George W. Bush (Josh Brolin) leads the world's most powerful nation through its fearful days in September 2001 and into a war on terrorism. Director Oliver Stone looks behind the political machine and into the man and his controversial rise to the presidency. Determined to mark his place in history, Bush -- a privileged son, an alcoholic underachiever, a born-again Christian and the 43rd U.S. president -- divides and conquers a nation.