Board Thread:Television/@comment-24416813-20140115063611/@comment-29908830-20171203191128

KalKent wrote: Also, regarding Obama and US President in the MCU, I automatically assumed Ellis first started serving his term in 2012. Unless there is something I'm missing, he first appeared in 'Iron Man 3', which takes place around 2013, so I'm assuming that was around the time he was elected into office. I like to think that with both Obama and Clinton, that they did serve at one point, but either just one term, or both terms but earlier than in our world.

According to the MCU Wiki, Ellis became President in 2008, as he was President when Cap got thawed in 2011. Based on Civil War, from there he got re-elected. It should now be someone else in office, though, since Ragnarok takes place in June 2017, unless the 22nd Amendment doesn't exist in the MCU. If the presidents did change, it wouldn't be Obama, however, as Luke Cage takes place in 2015, so Obama probably did serve as President from 2005-2009, which in our world was when he first became popular.