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Mr. President!

Mr. President! is a 2016 video game developed and published by Game Developer X. The game tasks the player to save a fictious presidential candidate from being assassinated. It was released on October 11, 2016 on Windows. The game went viral among YouTubers, and saw a resurgence in 2024 after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.

Gameplay

The player controls Dick "Rock-Hard" Johnson, a United States Secret Service agent and bodyguard tasked with protecting the United States presidential election candidate Ronald Rump, a parody of Donald Trump. As Rump is delivering his speech, an assassination attempt occurs, with the player having to protect him by acting as a human shield, jumping in front of Rump and blocking bullets, bombs and other weapons. Failing to protect the president counts as a game over and restarts the mission. The assassins are described as "socialist money stealers" and the "liberal media". The game features ragdoll physics.

Release

Mr. President! was released on October 11, 2016, shortly before the 2016 United States presidential election. A portion of the game's revenue are believed to go towards charity.

Reception

Mr. President! was described by Kotaku as "a game for people who are irreverent, hate Donald Trump or feel strongly about ragdoll physics". Gamereactor UK rated it the fourth best game featuring Trump. PC Gamer criticized the gameplay, stating that "levels quickly devolve into frustrating obstacle courses" and that "the buggy, unpredictable physics becomes a barrier to the joke". As of July 2024, the game had 82% positive reviews on Steam.

Popularity

Upon its release, Mr. President! was covered by various popular YouTubers, such as jacksepticeye, Markiplier and PewDiePie. The game experienced a resurgence in popularity in 2024 after an attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, with the number of concurrent players increasing by 440%.

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