Japan
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Japan functions as a distant but immediate economic referent invoked by Leo to reinsert operational reality into the moral debate; market movement is used to remind the President that governance continues amid ethical crisis.
Abstract and kinetic — a headline-quality presence that contrasts with the Oval's moral stillness.
Contextual backdrop: a shorthand for the nonstop flow of world events that impinge on domestic decision-making.
Signals that even the highest moral deliberations occur within fast-moving geopolitical and economic systems.
Japan functions as a distant but material influence: Leo's market report about Japan opening 'huge' injects immediate geopolitical-economic reality into a moral debate, reminding the President of the broader political rhythms that constrain decisions.
Not physically present but aurally/mentally present as a brisk, market-driven counterpoint to the Oval's moral quiet.
Background pressure that reframes the decision in terms of political calculus and timing.
Represents the inescapable external world — markets and politics — that intrudes on private moral deliberation.
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