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Will Donald Trump go down as the worst president in history?
Posted on 1/15/21 at 3:25 pm
Posted on 1/15/21 at 3:25 pm
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(CNN)With just days left in his time as president, Donald Trump undoubtedly has begun to consider how history will remember him. The early returns aren't promising.
"On several occasions, Trump has suggested that he expects to take his place on the list of former presidents aside Abraham Lincoln, presumably knocking George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and all the others in the top rank down a tick," wrote presidential historian Joseph Ellis in a op-ed for the Los Angeles Times this week. "To put it politely, he needs to adjust his expectations."
Added Ellis: "Donald Trump is quite likely to assume the title as the worst president in American history."
In 2019, Siena College released its latest rankings, the result of the combined views of 159 presidential scholars who rated each of the 44 men who have been president (Grover Cleveland was president twice!) on 20 different aspects of the job. (The categories range from "integrity" to "willing to take risks" to "luck.")
In those rankings, Trump placed third to last -- behind only James Buchanan and Andrew Johnson.
The other major recent study of best (and worst) presidents came in 2018 from Brandon Rottinghaus from the University of Houston and Justin S. Vaughn of Boise State University. Known as the "Presidents & Executive Politics Presidential Greatness Survey," this one poll 170 members of American Political Science Association.
Trump ranked dead last in this survey, trailing Buchanan, William Henry Harrison, Franklin Pierce and Johnson, respectively.
But at least at first glance, it seems unlikely that time will benefit Trump.
After all, what these presidential rankings missed is the second half of Trump's terms in office, which was dominated by his administration's botched handling of the coronavirus pandemic, his tone-deaf response to the "Black Lives Matter" protests in the summer of 2020 and his fact-free allegations of a rigged 2020 election.
None of which age well. Not to mention the fact that Trump made history this week as the only president to be impeached twice.
CNN
Posted on 1/15/21 at 3:26 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Obama should be worst
Sad part is our Childrens textbooks will say "Obama great president" and "Trump worst president "
Sad part is our Childrens textbooks will say "Obama great president" and "Trump worst president "
Posted on 1/15/21 at 3:26 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Well, I can't wait for the Biden Presidency to whiff the excellence of 2019. It took a genetic weapon from China and a full lockdown of the economy in 2020 for Biden to get his rickety arse to the whitehouse as a pawn.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 3:27 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Far from it. Joe biden will
Posted on 1/15/21 at 3:27 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Obama
Carter
(maybe Kamala/Biden)
...
way down at the list (aka, the best)
Jefferson
Trump
Washington
Carter
(maybe Kamala/Biden)
...
way down at the list (aka, the best)
Jefferson
Trump
Washington
Posted on 1/15/21 at 3:27 pm to Jamiroqui37
Posted on 1/15/21 at 3:28 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Only someone totally ignorant of history would think this
Woodrow Wilson resegregated the federal workforce, was a virulent racist, created the federal reserve, lied when he promised not to enter ww1
Woodrow Wilson resegregated the federal workforce, was a virulent racist, created the federal reserve, lied when he promised not to enter ww1
Posted on 1/15/21 at 3:28 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
If we lose our 1st and 2nd Amendment rights, then yes.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 3:28 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
quote:
Will Donald Trump go down as the worst president in history?
Nope. Obama is the worst. And there are lots of other bad ones before you'd even get close to Trump.
There isn't a single institution in this country that Obama didn't use to attack his political opponents. He's the most criminal President in US history.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 3:28 pm to cajuntiger1010
1984 style language control
We might have to wait until Christ's return to see this mess fixed.
We might have to wait until Christ's return to see this mess fixed.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 3:29 pm to AUX3
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I thought they gave that title to Bush in 2008.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 3:29 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Andrew Johnson still holds the title.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 3:29 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Best President ever!
I'll wear my Trump gear until I die. The man loves America and they hate it.
frick all of em.
I'll wear my Trump gear until I die. The man loves America and they hate it.
frick all of em.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 3:29 pm to OMLandshark
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If we lose our 1st and 2nd Amendment rights, then yes.
Your shtick is getting old. If we do lose them, it isn't because of him.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 3:30 pm to AUX3
quote:Its a title that the Dems/media just continue passing down to whoever the most recent Republican president was.
I thought they gave that title to Bush in 2008.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 3:30 pm to Colonel Flagg
Trump is easily the best since Reagan, and it’s not even close. So far and ahead, they had to release a Pandemic to affect his economy, and that still didn’t stop him from breaking record from every minority group in this last election.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 3:30 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
The media is the enemy folks
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