as incredibly spiteful and filled with diatribes against godless Marxists. Not only is Hall [[ActuallyPrettyFunny genuinely impressed]] by Thurmond’s audacity, but he even considers having it preserved for future generations as a final testament to reactionary America.
* KnightTemplar: He believes that repealing the Civil Rights Act and enforcing segregation is what America needs, claiming that he is defending the "[[EvilReactionary values that America had been founded upon]]". Willing to resort to the dirtiest tactics and facing public outcry, he's convinced that he's in the right and is the only one capable of accepting this.
* ObliviouslyEvil: He seems taken aback when his ultra-reactionary racist politics result in him becoming the most hated man in America, with RFK's base rightly seeing him as dismantling and desecrating his predecessor's legacy on civil rights, while the R-D party hates his [[{{Blackmail}} strong-arm tactics and how they undermine America's democratic institutions]]. In Thurmond's mind, he's doing the right thing and no one else wants to admit it.
* ObliviousToTheirOwnDescription: Thurmond often rails at what he sees as aggressive federal overreach or a betrayal of America's core values in his letters to many of the more morally-bankrupt presidents that can succeed him, incapable of the self-awareness necessary to see how many of his criticisms of them also apply to himself.
* PetTheDog:
** While he can choose to forget about RFK's passing, Thurmond also has two options to commemorate his death, either by setting up a memorial monument in his name or, more radically, establishing a holiday to commemorate the fallen president. And some of his succession letters to presidents who genuinely disagree with him quite strongly are nonetheless surprisingly gracious, so long as they are not socialists or Yockey.
** As he begins cleaning the presidential side office, Thurmond uncovers a half-finished letter from Robert, which would've been written to his successor and given them uplifting words about doing what's good for the people. Even though Thurmond doesn't like the writer, his predecessor's words still manage to move his heart, enough to gather Robert's belongings and return them to his family with his condolences, no strings attached.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Thurmond is a hardline segregationist who will instate country-wide Jim Crow laws after taking over the Presidency. On a lesser note, he mocks the possibility of a "homosexual president" in his successor letter in case Harrington takes office.
* PragmaticVillainy: In regards to the Civil Rights Act, Thurmond can potentially leave it intact instead of repealing it, if only for the sake of party and national unity.
* PretenderDiss: He does this silently to himself as Bormann and his peers arrive at the White House for a diplomatic discussion. He observes how many of them sport militaristic uniforms and wonders if they even served their nation as he has.
* PrinciplesZealot: He believes that dogmatism is a virtue and that one should prepare to ignore the critics when doing the "righteous" thing. In his succession letter to Schlafly, this is the one piece of advice he imparts to her.
* RedScare: Thurmond hates communists, viewing them as rabble-rousers out to destroy the United States by organizing nationwide riots. In his presidency, he tries to implement many policies to curb their influence after the progressive Kennedy presidency. Furthermore, in his succession letters to Jackson and Kirkpatrick, Thurmond openly calls them allies to the National Socialist movement.
* SecretCharacter: He isn't a Presidential candidate in the 1964 election, ascending to the position after RFK is assassinated and by blackmailing the Speaker of the House into passing the spot to him.
* ShortLivedLeadership: Thurmond doesn't get to serve a full Presidential term and can't run for re-election, but he leaves a considerable impact on American politics during his tenure as President as he undoes the legacy of RFK and divides the country even further.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite the brevity of his presidency, Thurmond can force multiple Supreme Court justices to resign with his {{Blackmail}} tactics, letting him pack the court with reactionary judges and ensuring a formidable obstacle to anyone trying to undo his damage in the future.
* UnexpectedSuccessor: When President Robert F. Kennedy is sworn in, Thurmond is only third in line to the Presidency, behind the Vice-President and the Speaker of the House; he can only come into power by blackmailing the Speaker into refusing the Presidency after both the President and Vice-President are assassinated at the same time. The focus tree shared by all 1968 Presidents to deal with Thurmond's legacy describes the situation as such:
-->'' That Thurmond was able to become president at all was the result of the most staggeringly implausible sequence of events in American political history. That the president and vice president were simultaneously killed while the speaker of the house "conveniently" recused himself from taking the position all so the president pro tempore of the Senate could take the title was technically a possibility, but one so utterly unlikely that only the faintest of preparations had been made for it.''
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Like with Wallace, Thurmond will feel awkward after the leader of Nazi Germany praises his segregationist racial policies.

[[folder:Curtis [=LeMay=]]]
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[[caption-width-right:156:[[labelnote:[=LeMay=] as a USAF general]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_usa_curtis_lemaymil.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Role:''' Vice President[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Wallace cabinet), Head of State (Wallace impeached)
->'''Party:''' Nationalist Party
->'''Ideology:''' National Conservatism[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote: Click to Show]] If someone had told Curtis [=LeMay=] in 1962 that he'd be president in the next few years, he'd have laughed in their face and called them a damned fool. And yet, despite never seeking the office, [=LeMay=] finds himself in the Oval Office on the heels of George Wallace's disastrous presidency.\\\
Notorious for his comments on the 1964 campaign trail about "bombing Africa back to the Stone Age", the former Air Force general was considered a political liability by many members of Wallace's campaign for his gruff and apolitical nature. Never a true politician, [=LeMay=]'s main role in the administration has been to address defense concerns, especially involving America's nuclear capabilities. Now, with the departure of Wallace, he must finally take a position on the issue of segregation. Surrounded by potential enemies and tasked with healing the troubled nation, clear skies for [=LeMay=] will be short in the coming days.\\\
Still, President [=LeMay=] has taken these events in remarkable stride. As the storm rages around him, he is confident that America will make it through this latest crisis. In 1943, he saw the greatest defeat in American history, riding out the storm at the controls of a heavy bomber, and now sees a chance for someone to finally take decisive action and heal the nation. Going forward, the President is absolutely certain of one thing: The United States will not fall into further turmoil on Curtis [=LeMay=]'s watch. It wouldn't dare. [[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' (Vice President) [[labelnote: Click to Show]]It is unsurprising that a man that has already influenced the Cold War as much as Curtis [=LeMay=] finds himself in a leading role again. Responsible for developing the US Air Force's nuclear doctrine during his leadership of Strategic Air Command, [=LeMay=]'s tenure as Chief of the Air Force was significantly less influential due to constant conflict with Vice President Kennedy and General Maxwell Taylor.\\\
Yet,despite this, [=LeMay=]'s fire did not diminish on the campaign trail, stating America was capable of "bombing Africa back to the Stone Age" and becoming a major headache for the Wallace campaign. Since the beginning of the campaign he has remained notably silent on almost every issue not related to national security. If Wallace's turbulent presidency ends suddenly, it is anyone's guess what policies his successor would enact. [[/labelnote]]

* AntiHero: [=LeMay=] amounts to a vulgar {{Jerkass}} who happens to hate people who deserve it, and who is very good at expressing said deserved hatred. He likes to take the path of ''most'' resistance when fighting evil.
* AllohistoricalAllusion: When Bormann arrives at the White House to further discuss Cold War détente with America during a [=LeMay=] presidency, their meeting devolves into a shouting match with [=LeMay=] declaring to Bormann that "[[UsefulNotes/NikitaKhrushchev We will bury you!]]".
* AtLeastIAdmitIt: [=LeMay=] is an ardent, hardline militarist but is ''very'' up-front about it, as well as his political views in general.
* BaitAndSwitchTyrant: Despite being an unpleasant ex-military man in the Nationalists, and coming to power first as the Vice President of hardline segregationist George Wallace, [=LeMay=]'s presidency instead has him support integration and even potentially sign a new Civil Rights Act.
* BeigeProse: His writing style is very laid back and informal, throwing in a couple swear words and insults, if need be. Notably, instead of an honorific to his transition letter's recipients, [=LeMay=] always goes on a first name basis.
* CantTakeCriticism: [=LeMay=] is not open to any kinds of criticism or insults, dismissing his opponents as "peaceniks and flower children" who are deliberately trying to be as annoying as possible.
* CigarChomper: [=LeMay=] is frequently depicted smoking his trusty Cuban cigar.
* CommonalityConnection: When first meeting Henry M. Jackson, leader of the Progressives, after ascending to the Presidency, [=LeMay=] expects him to be insufferable as all the other crusaders in the Center faction. However, as they sit down, [=LeMay=] finds that he has more in common with Jackson than originally expected, with both men being football fans and zealous supporters of American military interventionism.
* DareToBeBadass:
** [=LeMay=]'s [[https://i.imgur.com/7itJR9Y.png transition letter to Philip Hart]] not only warns him of how certain segments of American society are determined to hate him with everything they got, he also genuinely advices him to stand firm in his convictions and do whatever it takes to see his ambitious plans through. Hart returns to the letter both on his first day in the White House and repeatedly afterwards.
** Subverted in his letter to Scoop Jackson, where, confident that Jackson has the guts to try it compared to any other president, he strongly recommends initiating a global thermonuclear war that he's confident America can win (for a given value of win), taking irreversible but survivable damage and reducing every other power center in the world into a radioactive ash heap, and allowing America to completely dominate what's left of the Earth. Jackson, understandably, [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame destroys the letter rather than let anyone think he might approve of such a policy]].
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** He has no care for individual lives when it comes to waging war, but even he acknowledges Schlafly as a terrible leader, sternly advising her to see her people as more than ammunition to her agenda. When Schlafly reads her [[https://i.imgur.com/QWGQ3aF.png inaugural letter]] from him, all she can manage is a LameComeback.
** [=LeMay=] may be a rabid militarist, but he's an ''honorable'' rabid militarist, and his [[https://i.imgur.com/XnJ4DEb.png letter to Jeane Kirkpatrick]] upon inauguration expresses disgust at her underhanded approach of propping up "transitionally authoritarian" regimes in the name of anti-fascism, while also mocking the notion that anybody is fooled by her geopolitical doctrine's euphemisms.
** After Wallace is impeached and [=LeMay=] ascends to the White House, he receives a solemn letter from his predecessor, expressing his remorse for poisoning America with his racist rhetoric that led to the death of a little black girl in Little Rock. It's one of the few times where [=LeMay=] is shaken to his core and left in quiet sorrow for the tragedy.
* {{Foil}}: To his fellow unlikely president, Strom Thurmond. Both of them come into power after an NPP president's term comes to an unexpected and sudden end, and both work to dismantle and destroy their predecessor's civil rights record, destroying their own political futures in the process. The devil is in the details; Thurmond takes control after RFK's assassination and attempts to restore segregation, and is taken aback when doing so makes him one of the most hated men in America, while [=LeMay=] does so after Wallace's ill-fated efforts to force segregation on an increasingly-unwilling America end in impeachment and disgrace, and [=LeMay=] responds by signing civil rights legislation and coming out against the racist and segregationist elements within the NPP. All the while he knows that it will be the end of his political career, but he puts country before self-interest and helps save his nation in the process.
* GeneralRipper: While he may have a better attitude about civil rights than his predecessor, this is ''still'' General "Bombs Away" [=LeMay=] we're talking about here. His hardline stance on military interventionism is why he was invited onto the Wallace ticket in the first place, to shore up support among the hawkish elements within the NPP's platform. His outgoing letter to Scoop Jackson urges the new president to launch a nuclear war with Germany and Japan when the time is ripe, a suggestion that Jackson, even as hawkish as he is, rejects.
* GoodIsNotNice:
** "Good" is relative; [=LeMay=] remains a profane ex-military figure that acts as Vice President to Dixiecrat candidate Wallace, an anti-intellectual chauvinist, and an unrepentant and belligerent warmonger, but as President, he signs legislation for civil rights and knows that there won't be a political career for him afterwards.
** On top of opposing segregation, [=LeMay=] has little tolerance for Bormann and his regime's focus on propaganda. When cameras start rolling, [=LeMay=] tosses out all notions of being polite to scold them for not waiting until later to film their diplomacy, casually and profanely insulting Bormann in the process, causing a shouting match as the cameras and microphones continue to record the whole thing.
* HeManWomanHater: He's casually sexist in his letter to Margaret Chase Smith when she takes office, openly anti-intellectual and homophobic to Michael Harrington, and ''both'' to Jeane Kirkpatrick, since she's a woman and an "egg-head."
* HeroicSacrifice: A non-lethal variant if he signs a new Civil Rights Act. He's giving up any chance of a future political career but does so willingly, knowing America is better off for it.
* HistoricalInJoke: If Bormann makes a state visit to America during his term, [[https://preview.redd.it/385ycnyhgw961.png?width=555&format=png&auto=webp&s=348690cb6e712dff2a4bbab486edfb50d44534e0 it sparks a violent screaming argument in front of both cameras and microphones]], in which it is [=LeMay=] who utters Khrushchev's immortal line, "We will bury you!"
* HonorBeforeReason: If [=LeMay=] becomes President, he'll sign a new Civil Rights Act, seeing segregation as patently against the freedom the Founding Fathers had revolted to bring into being. Even though he knows that he'll lose all support from the pro-segregationists who once voted for him on Wallace's ticket, [=LeMay=] cares nothing about being re-elected and views his brief time in the Oval Office as the perfect opportunity to push through some of the reforms America desperately needed. This can be downplayed but not averted; what changes is his attitude rather than his actions.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** In his succession letter to Kirkpatrick, [=LeMay=] makes an audacious point about using other countries as bait to start nuclear war with Germany, but he does rightfully point out the fallacy in the Kirkpatrick Doctrine, such as "defending" liberty by imperializing Latin America.
** He makes another surprisingly astute point in his letter to Romney, calling out his confusing, passionless rhetoric as a flaw that could hinder the momentum of his presidency.
** His letter to Schlafly is entirely accurate, calling for her to focus on actually being a leader and helping Americans, not to use them as ammo for her war against her opposition, and actually concisely pointing out that what your average American cares about isn't her strange ideas, but having food, shelter, and a sense of security. Even the one swear word he uses in the entire letter comes off less as his usual vulgarity and more as a PrecisionFStrike.
--> Don't treat this office like it's a platform for another one of your speaking engagements. Have some fucking decency.
** While the way he does so comes across as tasteless and crude, his criticism on Harrigton's NervousWreck attitude and lack of assertiveness as a president is quite on the point.
** His letter to [[NiceGuy Hart]] lacks much of his usual vitrol and contains excellent advice: Namely, some people are going to hate and oppose you no matter what, don't ignore what others are saying but don't let them talk you into making too many sacrifices for the sake of bipartisanship, and don't be afraid to get mean and be firm. Tellingly, Hart is stated to re-read the letter throughout his presidency, making him the only one other than [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Hall]] to not either file his letter away or destroy it.
* LargeHam: [=LeMay=] is an almost comically macho FourStarBadass who gets in a no-holds-barred shouting match with Bormann while they engage in talks to ''cooperate'' against Japan. In [[https://imgur.com/a/9617C4c every letter]] written for his successor as president (save those he writes to fellow conservative hawk Goldwater and universally agreeable NiceGuy Hart), he withholds absolutely ''nothing'' in terms of his opinion, either, as he does Scoop Jackson, [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame stuns the reader with his fervent hope that he'll start a thermonuclear war]]. He even very helpfully instructs Gus Hall on how to commit suicide so that he leaves the presidency "with the modicum of honor deserving the Office", and Hall ''[[ActuallyPrettyFunny frames the letter to put on his desk]]''.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: [=LeMay=] believes in the constitution and respecting the civil rights of the citizens of America, but his personal opinions on other social groups are far less appealing, throwing sexist remarks towards his potential female successors, making a homophobic comment on Harrington [[DisproportionateRetribution just because he wears a turtleneck]] and mocking intellectuals as "egg heads" and "pen-pushers". However, he is far more progressive in comparison to the rest of Wallace's cabinet, being willing to sign a token civil rights bill.
* ThePurge: In the wake of George Wallace's disastrous Presidency and impeachment, [=LeMay=] condemns the Southern segregationists and forces them to support integration if they don't want to be removed from the NPP.
* {{Realpolitik}}: Of all the presidents available, he might be the one that cares the ''least'' about it. He's a military man first and foremost and doesn't even try to stick to PR. The biggest example might be Bormann's potential visit to the USA; while most presidents try to keep it as diplomatic and civil as possible while sneaking their own jabs in, or just refuse to have him, Curtis just doesn't give a shit and responds to Bormann's greeting by going straight for his BerserkButton and calls him "little Martin" to his face, and proceeds to have a profane screaming match with him right on the White House floor, ''live'' and with translators barely able to keep up.
* ReluctantRuler: When he accepts Wallace's offer to become his running mate, [=LeMay=] never expects Wallace to win, let alone get impeached and resign, leaving the Presidency to him. He even briefly contemplates just resigning like what Nixon did, before deciding that this is an opportunity for him to bring Wallace's worst excesses to a screeching halt and make America a better place.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Rather than continue Wallace's plans for nationwide segregation, he signs in a new Civil Rights Act, knowing it will go against their voter base and prevent a further career in politics for him.
* SecretCharacter: Mostly seen as the Vice President to Wallace, and seemingly won't do much. Should Wallace get impeached and resign, [=LeMay=] will defy the wishes of Dixie and sign a new Civil Rights Act, either reluctantly or happily, subverting the direction of a Wallace presidency.
* SirSwearsALot:
** [=LeMay=] is rather foul-mouthed, as can be seen in his focus descriptions and events:
-->''You'll do no such thing! Don't even fuckin' think about it, you damn pansy! You'll whip those bastards in line or I'll have your head on a goddamn pike on the White House lawn by sundown! Don't think I'm gonna take this shit just 'cus I ain't been sitting on my ass in Congress collecting moss for the last twenty years! Do your goddamn job or it's your ass!''
** Then there is his very laconic transition letter if Yockey wins the presidency:
-->''[[PrecisionFStrike Fuck off and die you human cockroach.]]''
* SuicideDare: Gives one to Gus Hall in his transition letter.
* UnexpectedSuccessor: When Wallace approaches him to ask him to be his running mate, [=LeMay=] never thought that Wallace would actually get elected, and never in his wildest dreams could he have imagined himself taking the oath after Wallace is impeached.
* VicePresidentWho: [=LeMay=] is aware of the obscurity that comes with becoming Vice President and expects Wallace to lose anyway, so he thought nothing of agreeing to become Wallace's running mate during the elections. This becomes a Subverted case if Wallace is impeached and [=LeMay=] has to take power, after which he'll sign a new Civil Rights Act, much to the disapproval of Wallace's supporters.
* {{Warhawk}}: Easily the biggest warhawk amongst the possible American presidents, though he never gets to overtly show it thanks to his short tenure. His suggestion for Jackson's foreign policy in his succession letter involves secretly building up a nuclear arsenal to wipe out Germany and Japan from the face of Earth, noting that even is some German bombs make it through American defenses, it would be still worth it to permanently end the enemy threat. Given OTL's [=LeMay=] became infamous for the "there's no innocent civilians" quote and other inflammatory comments, this is TruthInTelevision.

