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The Vincent Chase Award: Are We Sure This Character Is Actually Good at Their Job?

President Whitmore

In the discussion (3)
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  • The case against him: no evacuation order for hours with giant ships over the biggest cities, nuking his own city, then flying off to fight with nobody to run the country.
  • The counter: if it fails nothing matters, and anyone who saw the ships and did not leave is on their own.
  • Not sure he was a great president; the evacuation could have been much sooner.