It’s always “the worst president I can remember” when this sort of question is posed. Dubya, and now Biden, are strong contenders for the worst of the worst, but these discussions reveal more about the abysmal state of US History education more and the power of recency bias than any thoughtful look at the the US presidency.
All US Presidents are bad presidents but if we’re gonna play their game and rank all 47 of them as the worst or whatever then I’d still put Trump and Obama in the uniquely bad category with most post FDR presidents, if only because they weren’t the absolute worst of the worst because of limitations surrounding the office at the time of their terms. Every POTUS is awful but not everyone gets the opportunity to demonstrate the fullest extent of their awfulness.
It’s always “the worst president I can remember” when this sort of question is posed. Dubya, and now Biden, are strong contenders for the worst of the worst, but these discussions reveal more about the abysmal state of US History education more and the power of recency bias than any thoughtful look at the the US presidency.
It’s pure great man theory
W is the worst of the noderns by far, not sure why you think Trump or Obamer were so good. Biden’s probably the least worst, he hasn’t done anythkng
Modern pres (post 90s)I’d probably rank it:
All US Presidents are bad presidents but if we’re gonna play their game and rank all 47 of them as the worst or whatever then I’d still put Trump and Obama in the uniquely bad category with most post FDR presidents, if only because they weren’t the absolute worst of the worst because of limitations surrounding the office at the time of their terms. Every POTUS is awful but not everyone gets the opportunity to demonstrate the fullest extent of their awfulness.