[[folder:Chep Morrison]]
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->'''Role:''' Vice President[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Hart cabinet), Head of State (Hart succession)
->'''Party:''' Democratic Party
->'''Ideology:''' Liberalism (Vice President), Dynastic Liberalism[[note]]Liberalism[[/note]] (President)
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]President [=deLesseps=] Story "Chep" Morrison is not his predecessor. Polarizing and politically inclined to a degree President Hart could rarely match, few expect the prince of New Orleans to fill the shoes of the man he must replace.\\\
Elected as a state representative in 1940, Chep Morrison earned distinction and ire as one of the most vocal opponents of the late Gov. Huey P. Long's formidable party machine. As Mayor of New Orleans, he oversaw a modernization of city services and brought investment that helped turn the Crescent City into a beacon of the New South, walking a careful tightrope between balancing the demands of the city's black community with the segregationist public. Before doing the impossible in 1956, defeating the Long machine in his quest for Governor and driving the once-dominant political dynasty into the arms of the Nationalist Party.\\\
Despite his suave charm and affable nature, the prince of New Orleans is widely viewed with suspicion from all sides of the political aisle. Southerners for his prominent place within the Hart administration, activists for his mixed record on civil rights, and the country at large as he steps in to replace a Commander in Chief laid low by the forces of nature. [[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' (Vice President) [[labelnote: Click to Show]][=deLesseps=] Story "Chep" Morrison's rise to the Vice Presidency is nothing less than the stuff of legend, in Louisiana. Elected as a state representative in 1940, Chep Morrison earned distinction and ire as one of the most vocal opponents of the late Gov. Huey P. Long's formidable party machine. As Mayor of New Orleans, he oversaw a modernization of city services and brought investment that helped turn the Crescent City into a beacon of the New South, walking a careful tightrope between balancing the demands of the city's black community with the segregationist public. Before doing the impossible in 1956, defeating the Long machine in his quest for Governor and driving the once-dominant political dynasty into the arms of the Nationalist Party.\\\
Aided by his suave charm and affable nature, the prince of New Orleans presents a public and southern face to the Hart administration's ambitious programs of urban renewal and revitalization. Whose own complicated record on civil rights reassuring those afraid of the President "going too far" on the issue of integration.[[/labelnote]]

* AintTooProudToBeg: When Jacobs resigns, Chep begs Janey for the former secretary's personal number so he can then plead for her to return. His first groveling works and Janey reluctantly surrenders the number. The second attempt on Jacobs completely fails.
* ArchEnemy: Chep is famed for being a prominent opponent against the late UsefulNotes/HueyLong in Louisiana. The rivalry eventually tipped in Chep's favor and he drove Long's remaining support base into the arms of the Nationalist Party.
* AwfulWeddedLife: His marriage to Zsa Zsa proves disastrous and Chep's efforts to save it have been in vain. Even worse, Zsa Zsa lashes out by scorning Chep to the press and worsening his already controversial reputation. Eventually, the two realize the arrangement cannot work and agree to split when Chep leaves the White House, but, at least, the two will part ways on relatively cordial terms.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Like any politician, Chep wants political power and this desire reaches its apex when the presidency is handed to him under unexpected circumstances. It's not even a few days into his term before the immense stress begins to get to him.
* BeneathTheMask: When the first anti-URI bills roll out, Chep is secretly discontent by his effort, thinking that it's pointless to resist. He buries these feelings so he can save Hart's legacy, but the little voice still whispers in his mind.
* {{Cincinnatus}}: In the best possible ending, Chep blocks every repeal of the URI and earns the admiration of his fellow Democrats, who clamor for a second term with him. Though flattered, Chep declines the opportunity and admits he's ready to step away from the spotlight, now that he's finished his part in the White House.
* ConsolationPrize: He serves as Hart's running mate so that the R-Ds can appease the Dixiecrat segregationists, since he's less dedicated to civil rights than his peer and could act as "moderating" influence on him.
* ContemptCrossfire: He's disdained by segregationists and civil rights activists alike. [[GoldenMeanFallacy The former dislike his mild commitment to any kind of racial equality, but the latter think he's got too much of a mixed record on the matter to be trustworthy.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: If all of the anti-URI bills pass, Chep loses all hope. When asked how he will respond to the anti-URI Federal Finance Act, Chep remains silent and stumbles toward the Residence out of shame. By the time the next legislation, the Urban Divorce Act, is proposed, Chep can't muster the energy to move and beg for pity support, realizing that he's failed Hart's legacy and avoiding his own reflection in the mirror.
* DoNotGoGentle: He knows how tough being the President will be and that conservatives will try everything in their power to sabotage his liberal agenda, but Chep remains committed to keeping the URI alive and ensuring that Hart's legacy will not be lost on his watch.
* DrowningMySorrows: If Bayh's nomination to the vice presidency is rejected, everything comes crashing down for Chep, as his allies abandon ship, Gabor divorces him on bitter terms, and the conservatives are free to tear the URI apart. When his staffers deliver a gift basket to his quarters, Chep takes out the flask of whisky first to give a toast to the late Hart and begin drinking in sorrow over his failure.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Despite all the hard work he contributes to the Hart administration, Chep hardly gets credited for his efforts besides the President himself. When he ascends to the Oval Office after Hart's departure, few take him seriously and even Hart's former cabinet is reluctant to throw their lot with him, in which he has an uphill battle to keep the cabinet united.
* DueToTheDead:
** After Hart passes away, Chep visits his coffin at St. Matthew's Cathedral out of respect for his friend, unable to hold back his tears.
** If his efforts to conserve the URI pay off, Chep passes the Presidential Libraries Bill to commission a campus in Hart's memory.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Overcoming his negative reputation and building a coalition to save the URI is a long and tough battle, but still possible. With it, a brighter future is certain for the United States and the late Hart's efforts will not be for nothing.
* ExtremeDoormat: Chep never stands up against Zsa Zsa's verbal abuse, remaining silent out of fear. He's not even aware of being pushed around, until he confesses everything to Jacobs.
* TheFace: His greatest strength is talking to the press, which is why Hart sends him to announce the Americar.
* FireForgedFriends: He and Jacobs start off on the wrong foot, as both argue over how much momentum Hart's reforms should have. When Hart passes, the two are initially reluctant to work together, but they begin to warm up to each other as Chep steps up to fill in Hart's shoes and Jacobs sympathizes with his plight.
* GoldenMeanFallacy: Compared to Hart and Jacobs, Chep is a moderate liberal who cautions against rapid change, but this mindset sometimes discourages drastic actions that are necessary to achieve momentous change or respond to dire situations, like the Oil Crisis.
* GondorCallsForAid: The moment Hart is buried, the conservatives in the Senate begin to roll back the Urban Renewal Initiative. Chep must gather the aid of Hart's colleagues to organize his base and oppose the rollback. [[ForegoneConclusion At least at first, he will fail]].
* HenpeckedHusband: He acts like a doormat to Zsa Zsa, never questioning her actions or openly defending himself from her insults, partially out of fear. Eventually, Chep will need to step up and put an end to Zsa Zsa's mudslinging against his administration before she irreparably harms his efforts to save the URI, but he feels some guilt over firing her.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Public reception to his inauguration is lukewarm and the Senate makes it clear to him that they don't respect him as much as Hart.
* HeroicFatigue: After a long and hard battle of fighting for the URI's preservation, Chep feels great relief that his efforts pay off and one of the things he looks forward to is finally getting a good night's sleep, a luxury he hasn't enjoyed in a long time.
* HesBack: After confessing his marriage troubles to Jacobs and taking the first steps towards emotional healing, Chep feels reenergized to save the URI and his trademark smile returns.
* InadequateInheritor: Downplayed. He inherits the Oval Office if Hart either resigns from office or dies from his cancer. He's largely seen as a pretty adequate and competent President, but also unremarkable compared to his more ambitious predecessor. There is some evidence that hope is not lost, and that he may grow into the role and surpass original expectations, but at the very least, he won't start out in the same position as Hart was.
* ItsAllMyFault: After most of the anti-URI bills pass, Chep desperately thinks how he can blame the conservatives, his cabinet, or his supporters. Deep down though, he knows that he's at fault and blames himself for letting Hart's memory be desecrated.
* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: His first name is "deLesseps", but more people call him by his nickname "Chep".
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Jacobs keeps Chep ignorant about her urban development plans, remembering his past as a Dixiecrat and distrusting his ability to build an equitable city.
* NeverForgottenSkill: Even though it's been thirty years since Chep has been the mayor of New Orleans, Hart is assured that he's never forgotten the executive experience, comparing it to riding a bicycle.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Chep is utterly exhausted during his first days in office, where Humphrey looks more sprite than him, despite being older.
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: His segregationist policies as the mayor of New Orleans have not been forgotten by the African American community, something that Rustin brings up when Chep begs for his support to save the URI.
* PragmaticHero: Chep is one of the more moderate members of Hart's cabinet, raising disappointing, but legitimate concerns about Jacobs's radical reforms that would eat at the national budget and invite conservative backlash.
* ReluctantRuler: Chep never could've imagined being handed the presidency after Hart is decommissioned and his reaction is one of [[ThisIsGonnaSuck intense worry]]. However, when Congress tries to repeal the URI, Chep steps up to save it, working with as many people as he can to preserve Hart's legacy.
* StepfordSmiler: If he suffers a collapsed cabinet and broken marriage with Zsa Zsa, Chep is reduced to a broken man keeping up an empty smile for appearance's sake. When a group of staffers offer him a gift basket, he seems polite at first, until they push their offering a second time and make Chep snap at them with a furious rant.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He and Jacobs frequently get into arguments with each other, specifically over how radical Hart's reforms should be.
* TookALevelInBadass: After spending years being stuck in Hart's shadow, Chep comes to his own as President when defending the URI from Congressional attempts to destroy it, gathering a wide coalition of allies to protect Hart's legacy and keep the dream of an egalitarian America alive.
* UnexpectedSuccessor: Almost nobody could've imagined Chep ascending to the Oval Office after Hart's untimely passing in the middle of his second term.
* VicePresidentWho: Many gossipers dismiss Chep's vice presidency as a booby prize to appease conservatives, even though he does plenty of good work that Hart appreciates.
* WhiteMansBurden: Chep's attitude towards Bayard Rustin and the black neighborhoods is laced with patronization, claiming that he's done more for the "negroes of New Orleans" than Rustin and that they should stand aside for the "professionals" to handle the work. Jacobs is disgusted by the attitude and Hart agrees with her that they shouldn't alienate their supporters.

!! Vice Presidents (1972 election)

[[folder:Paul Robeson]]
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->'''Role:''' Vice President[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Hall cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Communist Party USA
->'''Ideology:''' Communism
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Gus Hall distinguished himself from past presidents by disregarding party compromises and political expertise when creating his Cabinet. The unionist's vision of America awaited not the servants of repressive, antediluvian institutions, he proclaimed, but dreamers with foresight and revolutionary zeal. With this in mind, his campaign searched high and low for a running mate exemplifying both.\\\
Enter Paul Leroy Robeson: film actor, All-American footballer, civil rights activist, and now the first African-American Vice President in history. The Princeton graduate served as the kinder, more educated contrast to the workingman Hall and his rhetoric, winning hearts with baritone-lacquered promises of an America that pays more than lip service to its principal values. Party fears over the untested "two-tone ticket" were summarily dashed by its upset victory in 1972, won in large part by black votes Robeson's presence had mobilized.\\\
Yet talent mattered little before sickness and old age. Having barely fought down double pneumonia in 1965, the 72 year-old's health has only dwindled in the years since. Many worry that the aging vice president will spend more of his four years in a sickbed than in office; critics insinuate that President Hall considers Robeson's inevitable absence a prerequisite for his wide-reaching ambitions...[[/labelnote]]

* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: If Hall is elected, Robeson will be the first African-American Vice President.
* {{Sleepyhead}}: Due to his poor health, Robeson is constantly tired and rarely makes contributions to Hall's cabinet meetings, besides yawning.
* VicePresidentWho: Vice President Robeson barely fought down double pneumonia in 1965, and his health has only dwindled in the years since. Many worry that the elderly Robeson will spend more of his four years in a sickbed than in office (historically, he died in 1976, meaning that he only gets to serve as Vice President for three years); critics insinuate that Hall considers Robeson's inevitable absence a prerequisite for his wide-reaching ambitions.

