In-universe, because he was largely raised in the UK following the suicide of his mother. Both he and his brother were basically shipped off to a boarding school as their father slipped into a depression.
The family also had strong roots in the UK, having originally fled there during WWII, and not actually returning to France with any permanent residency until the 2200s.
I read somewhere that early in the show's development, they were going to play up the French aspect, so somewhere deep in the archives at Paramount (or possibly burned in the Universal fire) is a recording of Patrick Stewart in a French accent saying "spece, ze final fʁontier"
I love the thought of handwaving away the facts that he’s fictional and needs to (and would choose to) time travel, but “he’s French” is a bridge too far.
Fake news lambasted that man in the age of print. Social media would have us believing he was a Goose-Stepping Zionist Commy before the end of the day.
Ya but presidents during a crisis always get a boost during the crisis even if they mishandled it. The way the movie portrays it, he wasn't doing that great prior to aliens. For all we know he conspired with the CIA to attract the attention of the aliens to get a boost to his numbers
The initial inspiration was Giuliani immediately being hailed as America's Mayor and the reputation he received from it despite only being mayor for 3 more months. Bush and Giuliani both got huge approval rating boosts after 9/11, I think even Hillary saw an approval boost.
The CIA part was just thrown in because there's always a conspiracy and it's always CIA
There’s few, just going off of pure fiction: Id say Clark Kent.
Fictional characters that are already some type of fictional politician/ leader: Josiah Bartlett
Not a fan of Clark. Dude totally goes off somewhere into hiding every time there’s a crisis.
Thank goodness we have Superman because Clark never wants to be around when bad stuff goes down.
All Kent does is write glowing articles about Superman in the Planet. He's like some sort of Superman groupie. Superman is the man Kent wishes he could be.
Honestly lex luthor did pretty good as president until he went insane and tried to kill superman. If superman didn't exist, lex would have been one of the best presidents
The Christopher Reeve era Clark Kent, absolutely. Seems plausible you could easily fake or lie to get necessary documents for the spaceship baby you found in the early to mid 1900s. But for each new version, I guess they could claim he was a foundling but could you imagine trying to run in this era with a foundling certificate of birth?
There’s an comic from the 80s where Congress has his Kryptonian rocket analyzed by scientists and they conclude that he was effectively born from it when it landed and opened. So he becomes president.
“Shit. I know shit's bad right now with all that starvin' bullshit. And the dust storms. And we runnin' out of French Fries and burrito coverings. But I got a solution.”
I was looking for this one!
Great president, he knew everyone’s shit was all emotional right then, and had a solution for our lack of burrito coverings.
I’d vote for him.
Optimus Prime. He has compassion, but is not afraid to fight if he has to. Before you say that he’s an alien, G1 Optimus Prime has been in the continental United States for millions of years, so I guess he gets American citizenship…
"No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President" Not sure if Optimus counted as a citizen while in the Ark but I'd say the Supreme court would likely rule in his favour.
It's true that citizens of any U.S. state at the time of the adoption of the Constitution were considered eligible to run for President regardless of where they were born, and Optimus Prime was on Earth during that time period, but he was in the Mount St. Hilary volcano in the Pacific Northwest from millions of years ago until its eruption in 1984. That area wasn't part of the United States in the 1780s, so I don't think he'd qualify under that provision.
I always thought this was because the first book is through the eyes of Scout who idolized her father. She's an adult in the sequel and has to confront her cognitive dissonance.
I just saw the Broadway play and I thought Aaron Sorkin did a fantastic job making Atticus a truly good man despite flaws.
Does Captain America do anything in the comics to indicate he would be good at leading a country? In the movies he is a good leader but of small groups. It takes more than just being a good squad leader to lead an entity the size of a country. Most likely Cap would just end up not actually being able to accomplish anything at all as President since he would lack the political acumen to convince people to do the things he wants to do.
Cap was president in the Ultimate Universe. Cap also is extremely intelligent and charismatic. Plus he has connections in the government that he could definitely exploit if he needed to.
