In the midst of what is now six months of the Iran War, along with rising grocery and gasoline prices, and ICE abuses against immigrants who have no criminal record, what does President Donald Trump spend his time on?
Trump posted his “rankings” of Presidents on Truth Social, a totally crazy ranking that puts him at the top above all other Presidents, in a special category: “The Greatest”.
Reality is that Trump ranks at the very bottom of rankings in most scholarly polls, or at most slightly above James Buchanan and Andrew Johnson.
According to Trump, underneath him in ranked order as “Great” are as follows: Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Thomas Jefferson, and Andrew Jackson.
The next ranking “Near Great” includes in ranked order: Theodore Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, John Adams, and James K. Polk.
The next ranking is “Average” in ranked order as follows: Bill Clinton, John Quincy Adams, James Monroe, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Madison, Martin Van Buren, William Howard Taft, Chester Alan Arthur, William McKinley, Andrew Johnson, Herbert Hoover, and Benjamin Harrison.
The next ranking is “Below Average” in ranked order as follows: John Tyler, Calvin Coolidge, Millard Fillmore, Zachary Taylor, James Buchanan, and Franklin Pierce.
Finally, the last ranking is “Failures” in ranked order as follows:
Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Ulysses S. Grant, Warren G. Harding, and Jimmy Carter.
Trump leaves out 10 Presidents altogether, including some of the most significant 20th Century Presidents, including: Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush, (all Presidents from 1945 to 1993, except Jimmy Carter, plus George W. Bush (2001-2009)), along with the “one month” President, William Henry Harrison.
Trump shows his absolute hatred of Joe Biden, Barack Obama, and Jimmy Carter by ranking them in the bottom five listings, alongside Ulysses S. Grant and Warren G. Harding.
There is so much that is clearly maniacal about Trump’s so called “Ratings”, but he clearly displays his total ignorance and mental deterioration. Trump is demonstrating his total hatred of a half century of Presidents, and his rankings overall are a sign of total dementia having set in, making him a dire danger to American national security, American Democracy, and American economic progress.
All those teachers and college professors who teach American history and American government have a major job on their hands, insuring that students learn the truth and the facts about America’s 45 Presidents.