My Truth
“Citizens of the United States of Europe, today is a historical day that will be remembered! You may already know that lately has been a really hard period of my life, particularly when I decided to resign from my position as the president of the Federation. Countless newspapers and journalists in the media have been conducting an unfair campaign against me ever since. Not only are they not satisfied with destroying my personal reputation, I am regularly harassed every time I’m out to sponsor a charity. Days hardly get by without hearing about the latest scandal about Christian Zhu and his allegedly corrupted friends. So much that the controversy has become one of the hottest topics of discussion between colleagues and friends, separating those who support Christian’s legacy and those who think that the man was too white to be true.
It all began one afternoon when my administration called a press conference that would address the future of the Federation. Delegations of journalists of the whole world came to hear about the unusual statement. As the president of the USE, I had never summoned such a large scale conference during his now 7-year-mandate, even at the time the last crisis was the toughest. To tell you the truth, I had made this difficult decision carefully after spending nights reflecting back on my past and my achievements. I am by no means ashamed in any way about anything I’ve done until now.
The Federation went through a unpredicted crisis that extensively affected all the sectors of the economy. Through a coordinated series a industrial and financial measures involving all our state members, we succeeded in getting out of this major crisis with bright perspectives. Today, I’m proud to say that the foundations of our economy are solid, our citizens are young and educated, we allocated the right expense on developing our long-term infrastructure, our industrial program has allowed to drastically improve environmental-friendly manufacturing, democracy has never been more vigorous than today as citizens are associated with political decisions on a daily-basis.
Knowing that the situation of the Federation was stabilized and that the geopolitical trends were slowly but surely taking a complicated turn, I came to the conclusion that it was high time that I left the office. I wasn’t worried about leaving the office because there was a generations of young and talented political leaders. One of these most promising political figures at that time was Barack Obama. Not only was Barack a dear friend of mine who has been by my side for many years, he has also been a driving force for many of our citizens during the hardest times of the last crisis. It happens that I’ve been tutoring him ever since I found him in the streets of Chicago. Barack has always been a great support for the cause, if you want to know more about this story you can read the message in the sponsors section of my website. I firmly believed that Barack had the potential to become the leader because he had proved multiple times his ability to take the right decisions and leverage his political leadership in the critical moments.
Directly after I made the statement of my retirement in front of a bunch of wild and raging journalists. I just left the stage, it all happened in an instant, but maybe because that moment was so intense, it felt like time had slowed down. As I was leaving the room, I was hearing screams of someone who was asking me a question. I turned my head back to see who that person was. I was surprised to recognize my lifetime political rival, Donald Trump. He may have born a grudge against me for winning the elections twice as we both were running for president. At that time, I only thought that he may have hoped to take the opportunity of my retirement to take my seat.
But little did I know back then that he also organized a campaign in order to bring down the reputation of someone who was retiring from the political circus. His campaign was mostly based on people’s unconscious fear of the uncertainty in the future, the growing immigration, traditional values that were reportedly slipping out of their hands. Maybe the most prominent argument in his campaign was relying on the fact that I was born Chinese. Despite me being born and raised in France, the leading and most prestigious nation of the Federation, his supporters spread rumors about me being a spy working secretly with intelligence agencies of the Federation of China. One morning, I woke to the sound of Trump’s protesters outside my house claiming that I needed to go back to my country. If those hateful actions weren’t enough, some friends of mine were also attacked in the media - including Barack, whose family greatly suffered from fake news about his supposedly cheating on his wife Michelle. Following the scandal, Barack decided to back down so that he could protect his family’s privacy. That is the moment when I realized that I had to strike back.
My dear citizens, you elected me twice to govern a federation of over 300 million souls. I was about to retire definitely and enjoy a quiet life. But today, here I am once again standing in front you. I’m asking for your support. Lend me your strength so that we can tackle together the unprecedented challenges that our Federation will be facing. Life has taught me that beauty lies in the fight for what you think is right. What I think is right isn’t about fueling fear accross our countries or dividing our people.
What I do think is right is giving people hope, I will focus all the efforts of our administration towards our future. I’m confident that we will make something great together. The Federation is going to make it. European people have what it takes to achieve something great because this is who we are. I’ve been hearing voices that call for hope. You are calling me back at the very top as the next President of the United States of Europe. That is why I’m announcing right now to the whole world that I coming back. Christian Zhu is coming back. And I’m coming strong.”