As he prepared a victory speech to give on ABC, he put on his "Vote for Loki" button, put on his suit, and cleared his throat, preparing to give his speech. His speech went like this:

"My… fellow Americans. I realize that this election has been a struggle, to say the least. The good sirs Romney and Obama have proven themselves to be worthy adversaries, but it is I who will emerge victorious on this night. I will pull America out of the trenches that it has been dug into these last four years. Our economy will be the greatest in the world. Our nation will be the greatest in the world. America will be the greatest in the world! The election is won! I have won!"

Loki literally punched the camera to turn it off, sending the station back to the studio.

After the final votes were tallied, some way, somehow, Loki won all four swing states. In January 2013, he was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States.

Now that he has won the love of the American people, next, he must earn the love of the rest of the world. If he did that through violent crusades, surely that would just generate hate. He had to do something to make the world voluntarily love him. To do that, he had to make an enemy. To ensure the enemy had no supporters, it had to be someone… not of Earth.

At a United Nations meeting six months later, Loki told the countries of the world about the potential threat. "The Chitauri could overrun the Earth, if given the chance," Loki explained. "If they come, you must trust me."

"How do you know about them?" Another president asked.

"I'm… not originally from Earth," Loki answered.

"Then you can't be U.S. president," a prime minister interjects. "It's the rules."

"I changed the rules," Loki replied. "Well, technically, the American people did. The 28th amendment to our glorious Constitution."

"Prove it," the prime minister challenged.

Loki's next move was to invite the Chitauri to invade Earth. A visit to the Other was in order. He snuck into the S.H.I.E.L.D. facility in New Mexico and went to visit the Other through the Tesseract's infinite gateways. By the way, he steals the Tesseract, but not before destroying any security cameras that may have caught him.

"You want us to do WHAT?" The Other snarls.

"I want you to let me lead the armies of Chitauri into Midgard," Loki explains, "so that I can defeat them, and Earth may love me."

"What's in it for me?" The Other questions.

"How about a commemorative mug?" Loki teases.

The Other growls.

"I'm kidding," Loki laughs. "It's a joke. Do you have ANY fun? No, no. In exchange for this, when I have command of the Earth, I will let you use my position as a ruler of a realm to bring the Chitauri into Alfheim."

"If this doesn't work," the Other rumbles, "there will be hell to pay."

"Oh, I know that," Loki says. He makes a large portal as tall as the Empire State Building that leads to the coast of California, and the Chitauri come through it. Loki himself goes back to Washington D.C.

As the Chitauri pour through the portal, Loki's advisors inform him of the situation.

"An executive order is in line," Loki tells someone as he walks through the White House. "First, evacuate every west coast state— California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada. Get them at least as far south as Mexico City and as far north as Vancouver. At least as far east as Denver.

"Then, we launch nuclear missiles. Destroy the aliens entirely.

"Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got some private calls to make on this matter."

As evacuations on the west coast begin, Loki opens another portal, this one on the Japanese coast.

"It's Godzilla again!" An onlooker exclaims as the Chitauri start their invasion of Japan.

Another portal starts an attack in Switzerland.

"But we are neutral!" Somebody cries.

Loki rapidly opens portals in literally 140 more countries. The Chitauri invade.

Quickly, amidst the chaos, an emergency conference of the United Nations is called to order via holograms and projections. It is decided that the loss of life could be minimized if nuclear missiles take care of the Chitauri and the invaded regions, regardless of any locals who might still be there. The president was not there.

In that time, Loki escaped to the California portal, using the Tesseract to close it. Then, using his Scepter, he either killed or mind-controlled the invaders. The mind-control would lead the controlled to kill their fellow Chitauri. He also makes portals to swallow the Chituari and spit them back to whatever void region they came from.

The same is done in Japan and Switzerland and all other countries. Loki's extraordinary power wins the love of the masses, regardless of country of origin.

This is what Loki wanted. He essentially has control of the Earth now. His power can destroy invaders. Everyone loves him. Sure, he's only in charge of a small region, but the love and power that he has built with it are enough. He is in charge of Earth.

"Next," Loki declares on national TV, "I am to solve… the opioid epidemic."