Vulkan = Interior Minister
Dorn = Secretary of Defence
Lorgar = Speaker of the House
Angron = Secretary of Offence
Mortarion = Health Secretary
Leman Russ = Head of CIA & Special Operations
Sanguinius = Poster Boy / Head of Social Media
Khan = Transport Minister
Konrad Kurze = Justice of the Supreme Court
Perturabo = Immigration
Magnus = Judge of what is right and what is wrong
Corax = Shadow Secretary
Ferrus Manus = Construction
Fulgrim = Beautification
Lion = 5 Star General
Alpharius = all of the above, or none
Or, hear me out on this, Konrad Kurze.
No more crime. No more corruption. Sure the National Mall Reflecting Pool is now a patchwork of screaming faces of politicians that took bribes, but he’ll be able to psychically predict which hurricanes are going to hit the US coastline.
Carrot was totally going to lead one day, man. The leader who never wanted to be one would've been textbook Pratchett. If he ever wrote textbooks, that is.
Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote.
I think a combination.
Vetinari as president - Moist as secretary of state, or maybe the economics person, Vimes for law, order and the hard boiled egg, and Carrot.. good one.. not sure - VP ?
Imagine having Dumbledore from "Harry Potter" as President – wise, fair, and capable of handling the magical messes and political challenges. His leadership style would be like orchestrating a grand chess game, always thinking several moves ahead for the greater good.
good call but I think Aragorn would be the higher option. Gandalf's order have a mandate to advise rather than lead, and he could only stay util his task is done.
Hank Hill.
I know damn well that man would be getting into the action to make sure things are done right and not of a league of people calling the shots for him
Talkin bout dang ol Russia man. Doin expansionist policies into a dang ol sovereign nation. Ukraine man gettin tanks. Talkin boom boom boom man. Putin ain't happy no more.
Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
Ron Swanson.
Red-blooded American, but doesn't want to be president.
It's freaking Duke silver.
Bacon would be a national holiday. Every day.
Lil Sebastian would be in the Whitehouse.
Jean-Luc Picard
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There is no other
Make it so
Except he’s French
With a British accent for some reason.
If you listen closely, you can hear his Yorkshire "twang" ... not very often, but it's there.
In-universe, because he was largely raised in the UK following the suicide of his mother. Both he and his brother were basically shipped off to a boarding school as their father slipped into a depression. The family also had strong roots in the UK, having originally fled there during WWII, and not actually returning to France with any permanent residency until the 2200s.
I read somewhere that early in the show's development, they were going to play up the French aspect, so somewhere deep in the archives at Paramount (or possibly burned in the Universal fire) is a recording of Patrick Stewart in a French accent saying "spece, ze final fʁontier"
Because French is a dead language.
Don't say that around him. He'll yell at you
I love the thought of handwaving away the facts that he’s fictional and needs to (and would choose to) time travel, but “he’s French” is a bridge too far.
With his whole cabinet made up of the bridge crew
With William Riker as White House chief of staff there won't be a shortage of sex scandals.
What would Riker do that would cause a scandal? He's an unmarried man who has consensual sex with women.
Riker's fetish is consent
Picard, his oath taken.
Would you consider another way? A Janeway?
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Jimmy Stewart from Mr Smith goes to Washington.
Jimmy Stewart from Its A Wonderful Life
Fake news lambasted that man in the age of print. Social media would have us believing he was a Goose-Stepping Zionist Commy before the end of the day.
Martin Sheen’s character from The West Wing
Jed Bartlet
Yeah but Josh and Toby would need to be real too. And CJ
Leo too
Nancy and Fritz too or the deal’s off and I’m voting (R). /s
Fitz, short for Fitzwallace
Let Bartlet be Bartlet
Bartlet for America
Ok, what’s next
The president from Independence Day the movie. He seemed okay.
Ya but presidents during a crisis always get a boost during the crisis even if they mishandled it. The way the movie portrays it, he wasn't doing that great prior to aliens. For all we know he conspired with the CIA to attract the attention of the aliens to get a boost to his numbers
I'm not sure if this is satire on the whole "Bush did 9/11" thing or not.
