Qu Scaramucci

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13th President of the United States of Earth	13th President of the United States of Earth	13th President of the United States of Earth	13th President of the United States of Earth
In Office 	 	 	
January 20, 2385 - May 25, 2386 	 	 	
Vice President: Piyush Ohmstede 	 	 	
Preceded by: Patrick Tsongas 	 	 	
Succeeded by: Piyush Ohmstede 	 	 	
124th President of the United States 	124th President of the United States 	124th President of the United States 	124th President of the United States
In Office 	 	 	
January 20, 2385 - May 25, 2386 	 	 	
Vice President: Piyush Ohmstede 	 	 	
Preceded by: Patrick Tsongas 	 	 	
Succeeded by: Piyush Ohmstede 	 	 	
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In Office 	 	 	
January 20, 2385 - May 25, 2386 	 	 	
Second Servant: Hans Amideus 	 	 	
Preceded by: Patrick Tsongas 	 	 	
Succeeded by: Piyush Ohmstede 	 	 	
United States Senator from Texas 	United States Senator from Texas 	United States Senator from Texas 	United States Senator from Texas
In office 	 	 	
January 3, 2379 - January 3, 2385 	 	 	
Preceded by: Will Greene 	 	 	
Succeeded by: Will Greene 	 	 	
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Full Name: Queson Scaramucci 	 	 	
Born: August 9, 2345 	 	 	
Died: May 25, 2386 (aged 40) 	 	 	
Queson Scaramucci (August 9, 2345 - May 25, 2386) was an American politician who served as the 124th President of the United States from 2385 until his assassination in 2386. 
Scaramucci is largely remembered by historians as a divisive political figure who served his political party over the country. Additionally, Scaramucci is credited as an extremist who brought the United States into a war for the first time since the Second American Revolution. Because of this, historians credit him as someone who disrupted both the Pax Americana and the Pax Terra. 
Scholars on the Boxer Party additionally credit Scaramucci as the "least Bolivarian President from the early Boxer Party", and as a President who subscribed to Bolivarianism even less than individuals such as President Zeonora O'Shaghennessy; ironic, considering Scaramucci initially became popular for aiding Bolivarianism in his days as a lawyer, as Boxers commended him for keeping governments in check and exerting a new "competitor of power" to reduce their influence. Yet as President, Scaramucci used the American government to destroy the stability of an entire society; he exerted a monopoly of power, a type of which Manuel Bolivar and his supporters condemned ever since the 2330s. 
== Early Life ==
Scaramucci was born on August 9, 2345 to the middle class family William and Belle Scaramucci in rural Texas. Scaramucci's childhood would be comfortable, as he would graduate high school in 2363. Following his high school graduation, Scaramucci enlisted in the US Army for two years, before attending the University of Texas for journalism from 2365 to 2369. 
During Scaramucci's time in college, he would become fascinated by the philosophy of Manuel Bolivar and the Boxer Party platform. Scaramucci registered as a Boxer in 2366 and quickly concluded that the Boxers' goals were the pinnacle of society. With this mindset, Scaramucci entered the University of Texas's law school in 2369, and would graduate in 2372. 
== Journalist and Lawyer ==
Following his law school graduation, Scaramucci would work as a private attorney and journalist, who would travel across the country exposing abuses of power from government officials and taking appropriate legal action, all the while exposing them. Scaramucci's journalism and legal action would be highly commended by the American public, as his fellow Boxers would revere him as "a competitor in the industry of governments", in reference to Bolivar's belief that anything with power was a "government". Although Scaramucci himself was not a government official, he undoubtedly had power over them, and therefore fit Bolivar's definition of what a government was. 
== Senatorial Campaign (2378) ==
Upon the passage of the Treaty of New Washington in 2377, Scaramucci reacted with disgust. He viewed President Patrick Tsongas as someone using a technicality to his policy's advantage, and disliked how he expanded the American government's influence. Because of this, he announced that late 2370s was "the time for Boxers everywhere to act!", and declared his candidacy for the Senate in 2378. 
