Emmerich did not deny that his casting of a weak president and the resemblance of vice-president Kenneth Welsh to Dick Cheney were intended to criticize the climate change policy of the George W. Bush administration . Responding to claims of insensitivity in his inclusion of scenes of a devastated New York City less than three years after the September 11 attacks , Emmerich said that it was necessary to showcase the increased unity of people in the face of disaster because of the attacks
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