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* Around the time of the Watergate scandal, [[Captain America (comics)]] discovered that the head of the terrorist organization known as the Secret Empire was in fact "a high-ranking government official" (i.e. President Nixon). He was sufficiently horrified by this that he temporarily abandoned the Captain America identity, calling himself "Nomad". [[Mabus|This troper]] has no idea what Nixon was supposed to have meant to accomplish by running a conspiracy to take over the U.S.A.
** [[Zero Punctuation|Crown himself king?]]
*** For our non-American tropers, remember that the office of President is the one political position in the US that has term limits. You get an absolute max of two elections, then you retire. If Evil Nixon wants to be President For Life then forcible takeover is about the only option he has.
** During an arc on Geoff Johns' Avengers run, America got a Secretary of Defense called [[Meaningful Name|Dell]] [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Rusk]] {{spoiler|The Red Skull, yes that's an anagram}}. Who gassed large parts of the country with the Crimson Mist virus.
*** Dell Rusk led to quite a bit of [[Fan Dumb]] and/or [[Unfortunate Implications]] because the story ran around 2003 or 2004 and he shared the same initials as the ''actual'' Secretary of Defense at the time, Donald Rumsfeld, but come on, it really is {{spoiler|an anagram for "red skull"}}, so there's not much else they could have used. "Led Lurks", perhaps.
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