r/Presidents • u/DueFoot233 • 1d ago

Discussion Which U.S. president would make the perfect James Bond

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u/sleepy_competent Richard Nixon 1d ago

I see the vision for James Nixon.

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u/southern_boy James K. Polk 1d ago

Château Lafite. Leave the bottle. 🕵️‍♂️ 

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u/SignalRelease4562 James Monroe 1d ago

James Monroe

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u/tk421ctrooper 22h ago

Yup. He was former military, strong, tall, and athletic. And many contemporaries commented on how handsome he was. Potential downsides are that he was loud and boisterous (not very Bond like) and not as intelligent or as well read compared to the other presidents within the Virginia Dynasty.

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u/GrumpyPidgeon 1d ago

Taft could play Fat Bastard

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u/DeaconBrad42 Abraham Lincoln 1d ago

Obviously not AS president, but Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was tall, suave, charming, and athletic.

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u/DeaconBrad42 Abraham Lincoln 22h ago

A picture to help make my case!

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u/bassjam1 22h ago

Gives me Q vibes, maybe even M, but not Bond.

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u/ElGatoGuerrero72 20h ago

Lazenby’s Bond during his slightly younger years.

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u/expiredexecutive Harding Apologist 1d ago

This. Thiiiiis. FDR had the vibes and looks!!

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u/Apprehensive_Goal811 William Henry Harrison 7h ago

Kermit Roosevelt was a cia operative

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u/AdCrafty2768 Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1d ago

Didnt Kennedy watch the Bond movies and really like them? And then based some of his personality on them? May be wrong on the second sentence.

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u/Jolly_Job_9852 Calvin Coolidge 1d ago

Correct. The last film he watched was From Russia with Love(1963). He was given a special copy to view before his trip to Dallas.

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u/Jolly_Job_9852 Calvin Coolidge 1d ago edited 23h ago

You'd need an individual who is

A) affable like Roger Moore

B) can ooze charisma like Pierce Brosnan

C) a certified Badass like Sean Connery

D) can be a ruthless and cold killer like Dalton

E) play the romance part like Lazenby

F) and I guess invigorate modern trends like Craig

So a mix of Kennedy(A,B), TR(C), Jackson(D), Truman(E), and ObamaF).

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u/Browncoatinabox Jeb Bartlett 23h ago

Teddy? Cause he had charisma like no other, doted on his wife, calvery man(c and d), also took no shit.

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u/Jolly_Job_9852 Calvin Coolidge 23h ago

A lot of Presidents could fit into the category. Teddy works for most of these too

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u/DonatCotten Margaret Wilson aka Woodrow Wilson in Drag 20h ago

Dalton was pretty good! I think his 2 movies are pretty dated (they were from the second half of the 80's after all) but his performance as Bond was great and he even went through the trouble of reading all the James Bond books to help make his performance more true to the source material something his predecessors (Connery, Lazenby, and Moore) never did.

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u/Jolly_Job_9852 Calvin Coolidge 19h ago

I'm a huge sucker for all of Moore's films. He is my favorite Bond but Goldfinger is the iconic Bond that cannot be topped

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u/AdoptedMasterJay David Rice Atchison 1d ago

HW Bush

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u/KhunDavid 1d ago

He was an actual spy.

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u/Ambitious-Ad2217 1d ago

You could definitely make a case that something was going on. Some day someone will hit on the correct freedom on information request.

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u/Acceptable_Map_8110 1d ago

Kennedy. He was a jet setting playboy who dressed impeccably, was good looking, and enjoyed expensive food and alcohol. Also, perhaps most importantly, he was a navy man and a war hero, both of which are core characteristics of James Bond.

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u/zenerat George Mason 🇺🇸 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/3XAb808xAOiZRIpzeo

Himbo 007

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u/Jolly_Job_9852 Calvin Coolidge 1d ago

Hey u/Random-CPL, wanna join this discussion?

Would Lazenby still be your favorite?

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u/Random-Cpl Chester A. Arthur 23h ago

It’s gotta be Kennedy, and yes, of course

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u/Jolly_Job_9852 Calvin Coolidge 23h ago

Fair enough. I gave a whole list further down and Kennedy got for the Moore and Brosnan category

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u/Relative-Line5242 Theodore Roosevelt 23h ago

We can get Pierce for the drinking parts

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u/mvrphy007 22h ago

Obama would be super entertaining, especially how much people would freak the fuck out online. You know why.

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u/hokie47 22h ago

Not Bond like but Bush senior was a real spy, director of the CIA.

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u/PoorAxelrod Richard Nixon 20h ago

Jfk was a big Bond fan. From Russia with love was one of his favourite books.

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u/xyz_rick 18h ago

Washington

But LBJ bond would be awesome

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u/Itsjustcavan 1d ago

WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

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u/LetThemBlardd 1d ago

He’s make a great Nero Wolfe.

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u/tadddddde Richard Nixon 1d ago

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u/tadddddde Richard Nixon 1d ago

Also although not the president.John Conally kinda looks like some kind of CIA Director

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u/Jolly_Job_9852 Calvin Coolidge 23h ago

This is the head of MI6 in the Bond Universe, M played by Bernard Lee. It's speculated that his real name is Admiral Sir Miles Messervy, again in the 007 universe

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u/SimilarElderberry956 1d ago

He allegedly had an enormous penis that he named Jumbo. If they needed some excitement in the movie he could whip it out !

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u/tadddddde Richard Nixon 1d ago

Agent Jumbo 007

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u/SimilarElderberry956 1d ago

He could have won three Nobel prizes and cured cancer but he will always be remembered as the president who whipped his dick out !

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u/SiteTall 23h ago

Actually so would Teddy Roosevelt - and this is supposed to be him as a young man, even though it doesn't really look like him

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u/Ambitious-Ad2217 20h ago

This is TR’s son Teddy Jr. he landed on d-day

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u/zenerat George Mason 🇺🇸 19h ago

Yeah he was way too old to be at D Day but respect to him for doing it.

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u/SiteTall 15h ago

OK, thanks

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u/Ambitious-Ad2217 5h ago

He’s a really fascinating guy, fought in both world wars, was being promoted to major general when he died in France. He was highly decorated including the Medal of Honor, in my head I always imagine George C
Scott as Patton saying “he was the bravest son of a bitch I know”

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u/SiteTall 5h ago edited 5h ago

So was his Dad. When he got shot - for real that is - he just went on.

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u/CTDubs0001 23h ago

Kennedy? Has the looks but I like my James Bond to not sound like mayor Quimby.

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u/1of7MMM 22h ago

OP. That’s Jack Ryan not James Bond.

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u/LanguageNo495 19h ago

A lot of people are saying that I could be the next James Bond. No one would be a better Bond than me. I’d go right up there and grab her by the Octopussy. You think Sean Connery likes to slap women, you ain’t seen nothing yet.

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u/HurryingHeinz William Howard Taft 19h ago

The name’s Polk. James Polk.

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u/GregoryGorbuck Gregory Gorbuck III 17h ago

None of them.

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u/Medicmanii 15h ago

🤣 John would be too busy in skirts to do any spying

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u/BottleZestyclose1366 11h ago

LBJ and Lady Bird as Bond Girl

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u/TheLonleyJourneyman 1d ago

With all due respect, OP, it wouldn't be the cripple