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[[Image:Ronaldreagan.jpg|right|250px|thumb|No, not a panel from ''Shortpacked!''.]]

'''The President of the United States''' is a character in several Transformers stories.

==Generation 1==
===Marvel Comics===
[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] met with the President on the lawn of the White House to ask for peace, sort out an understanding, and perhaps form an alliance.  Their handshake was cut short by an attack from the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s, who attempted to sabotage the union by claiming to be Autobots.  The Autobots forced the Insecticons into retreat but left immediately themselves, deciding that the President wouldn't believe they were framed.  To the contrary, the President did give the Autobots the benefit of the doubt -- until, that is, they left without an explanation.  

''(Note: The President of the United States refers to Optimus Prime as a "lorry," which is what they call trucks in England, but not in America.  None of the kids who read Marvel UK comics probably noticed, in writer [[Simon Furman]]'s defense.)'' 

''(Another note: This story, from the 1985 UK Annual, is generally held to not be canon to the main comics, including as it does several contradictions to later (and former) events in the stories (most notably the Insecticons' origins).)''

[[Image:Georgebushsr.jpg|left|thumb|Shifty General Guy totally steals the scene from George Bush-as-played-by-Dana Carvey.]]

Years later, the next President was alarmed when a [[Decepticon]] civil war erupted near [[New York|New York City]] and threatened to hurt innocents.  He asked [[G.B. Blackrock]] to call his [[Neo-Knights]] into action.
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===Dreamwave Comics===
[[Image:Potus dw.jpg|right|thumb|"New-cular?"]]
====Prime Directive====
The President flew to the Pentagon, where he was greeted by Defense Minister [[Dawson]].  Dawson briefed him on the [[Decepticon]] assault on [[San Francisco]], and suggested an air strike.  But before a military solution could be devised, Dawson was informed that a nuclear launch had been authorized (by General [[Robert Hallo]], unbeknownst to either man).  The President tried to abort the launch, to no avail.
====Keepers Trilogy====


====Associated Characters====

=====The Vice-President=====
The Vice-President is the President's attack dog.  He goes to pick up [[Allister Greaves]] in person after his spy in the Executive office is revealed.

Greaves isn't much impressed by the Vice-President, he has too many skeletons in his closet.  Greaves threatens to release documentation of the Vice-President's tryst with a minor girl in Topeka to the media.  The Vice-President dis-involves himself from further direct contact with Greaves.


=====John=====
John is the Secretary of State.  He is one of the President's confidantes in his plan to kidnap General Michelle Grajkowski and frame her for the attack on the Autobots.


=====Bill=====
Bill is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.  He, along with John, are the President's confidantes in his plan to frame General Michelle Grajkowski.


=====Elisa=====
Elisa is the President of the United State's secretary.  She speaks several languages, and always answers the phone with a different accent.  A member of the [[Followers]], she sectetly gives [[Edmund Greaves]] information about goings-on in the Executive Office.

When Greaves requested information about [[Keepers|the Keepers]], Elisa promised to send him a synopsis of the upcoming cabinet meeting about them, and then requested Greaves try to remove the Followers agents from Las Vegas, which she felt had become too dangerous.  He agreed to try.

The President became aware of Elisa's 'second job,' and when she called Greaves to warn him that the attack on Las Vegas had been pushed up, she was killed.  A CIA agent informed Greaves the President very much wanted to speak with him, and a car was being sent.

Elisa's death shook Greaves badly, and was one of his prime motivations to go public with the Followers.


''Elisa is probably the source of at least some of the blackmail material Greaves has on the President and the Vice President.''


=====Susan=====
Susan replaced Elisa as the President of the United State's secretary.  An unattractive woman with a tough-as-nails attitude, she takes her job as the President's gatekeeper very seriously, once refusing to let the [[Dawson|Secretary of State]] through because he hadn't phoned ahead for an appointment.


''Susan may be based on the character Deborah Fiderer from the TV show The West Wing.

==Unicron Trilogy==
[[Image:Presidentcybertron.jpg|left|thumb|Beat you to it, Alexis.]]
===Cybertron===
Yes, she is a girl.

The President was never named, but she knew about the Transformers during [[Colonel Franklin]]'s investigation of them. A hologram of her was used by Reverb to disguise his lack of driver. Apparently no one questioned reasoning for the leader of the free world to be driving around in a go-cart.
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==''Transformers'' (2007)==
[[Image:Gwb potus.jpg|thumb|Being leader of the free world means you can wear red socks without remorse.]]
The President seems almost insignificant during the Decepticon invasion, with Secretary of Defense [[John Keller]] pretty much running the show. Mostly, he wears red socks, has a penchant for Ding Dongs and speaks with a cheesy southwestern accent and stereotypical dialect ("Can you rangle me up some Ding Dongs darlin'?"). He also seems unconcerned with [[Frenzy (Movie)|tiny crazy robots]] hacking into the computers of [[Air Force One|his ride]].
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==Trivia==
*The President never appeared in the [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|original animated series]], but he did have a cameo in [[Wikipedia:Inhumanoids|Inhumanoids]], one of ''Transformers'' "sister series" produced by Sunbow and arguably set in the same continuity.  Appearing only as a voice from offscreen speaking to his aides in ''The Surma Plan'' in 1986, the President of the United States was a soft-spoken man concerned about the future but full of faith in the better nature of humanity.  He was portrayed by voice actor [[Neil Ross]], also a [[Wikipedia:List of United States Presidential names#40_.E2.80.94_Ronald_Wilson_Reagan|great communicator]].


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