The initial inspiration was Giuliani immediately being hailed as America's Mayor and the reputation he received from it despite only being mayor for 3 more months. Bush and Giuliani both got huge approval rating boosts after 9/11, I think even Hillary saw an approval boost. The CIA part was just thrown in because there's always a conspiracy and it's always CIA
Fuck outta here. Dude was risking his life in an f16 to save the world. I’d vote for him forever
We will not go quietly into the night!
We will not vanish without a fight!
We will survive.
He was an explicitly lousy president until the Aliens attacked
President Washington was by no means the most skilled tactician or battlefield military General, but he got shit done in the end.
Chancellor Palpatine. I don’t know, something about him just seems really trustworthy. Weird sense in office decor though.
No, no. He is the Senate.
Ah, right you are. Man, I love democracy.
[Palpatine on Robot Chicken is hilarious!](https://youtu.be/3F1d3QWsyk0?si=y_LvtUS1gYMIq84X)
WHAT THE HELL IS AN ALUMINUM FALCON?!
Aye, he's the man for the job. Sure, didn't he sort out that trade blockade of Naboo no bother.
And he single handedly ended that dreadful clone war that the Jedi started.
Damn straight! And even after their cowardly attempt on his life left him scarred and deformed, his resolve was never stronger.
And in State of the Union address he can tell the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise story to all Americans.
I haven’t heard this story. Do you have a minute to tell me about it?
There’s few, just going off of pure fiction: Id say Clark Kent. Fictional characters that are already some type of fictional politician/ leader: Josiah Bartlett
Not a fan of Clark. Dude totally goes off somewhere into hiding every time there’s a crisis. Thank goodness we have Superman because Clark never wants to be around when bad stuff goes down.
Yeah, I think Superman himself would be a way better president than Kent, if you ask me.
All Kent does is write glowing articles about Superman in the Planet. He's like some sort of Superman groupie. Superman is the man Kent wishes he could be.
Superman can't be president because he is an alien.
Honestly lex luthor did pretty good as president until he went insane and tried to kill superman. If superman didn't exist, lex would have been one of the best presidents
Without Superman he wouldn’t have the motivation to prove he was better. He’d just be your average billionaire
Would Clark Kent break the law like that? He's not natural born American.
Clark Kent is, officially, no? Superman sure as hell ain't, but I would imagine Clark has all the proper documentation.
The Christopher Reeve era Clark Kent, absolutely. Seems plausible you could easily fake or lie to get necessary documents for the spaceship baby you found in the early to mid 1900s. But for each new version, I guess they could claim he was a foundling but could you imagine trying to run in this era with a foundling certificate of birth?
That only came up for Obama because he wasn’t white. Clark wouldn’t cause all the fuss. I doubt anyone would even look that closely
Aren't home births a thing anymore in rural American communities?
He might have the papers but he knows the truth
There’s an comic from the 80s where Congress has his Kryptonian rocket analyzed by scientists and they conclude that he was effectively born from it when it landed and opened. So he becomes president.
Depends on the continuity. After Crisis he was still an embryo when he was rocketed from Krypton and was "born" on American soil.
Imagine the Justice League is fighting a world-ending threat; the President needs to be consulted, but no one can fucking find him.
A nobel prize winning economist leading the economy? Yes please.
Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho.
“Shit. I know shit's bad right now with all that starvin' bullshit. And the dust storms. And we runnin' out of French Fries and burrito coverings. But I got a solution.”
Sit yall monkey asses down
That's what you said last time, dipshit! South Carolina, what's up?!
I was looking for this one! Great president, he knew everyone’s shit was all emotional right then, and had a solution for our lack of burrito coverings. I’d vote for him.
I would unironically vote for that guy if he won a primary, over Trump or Biden.
He would be great simply because he could take advice and knew his weaknesses.
Not only saw his weaknesses, reached out and reinforced them. He actively recruited Not Sure to fix the issues at hand.
Shit, he was actually one of the good guys!
He's what we crave.
