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This turned out looking like the Reservoir Dogs (1992) crime mob, which wasn't even my conscious intention, maybe subconsciously, but it fits the administration. I made these model sheet character designs of Lex Luthor as President (Luthor is originally from Action Comics #23 (1940) "Europe at War" by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, reprinted in Superman Chronicles volume 3), Carleton "Kubla" Kaine as Vice President (Carleton "Kubla" Kaine is from Brave and the Bold #79 (1968) "The Track of the Hook" by Bob Haney and Neal Adams), oil tycoon Rex Meek as Luthor's Secretary of State (oil tycoon Mr. Meek is from Action Comics #11 (1939) "Superman and the 'Black Gold Oil' Swindle" by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster), Sean Stevenson as Luthor's propaganda spewing Press Secretary (Mr. Stevenson is from Dark Knight Returns (1986) by Frank Miller).
I used Anthony Hopkins and Donald Trump as my models for Luthor, I used Mike Pence as my model for Carleton "Kubla" Kaine, I used Rex Tillerson as my model for Rex Meek, and I used Sean Spicer as my model for Sean Stevenson.

Bob Haney's Kubla Kaine was killed off in the same issue he was introduced so my concept is, instead of another common reboot, which is a cop-out, I'd rather weave within the original story and simply say he had a twin brother with the same name. The twin brother of the original Kubla Kaine inherited the family fortune.

DC is likely concerned about literally portraying Donald Trump, and offending Trump and Trump supporter readers, so Luthor is the perfect symbolic metaphor for relevance to what's happening with the Presidency. DC should reboot and remake the Luthor as President concept. The concept was valid but the interpretation was weak. On the other hand, the Cobblepot as Mayor concept in Batman Returns got it right with the schemes and tricks. Political dirty tricks and smear tactics. Trump's campaign for President reminds me of Penguin's campaign for Mayor. Back to Luthor as President, in the documentary The Legion of Doom: The Pathology of the Super Villain, Mark Waid explained in 2008, "Luthor's ultimate upperhand came in 2000 when he decided, 'You know what? This world would be better if I were president of the United States' and declared his candidacy. His public persona was such that he won. And Superman didn't do anything to stop it because it never occurred to Superman that the American people didn't know what he knew. It didn't occur to him that they would ever vote for Luthor. So we got four years of the world's greatest super villain in the white house. Draw you're own allegories here." Luthor by default would not make a good President because Luthor is not a good person. The writers couldn't seem to come up with Trump's narcissistic schemes and tricks. Luthor wouldn't want to become President to genuinely try to make the world a better place. Luthor would want to become President to feed his ego, his power, his sadistic narcissism. And Superman isn't an idiot, so of course it would have occurred to Superman that the American people didn't know what he knew, and at least in his job as investigative reporter Clark Kent would have tried to sway voters to not vote for Luthor.

As President, Luthor would pull all of the dirty tricks and dictatorial con schemes Trump is pulling. Refusing to release his tax returns and making up a wall of excuses to con the public about "an audit" claim and then claiming "people don't care about the tax returns." Refusing to divest and sell off his Trump (LexCorp) businesses and using a wall of paper at a press conference as a scheme that he is removing himself from his businesses and refusing to let the reporters look at the paper and see if it's just blank paper. Vilifying the legitimate news media sources CNN (Cable News Network) (GNN (Gotham News Network)) news channel and the New York Times (Daily Planet) newspaper and Vanity Fair (Gotham Gazette) as "fake news. False. It's all lies. They are just upset that they looked like fools in their coverage of me. They're a dying paper anyway..now irrelevant! Has anyone looked at the really poor numbers of Vanity Fair (Gotham Gazette)? Way down, big trouble, dead! Graydon Carter (Alexander Knox), no talent, will be out!" Playing on many ignorant white American voters fears and internal racism against Latino and Arab Muslim foreigners, and conning those tax payers to pay for a border wall against Mexico and threatening Mexico to pay for it. Threatening to create a Muslim registry. Threatening to end NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) security alliance and threatens to refuse to help other countries against invasions and attacks from Putin and Jong-Un (Baazovi and Ishti). Telling those countries "I’m prepared to walk, they’re going to have to defend themselves and build their own nukes." Praising Putin and Jong-Un. Denying that global warming exists. Ending Affordable Healthcare. Denying women's rights to Planned Parenthood. Blatantly lying to the public and violating the First Amendment Freedom of the Press. Wanting to make torture legal.