[[folder:Sid [=McMath=]]]
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->'''Role:''' Vice President[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Jackson cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Progressive Party
->'''Ideology:''' Progressivism
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Sid [=McMath=] is a man of many surprises. Despite being a Southerner and a decorated veteran of the Marine Corps, he is a staunch progressive and a champion of civil rights. During his term as governor of Arkansas, he led the charge against poll taxes, rural poverty, and the influence of oil barons in state politics. Although failing to win re-election in the gubernatorial race against segregationist Orval Faubus, he went on to become a successful trial attorney. As an attorney he won several landmark cases in the fields of personal injury law and civil rights, winning multi-million dollar recoveries for his working-class clients.\\\
He was a natural choice for Scoop Jackson's vice president. [=McMath=] is the perfect embodiment of the ideal of the "New South": A vision of a South that doesn't try to cling to an antebellum past through segregation and sharecropping, but instead looks forward to a new era of social equality and economic progress. He is Scoop's best hope for reconciling the Far-Right Dixiecrats with the party's new progressive leadership.[[/labelnote]]

* InternalReformist: [=McMath=] has had a long career of fighting for civil rights and economic progress, which made him a natural choice for Jackson's Vice President.
* ReconcileTheBitterFoes: [=McMath=] is a Southerner and previously worked as governor of Arkansas, making him a valuable asset for Jackson to reconcile the Dixiecrat voters.

[[folder:Leonard Woodcock]]
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->'''Role:''' Vice President[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Kirkpatrick cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Democratic Party
->'''Ideology:''' Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Leonard Woodcock, a former leader of the United Auto Workers, is an untraditional vice president in an untraditional Administration. Woodcock was born in Providence, Rhode Island, the son of a socialist British machinist. After a childhood cut short by World War I and his father's imprisonment by German forces, Woodcock moved to England, then Detroit, interacting with people from all walks of life. His status as a college drop-out did little to stop his career as a machinist or his rise through the U.A.U. as a proud union man.\\\
Now Woodcock stands in the vice presidency with no prior elected experience and visibility only among union workers. While this latter quality might help Kirkpatrick preserve her shaky coalition, still rattled by growing white working class resentment, it is unclear whether Woodcock can expand her appeal.[[/labelnote]]
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* SuffrageAndPoliticalLiberation: Woodcock had made a name for himself as both a hard-working machinist and a prominent union man seeking to better the plight of his peers. His standing as vice president reflects Kirkpatrick's commitment, at least on paper, towards social reform domestically.
* VicePresidentWho: While well-known among union workers, Woodcock may as well be a complete unknown in Washington, with no prior political experience outside the United Auto Workers. It's also left vague whether Kirkpatrick genuinely picked him for his unionist experience or simply to pander to the working class vote.

[[folder:Donald Rumsfeld]]
!!UsefulNotes/DonaldRumsfeld
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->'''Role:''' US Representative, Vice President[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Romney cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Republican Party
->'''Ideology:''' Conservatism
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote: Click to Show]]Donald Rumsfeld is, in many ways, the perfect Government man. A consummate insider with a mastery of foreign and defense policy whose colorless nature has helped disguise his relentless ambition.\\\
A Midwestern Navy veteran who won his first election in the Chicago suburbs at barely 30 years old, Rumsfeld has compiled an impressive record in the halls of Congress. Once the ring leader of a group of Republican reformers, Rumsfeld has led an active career in Washington, forging close ties with academics and intellectuals involved in defense and foreign policy. As a consensus-minded conservative, broadly amenable to both the GOP's right and left flanks, Rumsfeld's selection as Romney's running mate owes as much to the divisions within the Republican Party as it does to his own political, expertise.\\\
Vice President Rumsfeld's deep ties to the Washington beltway and aptitude in international, affairs have already turned him into the public face of the administration's foreign policy. One whose intellectual prowess and connections to Capitol Hill have made him an indispensable part of the Romney administration's day-to-day operation.[[/labelnote]]

* AllohistoricalAllusion: Rumsfeld’s proposal for the South African War is implementing the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Operations_and_Revolutionary_Development_Support CORDS Program]], a focus on nation-building and winning the hearts and minds of the local populace, undercutting the support that the fascists and Boers get. President Johnson and Bennett can implement this strategy if they inherit the South African War.
* ConsolationPrize: Being more conservative-minded, Rumsfeld is brought on as Romney's Vice President because he could appeal to the hardline Republicans.
* QualityOverQuantity: Donald Rumsfeld and his "Technocrats" advocate sending only the best men to South Africa, with better leadership, doctrines, weapons systems, and intelligence, and focusing on counterinsurgency rather than sending more men and risking a gruesome war of attrition.

[[folder:John B. Anderson]]
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->'''Role:''' US Representative, Vice President[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Schlafly cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Nationalist Party

->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]When the NPP kingmakers realized Schlafly would gain the nomination, they begged her to balance the ticket. They wanted her to run with someone safe and moderate. Schlafly refused. She would only pick a running mate with convictions. The choice was clear: John B. Anderson.\\\
Anderson was elected to the US House in 1960 as a solid conservative. A veteran, lawyer, and former member of the foreign service, Anderson had the credentials and intelligence to rise quickly among the House ranks, earning friends and gaining prominent committee positions. His fiery denunciations of government excess and decision to introduce a constitutional amendment that would "recognize the law and authority of Jesus Christ" gained him a small following within the NPP. Schlafly hopes to use his connections and skills as an attack dog to pass her ambitious agenda.[[/labelnote]]

* AllohistoricalAllusion: Anderson's shaky faith in Schlafly in spite of their shared values foreshadows a radical break with the Nationalists, much like how the Watergate Scandal and the Vietnam War prompted his sudden turn to progressivism.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Anderson shares many of the same values as Schlafly, but he is stunned by the extreme lengths that Schlafly will go to "save" the United States, as shown in her rant after the FAAI passes or gets rejected.
* TheFundamentalist: Anderson proposed a constitutional amendment to "recognize the law and authority of Jesus Christ" over the nation when he was a member of the House of Representatives.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Despite being Schlafly's VP, he is way more experienced than her. He's served in the House since 1960, has a fiery charisma, and built a small following from his work. Meanwhile, Schlafly has no elected experience and has to rely on Anderson's connections to even have a chance of completing her agenda.

[[folder:Louis T. Byers]]
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->'''Role:''' Vice President[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Yockey cabinet)
->'''Party:''' American National Vanguard
->'''Ideology:''' National Socialism
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Sometimes, it takes the likes of a great speaker to rally the masses and assume power. Sometimes, it's the master bureaucrat, capable of sliding any piece of law into the heart of the nation, no matter how many hurdles are in the way. Sometimes, it's the powerful likes of the soldier-politician, calling for a stronger nation than ever before. And, sometimes, it just takes someone who fancies themselves a writer.\\\
Lous T. Byers was certainly not the expected choice of power within the government of President Francis Parker Yockey and his American National Vanguard, but the current cabinet thanks their stars for Byers' position. Establishing his fervent support of Francis Parker Yockey upon the campuses of America across the country after years of supporting George Wallace, Byers' name came to the limelight after continuous writings to newspapers across the country, defending now-Secretary Revilo P. Oliver's postulation about the potential Judeo-Bolshevik conspiracy which led to President John F. Kennedy's assassination. Brought forward as someone who understands the spirit of the Vanguard, President Yockey set his ardent-fan as his running mate, and now he sits as the chief position of government, behind President Yockey himself.\\\
Luckily, however, Byers has managed to find friends throughout the cabinet, despite the rising tensions from within. Byers has taken himself to be a form of a translator for President Yockey, whose academic rhetoric tends to blow far above the understanding of much of America, as he attempts to popularize the National Socialist values of President Yockey in a digestible format for the American populace. What matters now is if the American public will take to enjoying Byers' reconstructed understandings of President Yockey's statements...or will they end up shooting the messenger?[[/labelnote]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: {{Downplayed}}. When Byers listens to one of Yockey's lectures, he typically feels a simultaneous mix of pride and dread in reaction.
* EvilWelcomesDefectors: After years of initially supporting Wallace, Byers switched sides to Yockey because he was enamored with his more extreme views.
* LaymansTerms: Most of his work involves simplifying Yockey's pretentious mumbo jumbo into something that can be more easily understood by the American populace.
* MouthOfSauron: Since Yockey is a terrible public speaker, Byers is the one who communicates his message to the rest of the United States and disseminates his wild anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.
* PsychoSupporter: Fervently supports Yockey and his ideas of a Judeo-Bolshevik conspiracy, which earns him a place as Yocket's Vice President.
* RedScare: In addition to the Jews, Byers blames communist agents for "brainwashing" the youth to adopt left-wing ideas he considers deranged.

!! Secret Vice Presidents '''(Unmarked Spoilers)'''

[[folder:Maxwell Taylor]]
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->'''Role:''' Military Commander, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (RFK cabinet), Vice President[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Thurmond cabinet), Secretary of Defense[[note]]Security Minister[[/note]] (Schlafly cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Nationalist Party
->'''Ideology:''' Paternalism
For his tropes, see the [[Characters/TNOSixtiesUSAPresidents 1964-1968 American Presidents page]].
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[[folder:Birch Bayh]]
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->'''Role:''' Vice President[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Morrison cabinet)

->'''Ideology:''' Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show:]]Birch Bayh is not a fresh face to Washington or politics. The golden child of the 1962 freshman class, the handsome Hoosier has climbed the ladders of politics, from lowly state representative to speaker of the Indiana State House to the United States Senate. With his good-humored nature, talent for persuasion, and mastery of Senate procedure and constitutional law, Bayh has established himself as Senator's Senator, one of the most talented legislators in the august body. A tireless fighter for equality and equal justice under the law, able to work across coalition and party lines for the betterment of the country.\\\
Bayh's ascension to the Vice Presidency signifies President Morrison's commitment to the legacy of his predecessor, a calm reassurance to Democrats, one whose humble farm roots, it is hoped, can appeal to rural Americans thought forgotten by the Hart administration.[[/labelnote]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Bayh is funny and charming, but when it's time to work, he gets serious. When Zsa Zsa tries to distract him and Chep with a glass of champagne, Bayh is the one who resists her charms and declines the offer, not Chep.
* TheCharmer: Bayh is likable, handsome, and a man from Vigo County, making him an excellent vice president for Chep, who'd need to appeal to the rural demographic.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: Getting Bayh confirmed for the vice presidency is imperative for Chep to saving the URI. If the petition is rejected, Chep's cabinet collapses and his efforts to save Hart's legacy fail before he can even start.
* VicePresidentWho: {{Defied}}. In his introduction to Chep, Bayh clearly states that he isn't a silent man and that he will be proactive in D.C.
* WalkingSpoiler: The notion of him becoming Vice President and playing a substantial role in the White House spoils Hart's cancer diagnosis and Chep's ascension to the presidency.
* YouAreInCommandNow: Following Hart's cancer diagnosis, he and Hubert Humphrey handpick Bayh to be Morrison's Vice President, since he is a fellow liberal who would complement Chep.

!! Generals
[[folder:William Westmoreland]]
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->'''Role:''' Military Commander, Head of State (OFN Mandate)
->'''Ideology:''' Military Mandate[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' (Field Marshal)[[labelnote: Click to Show]] While a lot can be said about William Childs Westmoreland, both good and bad, few can doubt the position of power he currently holds over the United States Army. Graduating from West Point in 1936 and becoming a first lieutenant before the Fall of France, Westmoreland served with Valor under artillery battalions during the defense of the English mainland. Despite America having lost the war, Westmoreland returned home as a hardened veteran, providing valuable insight to combined arms theory and the improvement of the Armed Forces general staff. Completing airborne training in the aftermath, Westmoreland spent a large amount of his post-war years climbing the ranks of a career officer. Throughout the rest of the 50s, Westmore solidified himself as a key strategist and theorist for the new direction of America's ground forces. This would eventually promote him to Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, and later as one of America's most senior generals, charting the nation's course in terms of National Defense. [[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' (East African Interim Unity Government)[[labelnote: Click to Show]] Home to some of the fiercest fighting of the war, East Africa has been a constant thorn in the side of its leader since the establishment of the Reichskommissariat- first Hans Hüttig, and now General Westmoreland. The East African mandate is hardly a state at all, hastily established as the Ostafrika SS collapsed during the American offensive. The unstable interim state must now contend with the rebels who managed to survive the brutal repression of the Hüttig regime; the most hardened, brutal, and determined people on the continent.\\\
General William Westmoreland, widely hailed in the American press for his triumph over the initial Schild offensive and later equally reviled for his controversial strategy of attrition, is the only man for the job. Making heavy use of the American advantage in bombers and artillery, Westmoreland met with great success on the battlefield and great opposition from the home front, and the brutal repression deemed necessary to keep East Africa under control has only made things worse.\\\
With the last of the SS defeated or driven underground Westmoreland now finds himself in the unenviable position of trying to deescalate conflict on a battlefield won by escalation. Superior firepower means little now that the enemy can simply melt away into the jungle when faced with superior force. A man of war tasked with bringing peace, Westmoreland is in a race against time to defeat the insurgency and stabilize East Africa before the little goodwill left at home runs out. [[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' (Central African Republic)[[labelnote: Click to Show]] The African continent is a complex place, filled with diverse groups of people, all under the supervision of General William Westmoreland. Initially called upon to halt the Schild offensive in South Africa, Westmoreland has been called in for an even more daunting task. Much like the initial deployment to South Africa, the American occupation of the continent was hasty and unplanned. The hero of Cape Town has been called upon once again to put out the raging inferno in the heart of Africa.\\\
Yet this time, Westmoreland faces even longer odds and a far worse situation on the ground. The sheer disorganization of the military regime is trouble enough, as newly placed administrators struggle with finding enough translators, keeping supply lines open, and keeping up a good face for the public. Shackled by a convoluted bureaucracy and no time to organize it, Westmoreland is finding it increasingly difficult to justify the American presence in Africa to Congress back home. Bearing the weight of a whole continent on his shoulders, Westmoreland will struggle to get his men out of Africa without making serious concessions to American interests or, more likely, the long term stability of the region. [[/labelnote]]

An American general that becomes the leader of the East African Interim Unity Government or the Central African Republic (if the one state solution is picked) if the OFN achieves total victory in Africa.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Westmoreland is quite patronizing to the native Africans he governs, but he's disgusted by Clifford Dupont and the British settler's collaboration with Hans Hüttig's enslavement of the Africans. When Dupont tries claiming that the British suffered under his rule, Westmoreland shuts him up quick.
* InnocentBigot: At the OFN All-African Summit in Harare, Westmoreland accidentally welcomes African representatives to Salisbury, which is the former colonial name for Harare[[note]]although it is a bit unclear what he ''should'' have called it, as in OTL Salisbury didn't get another name until 1982, on account of having been founded as a colonial settlement, and Harare was not the obvious choice for a post-colonial name[[/note]]. Needless to say, this doesn't endear him to local African leaders (amongst whom is the Zimbabwean nationalist Robert Mugabe).
* KangarooCourt: {{Defied}}. Although many Africans call for the immediate punishment of all Nazis in East Africa, Westmoreland has decided not to pursue this course and instead conduct the Quelimane Trials, where each Nazi will be judged for their crimes and given an appropriate punishment.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Westmoreland is willing to do some questionable things to stabilize East Africa such as pardoning the British collaborators to Hüttig if they were only tangentially complicit in his crimes, however, when compared to Hüttig, Westmoreland's rule seems far more benevolent.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Westmoreland is one of the main representatives for America's neocolonialist in Africa should they win the [=SAW=] and generally has a low opinion of the native population he is sent to rule over, this is best seen during the Quelimane conference commences and threatens to devolve into bedlam, he angrily thinks of them as "backwater tribesmen" who can only be kept in line with force. Despite this, he still commits to returning Africa to the native rule in the end.
* ThinkNothingOfIt: If Westmoreland successfully decolonizes East Africa, he'll be asked to comment on his accomplishment and what he says is quite reserved.
-->''I have only done my duty as a soldier and representative of the United States. The true credit here belongs to the men and women of Africa who agreed to work together to chart a new path into the future.''