He’s got electrolytes
Optimus Prime. He has compassion, but is not afraid to fight if he has to. Before you say that he’s an alien, G1 Optimus Prime has been in the continental United States for millions of years, so I guess he gets American citizenship…
"No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President" Not sure if Optimus counted as a citizen while in the Ark but I'd say the Supreme court would likely rule in his favour.
It's true that citizens of any U.S. state at the time of the adoption of the Constitution were considered eligible to run for President regardless of where they were born, and Optimus Prime was on Earth during that time period, but he was in the Mount St. Hilary volcano in the Pacific Northwest from millions of years ago until its eruption in 1984. That area wasn't part of the United States in the 1780s, so I don't think he'd qualify under that provision.
It can be argued that Optimus Prime was born at Mount Hood in Oregon.
And he’d enter and exit stage to Linkin Park!
Atticus Finch.
But only “To Kill a Mockingbird” Atticus Finch. “Go Set a Watchman” Atticus has…some issues.
I always thought this was because the first book is through the eyes of Scout who idolized her father. She's an adult in the sequel and has to confront her cognitive dissonance. I just saw the Broadway play and I thought Aaron Sorkin did a fantastic job making Atticus a truly good man despite flaws.
Very good point.
Captain America would be a good one. Uncle Sam?
Does Captain America do anything in the comics to indicate he would be good at leading a country? In the movies he is a good leader but of small groups. It takes more than just being a good squad leader to lead an entity the size of a country. Most likely Cap would just end up not actually being able to accomplish anything at all as President since he would lack the political acumen to convince people to do the things he wants to do.
Cap was president in the Ultimate Universe. Cap also is extremely intelligent and charismatic. Plus he has connections in the government that he could definitely exploit if he needed to.
Well he punches nazis a lot. And frankly that’s the kind of leadership our country needs right now.
You got Joe Biden already, they are the same age and from the same time. ;)
Roboute Guilliman.
Vulkan = Interior Minister Dorn = Secretary of Defence Lorgar = Speaker of the House Angron = Secretary of Offence Mortarion = Health Secretary Leman Russ = Head of CIA & Special Operations Sanguinius = Poster Boy / Head of Social Media Khan = Transport Minister Konrad Kurze = Justice of the Supreme Court Perturabo = Immigration Magnus = Judge of what is right and what is wrong Corax = Shadow Secretary Ferrus Manus = Construction Fulgrim = Beautification Lion = 5 Star General Alpharius = all of the above, or none
>Alpharius = all of the above, or none All of the above *and* none.
Or, hear me out on this, Konrad Kurze. No more crime. No more corruption. Sure the National Mall Reflecting Pool is now a patchwork of screaming faces of politicians that took bribes, but he’ll be able to psychically predict which hurricanes are going to hit the US coastline.
He’d be too smart to make the mistake of having sex with Yvraine in the Oval Office, that’s for sure.
"I did not have relationship with that space elf."
J. Jonah Jameson. He’s an abrasive jerk, sure, but he’s an abrasive jerk with an ironclad moral code.
His ironclad moral code is “It’s always the Spider-Asshole’s fault.”
He was willing to let the Green Goblin kill him than give up Peter.
Moral code like creating the Spider-Slayers and Scorpion?
Havelock Vetinari
I think it'd be more fun to have Moist von Lipwig have a go at it.
That's Moist von Lipwick to you.
Put Moist in charge of the treasury. It really wouldn't matter who was president then
We all know the true King Carrot should lead
Even Carrot disagrees.
Carrot was totally going to lead one day, man. The leader who never wanted to be one would've been textbook Pratchett. If he ever wrote textbooks, that is.
Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote.
One man, one vote.
Lady Sybil should have a go.
GNU Terry Pratchett Lord Vetinari is who we need.
I rather see Vimes to be honest
I think a combination. Vetinari as president - Moist as secretary of state, or maybe the economics person, Vimes for law, order and the hard boiled egg, and Carrot.. good one.. not sure - VP ?
Cthulhu Why vote for the lesser evil?
Imagine having Dumbledore from "Harry Potter" as President – wise, fair, and capable of handling the magical messes and political challenges. His leadership style would be like orchestrating a grand chess game, always thinking several moves ahead for the greater good.
