Worst President of US

LBJ

 

According to history books, Andrew Johnson and Franklin Pierce were total fuckups. Jackson is definitely up there (or, down there I guess?) too.

The people saying Reagan though are just crazy.

 

I know how it sounds, but I can't imagine anyone being worse than Trump.

Say what you will about how Pierce or Buchanan handled the tension between the North and South/the slavery issue, it's one thing to inherit a mess and not be able to handle it, and quite another to inherit an acceptable set of circumstances and aggressively go about destroying everything for no reason other than that is what you have always done.

 

That's the 7th post in this thread, from 2006. Interesting how people today are describing Trump with these same words.

 

It was easier to describe Bush as the worst before anyone experienced Trump.

 

That and people will tend to think the present is more meaningful than it is, I think.

I've noticed there will always be a group of folks who think the sitting president is the worst. I doubt highly anyone in our lifetime is the actual worst. Trump is still way to early on to call, in my opinion. (I don't like him, but not ready to put him at the bottom. Really, shouldn't Polk be there? ?)

 

I think Trump is actually special in that regard:

Trump ranks as worst president in poll of scholars

^These aren't just normal people.

 

People calling Trump the worst ever a year-and-half into what is looking more and more like an eight-year term are just...well, remember when Dewey defeated Truman?

Game 3 fourth quarter comeback by the Celtics over the Nets in the 2002 Eastern Conference Finals? (okay, no one here will remember that except me and maybe @hotwater )

Hillary winning the 2016 election?

Yeah, let's let things finish playing out first.

 

The thing about Comacho was that he was actually capable of recognizing that another person was smarter than him.

I would say that puts him a notch ahead of Trump.

 

I lived through the Nixon administration and thought I would never see a worse President in my lifetime. Then George W. Bush proved me wrong.

I lived through the George W. Bush administration and thought I would never see a worse President in my lifetime. Now Trump has proven me wrong.

WTF is wrong with this country that we keep electing douchebags to the highest political office? How are they even electable? Are the red states saturated with gullible people? Seriously, am I going to see someone worse than Trump before I check out? And what would such a President be like?

 

Ummm....

 

But 'normal people' are the ones that vote. I'm going to laugh when Trump is re-elected. I've decided to just fiddle while Rome burns.

 

I'm not going to laugh, but...I recognize that it's going to happen.

 

I'm in a red state

In a city that has the highest concentration of international business in the US

This region voted overwhelmingly Trump

Trump's tariff's have the potential to destroy this area's economy. These global companies came here because of low taxes and incentives. They have no reason to stay if they're being burdened with tariffs

So basically the people who voted overwhelmingly for Trump voted to destroy their own livelihoods.

So yes, to answer your question. Yes.

And i cant fiddle because of this. I'm feeling quite concerned about what his tariffs could potentially do locally

 

Donald Trump is without a doubt the worst president this country has ever seen.

Only 47% of the American people are proud to be Americans one of the lowest numbers ever outside of Nixon and the Watergate scandal

 

I wish someone would have the balls to challenge Trump in the primary elections but I doubt it will happen. The most recent Gallop numbers show Trump with an 87% approval rating among Republicans, a number which I can't understand. Tariffs, negotiations with untrustworthy N. Korea, failure to stand up to Russia...is Trump a Democrat? You'd think he'd be vulnerable to a challenger.

 

Historains and political scientists think Trump is the all time worst, but what do they know?
President Trump Ranks Last in 'Presidential Greatness,' According to Historians
https://sps.boisestate.edu/politicalscience/files/2018/02/Greatness.pdf
Opinion | How Does Trump Stack Up Against the Best — and Worst — Presidents?
Donald Trump's competition: The 20 worst U.S. presidents ever, newly ranked by historians
https://nypost.com/2018/02/19/trump-ranks-dead-last-on-list-of-presidential-greatness
Donald Trump is the worst US president in history, according to nearly 200 political scientists

 

The same that the rest of us know: 18 months out of an 8-year term.

 

Personally I hope Trump blows America to hell. Too many idiots here these days.