Phil Baker


 * For other uses of the name Baker, see Baker.

"No one should be above the rest of us. We need to put country first."

- Phil Baker to Supergirl

Phil Baker is the corrupt former president of the United States. He is the former vice president of the United States, having taken on the position of president after the resignation of his predecessor; Olivia Marsdin. Paranoid about further alien crises and his dropping ratings in the polls, he turned around the country's policy on anti-alien movements, deciding to release Ben Lockwood from prison and even appoint him as the Director of Alien Affairs. He was impeached and arrested when his involvement with Lex Luthor was exposed.

Biography
Phil Baker was originally the vice president of the United States under Olivia Marsdin.

In late 2018, Olivia was exposed as an alien and forced to resign from office. Baker was subsequently sworn in as the new president.

Exposed and Impeached
With Querl Dox's help, Kara was able to get back the evidence that Baker had taking from her (regarding Lex Luthor's involvement with the Kaznian army and Red Daughter impersonating Supergirl during the attack on the White House) after which, she blog the evidence on the internet exposing Lex's crimes, following the fight at Shelly Island; Baker is subsequently removed from office, impeached and arrested for his involvement with involvement with Lex.

Personality
Initially, Baker appeared to be a thoughtful political leader who would do anything for his country, but then, as the crisis with the Children of Liberty started to mount, costing him approval ratings in the polls, he revealed himself to be a selfish individual, who would only do anything for his own self-interests; ordering Supergirl to reveal her public identity as a U.S. citizen so it would not affect his approval ratings anymore. After Supergirl refused to reveal her civilian identity to the public, since it would endanger her loved ones, he fired her from the D.E.O.. Later on, Baker pardoned Ben Lockwood to improve his poll ratings, once the administration discovered a loophole to release him and later on, appointed Ben as Director of Alien Affairs; after an unpleasant encounter with Supergirl.

Baker is proven to have a degree of paranoia, by ordering the construction of a satellite with a cannon attached to it, that would destroy any alien spacecraft enters the solar system, despite such a project being a break of protocol even for any president of the United States. Baker's unprecedentedly strange and immoral actions caused him to lose the complete trust and respect from Kara Danvers and Alex Danvers respectively, and later caused Lauren Haley to ponder on whether the president's strange decisions regarding Ben Lockwood and the satellite had ulterior reasons beyond the polls.

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Behind the scenes

 * Brent Spiner was originally cast as Vice President Baker, but had to step down due to a family emergency and was replaced by Bruce Boxleitner.