Technically speaking, the MCU has had a different canonical U.S. Presidents from Earth-1218 (aka "Reality") at differing points, specifically Matthew Ellis elected during IRON MAN 3 and referenced subsequently (concurrent with Obama IRL, who is also mentioned but only on Netflix)https://twitter.com/woweed1/status/1378415670724005892 …
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AoS has someone snarkily quote "Nevertheless, she persisted" and Runaways has people wearing pink pussy hats and "I'm With Her" T-shirts, with them specifically saying they took them out of storage and changed them to "I'm With Gert" to be "less depressing"
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I wouldn't be surprised if President Ellis himself faced major backlash at the Sovokia Accords dividing the Avengers in 2016. It lead to awful poll numbers & him announcing he wouldn't seek reelection. And with his VP being arrested back Iron Man 3, that opened Hillary v Trump.
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In the same way that comics have a sort of sliding time-scale, where characters’ origins slide through time so the characters don’t have to age, real-world historical events get retconned in so popular slang and trends can stay relevant.
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The "I'm with Her" gag in Runaways goes beyond just "popular slang" to being a deliberate political reference, I'd argue, although Runaways really didn't give a shit about trying to stay within the bounds of the MCU proper
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