Matthew Ellis

"You elected me on a single platform. I will defend this country at all costs. The Mandarin must be stopped!"

- Ellis

President Matthew Ellis is the current president of the United States of America.

Biography
In one video of the Mandarin's he threatened to kill accountant Thomas Richards from the Roxxon Corporation if President Ellis failed to call him within 30 seconds. Although the president complied with the request, the Mandarin ignored the call and, in a mock execution, pretended to shoot Richards in the head.

Aboard Air Force One the President was captured and imprisoned inside the Iron Patriot Armor by Eric Savin under the orders of Aldrich Killian. Vice President Rodriguez was also working with Aldrich Killian in attempt to become the next president.

Tony Stark and COL Rhodes traced Aldrich Killian to an impounded Roxxon oil freighter, the Norco, where Killian intended to kill President Ellis on live television. Rhodes was able to save him and return him back to the White House.

Trivia

 * President Ellis surname is a reference to Warren Ellis, the author of the Extremis storyline in Marvel comics, largely adapted into the Iron Man 3.