White House
The White House is the official residence of the President of the United States. It lies in Washington, D.C.
Fiction
Generation 1
Marvel Comics
Optimus Prime met the President at the White House to discuss the state of relations between the United States and the Autobots. Things kind of went down hill after the Insecticons attacked. Optimus believed that the President wouldn't believe that the Autobots weren't behind the attack, and decided not to return to the White House to resume negotiations. Bad news was, the President was willing to give the Autobot leader the benefit of the doubt. When Prime didn't return, the President felt that he was tricked and decided to pursue other options. Plague of the Insecticons!
When a Decepticon civil war threatened New York City, the White House was alerted. The President of the United States called on G.B. Blackrock's Neo-Knights to resolve the situation. ...All This and Civil War 2
Live-action film series
Titan Magazines
The White House was left damaged by the Decepticon occupation of America Transformers Comic issue 14 and was still undergoing reconstruction for a while later. Mikaela Banes got brainwashed there. Transformers Comic issue 18
Dark of the Moon film
 Plot details for Dark of the Moon (film) follow. |
In 1961, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara went into the Oval Office at the White House to inform President John F. Kennedy that the Very Large Array radio observatory had detected the crash of an alien ship craft on the Moon, and that it was likely that the Soviet Union knew as well. The assembled cabinet was told that NASA expected it to take at least five years for them to mount a mission, and Kennedy impressed upon them the imperative that the United States get to the Moon before the Soviets did.
On July 20, 1969, after Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin completed their brief survey of the crashed alien ship, President Richard Nixon telephoned them from the Oval Office to congratulate them on their achievement, stating that it was "the most historic phone call ever made from the White House."
Decades later, Sam Witwicky received a medal from President Barack Obama at the White House. Shortly thereafter he met United Kingdom embassy worker Carly Spencer in the antechamber outside the Oval Office - and broke a vase while attempting to impress her. Dark of the Moon
Notes
- In Transformers: Dark of the Moon, the American Red Cross National Headquarters was used as the exterior of the White House for scenes set in the 1960s, while the DAR Constitution Hall was used for the interior.[1]
