Capítulo 1470: Chapter 694: In This Game, Players Never Run Out

After a fleeting appearance at the Mexican Independence Day celebration, Little Bush did not linger. Following one last brief and secretive closed-door meeting with Victor, his motorcade quietly returned to the military airport. The unmarked VC-25A rapidly ascended and disappeared into the sky over Mexico City.

However, the shock he left behind spread worldwide like a stone thrown into water.

Such a person is extremely important.

As important as Gandhi crawling out of his niece’s bed and saying he failed to abstain.

After the celebration, the press conference was personally hosted by Casare. Facing the nearly packed venue filled with emotional journalists from various countries, Casare maintained a cheerful demeanor.

“Mr. Casare! Does President Bush’s visit signify a major turning point in US-Mexico relations?”

“Have both sides reached a secret agreement on the Texas issue?”

“Is this a signal that the United States tacitly acknowledges Mexico’s control over Texas?”

Questions bombarded like rapid-fire shots.

Casare listened patiently, pressing his chubby hands down to signal everyone to be quiet.

“Ladies and gentlemen.”

His voice echoed through the microphone across the venue, “President Bush, as our honored guest, was invited to participate in our glorious Independence Day celebration. This in itself demonstrates the open communication channels and mutual respect between our two countries.”

He paused, then continued, downplaying the situation: “Direct dialogue between leaders always helps increase understanding and reduce misjudgment, which is crucial for regional peace and stability.”

Clearly, the reporters were not satisfied with such official rhetoric.

A Reuters journalist hurried to question: “Mr. Casare, please answer directly, what exactly does President Bush’s visit represent?”

Casare slightly retracted his smile, leaned forward a little, and spoke into the microphone with a profoundly meaningful, almost word-by-word tone:

“It signifies… dawn has broken.”

After those three words, he gave no opportunity for further questions, nodded towards the audience, and left under the escort of security personnel, leaving the bewildered and then utterly astonished reporters in the audience.

Dawn has broken?

Do you think you’re playing football?

But those three words quickly spread worldwide and made headlines in all news agencies.

Is it dawn in Mexico?

Does it imply Mexico’s rise and the relative decline of American hegemony?

Is it the dawn of US-Mexico relations? Predicting an unexpected century reconciliation?

Or is it the dawn of the Texas issue? Indicating tacit acknowledgment and a new, undisclosed arrangement?

This uncertainty, especially with Casare’s “those who understand, understand” expression, plunged outsiders, particularly those observing from across the ocean in Europe, into speculation and unease.

In Europe, capitals and intelligence agencies were in upheaval.

London, MI6 headquarters: the duty supervisor was woken from home in the middle of the night, overwhelmed by urgent inquiries from the Prime Minister’s Mansion.

“What exactly did they discuss?!”

“What does ‘dawn has broken’ mean?! Why didn’t we get any hint beforehand?!” Analysts were urgently gathered, rummaging through all the latest intelligence on US-Mexico leaders, trying to uncover traces of the meeting and the cryptic meaning of “dawn has broken.”

The meeting room was filled with smoke.

Paris, DGSE, the French pride themselves on strategic autonomy, but at this moment they also felt intense unease.

“Are the Americans planning to carve up the North American sphere of influence with the Mexicans, excluding us?”

High-ranking officials urgently convened to discuss the impact of this unexpected “honeymoon” on France’s interests in Latin America and the global power balance.

Berlin, BND, the meticulous Germans were equally caught off guard, intelligence assessment reports were rapidly revised. “All previous predictions of an impending US-Mexico conflict need to be overturned!”

Analysts were extremely puzzled, “What kind of bargaining chip can make Little Bush appear so humiliated at a Mexican celebration? And what did Victor offer?”

The words “dawn has broken” were translated into German, repeatedly studied, attempting to decipher their underlying meaning.

The German Foreign Ministry was eager to find out, does this mean a tight-knit, exclusive economic or security alliance is forming in North America?

Almost all European analyses concluded with a startling realization that the United States and Mexico likely struck a deal far beyond external expectations.

Perhaps it’s too complicated, in simpler terms, hey, hey, hey! We haven’t even gotten on the bus to carve up the Americas, and you’ve already reconciled, what does that make our prior efforts?

A joke?

The “dawn has broken” in Mexico City, for Little Bush flying back to Washington, heralded a political storm.

His secret visit to Mexico and appearance alongside Victor at the Independence Day celebration, sensationally covered by global media, had sparked an unprecedented political earthquake domestically in the United States.

Bipartisan members of Congress, media pundits, think tank experts, and thousands of ordinary citizens were all stunned by this highly impactful scene.

The reaction from the far-right and Conservative camps was the most intense.

“Betrayal! Utter betrayal!”

On Fox News’ prime time, a senior commentator shouted with a flushed face, “George Walker Bush not only lost Texas, but he also smiled at the enemy who annexed our territory during the Mexican festivities, this is the most shameful page in American presidential history!”