Trade Off

White House.

President's office.

After FBI director Mueller entered the office, the president's assistant sitting outside the door could hear the president yelling.

"You bunch of idiots!"

Mueller stood in front of the president and took a deep breath. He then said, "This is our fault… We expected them to act, but we didn't expect things to move this fast."

Even though the White House was happy to see China suffer losses, they didn't want it to happen this way.

The negotiations on the Lunar Hadron Collider were still underway. They were finally able to recruit some allies through diplomatic means and wanted to put pressure on China in regard to the budget committee.

However, their plan was ruined.

Because of the cyberattacks, most of their allies began doubting them. Many nations began to express their doubts on whether or not America wanted to participate in this project at all.