"Is this all real? Or has this been happening inside my head?"
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George Walker Bush was a American No-Maj politician and former President of the United States of America.[1]
A story in The Guardian newspaper reported that Bush decided to award the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor to the then-current Dalai Lama, a move that angered the Chinese government.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
- The story about Bush is mentioned as an article on the front page of the edition of The Guardian that reported on the Millennium Bridge disaster.
- In real life, George W. Bush served as President of the United States from 2001 to 2009, but according to the book timeline, the bridge attack (on the fictional Brockdale Bridge in the novel) occurred in 1996. At that time, the real world Millennium Bridge had not been built, Bush was serving as Governor of Texas, and Bill Clinton served as President.
- This is one of many such apparent anachronisms that place the film timeline approximately 10 years after the books, roughly contemporaneously with the films series release dates. Additionally, the date on the newspaper is 5 July 2007 and the stories mentioned, aside from the fictional bridge collapse, are real world stories from that year.
- Interestingly, Clinton is also mentioned in the same film prop as Bush.
- Jamie Waylett, who played Vincent Crabbe, is the only Harry Potter actor to have met President Bush.
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) (First mentioned)