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Is Donald Trump the President of the United States in theDC Comicsuniverse ? The latest emergence ofDoomsday Clocksuggests this might be the case . While the famous real acres king / reality television show boniface turned political leader is not seen in the emergence , there is grounds that the unseen president depicted inDoomsday Clock # 9is meant to be Donald J. Trump .
DC Comics ' insurance policy on portraying real world politicians in their comics has varied wildly over the years . Sometimes it was let , such as whenSupermanrecruited President John F. Kennedy to masquerade as Clark Kent so as to facilitate him protect his secluded individuality from Lois Lane . ( PresumablyBatmanand Martian Manhunter were busy that good afternoon ? ) On other occasions , such as when Lex Luthor was elected to the American Presidency in 2000 , editorial mandatory forbade the consumption of material cosmos political leadership , so as to establish their own self-governing realism . Most of the time , however , the question seems to have been left to the circumspection of the single writers and editors .
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The story ofDoomsday Clockis largely political and guide parallel between the real - world atomic arms race and the campaign of nations apart from the USA to acquire their own superheroes in the wake of a " Superman theory " that the US Government has on the Q.T. been create metahumans for years . Doomsday Clock # 9opens in the thick of an external incident , as Superman is face international exclusion for trying to intervene in a battle between the Russian armed forces and Firestorm after Ronnie Raymond seemingly turned a bunch of civilian into glass statute by accident . It is here that we see the American President being apprize to publicly disavow Superman ’s treatment in Russia ’s affairs .
While we do not see The President ’s boldness and he is not identified by name , we do see that he is a Caucasic male . He also seems to be wearing one of Trump ’s trademark navy disconsolate wooing . While that might be circumstantial evidence for a cameo , the selection of words and the beat of the President ’s duologue seems to be a all in game show as to his identity element . For instance , Trump is noted for liking the watchword " huge " and The President describe the action of give up his public reenforcement for Superman as " a immense affair … Huge . "
Later , as tidings reports disclose the further fallout of Superman ’s action , a news newsman describes a recent Tweet by the President of the United States . Again , no name is given , but Trump is famous for his use of Twitter . The reference becomes unavoidable , however , when the unnamed President plump beyond denouncing Superman and go on to boast that he has " … done more for the world anyway … "
While it seems improbable that artist Gary Frank ’s avoidance of an unlimited caricature of Trump will placate his supporters , it is worth note that this satiric twinge is relatively light compared to other depictions of American Presidents in Greco-Roman DC Comicsbooks . For instance , Ronald Reagan was depicted smiling and assuring Americans that everything was just hunky-dory even as he was madly donning a radiation cause as nuclear missiles streaked towards the United States in Frank Miller ’s originative workThe Dark Knight Returns . By contrast , the more late shot depictingPresident Barack Obama match any Suicide Squadshowed him to be in the right - yet as helpless as any other leader against a force like Amanda Waller .
While some may reason over the shoes of politics in comic strip , it seems clear thatDoomsday Clockis continuing the fine American tradition of verbalize truth to power through the printed panel that began with Thomas Nast .
Doomsday Clock # 9is now available fromDC Comics .
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