[Men] are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowardly, covetous, and as long as you succeed they are yours entirely; they will offer you their blood, property, life, and children, as is said above, when the need is far distant; but when it [when you need their support] approaches they turn against you. According to Machiavelli, what will happen to a leader when things go wrong and he is in need of support?

People will turn against him.
People will act more like cowards.
People will offer him many things.
People will always support their leader.

A. people turn on him

Explanation:

The answer is quoted in the passage.

its whatever your mind tells you

the correct answer option is: weapons.

explanation:

tensions rose as the two opposing superpowers competed for 'weapons'.

referring to the cold war (1945-1991), the two superpowers, usa and ussr, experienced a phase of struggle and conflict with each other. these two superpowers considered each other as a threat to their survival and thus opted for policies to strengthen their positions.

the two superpowers never went to war with each other directly but competed for weapons to preserve their positions.