Bartlet mentions President D'Astier of France. This is the name of the newly elected French president who is invited to a formal state dinner in the movie The American President (1995), also written by Aaron Sorkin.
Features a young John Gallagher Jr., who would later star in The Newsroom (2012) written and created by "The West Wing" creator Aaron Sorkin.
Donna quotes a woman who went on a shooting spree because it was a Monday. Later in the show they play the song about that event. Tori Amos sings the song "I Don't Like Mondays."
After Bruno Gianelli says "The world was created in less time" than six weeks, President Bartlet responds, "And you'll tell us all how you did it." A nearly identical exchange takes place between Steve Jobs and Andy Hertzfeld in Steve Jobs (2015), which was also written by Aaron Sorkin.
In most of the episodes involving Air Force One, the pilot is "Colonel Gantry," but in this episode Bartlet (Martin Sheen) tells one of the secretarial candidates the plane is flown by an Air Force general, whose voice is heard in another scene.