Because Scaramucci was well-known and committed to the Boxer cause on a private level, he easily won the primary. In the General Election, he faced Progressive incumbent Will Greene. Scaramucci's campaign against Greene would be close, yet Scaramucci ultimately won with 51% of the vote to Greene's 49%.
== Senator (2379 - 2385) ==
In the Senate, Scaramucci would be one of the only Senators to oppose both the scientific funding of 2357 and the compromise of 2370. Scaramucci claimed that the Progressives were too powerful, and that they needed to be "stopped in any tracks possible." Scaramucci would largely be criticized by Progressives for this, in addition to even many Boxers. His legacy in the Senate would be one of partisanship, as many simply viewed him as someone who prioritized dogma over governance. 
== Presidential Campaign (2384) ==
While Scaramucci's political strategy would make him unpopular within the Senate, it would aid him exponentially in Boxer elections. Scaramucci's zeal appealed to voters, hence allowing him to win his Senatorial election in the first place. Additionally, because of Scaramucci's uniqueness, he attained even more name recognition during his time in the Senate. Because of this, he declared his candidacy for the Presidency come time for the 2384 election. 
In the Boxer primaries, Scaramucci's primary competitor would be former Vice President Heinrich Otto Cromwell. Given that he was the Boxer nominee in the last two elections, in addition to the fact that he carried President Phoenix Von Hindenburg's popular Boxer platform, most Americans thought that Cromwell would once again be the Boxer nominee. In fact, Scaramucci was the only candidate even running against Cromwell. 
Yet in his sole opposition to the former Vice President, Scaramucci would be impassioned. While most Americans thought that President Von Hindenburg had brought the Boxer Party back to a hardline stance, Scaramucci alleged that Von Hindenburg was "too moderate", and that he had not gone far enough. Scaramucci criticized Von Hindenburg for working with Senate Progressive Leader Graham Enseknol, and for giving Terra Atmosphaera any funding at all. Additionally, Scaramucci criticized President Von Hindenburg for diverting an increase of funding to scientific research, claiming he "gave Progressives too much of what they wanted." To back his points, Scaramucci noted that the Tsongas Administration used the policy Von Hindenburg allowed to be put into effect, and amplified it. Scaramucci alleged that "If [Progressives] are just gonna exploit what we give them without taking our needs into account, then why should we give them anything?!". 
Scaramucci's reasoning is criticized by most modern logicians as rooted in the slippery slope fallacy. Seldom did Scaramucci explain why his policy was good, or why Von Hindenburg's compromises did not work on their own merits; he simply stated they were negative because they could lead to other policy which detracted from his goal. Yet while his policy may not have been logical, it was persuasive amongst Boxer voters, and stirred up exhaustion with Progressive policy constantly being instituted amongst Progressive and Boxer Presidencies alike. Because of this, Scaramucci defeated former Vice President Cromwell in the Boxer primaries, obtaining 64% of the vote to Cromwell's 36%.
Following Scaramucci's nomination to the Presidency, most Americans thought that the Boxer Party had committed political suicide. Scaramucci had no way of appealing to Progressives or even moderates, meaning he could only appeal to hardline Boxers, those of whom made up a minority of the country. Modern scholars agree that Scaramucci likely would have lost the election, if it were not for one factor: Internal strife in the Progressive Party. Upon losing the Progressive primaries, moderate Progressive Senator Andrew Rosefrel commenced his own independent campaign for the Presidency, in hopes of forcing Progressive nominee Victoria Alfire to drop out of the race. Senator Rosefrel's campaign largely split the Progressive and moderate vote, which allowed Scaramucci to win in a majority of states. With that, Scaramucci successfully won the Presidency of the United States.
== Presidency (2385 - 2386) ==
=== War Hawk Policy ===
Upon becoming President, Scaramucci would take up the goal of "[reversing] all the Progressives have done." Upon becoming President, he refused to sign any bill which would maintain the level of spending the United States granted to Terra Atmosphaera, nor did Scaramucci accept granting funds to scientific research. Instead, Scaramucci called on Congress to declare war on Terra Atmosphaera, so the very start of Progressive policy would be revoked from the country. Scaramucci reportedly claimed he "[wanted] to set Progressives back to rock bottom", and destroying Terra Atmosphaera was his way of doing this.
