Jack of Harts

The President of the United States did not, in fact, call up the military to shut down any public gathering, physical or virtual, when another Chinese pandemic hit America. He also did not send them to shut down those daring to talk about cures or treatments that the media discounted, close churches, break into homes, or perform many of the other actions that conspiracy theorists had long expected the government to do during the next great emergency. The President had tried to govern in a balanced manner during what he hoped would be his first term, and treaded the uneasy middle ground of warning people about the dangers of the pandemic while saying that the federal government had things under control. And though there was much controversy and numerous lawsuits over what many of the States did, the pandemic hit the top of the curve and fell back down as all pandemics do in time. People left their homes, went back to work, and the American economy was quickly bouncing back to pre-pandemic levels. Everything was looking up when China demanded that America turn over sufficient assets or collateral to secure the debt America owed them.