Trump's comments on war and nukes in context - Trump said on his campaign in Iowa on November 12th, 2015: "This is the Trump theory on war, I'm good at war. I've had a lot of wars of my own. I'm really good at war. I love war in a certain way." Then Trump added, "But only when 'we' win."
On the December 2015 Republican debate on CNN in Las Vegas hosted by Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, Trump said, "I think — I think, for me, nuclear, just the power, the devastation, is very important to me."
On March 30th, 2016 during the Hardball town hall on MSNBC hosted by Chris Matthews, Trump said, "Somebody hits us within ISIS — you wouldn't fight back with a nuke? Then why are we making them? Why do we make them?"
On March 31st, 2016 during an interview on the Conservative O'Reilly Factor on Fox News, Trump said, "Europe is a big place. I’m not going to take cards off the table. We have nuclear capability."
On April 3rd, 2006 on Fox News Sunday hosted by Conservative Chris Wallace, Trump said, "So, North Korea has nukes. Japan has a problem with that. I mean, they have a big problem with that. Maybe they would in fact be better off if they defend themselves from North Korea. Maybe they would be better off - including with nukes. Yes, including with nukes."
On May 4th, 2016 on the Situation Room hosted Wolf Blitzer on CNN, Trump said, "We are, right now, the police for the entire world. We are policing the entire world. And you know what? I’m prepared to walk, and if they have to defend themselves against North Korea, it’s very simple. They’re going to have to defend themselves."
www.politifact.com/truth-o-met…
thinkprogress.org/9-terrifying…
Trump wants to "bomb the shit out of" Syria including killing families. Trump said he wanted to imprison anti-Trump Hillary Clinton. Trump advocated the use of torture. www.washingtonpost.com/news/po… ;

Of his politics Frank Miller said in 2014, “All I can say is they are my own and they don’t really fit into any neat category.”
www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/mov…
Frank Miller said about Trump, "You can't come up with a greater buffoon than Donald Trump. The fact that he thinks he can be President of the United States is one the best jokes I've read in a long time. At least I hope it's a joke."
www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat…
Frank Miller again said about Trump, "I can't wait to get my hands on Donald Trump. I've got no mercy. I'm a cartoonist. Cartoonists are not people who just do little story books for kids. Cartoonists are the people with a pie and their (Trump, etc.) the face."
money.cnn.com/2016/10/17/media…
Frank Miller said about Clinton: "There is only one candidate and I am voting for her"
twitter.com/FrankMillerInk/sta…

Description
This turned out looking like the Reservoir Dogs (1992) crime mob, which wasn't even my conscious intention, maybe subconsciously, but it fits the administration. I made these model sheet character designs of Lex Luthor as President (Luthor is originally from Action Comics #23 (1940) "Europe at War" by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, reprinted in Superman Chronicles volume 3), Carleton "Kubla" Kaine as Vice President (Carleton "Kubla" Kaine is from Brave and the Bold #79 (1968) "The Track of the Hook" by Bob Haney and Neal Adams), oil tycoon Rex Meek as Luthor's Secretary of State (oil tycoon Mr. Meek is from Action Comics #11 (1939) "Superman and the 'Black Gold Oil' Swindle" by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster), Sean Stevenson as Luthor's propaganda spewing Press Secretary (Mr. Stevenson is from Dark Knight Returns (1986) by Frank Miller).
I used Anthony Hopkins and Donald Trump as my models for Luthor, I used Mike Pence as my model for Carleton "Kubla" Kaine, I used Rex Tillerson as my model for Rex Meek, and I used Sean Spicer as my model for Sean Stevenson.

Bob Haney's Kubla Kaine was killed off in the same issue he was introduced so my concept is, instead of another common reboot, which is a cop-out, I'd rather weave within the original story and simply say he had a twin brother with the same name. The twin brother of the original Kubla Kaine inherited the family fortune.

DC is likely concerned about literally portraying Donald Trump, and offending Trump and Trump supporter readers, so Luthor is the perfect symbolic metaphor for relevance to what's happening with the Presidency. DC should reboot and remake the Luthor as President concept. The concept was valid but the interpretation was weak. On the other hand, the Cobblepot as Mayor concept in Batman Returns got it right with the schemes and tricks. Political dirty tricks and smear tactics. Trump's campaign for President reminds me of Penguin's campaign for Mayor. Back to Luthor as President, in the documentary The Legion of Doom: The Pathology of the Super Villain, Mark Waid explained in 2008, "Luthor's ultimate upperhand came in 2000 when he decided, 'You know what? This world would be better if I were president of the United States' and declared his candidacy. His public persona was such that he won. And Superman didn't do anything to stop it because it never occurred to Superman that the American people didn't know what he knew. It didn't occur to him that they would ever vote for Luthor. So we got four years of the world's greatest super villain in the white house. Draw you're own allegories here." Luthor by default would not make a good President because Luthor is not a good person. The writers couldn't seem to come up with Trump's narcissistic schemes and tricks. Luthor wouldn't want to become President to genuinely try to make the world a better place. Luthor would want to become President to feed his ego, his power, his sadistic narcissism. And Superman isn't an idiot, so of course it would have occurred to Superman that the American people didn't know what he knew, and at least in his job as investigative reporter Clark Kent would have tried to sway voters to not vote for Luthor.