[[folder:Creighton Abrams Jr.]]
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->'''Role:''' Military Commander, Head of State (OFN Mandate)
->'''Ideology:''' Military Mandate[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' (General)[[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born: September 15, 1914, in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States of America\\\
Military Career: Creighton Williams Abrams Jr., son of a railroad worker, graduated from West Point in 1936 and was transferred to the First Cavalry Division. There he rose up to captain before being temporarily transferred to the 1st Armored Division as a tank company commander. However, it was his work in the 4th Armored Division's 37th Armored Regiment that allowed him to really come into his own as a genius at armored warfare. Serving as the unit's leader throughout the war, it was widely considered the tip of the spear of General George S. Patton's forces. At this, "Colonel Abe" Abrams excelled, awarded the Distinguished Service Cross twice in 1944 for defeating superior German units, and was even declared the best tank commander in the army by Patton himself. After the conflict, Abrams rose up the ranks of the peacetime army, graduating from the Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth in 1949, serving in Greenland and the Caribbean before being promoted to brigadier general and serving as deputy chief of staff for reserve components at the Pentagon in 1956. Commander of the 3rd Armored Division from 1959-1962, recently transferred as deputy Chief of Staff for Operations at the Pentagon, overseeing a number of domestic deployments for Civil Rights disturbances.\\\
Important Notes: Respected, decorated, and well liked, Abrams is one of the most admired men in the US Army, though he often clashes with politicians and defense contractors. Was a classmate of William Westmoreland at West Point. [[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' (OFN Provisional Government of the Congo)[[labelnote:Click to Show]]Years ago, in the fields of England, Creighton Abrams won acclaim and renown for his actions in the disastrous intervention in England. Now, in ultimate victory over the Nazi regime in Africa, he has found only scorn and resentment. As the wildfire of conventional war has descended into a slowly burning insurgency, General Abrams has been put in the uncomfortable position of crushing the insurgency determining the political future of the Congo.\\\
Legacy German officials in the Congo administration have observed that under Abrams, there has been more continuity than change from Muller's regime. Despite paying lip service to winning hearts and minds Abrams has continued to apply a light touch to both the companies operating in the Congo and the natives struggling to survive in the war-torn nation. Already under fire from Washington due to allegations of massacres carried out by his troops during the offensives across Namibia, Abrams is also under immense economic pressure to continue giving companies a free hand in the region.\\\
Things for Abrams have changed immensely since the English disaster. There is no glory in this war, and any victory would be cheap consolation for the thousands of lives lost. As the papers at home shout for their boys to come back, General Abrams must decide how to best leave America's mark on the region before his inevitable return home.[[/labelnote]]
An American general that becomes the leader of the OFN Provisional Government of the Congo if the OFN are victorious in the South African War.
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* IncurableCoughOfDeath: After the Léopoldville Conference concludes, Abrams takes a sigh of relief from finally decolonizing the Congo. However, this calmness only lasts for a few seconds before Abrams breaks into a fit of violent coughs, feeling the constant pain in his chest get worse than ever. Abrams takes a look at the pack of cigars he's holding and begins wondering how many years he has left.
* KnightTemplar: As the Congo Crisis approaches, Abrams becomes so fed up with the constant native uprisings and so disillusioned with the situation that he intends to shoot his way towards an orderly decolonization of the Congo.
-->''The Congo is a fucking hive, a hive of rats, all squirming under our feet and biting at the freedom we have bestowed upon them. If there is anything to learn from this fiery, explosive mess, it is that to ride a bastard, you must break the bastard's back. There is a future on the horizon, yes, but only once we have broken enough backs and taught these natives to obey their liberators, their saviors. This is what freedom is.''
-->''[[red:The Congo is a sink indeed, and we are all circling the drain.]]''
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Should the Congo Crisis boil over, Abrams' supervisors will order him to stand down and retreat, cutting all of the OFN's losses. Abrams hates to admit this defeat and feels guilt about leaving the Congo in a civil war, but he knows that he has no choice and follows his orders anyway.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: As a representative of U.S. hegemony in Africa, Abrams is both pragmatic and unscrupulous when it comes to his leadership, owing to his general apathy to the people of Africa. This is best showcased when he can optionally invite German sympathizers and disgraced Nazis, including Rolf Steiner, to help stabilize the Congo. That being said, his regime is far better than that of Müller's explicitly colonialist Reichskommissariat. Similarly, there are points of comparison that can be drawn for both leaders.
** Müller is mostly apathetic to the rule of his Reichskommissariat, preferring instead to hunt wild animals and sometimes partisans. Abrams, although somewhat lax and disinterested evidenced by his frequent mispronunciations of native Congolese leaders' names which he makes no effort to correct even by the time of the Léopoldville Conference, puts more effort into learning about and administrating the Congo than Müller so he can at least get out with his head held high.
** Müller's laissez-faire governing style allows corporations and investors to turn it into their personal playground. Abrams can either keep these businesses and investors around, or he can replace them with all-American ones. Unlike Müller, however, Abrams has no intention of reaping personal profit from them.
** The same goes for native groups. Although reluctant to associate with former members of the Native SS, Abrams will reward loyal natives with positions of authority in the mandate, be they Belgian plantation owners, German remnants and mercenaries, or powerful native rulers. He creates a stratified administration with the OFN military government at the top and the various local rulers beneath them, not entirely dissimilar to how Müller ran things.
** Müller can be flexible in his loyalties, even opting to keep Zentralafrika's economy open to investors during the South African War and effectively sell guns to his enemies in the name of profit, while Abrams's loyalty to the United States is not in doubt.
* ReluctantRuler: If the OFN defeats Afrika-Schild in the South African War, Abrams is tasked with the uncomfortable task of crushing the insurgency in the Congo. Under pressure from both Washington and local investors, he thinks that there is no glory in this war but still has to decide on how to leave America's mark in the Congo before coming back home.
* SirSwearsALot: Whenever a crisis occurs or someone begins causing trouble for him, Abrams begins swearing like a sailor, cursing the new circumstances he's in.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: If the Congo Crisis occurs and the entire region splinters into warring factions, Abrams will be forced to call a retreat from the African continent, leaving it behind in a civil war.
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[[folder:John D. Lavelle]]
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->'''Role:''' Military Commander, Head of State (OFN Mandate)
->'''Ideology:''' Military Mandate[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' (General)[[labelnote:Click to Show]]John "Jack" Daniel Lavelle is a man defined by loyalty. When he graduated from university in 1938 he enlisted as an air cadet and was commissioned as a second lieutenant. Here started his long, and controversial career in the Air Force.\\\
As he climbed the ranks of the Air Force all the way up to general, he found himself getting increasingly entangled with presidential politics, allegedly changing his aerial doctrine to appeal to the whims of the president against the rules of engagement. Rumors of Lavelle telling his pilots to "shoot first, ask questions later" and instructing them to take preemptive actions against enemies have filled the halls of the Pentagon.\\\
Whatever the case may be, Lavelle's career is one of utter loyalty and dedication to the United States.[[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' (Coalition Government of Angola)[[labelnote:Click to Show]]Most generals are used to having their orders obeyed without question. During his time in Angola, General John Lavelle has learned to expect the opposite. In some ways Lavelle has the easiest job of the three mandate leaders- there are less radicalized rebel warlords or predatory corporations to deal with, for one- but that ease of ruling also leads to greater expectations. America and Lavelle both see a real opportunity for the torch of freedom to shine brightly in Angola, and both wish to ignite that spark.\\\
However, what Congress sees from across the ocean and what Lavelle sees from Luanda are very different things. UNITA and the MPLA were cooperative and helpful in the American occupation, having secured their own territories against the Germans and each other. However, it is abundantly clear that their truce will last only as long as the American military presence, one which cannot remain for long. Facing down both Angolan factions and the overblown expectations of Congress, Lavelle will have to use all of his diplomatic skill to bring Angola to its full potential.[[/labelnote]]
An American general that becomes the leader of the Coalition Government of Angola if the OFN are victorious in the South African War.
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* MeetTheNewBoss: A rare positive example. Lavelle ends up ruling Angola in the same vein as the benevolent Wolfgang Schenck, and can even use the former Reichskommissar's plans to decolonize Angola and give them freedom as the blueprint for his own decolonization efforts.
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Explicitly defies the calls in Washington for privatization of Angola's industry, instead opting to maintain control of the factories under the Angolan Reconstruction Program, directing the proceeds to building up Angolan infrastructure and goodwill.
* SelfDeprecation: Establishing a transitional government means getting both UNITA and the MPLA to compromise for the moment, which is expected to break down by many, including his own subordinate, General William M. Momyer. Lavelle admits to himself that even he isn't sure that he knows what he's doing anymore by that point.
* TakingUpTheMantle: Lavelle can build on plans to decolonize Angola drafted by the similarly-principled Wolfgang Schenck in his efforts to decolonize OFN Angola. Angola has pretty good luck in colonial military governors it seems.
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!! Nixon/JFK/[=McComarck=] Cabinet Members

[[folder:William P. Rogers]]
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->'''Role:''' Secretary of State[[note]]Foreign Minister[[/note]] (Nixon, JFK, and [=McComarck=] cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Republican Party
->'''Ideology:''' Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]William Rogers can be said to be one of the few men in President Nixon's cabinet to have been appointed specifically for their lack of expertise in their portfolio - as a way for the President himself to dominate foreign policy. While Rogers is a talented and respected legal mind - serving as President Eisenhower's Attorney General - President Nixon has repeatedly expressed his interest in leading foreign policy personally, and without influence from within the RDC. Rogers has served as an uninspired Secretary of State to date, frequently overruled or even kept out of the loop by President Nixon.[[/labelnote]]
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* AuthorityInNameOnly: He's officially Nixon's Secretary of State, but his advice is frequently overruled and all decisional power that comes with his position is concentrated on Nixon.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Since Nixon prefers personally leading the United States' foreign policy, Rogers is often left out of the decision process or even kept unaware of it until it comes into effect.
* UnfitForGreatness: Rogers was specifically chosen by Nixon to be his Secretary of State because of how inexperienced he is. As far as Nixon is concerned, he doesn't need Rogers' input because he can manage the American foreign ministry himself and, given that his completed focus tree involving foreign policy is the optimal route, he's probably right.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Robert [=McNamara=]]]
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->'''Role:''' Secretary of the Treasury[[note]]Economy Minister[[/note]] (Nixon, JFK, and [=McComarck=] cabinet), Secretary of Defense[[note]]Security Minister[[/note]] (Johnson, Goldwater, and Kirkpatrick cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Republican Party
->'''Ideology:''' Conservatism
->'''In-Game Biography: (Secretary of the Treasury)''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Robert [=McNamara=] is an outside appointment in President Nixon's cabinet - coming from industry rather than the political class. A veteran of the Army Air Force during World War II, [=McNamara=] entered government after over a decade of service as one of the Ford Motor Company's 'Whiz Kids' - turning the company around through the revolutionary application of a statistical and scientific approach to management and business. In poaching [=McNamara=] from his position as President of Ford in 1960, Nixon hopes to transplant [=McNamara=]'s methods from the boardrooms of Detroit to the smoke-filled rooms of Washington D.C.\\\
Nixon offered [=McNamara=] a choice between the Defense and Treasury portfolios - and while [=McNamara=] is officially Secretary of the Treasury, he frequently weighs in on issues of defense, building a network of connections that could see him rise higher in Washington, should he so desire...[[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography: (LBJ Secretary of Defense)''' [[labelnote: Click to Show]]Robert [=McNamara=] is an unusual holdover appointment from Richard Nixon's cabinet - shifting laterally from his position as Secretary of the Treasury to Defense. Given President Johnson's stated focus on improving America at home, the going assumption is that President Johnson is willing to keep the business of national defense in proven hands - and [=McNamara=] had already been involved in defense issues beyond his portfolio during the Nixon years.\\\
With the appointment of Henry Fowler to the Treasury, President Johnson has handed control over the budget and defense to experienced technocrats, with the clear expectation that they will take care of business while President Johnson remakes America. [=McNamara=], no doubt, is capable and willing to serve Johnson as he did Nixon - but with his growing network of connections in Washington, [=McNamara=] is now a political fixture in his own right, and some whisper that his ambition may soon extend to the White House itself.[[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography: (Goldwater Secretary of Defense)''' [[labelnote: Click to Show]]The military is no place for emotions. Fierce, pathos-filled born-and-bred warriors are as obsolete as the trebuchet, replaced by an endless flood of cool and calculating administrators. Optimizing the logistic process to ensure an uninterrupted delivery of materiel to operational theaters may not be the yearn heroic tales are spun of, but modern warfare is all about percentages, statistics, and evidence-based decisions.\\\
Robert [=McNamara=] is the undisputed master of this theorem. Instead of wasting his valuable time on irrelevant conflicts, he does whatever is necessary to strengthen America's position on an international stage. At Ford, he was pivotal in transforming the corporation into the fine-tuned highly efficient machine it is today - and now, he intends to apply his principles to the military of the United States. A few members of the old guard fervently object to that, claiming that cars cannot be compared to soldiers under any circumstances. [=McNamara=] vows to prove them wrong.[[/labelnote]]
''UsefulNotes/RobertMcNamara'' is Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy's Secretary of the Treasury, and possible Secretary of Defense for LBJ, Barry Goldwater, and Jeane Kirkpatrick.
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* ArchEnemy: [=McNamara=] is Schlafly's most hated, and largely one-sided, nemesis, designating him as the ringleader of "kingmakers" who are destroying the nation by engaging in foreign wars.
* JerkassHasAPoint: [=McNamara=] is one of the many people who rightfully criticizes Kirkpatrick's potentially antagonistic actions against the other OFN members, calling it "completely illogical".
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: If Cameroon invades Mendi and Liberia during the Oil Crisis, even [=McNamara=] recognizes it’s a lost cause and will plead with President Johnson to withdraw from the two countries, not wanting the OFN to be spread too thin during the crisis.
* PretextForWar: Under President Johnson or Bennett, it is [=McNamara=]’s idea to exaggerate and lie about the details of [[AllohistoricalAllusion an American ship being attacked off the Cape of Good Hope]], to shore up support in Congress for expanding America’s role in the South African War.
* {{Realpolitik}}: [=McNamara=] is a stringent practitioner of this, though takes it even further than his OTL counterpart in the name of protecting America.
* TheSpock: [=McNamara=] is written almost like a machine; all of his actions have a motif of reason and calculation behind them, with little room for emotion and empathy. This matches his love for numbers and technology, and his cold willingless to [[ColdEquation sacrifice American soldiers like pieces on a chessboard]].
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [=McNamara=] is a ruthless pragmatist who believes that there can be no room for emotional compromises in politics. If military IQ standards must be lowered to allow more recruitment, if a foreign nation must be invaded to protect America, if taxes must be raised to provide for the common defence, then that should be done.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Melvin Laird]]
->'''Role:''' Secretary of Defense[[note]]Security Minister[[/note]] (Nixon, JFK, and [=McComarck=] cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Republican Party
->'''Ideology:''' Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Melvin Laird is a respected congressman from Wisconsin, having served in Congress since 1953 as a member of the House Appropriations Committee specializing in defense budget and procurement issues. Though well-versed in defense affairs - advocating for a gradual reorientation of American force structure to support a defensive posture with OFN allies - Laird continually fights to defend his portfolio against Nixon's Secretary of the Treasury, Robert McNamara, who pushes for a more statistical and results-driven approach to a more assertive defense policy.\\\
Finding his own position in question in the Nixon administration and with his talents increasingly used purely for Congressional affairs, Laird has expressed his desire to run again for the House of Representatives in 1964, potentially setting up a race to succeed him in the Nixon Administration.[[/labelnote]]
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* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: With Hitler's health fading, Laird notes that it would be a perfect opportunity for the Nixon administration to take a crack at "Fortress Europe" and find a bulwark for OFN influence on the continent.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Laird's vision for an assertive defense policy clashes with [=McNamara's=] coldly statistical approach.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Allen Dulles]]
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->'''Role:''' Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (Nixon and JFK cabinet)
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Long before becoming synonymous with American espionage, Allen Welsh Dulles was a lawyer who served the State Department in many European postings. Seeing firsthand the creation of the Nazi Empire in Europe convinced him American isolationism - in any sense of the word - was impossible in the face of world desiring tyrants. Serving as the link between the OSS and the anti-Hitler resistance in Germany during the war, he was not dissuaded from this view as he learned more and more of the nightmare of Europe.\\\
Returning to the States, he criticized the intelligence agencies of the United States as being unable to collect intelligence from enemy nations and proposed to centralize the agencies around the CIA. The Dulles Report sent shockwaves around Washington, as he put the blame for these issues at the feet of the management of the agencies. The CIA then brought him onboard as the director of covert operations, before he became the director of the CIA itself.[[/labelnote]]
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* CassandraTruth: Witnessing the creation and horrors of the Nazi regime, Dulles scrutinized American isolationism as a self-destructive foreign policy that would doom the world. His words failed to convince the American establishment in time and were, sadly, proven right.
* MinorMajorCharacter: Dulles has a relatively minor presence in the mod, but his creation of the Dulles Report fueled the creation of the CIA and unleashed a new age of American global imperialism.
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!! Thurmond cabinet '''(Unmarked Spoilers)'''

