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[–] jaypatelani@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 minutes ago

Nayak (2001)

[–] Doodz@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 hours ago

Film: Dave (1993).

Everyone should watch this movie at least once.

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago

Anyone. Literally any movie president would be better than what we have. I'd take Bill Pullman, Harrison Ford, Jack Nicholson from Mars attacks, anyone.

[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 minutes ago

President Beethoven

[–] sprack@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Nixon’s head on a robot body.

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 hours ago

Naw hed sneak into people's houses at night and wreck up the place

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

The Federation president is probably passable. Though Star Trek really doesn't show how the Federation government is structured probably because they don't want to lean too much into the socialist undertones in case they get canceled for it.

[–] sunsofold@lemmy.zip 4 points 8 hours ago

The versions of historical american presidents seen in the american mythology. The world could use a president as great as the George Washington patriotic Americans think he was.

[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 hours ago

Alexander Purchinov.

[–] PearlsSwineEtc@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Chauncey Gardner

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 9 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

For USA? Roland Crane, since his only act shown in his office was getting offed by missile strike.

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 60 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho

Of course...

"Idiocracy"

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Would make a way better president than our current Pedo-in-Chief...

[–] ajmaxwell@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He knew things were bad and had the will to see them fixed, despite what the Representative from North Carolina said.

Also once Camacho found the world's smartest man, he demanded his help

As opposed to decrying him as a woke pansy intellectual and deporting him

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Bill Pullman is best president

Also I dunno why I always get chills when I hear this obviously cheesy line. He sold it.

[–] Knossos@lemmy.world 1 points 24 minutes ago

That speech and Al Pacino in Any given Sunday always gets me.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago

Easily one of the best movie speeches of all time. I remember seeing it in a theater in NYC when it was first released, and the entire auditorium went apeshit.

[–] Zonefive@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Kinda floored he hasn’t been mentioned yet, so I’ll throw him in the mix.

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 minutes ago

Dogshit president. Only accomplishment was cutting social security.

honestly in the west wing world even arnold vinick would be good.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 12 hours ago

Too Kennedy.

[–] Tinks@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

he was a good man - but he gave up the presidency temporarily after lying about having MS, frequently engaged in black ops in other countries, shut down the government like Trump, and knowingly employed an alcoholic who was constantly relapsing during the campaign trail as his chief of staff. Also his communications director leaked military secrets, his press secretary was in a suspicious relationship with a journalist, his wife committed medical fraud and due to knock on affects of his security protocol he and his speech writer are shot, he and his senior staff are exposed to a potential chemical weapon and quarantined, several secret service agents are killed during active service protecting the first family, and during some of these killings his daughter is kidnapped.

His administration was a mess lol

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

When he wasn't trying to engage in his favorite pastime of killing and vilifying Superman, Lex Luthor was a pretty good President all things considered.

[–] Ibuthyr@feddit.org 16 points 1 day ago

Donald Trump. Because he'd be fictional and not real.

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 11 points 1 day ago

Henry Hayes from Stargate SG-1

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
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[–] UncleArthur@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Morgan Freeman, obviously.

[–] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 17 hours ago

Dave's not here, man

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In general or in comparison?

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As long as it’s an actor/actress who played the president in something.

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 day ago

Well in comparison it would be all of them. In general, I'd say Bill Pullman.

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Stephen Colbert. Though iirc in the marvel universe he won the popular vote but lost the EC vote to Obama.

He still would be a good president.

[–] BeUnique@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

President Kamacho is sorta like the president we have now if that's what you're into.

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Camacho was nuts but he still cared about his people. Donny don’t give 2 shits about any of us.

[–] Soapbox@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 hours ago

For real. I for one would gladly take President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho over what we have now.

President Merkin Muffley.

[–] spacehulk@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

*Looks at Nick Offerman in Civil War.

[–] Soapbox@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Nick Offerman's character in Civil War. No thanks.

Nick Offerman himself as president? I could work with that.

nick offerman as president just for megan mullally as first lady

In one Simpsons episode Cletus was a president, I'd think he would do his job well.

[–] wador@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Vasyl Petrovych Holoborodko?

Jack Ryan from the books

[–] kuiskaaja@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

not sure but i know that Vasyl Petrovych Holoborodko didn't do too great

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