As President, Luthor would pull all of the dirty tricks and dictatorial con schemes Trump is pulling. Refusing to release his tax returns and making up a wall of excuses to con the public about "an audit" claim and then claiming "people don't care about the tax returns." Refusing to divest and sell off his Trump (LexCorp) businesses and using a wall of paper at a press conference as a scheme that he is removing himself from his businesses and refusing to let the reporters look at the paper and see if it's just blank paper. Vilifying the legitimate news media sources CNN (Cable News Network) (GNN (Gotham News Network)) news channel and the New York Times (Daily Planet) newspaper and Vanity Fair (Gotham Gazette) as "fake news. False. It's all lies. They are just upset that they looked like fools in their coverage of me. They're a dying paper anyway..now irrelevant! Has anyone looked at the really poor numbers of Vanity Fair (Gotham Gazette)? Way down, big trouble, dead! Graydon Carter (Alexander Knox), no talent, will be out!" Playing on many ignorant white American voters fears and internal racism against Latino and Arab Muslim foreigners, and conning those tax payers to pay for a border wall against Mexico and threatening Mexico to pay for it. Threatening to create a Muslim registry. Threatening to end NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) security alliance and threatens to refuse to help other countries against invasions and attacks from Putin and Jong-Un (Baazovi and Ishti). Telling those countries "I’m prepared to walk, they’re going to have to defend themselves and build their own nukes." Praising Putin and Jong-Un. Denying that global warming exists. Ending Affordable Healthcare. Denying women's rights to Planned Parenthood. Blatantly lying to the public and violating the First Amendment Freedom of the Press. Wanting to make torture legal.

Trump's comments on war and nukes in context - Trump said on his campaign in Iowa on November 12th, 2015: "This is the Trump theory on war, I'm good at war. I've had a lot of wars of my own. I'm really good at war. I love war in a certain way." Then Trump added, "But only when 'we' win."
On the December 2015 Republican debate on CNN in Las Vegas hosted by Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, Trump said, "I think — I think, for me, nuclear, just the power, the devastation, is very important to me."
On March 30th, 2016 during the Hardball town hall on MSNBC hosted by Chris Matthews, Trump said, "Somebody hits us within ISIS — you wouldn't fight back with a nuke? Then why are we making them? Why do we make them?"
On March 31st, 2016 during an interview on the Conservative O'Reilly Factor on Fox News, Trump said, "Europe is a big place. I’m not going to take cards off the table. We have nuclear capability."
On April 3rd, 2006 on Fox News Sunday hosted by Conservative Chris Wallace, Trump said, "So, North Korea has nukes. Japan has a problem with that. I mean, they have a big problem with that. Maybe they would in fact be better off if they defend themselves from North Korea. Maybe they would be better off - including with nukes. Yes, including with nukes."
On May 4th, 2016 on the Situation Room hosted Wolf Blitzer on CNN, Trump said, "We are, right now, the police for the entire world. We are policing the entire world. And you know what? I’m prepared to walk, and if they have to defend themselves against North Korea, it’s very simple. They’re going to have to defend themselves."
www.politifact.com/truth-o-met…
thinkprogress.org/9-terrifying…
Trump wants to "bomb the shit out of" Syria including killing families. Trump said he wanted to imprison anti-Trump Hillary Clinton. Trump advocated the use of torture. www.washingtonpost.com/news/po… ;

Of his politics Frank Miller said in 2014, “All I can say is they are my own and they don’t really fit into any neat category.”
www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/mov…
Frank Miller said about Trump, "You can't come up with a greater buffoon than Donald Trump. The fact that he thinks he can be President of the United States is one the best jokes I've read in a long time. At least I hope it's a joke."
www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat…
Frank Miller again said about Trump, "I can't wait to get my hands on Donald Trump. I've got no mercy. I'm a cartoonist. Cartoonists are not people who just do little story books for kids. Cartoonists are the people with a pie and their (Trump, etc.) the face."
money.cnn.com/2016/10/17/media…
Frank Miller said about Clinton: "There is only one candidate and I am voting for her"
twitter.com/FrankMillerInk/sta…