An Exclusive Interview with Former Secretary of State, Matt O’Toole.
WASHINGTON, D.C — Interview begins.
Hennings: Hello Former Secretary O’Toole, it’s wonderful having you! Let’s dive into this interview.
O’Toole: Howdy, Andrew. Let’s.
Hennings: Shockingly enough, you resigned from your post yesterday after being one of the most prominent and successful cabinet members. Can you explain the reasons behind your resignation as Secretary of State, particularly considering your role in the Ainsley administration?
O’Toole: Surely. I’ll put it like this. I was the backbone of the Administration. Aside from my strides in American diplomacy, the Ainsley Administration had nothing to show. No transparency with the People aside from tweets, no effective policies or initiatives being worked on. All I saw from the Ainsley Admin, like a majority of Americans, was complacency and just meeting the standard. In my line of work, an important saying is “complacency kills”. With the upcoming general election, I simply could not allow myself to stand idle while the Complacency Administration continued to do nothing. I resigned and am running for President to deliver realistic promises and efficient action to the American people, to exceed the standard. The Presidency is the highest office of our Union, and we need someone who treats it as such.
Hennings: Well you know, speaking of promises, aide from the president himself, you made a lot of fulfilled promises to the American people, so How do you assess the foreign policy achievements and challenges during your tenure as Secretary of State?
O’Toole: There were a lot of challenges but there were also a lot of accomplishments. Obviously, Russia was our biggest challenge. They were a near-peer adversary, that’s the proper terminology. Their aggression and their warmongering were met with the full force of not only the United States but the United Nations. Luckily, I was able to refute their aggression only through diplomatic means. This was through economic sanctions, meeting with other nations, and working together to condemn them and stand up against them. Ultimately, Russia was removed from the United Nations due to its warmongering. But this was only because of the combined efforts of the United States, along with the United Kingdom, Serbia, Mexico, France, Canada, and many other nations. I was able to get us to all come together, as you may have seen, through the Washington Summit which was held this past Sunday.
While that was my biggest challenge, I would also consider that my biggest accomplishment. Along with peacefully resolving the Russo-Anglo War, also known as the conflict been Russia and the United Kingdom. I sat down with the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, Morgan Kellys, and she expressed interest in wanting to find a peaceful solution to the conflict. Right away I reached out to Moscow and the Russian Government through our hotline and I mediated peace talks between the two nations. Through long work and literal hours of sitting down and going through everything: looking at the precedent, the history, a plethora of UN Resolutions, and international laws, we were able to come to a peaceful agreement. The same goes along with the Russo-Baltic War in the Baltic States, which was only resolved through diplomatic means which I am truly grateful for.
Moving on to my favorite accomplishment, really the basis for all my work. Our ascension into the United Nations. I believed that it was a little too early for us to get involved on the international stage, considering we have no military power. However, the President was firm on it and I was confident in my abilities to get the job done through diplomatic means so we sought out ascension successfully. After consultation with foreign leaders around the world and fellow diplomats, we ascended with no problem. Following this there was some hardship, this be other United States communities trying to dethrone us and other nations trying to “test our gangster.” But I’m glad to say I remained strong and the United States remained strong. Through my hard work, the United States became a beacon of hope, prosperity, and growth for the entirety of the international community.
Hennings: Right right, and these major accomplishments could also be reflected over to the campaign, but we wanna know how do you plan to differentiate your presidential campaign from the policies and positions of the Ainsley administration, given your recent role within it?
O’Toole: My campaign is focused on three main pillars: Peace Through Strength, Building an *American* Economy, and Holding Ourselves Accountable. Regarding Peace Through Strength, it is centered around supporting a true America First/Non-Interventionist foreign policy. Developing policies that directly benefit the American people, prioritizing working with nations that contribute their fair share to our alliances and Geneva-based Organizations (GBOs), and refusing to subordinate my national security strategy to multilateral institutions and other nations. As implied through it’s name, rebuilding America’s defense is a focal point of my foreign policy goals. Repairing recruitment challenges by investing in service members and ensuring the DoD conducts a thorough review of all the training required of service members and ensure it meets core mission needs. As for domestic and economic policy, we must engage the private sector and incentivize job creation for workers. Being a resource and partner to businesses who launch their own initiatives that leverage the private sector to train, reskill, and provide job opportunities for their workforce is essential. As well as researching and developing policies that make it easier for main street businesses and entrepreneurs to get involved. With our community being in its early stages, the United States cannot thrice with just the public sector and federal government. A successful nation required all hands in the pot, no matter their social class or occupation. Moving on to my third pillar, government transparency, the federal governmust must cut the red tape. This will be done through primarily restoring the executive branch requirement that agencies take two deregulatory actions for each new regulatory action initiated, ensuring public availability of guidance documents by requiring agencies to publicize them in a central location and focusing federal diversity on intellectual/political diversity rather than demographic diversity.
Hennings: As you are challenging an incumbent president in his party, how do you plan on appealing to Pro-Ainsley and all voters in general?
O’Toole: That’s a good question. I sometimes find myself wondering the same thing if I can be honest, as I always think there’s something more I can do. That there’s more work to be done, that the job isn’t finished. Then I remind myself of all I’ve accomplished professionally and for the United States on the world stage. I remind myself of the approval ratings, of the 94% approval I received in a presidential poll before even considering a campaign. I believe that once I’m in front of that podium at a town hall, at an event, or on the debate stage and I’m truly able to speak face-to-face with the American people, that is when America will decide. In the coming days, I will be releasing a full overview of my platform. Policies that have been carefully crafted and debated over several days and weeks, based on real trends and data. Policies that can be implemented and can put America back on top, regardless of our development status. All the American people have seen from Ainsley is my foreign policy and a larper’s infrastructure bill that solvws no actual issues in our community.
Hennings: Well, thank you Mr. Secretary. That’s all the time we have. You’ve been great, really great.
O’Toole: Oh, great. Thank you for having me. It was great to talk with you and be interviewed by someone of your caliber. I apologize for such long responses, haha. I’m very passionate about my work and this community.
