Timeline (Corporate America)

''Note from the author: I'm honestly tired of doing detailed timelines. This will be merely a general guideline for the events of the scenario. Read the linked articles for more info!''

2022

 * U.S President Joe Biden announces he will not seek reelection. Vice President Elizabeth Warren emerges as the 2024 frontrunner.

2024

 * 3 March: Progressive populist Alexandria "AOC" Ocasio-Cortez shocks the political establisment and cinches the Democratic Party's nomination over Vice President Warren following the results of Super Tuesday. In her victory speech, Ocasio-Cortez promises to bring home all U.S troops and slice the military budget.
 * 10 March: Railing against AOC as an extremist, former Starbucks CEO and former Seattle SuperSonics owner Howard Schultz officially announces his campaign for President.
 * 15 April: After a heated race, Texas Senator Ted Cruz withdraws from the Republican primary and hands the nomination to former Ohio Governor John Kasich. Kasich, like AOC, lays out a party platform of non-interventionism and global cooperation to fight terror including with the Eurasian Union.
 * 1 May: Tensions heat up between the U.S and Iran after an Israeli village is hit by a bomb attack, killing 200. President Biden fires missiles into Tehran. AOC condemns the attack, but is slammed by Schultz for supposed reticence to take action against Iran.
 * 27 May: Howard Schultz announces Lockheed-Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson as his running mate.
 * 22 June: AOC announces Washington Governor Jay Inslee and former primary rival as her running mate.
 * 16 July: AOC and Inslee are officially nominated on the final day of the DNC.
 * 1 August: Kasich announces Kentucky Senator Rand Paul as his running mate.
 * 27 August: Kasich and Paul are officially renominated on the final day of the RNC.
 * 12 September: The FEC announces Schultz will be permitted to take part in the presidential debates.
 * PresidentHowardSchultz.jpg3 November: 2024 U.S presidential election: Despite tepid debate performances and trailing both AOC and Kasich in most polls, Howard Schultz is narrowly elected President. Schultz is the first Jewish President, the first President from the state of Washington and the first independent President since George Washington.
 * 10 November: With accusations of voter fraud abounding in multiple states, AOC withdraws her concession and demands a recount.
 * 13 December: Forced to choose between AOC and Schultz, the conservative majority on the Supreme Court rules against AOC's request for a recount.

2025

 * 21 January: Schultz and Hewson are inaugurated.
 * 14 February: President Schultz forms a deal with Venezuelan capitalist Juan Guaidó to support armed, capitalist fighters with weapons. Venezuelan President Maduro admonishes Schultz for this move.
 * 12 March: Construction begins on new U.S bases in Israel.
 * 13 June: On Friday the 13th, New York Harbor is bombed by a hijacked barge loaded with explosives, killing 200.
 * 8 July: It is purported by the FBI that the attack was directly linked to Maduro loyalists led by extremist Hector Villa angered over U.S support for Guaido. Schultz demands Maduro hand over the masterminds of the Friday the 13th Massacre. Maduro denies Venezuelan involvement whatsoever.
 * 10 July: Defense profits skyrocket, especially for Lockheed-Martin.
 * 17 July: The U.S begins airstrikes on Venezuela, and puts their first boots on the ground in the country.
 * 5 August: A RT journalist investigating the Friday the 13th Massacre is found dead in his hotel room, ostensibly having asphyxiated himself with a plastic bag.
 * 27 December: Caracas surrenders to the U.S. President Maduro is found in a panic room having committed suicide.
 * 28 December: Venezuelan capitalists murder thousands of socialists in Bloody Tuesday.
 * 31 December: After four days of silence, President Schultz declares that the U.S will remain in Venezuela to handle militants, find Villa, and rebuild the country.

2026

 * 8 February: During his State of the Union address, Schultz declares interest in invading Iran to dismantle their nuclear program.
 * 10 February: Russia and China warn the U.S to stay out of Iran.
 * 4 March: Under pressure from the U.S and U.K, the U.N Security Council increases sanctions on Iran.