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George W. Bush (born July 6, 1946) was the President of the United States of America in the early 21st century. He took office in 2001, replacing Bill Clinton. (TXF: "Salvage") and was succeeded by Barack Obama. (TXF: "My Struggle")

Presidential run

During his run for presidency in 2000, various groups of people took to impersonating Bush while he was on the campaign trail. (TLG: "Three Men and a Smoking Diaper")

During his inauguration, the Cigarette Smoking Man was present. (TXF: "My Struggle III")

Tenure in office

During Bush's first year in office, Howard Salt attempted to give the President a floppy disk entitled "Fight the Future." Salt died on the White House front lawn after accidentally shooting himself. (TXF: "Three Words")

In a scene of TXF: "Three Words", Mulder reminds The Lone Gunmen, "Just because you get more votes, it doesn't mean you win." This is a reference to the fact that, in reality, George W. Bush became US President despite his political opponent, Al Gore, getting more votes than him.

President Bush was one of the presidents who was told of the upcoming colonization date of December 22, 2012. (TXF: "The Truth")

In 2002, FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder broke into a computer room at Mount Weather and learned the classified date of alien colonization. President Bush was told that the incident was being handled, as Mulder was imprisoned and tried in a military court of law. However, he later escaped and became a fugitive.

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A portrait of George W. Bush that could be seen in the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building in 2008.

In 2008, a photograph of President Bush could be seen inside FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C., on the left of a door to a conference room in the building. A photograph of J. Edgar Hoover could be seen on the right of the same door. (The X-Files: I Want to Believe)

The appearance of President Bush's photograph in The X-Files: I Want to Believe is accompanied by the first six notes from the melody of The X-Files' theme music, as created by Mark Snow. This is the only time, apart from accompanying the credits sequences that start and end the film, when the theme music appears undisguised in the movie.

Behind the Scenes

  • The finale of the original series "The Truth" was originally going to end with a scene depicting the alien super-soldier Toothpick Man visiting President George W. Bush at his office. The Toothpick Man, who had witnessed Fox Mulder's trial, delivered the news to President Bush. Bush was shocked, exclaiming, "The truth is out there now". The Toothpick Man stated that the truth had always been available to the public, but they simply "don't want to believe". The scene ended up being deleted although is included in the DVD Extras, the the main episode instead ended with Mulder and Dana Scully in a motel room contemplating the future.

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