[Frank refuses Feng's demands, suspecting that he is working with Tusk]
Why did you want this meeting? To attack me?
To send a message. The President of the United States and I are not his puppets. Now you tell him that.
Fine. The bridge deal is dead. There will be no saving it.
Stick a knife in its heart and put an apple in its mouth, I won't shed a tear.
Your President will ascribe the failure to you.
I'll take the risk.
Think strategically, Mr. Vice President. You're setting us on a very dangerous course.
Do you know how Grant defeated Lee? He had more men, that's all, and he was willing to let them die. It was butchery, not strategy, that won the war.
Mr. Tusk and I have great resources at our disposal.
Add up all your billions and you get the GDP of Slovakia. I have the federal government of the United States of America. Your money doesn't intimidate me. The most that you buy is influence, but I wield Constitutional authority.
The strongest army doesn't always win. Mao started out with only a few thousand men. They took over half a continent.
Mao is dead, and so is his China.
But I'm not.
Not yet.
Don't forget, your ancestor fought for the losing side. There is no sacred ground for the conquered.
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