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Originally Posted by davew
I guess that depends on your perspective of life and country. I feel 0bama was the worst president in my lifetime (as far as being president, he seems like a nice enough guy).
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Dumbness is definitely in the eye of the beholder. There are a number of surveys that contradict you. For instance...
Worst president ever? In one survey, Donald Trump makes even Warren Harding look good:
...And in 2018, a "Presidents & Executive Politics Presidential Greatness Survey" asked 320 current and recent members of the American Political Science Association's Presidents & Executive Politics Section to rank presidential greatness.
When that survey was first taken, in 2014 - before Trump's presidency - Harding was ranked 42nd, with only Buchanan rated worse. In 2016, though, the Electoral College made Trump president, so he was included in 2018's "Presidents & Executive Officers" poll.
Result: Harding, second-from-last in the 2014's ratings, ranks fifth-from-last in this year's (39th). Rated worse: Andrew Johnson (40th); Pierce (41st); William Henry Harrison, president for a month in 1841 (42nd); and Buchanan (43rd). Also ranked worse than Warren Harding in this year's survey -
and, at 44th, ranked our worst president to date - was Donald Trump.
So, let no one claim the Trump administration hasn't accomplished much. Because, along with Andrew Johnson, Franklin Pierce, William Henry Harrison and James Buchanan, Donald Trump is helping make Warren Harding's presidency look good. And that takes some doing.