[[folder:Spiro Agnew]]
!! UsefulNotes/SpiroAgnew
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->'''Role:''' Governor of Maryland, Vice President[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Smith cabinet), Secretary of State[[note]]Foreign Minister[[/note]] (Thurmond cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Nationalist Party
->'''Ideology:''' Paternalism
For his tropes, see the [[Characters/TNOSixtiesUSAPresidents 1964-1968 American Presidents page]].
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[[folder:Russell B. Long]]
->'''Role:''' Secretary of the Treasury[[note]]Economy Minister[[/note]] (Thurmond cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Louisiana Progressive Party
->'''Ideology:''' Paternalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Russell Billiu Long, son of the infamous late Louisiana governor Huey Long and established senator of Louisiana, is one of the more unexpected members of Strom Thurmond's cabinet. Being a member of the rather liberal wing of the NPP, Long has a long history of being a trailblazer when it comes to pushing for social programs and economic justice, supporting a wide variety of policies like healthcare grants and expanded welfare. His vision of the future United States is of a charitable society that takes care of it's weaker members, a society that focuses more on the poor than the rich. Surprisingly, Storm Thurmond completely agrees with it.\\\
As long as the recipients are white, of course.[[/labelnote]]
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* ArchEnemy: He and the Long family in general are this to Chep Morrison, who has been a vocal opponent to them since Huey Long's time.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Russell is a loyal follower of his infamous father Huey Long's populist ideas of expanded social welfare.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Long is the most sympathetic member of Thurmond's cabinet, advocating for social programs and economic justice. Thurmond agrees, though he wants those benefits strictly reserved for white Americans.
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[[folder:L. Mendel Rivers]]
->'''Role:''' Secretary of Defense[[note]]Security Minister[[/note]] (Thurmond cabinet)
->'''Party:''' States' Rights Party
->'''Ideology:''' Paternalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]War is no civil affair. It is a terribly rowdy thing, a suspension of humanity until total victory is achieved. Moral victories are nice, but America's last moral victory cost them Hawaii, two ports, and thousands of lives.\\\
Lucian Mendel Rivers isn't in it for moral victories. America is under attack on all fronts, and intentionally restraining the military to please hippies, journalists, and other useless people is a luxury it cannot afford. These leeches might be concerned about the fact that a former member of the house who advocated for the use of nuclear weapons in the South African War is now directly responsible for the administration of the military, but what do they know? Rivers surely knows more about the matter than some limp-wristed boys, and besides, even the smallest nuke has to be authorised by Thurmond himself anyways.\\\
Luckily, not everything has to be signed off by the big man in the oval office. Minor incidents such as a few soldiers going a little overboard whilst liberating a village are obviously not important enough to land on the President's desk, and Rivers is poised to ensure that these internal affairs stay within the Department of Defense, where they can be classified and shelved until everyone involved is dead for at least fifty years.[[/labelnote]]
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* NoSympathy: He has no ethical concerns over American war crimes committed in foreign proxy wars. If anything, he's more focused on sweeping those atrocities under the rug and classifying them until everyone involved is dead fifty years later.
* {{Realpolitik}}: Rivers has no concern for morality or idealism when it comes to waging war, blaming America's defeat in World War II on those two qualities for delaying their entry.
* {{Warhawk}}: Rivers is a hawkish politician who believes that the military should be prioritized in American foreign policy, despising the "hippies" and "journalists" who are holding it back.
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!! Hall Cabinet Members

[[folder:Alger Hiss]]
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->'''Role:''' Secretary of State[[note]]Foreign Minister[[/note]] (Hall cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Communist Party USA
->'''Ideology:''' Communism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]As a man, Alger Hiss was equal parts brilliant and unpleasant. The long-time President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace combined minute-detail knowledge of every left-wing government and movement on Earth with obnoxious, condescending apologia thereof. Diplomats and officials learned not to spend a minute more than necessary around the former federal attorney; he often returned the favor by addressing his guests exactly a minute after their patience had worn thin.\\\
But as a policymaker, the Harvard Law graduate was an avowed leftist with years of experience in public service: a rare breed within American foreign policy's establishment. His eager appeals to support socialist dissidents in Asia and Latin America eventually caught the attention of Washington's increasingly sympathetic politicos. Insiders prognosticated for Hiss a place in President Hall's Cabinet; by Inauguration Day, he was formally sworn in as Secretary of State.\\\
Leftists abroad may rejoice in knowing that the Arsenal of Democracy now expresses its formal support for the world proletariat's struggle. Meanwhile, anonymous sources hint that Hiss's prosecutorial finesse contributed to his appointment as much as his discreet connections to foreign socialists...[[/labelnote]]
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Given his condescending, smarmy attitude, few officials would like to spend more time than necessary working with Hiss.
* InsufferableGenius: Hiss is just as much of a genius as he is haughty. His mind is like a steel trap and he's got a lot of experience in public service, yet he's also condescending and obnoxious to those he speaks to.
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[[folder:Larry Itliong]]
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->'''Role:''' Secretary of the Treasury[[note]]Economy Minister[[/note]] (Hall cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Communist Party USA
->'''Ideology:''' Communism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]In 1929, a sixteen year-old from someplace called Pangasinan stepped foot on the Port of San Francisco's docks. A year later, he joined his first strike. Beyond that was where old laborers' tales diverge, but all swore the legend of Larry Dulay Itliong, head of the United Farm Workers and darling boy of labor unions worldwide, began in the Gilded State's lowest dregs.\\\
From there the Filipino immigrant made his name organizing strikes up and down the West Coast, rousing his fellow tenants to fight for fair wages and fair treatment. Losing three fingers to an Alaskan cannery barely hampered Pitong Daliri, or "Seven Fingers", in his own war on poverty; by the Nixon administration's twilight years, press cameras captured the man and his iconic cigar wherever workers expressed their solidarity.\\\
Gus Hall's victory meant that high office was a certainty for the veteran striker. Yet few foresaw his appointment as Secretary of the Treasury, a title once reserved for the who's who of bourgeois capitalism. With the federal government at his disposal, Itliong will preside over the first critical years of America's transfiguration into a land not just of liberty and justice, but of bread and roses too.[[/labelnote]]
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* CigarChomper: In the media, Itliong usually has his signature cigar.
* {{Fingore}}: Itliong lost three fingers to an Alaskan cannery, though this did nothing to hinder his involvement in labor strikes.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He assists Hall's plan to sweep out the CIA, which could have potential consequences, but he does believe it will exact justice on their most corrupt officials and is generally genuinely in fighting against poverty and injustice through Hall's agenda.
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[[folder:William Martin]]
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->'''Role:''' Secretary of Defense[[note]]Security Minister[[/note]] (Hall cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Communist Party USA
->'''Ideology:''' Communism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]William Hamilton Martin had few friends in Darwin and even fewer friends in the Pentagon. In fact he was as far away from the levers of American government as a naval intelligence officer can reasonably get, having been stationed in Australia for over a decade. Were it not for his supposed sympathies to domestic left-wing movements - rumors exacerbated by the multiple disciplinary actions he had accrued for disobedience "on moral grounds" - the glorified bureaucrat would have spent the rest of his career as one federal employee among many.\\\
One can imagine his surprise when President Gus Hall offered Secretary of Defense out of the blue. Accepting it catapulted Martin into the Beltway overnight, with rank and stature high above the vast majority of his now-erstwhile superiors. But Hall's caveats were cryptic and disconcerting: Martin must uphold justice, he said, before the war profiteers and war criminals within his new bailiwick.\\\
In the coming months, the Washington native will learn his exact place within the Hall administration... and the deeds his President will ask of him for justice's sake.[[/labelnote]]
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* FromNobodyToNightmare: In most playthroughs, Martin is pretty much a nobody, serving as a minor naval intelligence officer in Australia. However, if Hall gets elected, Martin is suddenly invited to become his Secretary of Defense, turning him into one of the most powerful politicians in the United States, ready to enact whatever questionable policies Hall has in mind.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Martin is instrumental in discrediting the CIA by leaking their illicit activities, getting almost all of their employees, from the higher-ups to the common clerks, fired. However, when he drives by the empty CIA headquarters, Martin realizes the long-term repercussions of crippling the American intelligence agency and starts getting cold feet over what he's done, wondering if it was worth leaving the United States potentially vulnerable to its enemies abroad.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Disliked in Darwin and hated even more in the Pentagon, Martin was purposely stationed in Australia for over a decade to keep him away from the White House, due to disobedience "on moral grounds". However, he can bounce back if Hall miraculously gets elected and invite him back to the mainland.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Martin intends to bring the "war profiteers and war criminals" in his ministry to justice, but his biography ends on an ominous note on what must be done to achieve this.
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[[folder:Jay Lovestone]]
->'''Role:''' Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (Hall cabinet)
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Many people were surprised when Jay Lovestone, the former leader of CPUSA, was nominated by Gus Hall as leader of the Central Intelligence Agency. After his purge from the party in the mid-1940s, few are as surprised as Jay Lovestone himself.\\\
Jay Lovestone was born in Belarus to a Lithuanian Jewish family. He immigrated to the United States at the age of 10 with his father, a rabbi turned synagogue caretaker, and settled in Manhattan's Lower East Side. His experience of dislocation and his exposure to New York's vibrant political life led him to join a variety of different leftist and socialist groups. In 1919, he decided to drop out of New York University Law School to devote himself full-time to the communist cause, which seemed on the verge of a major breakthrough internationally. His unrelenting support for Nikolai Bukharin helped him to ascend through the ranks of the CPUSA and eventually become its leader.\\\
Alas, the dream of socialism was not meant to be. The death of the Soviet Union and the triumph of the Axis led to crises both personal and professional. Lovestone was expelled for "deviationism" and began a long period of personal reflection. He came to privately denounce the mainstream communist movement as a totalitarian conspiracy with a goal of world conquest and became a willing informant to the CIA on communist labor-union activities. He operated a global network of informants for America's security state.\\\
If the new president is aware of this background, he has not revealed it. Instead, he has held up his confirmation of Lovestone as proof of the communist movement burying old grudges and unifying to address "the real issues facing America." Lovestone now sits in an office in Langley, terrified by both his subordinates—who he regards as dangerous, prep school idiots—and his boss Gus Hall—who Lovestone fears may soon call for a global revolution that Lovestone wants no part in.[[/labelnote]]
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* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Lovestone suspects that Hall has ulterior motives behind putting him in charge of the CIA other than "burying old grudges." With the Agency's dirty laundry being exposed, he worries about what the CPUSA intends to do with it, and himself, once they're done.
* EasilyForgiven: A questionable example. Despite the fact that he turned on the CPUSA, Hall invites Lovestone to be his CIA director and claims that he's "burying old grudges" so the communist movement can stay united and strong. However, Lovestone worries that Hall has more pragmatic reasons to keep him around and will string him along a global revolution that he doesn't want to be in.
* InSpiteOfANail: Since Bukharin wasn't purged in this timeline, Lovestone's relevancy in the CPUSA never wavered and he eventually became its leader. However, this was not too last, as the Axis victory discredited Lovestone anyway and got him expelled from the party, sending him right back to being an informant for the CIA, like in OTL.
* KnowledgeBroker: Through his network of informants, Lovestone helped the CIA spy on communist labor unions to ensure that they wouldn't become too powerful.
* {{Turncoat}}: After getting expelled from the CPUSA for "deviationism", Lovestone switched sides to the CIA, giving them information to spite his former allies.
* UnexpectedSuccessor: Given his antagonistic history with the CPUSA, many, including the man himself, are surprised that Hall would nominate Lovestone as his CIA director.
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!! Jackson Cabinet Members

