Fan Casting The President in David Hayter's Iron Man

A liberal intellectual facing an unprecedented crisis. While delivering a disarmament speech at Harvard, he is targeted for assassination by Howard Stark's implanted chip. Saved by Iron Man, he must navigate an invasion of the homeland by weapons beyond conventional military response. He gives Tony the designation "Iron Man" and the trust that turns the battle. He brings quiet moral authority, grounding the film's political stakes in credible leadership rather than jingoistic spectacle.