Upon receiving this proposal, Congress was appalled by President Scaramucci's policy. Nearly all Congressmen rejected this plan in a manner that was bipartisan, as many on both sides criticized Scaramucci for being a "danger to the country." With this, Scaramucci criticized Congress heavily to his supporters. Generating anger amongst his extreme faction in the Boxer Party, many of Scaramucci's supporters took the President's rhetoric as a call to "do what Congress's cowardice [could] not", and attack Terra Atmosphaera themselves. On September 13, 2385, a large group of Scaramucci supporters launched terrorist attacks against Terra Atmosphaera over a course of two days. These individuals wrecked havoc, until finally being apprehended by the Terra Atmosphaeran government on September 15, 2385. 
Upon the Scaramucci supporters' conviction of terrorism, President Scaramucci pardoned them for their "loyalty to the good cause." This would prompt outrage across both Terra Atmosphaera and the United States as a whole, as Scaramucci was seen as conducting a private war against a nation that inconvenienced his policy. For this, Terra Atmosphaera officially declared war against the United States on December 11, 2385. With this, President Scaramucci received adequate cause to take military action against the sky territory. Thus, Scaramucci dispatched the American military to completely raze the area. 
Over the course of the next six months, the American military utterly destroyed Terra Atmosphaera's infrastructure and quality of life. The bombing campaigns from the US Air Force were especially brutal, as former President Zeonora O'Shaghennessy, who had served in the Air Force himself, referred to the branch's conduct as "disgraceful."
=== Conflict with Vice President Ohmstede ===
Upon President Scaramucci's pardon of the terrorists, Vice President Piyush Ohmstede attempted to invoke the 25th Amendment so as to stop his extremism. However, so as to distance themselves from a President who tolerated terrorism, much of Scaramucci's Cabinet began resigning, so as not to be associated with criminal activity. Because of this, Vice President Ohmstede did not have enough signatures to declare President Scaramucci unfit for office. 
Following this failure, Vice President Ohmstede attempted to negate the effects of Scaramucci's Presidency through the use of backdoor deals. Ohmstede met with Terra Atmosphaeran President Maye Fleure. In the negotiations, Ohmstede and Fleure agreed to a white peace in exchange for the United States military helping to stop terrorism in Terra Atmosphaera, and for the Terra Atmosphaeran government to be able to command the United States military to leave at any time. Through his power as President of the Senate, Vice President Ohmstede forced the Senate to vote on the treaty on January 17, 2386, and did not even let the Senate debate on the matter. Although the treaty did not have a 2/3 majority, Ohmstede convinced a simple majority to invoke the Nuclear Option, meaning the treaty was passed with only 61% of the Senate in favor. With that, the "Treaty of Issavyre", as it was officially called, passed that day, and was recognized by the Senate as law.
However, President Scaramucci did not recognize the treaty as legitimate. He noted that the Vice President had no authority to propose treaties, and accused Ohmstede of corruption for "[abusing] his authority as President of the Senate in forcing the Senate to vote on an unconstitutional matter." On January 18, 2386, President Scaramucci announced that Vice President Ohmstede's "illegal scheme" would not be enforced as law, and that as Commander in Chief of the US Military, he would directly order the armed forces to proceed with the war as planned. Given that the Ohmstede Treaty was not even Constitutional, the military obeyed Scaramucci's orders in this regard, nor wanting to disobey the binding instructions from their Commander in Chief.
Meanwhile, Scaramucci Boxers in the House of Representatives attempted to see Vice President Ohmstede impeached for his unconstitutional actions. However, because Ohmstede was countering an Administration that most Congressmen considered destructive, a majority of the House was sympathetic toward Ohmstede's cause, and thus refused to press impeachment charges.
=== Assassination ===
On May 25, 2386, Scaramucci was reported dead inside the Oval Office. The President's autopsy reports revealed that he was assassinated, yet no killer could be identified. Following Scaramucci's death, some Americans, especially those who supported Scaramucci, hypothesized that Ohmstede had either killed or orchestrated the killing of Scaramucci. Ohmstede consistently denied these allegations, however, and there remains no evidence that he played any part in Scaramucci's death.