Best film/TV US President?

[Barrister]

I like Bill Pullman.  He was really good in Serpent and the Rainbow and Spaceballs.

There's nothing wrong with Bill Pullman.  I (and every right-thinking person) just like Terry Crews more.

[Caliga]

I mean, if I were a betting man and Terry Crews fought Bill Pullman, I think it's pretty obvious who I'd put my money on.

[Eddie Teach]

What if Pullman had a jet and Crews an assault rifle?

[Caliga]

What if Pullman had a jet and Crews an assault rifle?

Based on my understanding of military tactics which I gained from watching GI Joe, you can easily shoot down a jet with an assault rifle, or even a spear.

[Admiral Yi]

Bill Pullman is a little too much of weenie to be a leading man and not funny enough to be a comic actor.

[Eddie Teach]

Bill Pullman is a little too much of weenie to be a leading man and not funny enough to be a comic actor.

Hence a career in romcoms.

[grumbler]

Pullman plays a terrific "face in the crowd" role.

[jimmy olsen]

Funnily, the Independence Day wiki actually has a bit about his domestic policy (taken from the film's novelization). It looks like he was rather ineffectual despite having an ambitious agenda.

Presidency
During his first years in office, he had introduced major legislative initiatives to reform everything from the legal system to health care to the environment. However, these programs had been stalled by committees and lawmakers. Against the advice of his advisers, Whitmore spent most of his time and energy shepherding his bills through the process, allowing himself to be bogged down by first-term representatives, which he was often forced to make favors with policymakers to achieve his policies.[2] As a result, public opinion openly attacked him for his meek outlook and inexperience in politics, and his prestige and popularity plummeted.

I'll also add that giving pompous speeches is one of the main attributes of the office in Hollywood presidents, and he friggin' delivered.

I read that book, and it was pretty good for a sci-fi movie adaption. Obviously a low bar there.

I will say, that if he actually achieved his policies as implied above, then he was more effective president than anyone since Reagan.

[Tonitrus]

  No policies are mentioned.  That is just a vague statement on "reforms" with zero detail.

"initiatives to reform of the legal system" could mean anything from tort reform to "kill all lawyers".