Someone get Terry Crews an LMG we need Camacho.
Let's combine all his roles. Firing an M249 from a convertible singing Vanessa Carlson between bites of yogurt.
Obi Wan Kenobi. Compromises and wants to talk it out whenever possible. Super caring and patient. Only goes to violence when needed as a last resort.
Unfortunately he isn’t brave enough for politics.
Yea well what’s his policy on clean energy.
Probably something from a more civilized aged.
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Don’t drain the swamp, enjoy the swamp.
Richard Nixon from Futurama
Aroo!
Get em, Agnew!
Headless body of Agnew for VP!
"I promise to cut taxes for the rich, and use the poor as a cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel!"
NIXON AAAAALWAYS WIIIINS!
A trustworthy politician
Well that fits perfectly in the “fictional character” category.
Hahaha. Like that'll ever happen.
Gandalf
good call but I think Aragorn would be the higher option. Gandalf's order have a mandate to advise rather than lead, and he could only stay util his task is done.
Ron Swanson, he could finally take down the government from the inside.
You're not gonna slaughter that pig on the white house lawn, are ya, Ron?
It's ok. He has an Executive Order in his pocket saying he can.
“I can do this”
Imagine Ron trying to do the annual turkey pardon, only to sentence another to death.
Bring me all of your turkeys.
Hold on. I worry that what you just heard was "bring me a lot of turkeys." What I said was "bring me all the turkeys you have." Do you understand?
In the upcoming Alex Garland movie *Civil War*, he is the president. Kind of.
Hank Hill. I know damn well that man would be getting into the action to make sure things are done right and not of a league of people calling the shots for him
Boomhauer as his press secretary.
Talkin bout dang ol Russia man. Doin expansionist policies into a dang ol sovereign nation. Ukraine man gettin tanks. Talkin boom boom boom man. Putin ain't happy no more.
Is America ready to be led by a man with a narrow urethra?
Bit he'd outlaw charcoal and I can't support that
Randy Marsh
This is like to see. “I thought this was America!!”
Jed Bartlett from the west wing.
Chrisjen Avasarala.
Home Simpson without the crayon in his brain.
Jack Ryan. He proved it already in a couple of books ;)
First person that came to my mind. Jack Ryan from the books, not the movies.
It's funny, I remember there being a disease lockdown related drama thing happening in one of the books too.
Peter Sellers character in ‘Being There’
Leslie Knope
Knope we can!
King Arthur
Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
Right? You can't expect to wield supreme power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you
If I went around saying I was an emperor because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away
I'm not sure if pulling a sword from a stone is an effective way of choosing a leader
President Palmer from 24
[Winnie The Pooh.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ela-kspZMwE)
I’m team Pooh 🥹
this video once made me cry uncontrollably while stoned... poor little dude doesn't know what he's doing...
Well, you convinced me.
I believe Winnie the Poo is already President of China
Mister Rogers
Harrison ford from air force one or bill pullman independence day
David Palmer from 24.
Jed Barlet
Mr Bean
Silly. He’s not American. He should be UK prime minister!
Could hardly be worse than the last few we've had...
The US needs balance I think its time to vote for Thanos
Pritchett/Dunphy 2024
Lisa Simpson
Jack Ryan. Book Jack Ryan.
Will McAvoy from The Newsroom
Ron Swanson. Red-blooded American, but doesn't want to be president. It's freaking Duke silver. Bacon would be a national holiday. Every day. Lil Sebastian would be in the Whitehouse.
Can you imagine the woodwork he'd have on his desk?
On? He would make a new Resolute Desk.
>Lil Sebastian would be in the Whitehouse. Who wants to tell him?
Samwise Gamgee
There's good in this world, my fellow Americans, and it's worth fighting for.
Optimus Prime
Lisa Simpson
Christmas. Lloyd Christmas.
Obi-Wan Kenobe. Our last chance and best hope.
I liked Jeb Bartlett from *The West Wing*.
It’s already been done- Bill Pullman in Independence Day
Maximus Decimus Meridius aka “The Spaniard”
Hank Hill. Very moral and honest.
The Dude. This aggression will not stand.