In the Audience
Pike arrives early, and takes a seat near the back of the room. He's watching and listening to all of this intently, and becoming more worried by the minute. Being entangled in this sort of stuff is precisely the last thing Starfleet officers are supposed to be doing.
He winces as Darcy and the President start exchanging jabs. The geopolitics of this era are complicated enough. Drop aliens, superhumans and dispossessed beings from other universes into the mix...
He stays till the end - just holding his head in his hands, between his knees.