[[folder:Frank Church]]
->'''Role:''' Secretary of State[[note]]Foreign Minister[[/note]] (Jackson cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Progressive Party
->'''Ideology:''' Progressivism
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* TheCassandra: Church is not afraid to go against public sentiment, such as denouncing American involvement in the South African War and fearing the rise of a securocracy during the Grey Scare. Years later, most of these claims ended up vindicated by history.
* SheatheYourSword: He's a dovish Secretary of State who criticizes America's participation in proxy wars and advocates for a more inclusive, transparent OFN.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: His general caution of getting involved in foreign conflicts is a point of contention with Jackson and Burke, who are considerably more hawkish.
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[[folder:Augustus Hawkins]]
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->'''Role:''' Secretary of the Treasury[[note]]Economy Minister[[/note]] (Jackson cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Progressive Party
->'''Ideology:''' Progressivism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Gus Hawkins often likes to tell his story of riding a bus in LA as a child many years ago. A white woman sat down beside him and whispered to him, "You know, we sure are getting a lot of blacks in this neighborhood. I don't like sitting next to them, they smell." Hawkins, whose mother is black, was flabbergasted and told the woman that he was black himself. The woman refused to believe him. This left a strong impression on Hawkins, who resolved to refuse to pass as white and dedicated himself to the fight for civil rights.\\\
The former Representative from Watt, California and current Secretary of the Treasury has had a long career as the "silent workhorse" of Congress. Hawkins never held rallies and marches, but worked tirelessly behind the scenes to pass a fair housing act. He never held a violent strike, but he worked closely with union leaders to craft new labor legislation. With his new post in President Jackson's cabinet, Hawkins will continue to fight for a fairer America the same way he always has: With firm words and strong handshakes.[[/labelnote]]
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* ButNotTooForeign: He is half-black from his mother's side, something which a racist woman couldn't believe. After that experience, Hawkins vowed to subvert this status, refusing to pass himself as a white American and becoming more open in his support for civil rights.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite his staunch support for civil and labor rights, Hawkins won't yet resort to violence, if he doesn't have to. He prefers passing legislation and working tirelessly behind the scenes to achieve his goals, coordinating closely with leaders of those movements to craft his policies.
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[[folder:Arleigh Burke]]
->'''Role:''' Secretary of Defense[[note]]Security Minister[[/note]] (Jackson cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Progressive Party
->'''Ideology:''' Progressivism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Admiral Arleigh Burke was once asked to explain the difference between a poor officer and a good officer. He answered, "ten seconds." A good officer is always vigilant, and never hesitates to fire when he sees the enemy in his sights. That was his method during the War, when his ships' standing orders were: "Destroyers to attack on enemy contact WITHOUT ORDERS from the task force commander." Some called him mad, but the number of IJN vessels he sent to the bottom of the Pacific helped him drown out that noise.\\\
As Jackson's Secretary of Defense, he has championed the Navy's role in nuclear deterrence. He is active in promoting the mass deployment of submarine-launched ballistic missiles and as Chief of Naval Operations he proposed the 41 for Freedom initiative: The commissioning of 41 nuclear-armed submarines who can strike any nation from any sea undetected. His hawkish background and nuclear ambitions have brought him into conflict with Secretary of State Frank Church, and this inter-cabinet tension will be a continuing challenge for the Jackson administration.[[/labelnote]]
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* ShootEverythingThatMoves: During his naval service in World War II, Burke permitted his fleet to sink any IJN vessels they encountered without orders from their task force commander.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: His advocacy of nuclear defenses is highly contested by the more pacifistic Church, which may be a burden on the Jackson administration.
* {{Warhawk}}: Burke agrees with Jackson's interventionist foreign policy, promoting the mass deployment of nuclear-armed submarines to defend the homeland.
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[[folder:John Tower]]
->'''Role:''' Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (Jackson cabinet)
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Many people thought they knew what they were getting with Director John Goodwin Tower. A staunch conservative who went against civil rights as a leading opponent, many felt he would be another American exceptionalist willing to mess over the rest of the world for the supposed good of the United States. But they were wrong.\\\
Tower's CIA is not the one of assassinations and coups, of inhumane experiments and destruction of civil liberties. That Agency is, has to be, gone. This is going to be a clean organization which operates on pride and not ends that justify the means. If it can't be done the right way, it won't be done at all.\\\
The American people deserve no less.[[/labelnote]]
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* InternalReformist: Tower's overarching mission is to clean up the CIA and transform it into a legitimate force for good rather than an arm for the United States to subjugate the rest of the world.
* PetTheDog: Tower spent his political career opposing civil rights, but his direction of the CIA is surprisingly even-handed, wanting to redeem its image and stop their clandestine activities.
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!! Kirkpatrick Cabinet Members

[[folder:Zbigniew Brzezinski]]
->'''Role:''' Secretary of State[[note]]Foreign Minister[[/note]] (Kirkpatrick cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Democratic Party
->'''Ideology:''' Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Zbigniew Brzezinski is a creature of the Establishment and an enemy to extremism everywhere. He is the son of an aristocratic Polish family who spent his earliest years witnessing the horrors of Nazism. He is an academic who has been a fervent opponent to purposeless militarism and advocate of peaceful engagement. He has been a fixture of the Democratic Party associated with the most dispassionate allies of Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey.\\\
In his latest act, Zbigniew Brzezinski has reinvented himself as the Secretary of State of Jeane Kirkpatrick, another academic albeit with more radical theories than his own. While Brzezinski has never been one for conflict, time will tell whether he can steer the ship of the State Department or whether he will be swallowed up in Kirkpatrick's crusade against totalitarianism.[[/labelnote]]
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* TechnicalPacifist: As the son of a Polish family who were persecuted by the Nazis, Brzezinski is apprehensive to senseless violence and militarism, advocating peaceful engagement as an alternative approach. This thinking conflicts with Kirkpatrick's own agenda and only time will tell if Brzezinski can convince her otherwise.
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[[folder:Daniel Moynihan]]
->'''Role:''' Secretary of the Treasury[[note]]Economy Minister[[/note]] (Kirkpatrick cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Democratic Party
->'''Ideology:''' Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Daniel Moynihan rounds out Jeane Kirkpatrick's coalition of technocrats and, in terms of background, is unremarkable among them. He was Harvard-educated and served in the navy and foreign service. He has multiple degrees, including a PhD in history that he earned with a long dissertation on organized labor. He has served as a lecturer, author, and economic policy theorist—albeit one with controversial ideas.\\\
What distinguishes Moynihan is his character. A self-described flamboyant dandy enthusiastic about political clubhouses, Moynihan often makes headlines with his quips, maxims, and uncensored thoughts on the world at large. This quality has made him a popular man for the press, but it is uncertain whether it will make him popular among his staid, new colleagues.[[/labelnote]]
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* BrutalHonesty: Moynihan is well-known for his quips and uncensored comments, which makes him popular among the media.
* CampStraight: He's a self-described flamboyant man, but he's also married to a woman.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Moynihan has a pretty impressive resume to his name, being Harvard-educated and having multiple degrees. However, in Kirkpatrick's circle of technocrats and experienced politicians, Moynihan pales in comparison and only stands out because of his personality.
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[[folder:Robert [=McNamara=]]]
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->'''Role:''' Secretary of Defense[[note]]Security Minister[[/note]] (Johnson, Goldwater, and Kirkpatrick cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Republican Party
->'''Ideology:''' Conservatism
For his tropes, see the Nixon/JFK/[=McComarck=] section.
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[[folder:E. Henry Knoche]]
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->'''Role:''' Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (Kirkpatrick cabinet)
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]A former sports star walked into the CIA in 1953, asking for a job. He had no experience in operations or clandestine intelligence, only some college basketball trophies and a stint in the navy. His qualifications were speaking a language nobody needed (Russian) and a Chinese dialect nobody cared about (Fuzhou). He should have been laughed out of the building. Yet Enno Henry Knoche now runs the organization. How did it happen?\\\
Those who know Director Knoche realize his bare resume doesn't tell the story of the man's merits. A dedicated worker who handled some of the most important tasks of the management of the CIA, Knoche is well known at the intelligence briefs of the President, and has been running day-to-day operations for the longest time. It just goes to show experience can be padded, and resumes can be inflated, but there's nothing that beats talent.[[/labelnote]]
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* AlmightyJanitor: Prior to becoming CIA Director, Knoche made a name for himself by being exceptionally good at day-to-day operations.
* WrongLineOfWork: {{Subverted}}. A basic look at his resume would imply he's unqualified to be a CIA director, owning some college basketball trophies, having minor experience in the navy and speaking two languages few care about (Russian and Chinese in a Fuzhou dialect). However, this short list doesn't do his full history justice and cover his impressive track record of gathering intelligence briefs and running day-to-day CIA operations.
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!! Romney Cabinet Members

[[folder:Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.]]
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->'''Role:''' Secretary of State[[note]]Foreign Minister[[/note]] (Romney cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Republican Party
->'''Ideology:''' Conservatism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Few people have had a greater impact on American foreign policy in the last decade than Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Born to a prestigious political family, Lodge would follow in his grandfather's footsteps to become a senator in the state of Massachusetts. There, he became a proponent of internationalism and a robust American presence abroad. His love of negotiation continued into domestic politics. In the late 1950s, he would prove to be one of the essential interlocutors responsible for creating the Republican-Democratic Coalition—an accomplishment that saw him awarded a cabinet post under Nixon and Kennedy.\\\
Now, years later, Lodge finds himself in a different administration, one perhaps more inclined to give him the full-throated support he needs to make America a force for good in the world.[[/labelnote]]
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* MinorMajorCharacter: Lodge is one of many American senators to appear in the mod, but he was instrumental in the Republican-Democratic Coalition's creation to stand up to the National Progressive Pact.
* TheSocialExpert: He has a natural talent for diplomacy and geopolitics, which he will harness to turn the United States into a beacon of liberty in the world.
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[[folder:George Shultz]]
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->'''Role:''' Secretary of the Treasury[[note]]Economy Minister[[/note]] (Romney cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Republican Party
->'''Ideology:''' Conservatism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]When people imagine a "policymaker," what they imagine is a man like George Schutlz. He is tall, older, and dressed in a fine suit. He carries with him a long resume of academic, government, and business accomplishments.\\\
Born in New York City in 1920, George Schultz distinguished himself from his peers through an insatiable desire to get the facts, no matter what the cost. He earned a PhD in industrial economics in 1949 and learned from leading free-market economists Milton Friedman and George Stigler, he accepted unglamorous posts under various Presidents and developed close relationships with many business leaders. Now, under Romney, George Shultz has the opportunity to put his long resume and many years of learning to use[[/labelnote]]
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* SharpDressedMan: He perfectly fits the stereotype of a formal, experienced policymaker, which includes wearing a fine suit to go with it.
* TaughtByExperience: Shultz accepted many unnoteworthy positions under numerous presidencies, gathering experience in politics and forging close friendships with business leaders. If Romney gets elected, Shultz finally gets the chance to put his expertise to good use.
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[[folder:John [=McCain=] Jr.]]
->'''Role:''' Secretary of Defense[[note]]Security Minister[[/note]] (Romney cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Republican Party
->'''Ideology:''' Conservatism
->'''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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* RedBaron: As Secretary of the Navy, [=McCain=] convinced Congress to increase funding for the nation's seapower, including the construction of submarines and aircraft carriers. This earned him the nickname "Mr. Seapower".
* {{Warhawk}}: {{Downplayed}}. He's not the most hawkish politician in the United States, but he does advocate an aggressive naval policy under Romney's administration.
* WarHero: During the South Africa War, [=McCain=] earned praise as an effective commander who led several American operations.
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[[folder:George Bush]]
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->'''Role:''' Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (Romney cabinet)
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]George Herbert Walker Bush is no stranger to impossible tasks. Many felt taking on Texas and the Democratic Party machine there was a political death sentence. But Bush put the cracks in the stone and caused the one party system there to waver. Now Bush is no longer a party man. He serves his country on the national stage, which has slapped a well done two dollar flank steak right on his plate.\\\
The CIA is reeling from many explosive and damaging revelations that threaten to overwhelm it. In front of this Gulf Hurricane is Director Bush, sent to talk it out of damaging the organization. It's his job to make sure the Agency survives the coming storm and handle the Public Relations for it. And the Public Relations for an agency that eschews relations with the public are gonna need him to get on the horse...[[/labelnote]]
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* CrazyEnoughToWork: Everyone thought he was crazy to start his political career as a Republican, given the Democrat's ironclad hold on Texas. But, beyond the odds, Bush overcame them and has built a solid reputation as a politician.
* RedeemingReplacement: {{Exploited}}. Bush gets nominated as CIA director so he can repair the organization's bad publicity as a secretive and unscrupulous cabal.
* 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 four years before he became OTL CIA director under UsefulNotes/GeraldFord.
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!! Schlafly Cabinet Members

[[folder:Jerry Falwell]]
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->'''Role:''' Secretary of State[[note]]Foreign Minister[[/note]] (Schlafly cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Nationalist Party
->'''Ideology:''' Paternalism
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]What American does not know the Reverend Jerry Falwell? For over a decade, the good reverend has graced the airwaves with his sermons extolling the virtues of Christian piety. He has been a constant, comforting voice to those souls adrift in a chaotic world. With a humble smile and cheery demeanor, he has reminded millions that their country is a battleground between the forces of God and the power of Satan. He has reminded them that the End Days are coming and God’s wrath will soon be meted upon the wretched abortionists, feminists, gays, and other sinners of the world. He shall blot out the sun and rend the earth asunder.\\\
But enough of that. For now, Falwell is the bright, charismatic face of America abroad. Working alongside his close friend Phyllis Schlafly, the Secretary of State is eager to unite the world’s faiths to promote global political and moral change. He will do all he can to change hearts and prepare the world for the return of its one, true lord and savior.[[/labelnote]]
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Nobody in the OFN summit responds positively to Falwell's critical address of their 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.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Falwell has repulsively reactionary views on feminists, homosexuals, and other minorities, which he disguises with a cheery smile and infectious charisma. Whenever he sermonizes, there's an underlying tone of condescension and bigotry hiding behind his rhetoric.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: As the United States' representative in the OFN summit, Falwell gets treated like a black sheep by the other members, aware of Schlafly's skepticism over maintaining their alliance.
* TheFundamentalist: Falwell is a Christian evangelical who believes that America is a battleground between the forces of God and the power of Satan and that God’s wrath will eventually be unleashed upon abortionists, feminists, gays, and other sinners of the world. As Secretary of State, Falwell will work to unite the world’s faiths and prepare the world for the return of its one true lord and savior.
* WhatHaveYouDoneForMeLately: In the OFN summit, Falwell verbally berates the other member countries as lazy freeloaders who aren't contributing enough to the United States and remarks his expectation that they must pay up more to keep their alliance alive.
* WindmillCrusader: Falwell believes that homosexuals are secretly infiltrating the military, and churches and businesses will soon be forced to hire a quota of homosexuals.
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[[folder:James L. Buckley]]
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->'''Role:''' Secretary of the Treasury[[note]]Economy Minister[[/note]] (Schlafly cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Conservative Party of New York State
->'''Ideology:''' Paternalism
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]James L. Buckley is a curious figure. He is a New Yorker in an administration that abhors New York, a product of elite Ivy League universities within a party that scapegoats Ivy League elites, and an elder son perpetually trapped in his younger brother William's shadow.\\\
Still, with his flashing humor, eloquence, and friendly nature, Buckley has found a place in the National Progressive Pact. First elected in the mid-1960s, Buckley spent his time pushing a mix of bills targeting campaign finance and doomed, hyper-conservative bills on issues such as abortion and federal grants. He became known on the Hill for his interest in law, civil service, and ecology as well as his strong, if quiet, religiosity.\\\
Though he has little interest or experience in economics, Schlafly trusts Buckley and his brother to send a message to the liberals and technocrats. Together, she knows they can remake America.[[/labelnote]]
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* AffablyEvil: He may be contributing to Schlafly's reactionary goals, but he has a very friendly demeanor that earned him respectable prestige in the NPP.
* AlwaysSecondBest: No matter what James does, he will always be overshadowed by the accomplishments of his younger brother William.
* TheCharmer: Buckley was able to find a place in the NPP and Schlafly's cabinet, thanks to his good humor and eloquent nature.
* HeadInTheSandManagement: As Secretary of the Treasury, he instructs his staff to deregulate every federal agency, no matter what. When he's told that doing so will take decades of work, Buckley figuratively shrugs his shoulders and tells them to just work faster then, retreating to his office before they can tell him the catastrophic side effects that could come with their plan.
* FishOutOfWater: Buckley has little interest or experience in economics and is shown to struggle in his role as Secretary of the Treasury, believing it would take only a few days to assemble a list of every regulation across the federal government.
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[[folder:Miles Copeland Jr.]]
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->'''Role:''' Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (Schlafly cabinet)
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Who is Miles Copeland Jr.? After a rushed confirmation hearing orchestrated by a defiant Administration, that is the question haunting the Washington security establishment. Much of Copeland's life and career is shrouded in mystery. Much of what he does admit to seems fantastical and outlandish.\\\
Here, at least, are the known knowns: Miles Copeland Jr. was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1916. He attended, and then dropped out of, the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Copeland then either became a popular jazz musician in the New York night club scene or held a series of insignificant sales jobs. He joined the US Army in 1940. There, he talked himself into a room with famous intelligence officer William "Wild Bill" Donovan and was recruited to serve as a special agent. Donovan then sent him across Europe, either to be rid of the man or to "root out Axis spies." At the end of the War, Copeland received commendations for services, which are still-classified, and was sent to the Middle East and Caribbean by the CIA to conduct information-gathering, that is still classified. In the early 1960s, he left the CIA for the world of television, radio, and journalism and became a popular feature in the National Review for his pieces deriding the foreign policy establishment.\\\
While all can agree that Copeland is outstandingly intelligent, friendly, and charismatic, the gaps in his biography have alarmed activists and transparency advocates. Never before has the CIA been run by a man so unknown, so eager to muddle fact with fiction. With a smile on his face and a jaunty tune on his lips, Copeland has sworn to support Schlafly's campaign to root out the "kingmakers." Just what this means and why he supports it remains one of the many known unknowns of his life.[[/labelnote]]
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* AffablyEvil: He's charming, intelligent, and a collaborator in Schlafly's campaign to defeat the "kingmakers".
* ConspiracyTheorist: His charisma makes it extremely easy for him to disseminate Schlafly's conspiracy theories and convince the masses to accept his misinformation.
* HiddenAgendaVillain: Copeland is definitely helping Schlafly, though why is one of the many mysteries surrounding the man.
* TheSpock: Copeland is a mysterious enigma to the political establishment. Not much is known about his background, which makes him scarier because no one knows what he'll do, other than a vague declaration to fight the "kingmakers".
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!! Yockey Cabinet Members

