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The last President of the United States was the last president of the United States in office before the Great War in 2077.

Background[]

At some point before the War, the president was organizing a summit involving political and industrial leaders from the Territory of Appalachia. The aim of the summit was to discuss their success in automating local industry and businesses, focusing on how these efforts could be replicated across the nation.[4]

Roughly six months before the War, he disbanded the White House press corps and abandoned the White House, relocating to Control Station ENCLAVE.[2][Non-game 1] He was completely absent from the public eye, and his absence was noted in the news media.[2]

Before or during his presidency, he joined the Enclave, a secret shadow government of high ranking government officials, military officers and powerful corporate interests.[5][2] While the president went into hiding, his Cabinet remained in Washington. The Cabinet Nuclear Alarm system was set up in case of a required evacuation from a nuclear war. However, the system was tampered with, and most of the Cabinet members were removed.

The Secretaries of the Interior and Treasury went to the Whitespring bunker alongside Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Eckhart, while the president remained on the Enclave oil rig.[6] On the day of the Great War, at 9:26 in the morning, his executive code was authenticated and used in response to detected Chinese ICBMs.[7]

Presidential appointments[]

Notes[]

  • The letter from the president in Fallout 76 initially contained a faded signature from the president, which showed that his first name started with the letters "Di". Following the Wastelanders update, the faded bottom lines of the letter, including the signature, were made unable to be seen. The text is still present in the game's files, but cannot be seen in-game.
  • The inventory of Bleeding Kate's Grindhouse included a Galaxy News Network special titled "A Presidential Affair." It is unclear, however, if this "affair" involved the last president or one in the past.[10]
  • Pirate Radio mentions that the president would regularly address the nation over the radio in "fireside chats," like those given by 32nd U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during World War II.[3]
  • The Sierra Depot GNN transcript from Fallout 2 claimed that in February 2075, a president was impeached, and in March 2076, his successor ordered the Pacific division of the United States Navy to a Poseidon Oil rig, citing concerns over Chinese military presence being close to American oil reserves.[11] This specific document notably contradicts established and future canon at several points, and its validity is challenged by the Fallout Bible as it was supposedly intended to be revised before the game's release.[12]

Appearances[]

The last president of the United States is mentioned in Fallout 2, Fallout 3, Fallout 4, the Fallout - A Special LIVE Report from Galaxy News promotional video for the Fallout TV series, and the Fallout Bible.

Behind the scenes[]

Though the real-world version of the presidential seal has appeared in Fallout 2[13] and Fallout 76,[14] a modified version is used in every other instance in Fallout 76. In this version, the eagle faces right, possibly a reference to the misconception that the eagle is changed to face the arrows in times of war. In addition, the shield bears a red star, the constellations above the eagle were removed, the coat of arms was enlarged, and the 50 stars surrounding the coat of arms were replaced by a circle of 12 dashed lines and stars.

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. Letter from the president image
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Boston Bugle building terminal entries; Boston Bugle article terminal, Article 4
  3. 3.0 3.1 Announcer: "The sound you are hearing comes to you from the Sonic Squire: a brand new speaker system, featured in theaters, studios, and soon, your living room. This marvelous, life-like, one-of-a-kind sound was developed by the scientists at Sonic Soundsystems, and is used in motion pictures, concerts, and educational programming worldwide. Imagine your family, sitting down and listening to our commander-in-chief's fireside chats, in crystal-clear audio."
    (Pirate Radio advertisements)
  4. 4.0 4.1 Letter from the president
  5. MODUS: "The Enclave has counted Presidents, members of the Joints Chiefs, and prize-winning scientists among our membership."
    (MODUS' dialogue)
  6. 6.0 6.1 The Whitespring bunker terminal entries; archival terminal, Cabinet Nuclear Alarm Logs
  7. The Switchboard terminal entries; central terminal DEFCON Status - 2077
  8. Department of Energy
  9. Post Office Department
  10. Bleeding Kate's Grindhouse terminal entries; Kate's terminal, Inventory
  11. Sierra Depot GNN transcript
  12. See Sierra Depot GNN transcript for more details
  13. Presidential seal on Enclave Oil Rig
  14. Whitespring Bunker plans

Non-game

  1. Fallout Bible 0: "2077 March Prepared for a nuclear or biological attack from China, the president and the Enclave retreats to remote sections around the globe and make contingency plans for continuing the war."

Non-canon

Enclave Symbol (FO3)
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