[[folder:Revilo P. Oliver]]
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->'''Role:''' Secretary of State[[note]]Foreign Minister[[/note]] (Yockey cabinet)
->'''Party:''' American National Vanguard
->'''Ideology:''' National Socialism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Dr. Revilo Pendelton Oliver has come far in the past ten years. A cofounder of the John Birch Society in 1958 and long time professor of philology at the University of Illinois, Oliver has become more famous for his anti-Semitic and white nationalist articles than his academic merit. The most notable of these articles, "Marxmanship in Dallas", postulates that John Kennedy was victim of a Judeo-Communist conspiracy and caused Oliver to break with the majority of his conservative colleagues.\\\
Undissauded by this setback, Dr. Oliver claimed that the Birch Society was operated by a "committee of Jews" and fully committed himself to the American National Vanguard, a rising faction of the NPP lead by fellow academic Francis Yockey. Oliver's fervent anti-Semitism has earned him a prize spot in the cabinet, though his distaste for religion as a whole has been played down. Now, Oliver faces the task of creating new relationships with the remains of the Western nations. It is left to his expertise to determine whether America will succeed in bending the OFN to the will of the ANV, or flounder into uncertainty.[[/labelnote]]
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* ConspiracyTheorist: Ever the anti-Semite, Oliver theorizes that John F. Kennedy's assassination was a Judeo-Bolshevik conspiracy.
* DefectorFromDecadence: As his work became increasingly anti-Semitic and pro-fascist, Oliver defected from the conservative movement to join the Vanguard.
* HollywoodAtheist: Oliver is staunchly anti-religion, so much that he has to publicly mediate his opinions on the subject to stay in Yockey's cabinet.
* InsaneTrollLogic: When he got kicked out of the John Birch Society for his alarmingly fascist ideas, Oliver jumped to the conclusion that they are controlled by a committee of Jews to explain his expulsion.
* ResignedInDisgrace: Oliver cofounded the far-right John Birch Society, but he became increasingly unpopular within the organization for his disturbingly fascist views and claims that John F. Kennedy was murdered in a Judeo-Bolshevik conspiracy, something that [[EveryoneHasStandards even his colleagues were appalled by]]. In the end, Oliver was ostracized within the organization and would force him to leave for the American National Vanguard.
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[[folder:Harold Keith Thompson]]
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->'''Role:''' Secretary of the Treasury[[note]]Economy Minister[[/note]] (Yockey cabinet)
->'''Party:''' American National Vanguard
->'''Ideology:''' National Socialism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]For a caucus so focused on the conspiracies of "Jewish financiers", it is ironic that such a secretive businessman with foreign intelligence ties was selected for the position of Secretary of the Treasury. With ties to much of the right wing of the NPP and the primary force behind the rise of the American National Vanguard, Thompson has worked to bring about change in America since the day of his recruitment as a Sicherheitsdienst agent at the young age of 18.\\\
First coming to prominence with his controversial article "I am an American Fascist," at the height of the Grey Scare, Thompson used his money to rise to a position of great influence within the NPP. Latching onto rising support for the ideas of Francis Yockey, Thompson has wormed his way into the cabinet, determined to eliminate the influence of market-distorters, secure the financial institutions of America, and keep a copy of every report for his handlers in Germania.[[/labelnote]]
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* {{Irony}}: Thompson is a secretive businessman who infiltrates the American government 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.
* TheMole: Having sworn loyalty to Adolf Hitler since he was a young adult, Thompson is a traitor and deceiver of the highest order. When he's not reshaping the American economy to Yockey's vision, Thompson is writing a report on his work and sending it back to his bosses back in Germania, giving them one more leg up in the Cold War.
* RefugeInAudacity: In the height of the Grey Scare, Thompson wrote the controversial and very open article "I am an American Fascist". This somehow didn't impede his rise within the NPP.
* TheSpock: Thompson is a fairly mysterious guy who shies away from the public eye. During Yockey's inauguration, Thompson avoids the cameras while his colleagues soak up the attention.
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[[folder:John G. Crommelin]]
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->'''Role:''' Secretary of Defense[[note]]Security Minister[[/note]] (Yockey cabinet)
->'''Party:''' National States' Rights Party
->'''Ideology:''' National Socialism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Throughout the likes of the American National Vanguard, one can find some of the most academic and well-educated minds of America's far-right, ranging from authors to professors to their very own students. However, to exclude the common man of the far-right's voice from politics would be a mistake; thus, we find the strongman, Admiral "Bomb-Run John" G. Crommelin serving as Secretary of Defense within the Presidency of Francis Parker Yockey.\\\
Born within the heart of the American South in Montgomery, Alabama, Crommelin was raised amidst a heavily military family filled with his five brothers, as each had graduated United States Naval Academy of Annapolis, Maryland, and all had been called to serve in the chaos of the Second World War. A heart of steel and fire drove John G. Crommelin throughout the war, as his service as a naval aviator earned him a reputation of courage and skillfulness, before taking command of officership and beginning to rise through the ranks of the Navy. However, as the onset news of several of his brothers' deaths at the hands of the Japanese in the Pacific War, one streak bore a hole into Crommelin's heart, one which he would never escape throughout the war: hatred. Rage enveloped him in his warfare, as his daringness continued even within the losses of America during the war, and would shift towards the government, as they implemented further favorability towards the Air Force, and began implementing further civilian control over the Navy. John G. Crommelin's dissatisfaction, strongmanism, and southern-gentlemenliness would drive him to the likes of politics, eventually being picked up by Francis Parker Yockey as a potentially very useful asset in his representation of the far-right. Crommelin's dreams became realized as he retained control over the armed forces of the United States as Secretary of Defense.\\\
However, all is not dreamlike for Crommelin, or his attitude with the rest of the current administration. His furious hatred towards Hitler and the Nazis of Germany puts him in a fierce opposition towards many others in the Vanguard, for his belief in their aid towards Japan's murder of his brothers. Only time may tell how Crommelin will bear the stresses of the environment, however, one thing is for sure: the military has never seen such a wrathful fist driving its helm before.[[/labelnote]]
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* AffablyEvil: He has a "southern-gentlemanliness" that appeals to the populist side of the Yockey's support base.
* TheBerserker: Torn upon the news of his brothers being K.I.A. in World War II, Crommelin furiously launched more daring attacks against Japan in the Pacific War and amplified his already venomous fighting spirit.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: When he learned that several of his brothers were killed in a Japanese attack during World War II, Crommelin was devastated and pursued more hate-filled attacks against Japan in retaliation.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Unlike most of the Sovereigntists, Crommelin despises Hitler and the Nazis.
* GuiltByAssociation: His contempt for Nazi Germany is rooted in their Axis partnership with Japan, which he thinks makes them partially responsible for his brothers' deaths.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: 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.
* PsychopathicManchild: At his core, Crommelin is a high-strung warhawk who's channeled his grief and existing prejudices into a wrathful hatred against the Japanese, wildly lashing out against those who had nothing to do with his family members' deaths. Even Yockey at one point compares his anger to a childlike frustration.
* RedBaron: He's nicknamed "Bomb-Run John" for his past service as a naval aviator.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Upon learning of his brothers' demise in the Pacific Theater, Crommelin went on a mad rampage against the Japanese forces and fought viciously, even as the United States started losing the war.
* {{Warhawk}}: Still bitter over the deaths of his brothers and the Allied defeat in World War II, Crommelin pursues a highly militaristic approach to both Germany and Japan.
[[/folder]]

!!Politicians

[[folder:Carl Hayden]]
->'''Role:''' President pro tempore of the Senate[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] ([=McCormack=] cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Republican Party
->'''Ideology:''' Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Life can be a curious thing. When Carl Trumbull Hayden got elected president pro tempore of the Senate, he prepared for years of administrative work and political legwork. Him being third in line to succeed the President of the United States was more of a fun fact to him, something he could tell his grandchildren - after all, there is no way that three presidents would leave office in a row, right? Now, two out of three are gone, and Hayden is slowly getting worried.\\\
Hayden's apparent reclusiveness when it comes to speaking on the floor of the senate should not be confused with shyness or cowardice. Known as the "Silent Senator", Carl Hayden is famous for winning friends and influencing people in committee meetings and cloakroom encounters. A colleague of him once claimed that "no man in Senate history wields more influence with less oratory", and perhaps these kinds of legislative abilities are exactly what John [=McCormack=] needs to enable a gradual return to normalcy.[[/labelnote]]
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* TheQuietOne: He doesn't speak often on the Senate floor because he likes to influence people through more subtle means instead.
* RedBaron: He's called the "Silent Senator" for his usual silence in the Senate in favor of winning friends in committee meetings or cloakroom encounters.
* ReluctantRuler: Hayden is more than a little worried about being the next heir to the presidency if [=McCormack=] were also removed from the position, since his reclusivity would make him unfit for the title.
* UnexpectedSuccessor: He's just as surprised as [=McCormack=] to hear of two Presidents being decommissioned, suddenly putting him second in-line to the succession.
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[[folder:Zsa Zsa Gabor]]
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->'''Role:''' First Lady (Chep Presidency)
->'''Party:''' Democratic Party
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* AttentionWhore: Zsa Zsa loves the cameras and always has a handy quip to make the audience laugh. Whenever Chep presents the Americar, Zsa Zsa swoops in and steals the spotlight with her smooth charisma.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Ever the socialite, Zsa Zsa usually acts like a charming party animal, but she's also callous towards her husband, Chep, and [[spoiler:when Bayh thoroughly rejects her offer to drink champagne so that he and Chep can get to work, she becomes displeased and calls him a "square".]]
* BrutalHonesty: She accompanies all of the Americar presentations with Chep and always states her honest opinion about them in a snarky way.
* DomesticAbuse: She and Chep do not have a healthy relationship, as she verbally berates him and often demeans him to the press. [[spoiler:Depending on Chep's success and choices, the relationship can either end horribly, divorce on good terms, or be repaired.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: On the surface, Zsa Zsa seems like a vapid gold digger who doesn't care for Chep. [[spoiler:But, when Chep is fighting for the URI's survival, Zsa Zsa can become a useful ally and work towards a more healthy relationship with the President. Even if Chep divorces her, Zsa Zsa takes it in stride and departs on good terms with him.]]
* TheLoad: ZigZagged. Her open criticisms of [[spoiler:the Chep presidency gives the press ammo to hinder her husband's agenda and demoralize his staff, making it harder for them to save the URI. Chep can fire her to stop her shenanigans, but he can also get Zsa Zsa to subvert this status by weaponizing her charisma and talking points. The public love her witty quips and can be a means of gathering the goodwill necessary to delay the URI repeals.]]
* PetTheDog:
** She can't find anything to snark about the Americar Bravo or the Americar Century Cruiser, so she genuinely compliments it to the cameras.
** After her husband [[spoiler:becomes President and struggles with defending the URI, Gabor becomes sympathetic to his plight and gives him some time alone to recompose himself.]]
** When Chep [[spoiler:finally fires her from the White House, she takes it surprisingly well, even graciously stating that she appreciated the brief work she had.]]
* SecondLove: Chep's first wife Corrine passed away, making Zsa Zsa his second wife. Sadly, it's a lot more dysfunctional than the first relationship.
* SerialSpouse: She is an actress infamous for burning through many past relationships. In the event "The Star of the Silver Screen", nobody anticipates her relationship with Chep to last long.
* SmarterThanYouLook: On first glance, Zsa Zsa seems like a brainless celebrity, an image that disguises how sharp her tongue and wit are. [[spoiler:The longer Zsa Zsa runs around the press, the more Chep realizes how funny she is and Zsa Zsa admits that many in the Press Office don't respect her because they think she's unintelligent.]]
* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Zsa Zsa expects people to call her "First Lady Gabor" and she gets annoyed when an interviewer calls her "Ms. Morrison".
* TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler:While Chep is trying to save the URI, Zsa Zsa becomes less abrasive towards him. If she's kept around, she can be a genuine help in Chep's mission and comes to appreciate and respect her husband when the two reconcile.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:If Bayh's confirmation for the vice presidency stalls in Congress, Chep's already teetering cabinet finally collapses when Zsa Zsa attends a party at Dupont Circle and leaks the President's plan to reform the URI in a manner suggesting that she'll play a part in it. Newspapers seize on the verbal slip-up and misinterpretation of Zsa Zsa's words to defame the President and his First Lady, with Jacobs cutting her losses with a resignation and dooming any chance of the URI being saved.]]
* WeNeedADistraction: [[spoiler:Her greatest utility is handling the press, where she goes on a hour-long tirade against the politicians trying to destroy the URI and elicits laughter from her audience.]]
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[[folder:George [=McGovern=]]]
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->'''Role:''' Senator (South Dakota)
->'''Party:''' Democratic Party
->'''Ideology:''' Liberalism
UsefulNotes/GeorgeMcGovern is a Democratic Senator from South Dakota.
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* AssumedWin: [=McGovern=] was once considered a frontrunner for the Republican-Democratic coalition in the 1972 primaries, but after a disappointing third-place showing in Iowa and his campaign being dogged by a lack of purpose, his campaign lost momentum, and either Kirkpatrick or Romney go on to win the primaries.
* MartialPacifist: His platform is about avoiding war and further conflict with fascist spheres, with Jackson summating his stance as "give peace a chance". However, [=McGovern=] notes that outright bowing to the enemy is ''not'' in his goals, still intent on seeing them addressed after having served in World War Two.
* {{Realpolitik}}: He's willing to negotiate with Japan and Germany to advance the country's interests and to prevent further conflict.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He makes a point to take more peaceful actions to divert the world from nuclear Armageddon, even suggesting diplomacy with America's enemies if it means providing their allies benefits and support.
* SheatheYourSword: His main goal as president is to take an anti-war stance and the pursuit of détente in the face of potential nuclear conflict. A common criticism held against him is the suggestion that [[SuicidalPacifism it will only]] [[PacifismBackfire give the enemy more power]].
* WarIsHell: It's his experiences in war and seeing the families of servicemen torn by their losses that motivate [=McGovern=] to pursue a peaceful approach in the Cold War.
[[/folder]]

* {{Realpolitik}}: Of all the presidents available, he might be the one that cares the ''least'' about it. He's a military man first and foremost and doesn't even try to stick to PR. The biggest example might be Bormann's potential visit to the USA; while most presidents try to keep it as diplomatic and civil as possible while sneaking their own jabs in, or just refuse to have him, Curtis just doesn't give a shit and responds to Bormann's greeting by going straight for his BerserkButton and calling him "little Martin" to his face, and proceeds to have a profane screaming match with him right on the White House floor, ''live'' and with translators barely able to keep up.

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* ForWantOfANail: To respect the unspoken two-term tradition and retire due to his failing health, UsefulNotes/FranklinDelanoRoosevelt refused to run for a third term in 1940, letting Harry Hopkins get nominated, assured that he would win and continue his agenda. However, Hopkins was suffering from stomach cancer at the time, hampering his campaign efforts against the more versatile Thomas Dewey, who ended up getting elected. This meant that many of the effects of FDR's New Deal were neutered and left the United States in a weaker economic position to help the Allies in their war against the Axis, contributing to their ultimate defeat.

* FictionalPoliticalParty: The National Progressive Pact was formed from a union of two fictional post-war parties, Henry A. Wallace's left-wing Progressive Party and George S. Patton's right-wing Patriotic Party.

* WorldGoneMad: Of the CrapsackWorld variety. One of the requirements for getting either Yockey or Hall as president is to cause serious political instability from too many mishandlings and failures, allowing either failstate to follow.

* YouLoseAtZeroTrust: Presidents must be sure to plan accordingly to the reactions of the populace and different factions so as to maintain political stability. Otherwise, it could lead to the collapse of the parties, the election of Hall or Yockey, or even direct consequences for the current leader depending on who's in charge.

->'''Party:''' Republican Party, Republican-Democratic Coalition (Republicans)

** Nixon intends to eventually [[GodwinsLaw paint the NPP as a bunch of fascists]] to dampen their credibility, and while this is absurd, one can see why he'd try this tactic when the party hosts the Yockeyists and far-right segregationists under Wallace.

->'''Party:''' Democratic Party, Republican-Democratic Coalition (Democratic)

->'''Party:''' Democratic Party, Republican-Democratic Coalition (Democratic)

* ForWantOfANail: The geopolitical situation in TNO allows for Gus Hall and his party to earn a stronger foothold in US politics with the NPP's leftist factions, to the point where he can become president if the political climate deteriorates enough. This is in contrast to OTL where he and the CPUSA never achieved political relevance.

* VillainHasAPoint: 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.

->'''Party:''' Progressive Party, National Progressive Pact (Progressive)

->'''Party:''' Democratic Party, Republican-Democratic Coalition (Democratic)

->'''Party:''' Republican Party, Republican-Democratic Coalition (Republicans)

->'''Party:''' Republican Party, Nationalist Party, National Progressive Pact (Nationalist)

->'''Party:''' American National Vanguard, National Progressive Pact (American National Vanguard)

* ForWantOfANail: With the victory of the Axis making Fascism a more commonplace ideology and the formation of the NPP, Yockey's ideology and writings give him influence and the ability to head a movement of National Socialism that could land him the Presidency, instead of making him a minor figure in history.

->'''Party:''' States' Right Party, National Progressive Pact (States' Rights)

* DystopiaIsHard: Much like Wallace, Thurmond quickly finds his policies stymied by Congress and is considered a lame duck the moment he enters office. The Iowa Caucus only further cements that he can't win an actual nationwide election.

* HateSink: Thurmond is the most unpleasant non-Yockey President, and the most despicable of the "secret" presidents in contrast to [=LeMay=], who can reverse Wallace's segregationist reforms at the cost of his political career and Morrison, who tries his hardest to continue Philip Hart's legacy in the midst of his [[HeroWithBadPublicity negative reputation]]. The very way that he comes to power is through [[{{Blackmail}} corrupt and underhanded means]] following RFK's assassination; with equally-corrupt tactics being used to either stuff the court or bribe a liberal court into resigning. If he pulls through with repealing the Civil Rights act, he's rightfully seen as desecrating the progressive legacy of RFK, leading him to become the most hated man in America and losing the Iowa Caucus overwhelmingly. No tears were shed if he is exposed and brought to trial by whoever succeeds him.

->'''Party:''' Nationalist Party, National Progressive Pact (Nationalist)

->'''Party:''' Democratic Party, Republican Democratic Coalition (Democrats)

* ForWantOfANail: As the plane crash that took his life in OTL 1964 never happened, Chep's political career continues unabated, allowing him to potentially become president.

->'''Party:''' Communist Party USA, National Progressive Pact (Marxist)

->'''Party:''' Progressive Party, National Progressive Pact (Progressive)

->'''Party:''' Democratic Party, Republican-Democratic Coalition (Democrats)

* ForWantOfANail: While Woodcock held a similarly distinguished track record as a union man in OTL, Kirkpatrick's rise and her patronage jumpstart his political career much earlier in TNO by elevating him to Vice President. This is in contrast to his real life counterpart, as while he became the first ambassador to the People's Republic of China, he never gained any higher office.

->'''Party:''' Republican Party, Republican-Democratic Coalition (Republicans)

->'''Party:''' Nationalist Party, National Progressive Pact (Nationalist)

->'''Party:''' American National Vanguard, National Progressive Pact (American National Vanguard)

->'''Party:''' Nationalist Party, National Progressive Pact (Nationalist)

->'''Party:''' Democratic Party, Republican-Democratic Coalition (Democratic)

->'''Party:''' Republican Party, Republican-Democratic Coalition (Republicans)

->'''Party:''' Republican Party, Republican-Democratic Coalition (Republicans)

->'''Party:''' Republican Party, Republican-Democratic Coalition (Republicans)

->'''Party:''' Nationalist Party, National Progressive Pact (Nationalist)

->'''Party:''' National Progressive Pact (Louisiana Progressive)

* InSpiteOfANail: Much as in real life, Russell Long pursues a political career in Louisiana, eventually becoming a senator in his own right.
* TakingUpTheMantle: Russell is the son of the infamous Huey Long and his populist ideas of expanded social welfare.

->'''Party:''' States' Rights Party, National Progressive Pact (States' Rights)

->'''Party:''' Communist Party USA, National Progressive Pact (Marxist)

->'''Party:''' Communist Party USA, National Progressive Pact (Marxist)

->'''Party:''' Communist Party USA, National Progressive Pact (Marxist)

->'''Party:''' Progressive Party, National Progressive Pact (Progressive)

->'''Party:''' Progressive Party, National Progressive Pact (Progressive)

->'''Party:''' Progressive Party, National Progressive Pact (Progressive)

->'''Party:''' Democratic Party, Republican-Democratic Coalition (Democrats)

->'''Party:''' Democratic Party, Republican-Democratic Coalition (Democrats)

->'''Party:''' Republican Party, Republican-Democratic Coalition (Republicans)

->'''Party:''' Republican Party, Republican-Democratic Coalition (Republicans)

[[folder:George Schultz]]

->'''Party:''' Republican Party, Republican-Democratic Coalition (Republicans)

* TaughtByExperience: Schultz accepted many unnoteworthy positions under numerous presidencies, gathering experience in politics and forging close friendships with business leaders. If Romney gets elected, Schultz finally gets the chance to put his expertise to good use.

->'''Party:''' Republican Party, Republican-Democratic Coalition (Republicans)

->'''Party:''' Nationalist Party, National Progressive Pact (Nationalist)

->'''Party:''' Conservative Party of New York State, National Progressive Pact (Nationalist)

->'''Party:''' American National Vanguard, National Progressive Pact (American National Vanguard)

->'''Party:''' American National Vanguard, National Progressive Pact (American National Vanguard)

->'''Party:''' National Progressive Pact (National States' Rights)

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Unlike most of the Sovereignists, Crommelin despises Hitler and the Nazis.

->'''Role:''' President pro tempore of the Senate[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] ([=McComarck=] cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Republican Party, Republican-Democratic Coalition (Republicans)

* ReluctantRuler: Hayden is more than a little worried about being the next heir to the presidency if [=McComarck=] were also removed from the position, since his reclusivity would make him unfit for the title.
* UnexpectedSuccessor: He's just as surprised as [=McComarck=] to hear of two Presidents being decommissioned, suddenly putting him second in-line to the succession.

* KarmicOverkill: Nixon's paranoia targets the NPP, whose roster has the likes of [[DayOfTheJackboot Yockey]], [[EvilReactionary George Wallace and Strom Thurmond]]. This backfires, as the American people believe in a President that does not engage in such tactics, and Nixon's trickery utterly destroys his image and credibility, leaving him seen as no better than them for stooping so low.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Nixon's corruption targets the NPP, whose roster has the likes of [[DayOfTheJackboot Yockey]], [[EvilReactionary George Wallace and Strom Thurmond]]. [[DeconstructedTrope This is Deconstructed]], as the American people believe in a President that does not engage in such tactics, and Nixon's trickery utterly destroys his image and credibility, leaving him seen as no better than them for stooping so low.

* KickTheDog: Before his impeachment and resignation, the Nixon administration has the option to either sign the Civil Rights Act into practice or veto it, out of spite for John F. Kennedy, Nixon can veto it. This disgusts Robert F. Kennedy and many other progressives within the Democrats so much that they defect to the Progressives.

* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Nixon had the 1960 election in the bag due to being the vice president of Dwight Eisenhower, but his own determination to fight fascism led him to pull every dirty trick in the book to keep the NPP down.

* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: Bayard Rustin, a civil rights activist, plays a key advising role in Hart's urban reforms, reminding Jacobs to never forget about uplifting African Americans in the process. Thankful, Jacobs offers to organize a meeting between Hart and Rustin, but the activist declines because he doesn't want to bring "unwanted attention" to his presidency, content to keep their collaboration obscure for the sake of more progress.

* AccidentalMisnaming: When picking a vice president for his administration, he announces "Burtch Evans Bayh" to be his pick. A bystander tells him that his first name is actually Birch.

* CommonalityConnection: When meeting Reuther to join his mission to save the URI, the two kick things off by relating their hatred for flying.

* DevelopersForesight: As President, it is impossible for Chep to pass the Urban Affairs Act due to Congressional interference. The only way to get it passed is to cheat and use console commands, which will play a [[https://imgur.com/a/RPVBQi4 special event of Zsa Zsa Gabor]] [[WhatTheHellPlayer berating the player]] for interrupting her husband's "character arc" and shooting Chep twice in the head. Afterward, Gabor declares herself to be the new "President" of the country, where she turns the United States into her personal dictatorship.
* DismissingACompliment: When Hart professes his gratitude for everything he's done, Chep isn't initially moved because he thinks Hart is obligated to say that out of etiquette. However, Hart tells him that the compliment is genuine and that he would name an office building in his memory if he could, which leaves Chep flustered.

* DreamTeam: To save the URI and Hart's legacy by extension, Chep rallies as many supporters as he can to counter the conservatives' attempts to kill it, which includes many of the supporting characters that showed up in Hart's campaign, from progressive voices such as Jane Jacobs, Walter Reuthers and Bayard Rustin to experienced establishment figures such as Henry Kissinger and Birch Bayh.

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: His first bill, the Urban Affairs Act, will never pass the Congressional floor, in spite of Bayh's emotional appeal to their morality.

* IWasJustJoking: If a poll reveals most Americans support Hart's transportation agenda, Chep makes a joke about how he could bust large automobile corporations and subsidize a "people's car". Instead of evoking light-hearted laughter, this emboldens Hart to produce all-purpose, government-subsidized cars for the people, much to the horror of Chep, who fears its effect on the national budget.

* ManlyTears: During Hart's funeral, Chep weeps deeply over the passing of his close colleague and friend.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: As railroads begin filing for bankruptcy during the Oil Crisis, Chep objects to the "Nationalization and Electrification" program to nationalize the businesses, fearing the anger from budget hawks to such a plan. Listening to this suggestion will backfire on Hart, as the railroads shut down under his watch, including the historic Union Pacific.

* PropagandaMachine: To mobilize public support to save the URI, Chep can recruit Eugene [=McCarthy=] to begin mass producing advertisements in favor of the Initiative and repairing the public distrust that developed in the rural demographic.
* RageBreakingPoint: If his cabinet collapses, Chep and Gabor's marriage will reach a critical point, as his spouse blames him for dragging her to the White House to be humiliated. Already at his patience's end, Chep snaps back that she's a "washed-up, old whore" who should be taken back by her former husband, Conrad Hilton. After a few seconds of shock, Chep tries to apologize, but it's too late, as Gabor slaps him across the face and leaves him for good.

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: As he and Hart are taking a drive through the paved streets of Dallas, thanks to their work, Chep realizes the dour mood of Hart, who still feels overwhelmed by the many other responsibilities he has. To cheer him up, Chep assures him that he's doing the best he can and that he can take pride in the work he's accomplished so far.

* DueToTheDead: If his efforts to conserve the URI pay off, Chep passes the Presidential Libraries Bill to commission a campus in Hart's memory.

** America's influence includes replacing several regimes with CIA puppets and allies to curb the "spread" of fascism. This includes [[EnemyMine alliances]] with Ho Chi Minh and Fidel Castro, whose socialist movements will help push against the Imperial Japanese and the Nazis respectively. Diplomatic ties with certain communist Russian warlords acknowledge their differences in ideologies, but that they remain allies against the threat of fascism.

* ControlFreak: The US holds a strong grip over other OFN countries, especially Iceland (which is ruled by an American military administration), in fear that if they are not properly controlled, those countries would leave their alliance or even join another superpower.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Ever the socialite, Gabor usually acts like a charming party animal, but she's also callous towards her husband, Chep, and [[spoiler:when Bayh thoroughly rejects her offer to drink champagne so that he and Chep can get to work, she becomes displeased and calls him a "square".]]
* DomesticAbuse: She and Chep do not have a healthy relationship, as she verbally berates him and often demeans him to the press. [[spoiler:If Chep has a successful presidency, the two agree that the arrangement is not working out and to divorce each other on cordial terms.]]
* TheLoad: Her open criticisms of [[spoiler:the Chep presidency gives the press ammo to hinder her husband's agenda and demoralize his staff, making it harder for them to save the URI. If Chep is to succeed, he must fire her.]]

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:If Bayh's confirmation for the vice presidency stalls in Congress, Chep's already teetering cabinet finally collapses when Gabor attends a party at Dupont Circle and leaks the President's plan to reform the URI in a manner suggesting that she'll play a part in it. Newspapers seize on the verbal slip-up and misinterpretation of Gabor's words to defame the President and his First Lady, with Jacobs cutting her losses with a resignation and dooming any chance of the URI being saved.]]

* {{Cincinnatus}}: [[spoiler:In the best possible ending, Chep blocks every repeal of the URI and earns the admiration of his fellow Democrats, who clamor for a second term with him. Though flattered, Chep declines the opportunity and admits he's ready to step away from the spotlight, now that he's finished his part in the White House.]]

* DrowningMySorrows: [[spoiler:If Bayh's nomination to the vice presidency is rejected, everything comes crashing down for Chep, as his allies abandon ship, Gabor divorces him on bitter terms, and the conservatives are free to tear the URI apart. When his staffers deliver a gift basket to his quarters, Chep takes out the flask of whisky first to give a toast to the late Hart and begin drinking in sorrow over his failure.]]

* RageBreakingPoint: If his efforts to save the URI fail, Chep and Gabor's marriage will reach a critical point, as his spouse blames him for dragging her to the White House to be humiliated. Already at his patience's end, Chep snaps back that she's a "washed-up, old whore" who should be taken back by her former husband, Conrad Hilton. After a few seconds of shock, Chep tries to apologize, but it's too late, as Gabor slaps him across the face and leaves him for good.

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* InadequateInheritor: A deliberate choice was made to have each slate of potential new presidents be relatively weaker and less competent than those that came before, ensuring that future crisis points won't have the best possible leadership to shepherd America through.