More so between Trump and Buchanan. Wilson was an awful racist but at least he helped (more so his wife towards the end) the country get through a war whereas Buchanan did nothing to stop one that was coming
Rip_Skeleton on
Andrew Jackson
drabpriest on
Trump and Wilson are both equal contenders when it comes to having utter contempt for the First Amendment.
HowlingBurd19 on
Trump yes, but many consider Woodrow Wilson to be like an above-average, sometimes top fifteen U.S. president lol
Sarnick18 on
Woodrow Wilson is a weird one, as he is in both my top 5 and bottom 5 favorite presidents. Foreign policy was incredible, albeit in Mexico, and domestic was dogshit, albeit the 19th Amendment.
Other trash, worst presidents
Reagan: Iran-Contra, AIDS epidemic, Reaganomics, War on Drugs, the list goes on
Jefferson: Embargo Act, dismantling the Navy at the height of the Napoleonic Wars, Sally Hemmings
Buchanan: caved to safe face with the South, making Civil War inevitable, and supported Dred Scott
Polk: While there were successes, they are built on the genocide of Native Americans and the Unjust War waged on Mexico.
Reagan: I’m putting him again because fuck him.
Jackson and Van Buren: Trail of Tears, War on the banks crippled the economy.
Hayes: Ended Reconstruction way too soon, which led to the Jim Crow Laws ruling the south after the grueling effort of Grant used to create an election where more black Americans were elected to office than we have seen to this day.
Andrew Johnson: For essentially allowing the oligarchy to return to the South after the Civil War, failed to support the Freedman’s Bureau, Veto Civil Rights Act. Some how more racist than Wilson.
AdventurousNecessary on
Before Trump the bottom five were very clearly Andrew Johnson, James Buchanan, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Pierce, and John Tyler. Which one is Trump going to move out of this group?
Poemhub_ on
For your consideration. Herbert Hoover did nothing to stop the great depression, the dust bowl, or violence brought on by prohibition. What little he DID do did even less to solve those issues. He also had his first political position be the president. Trump and Hoover are fuckin’ awful.
Lost_Ad610 on
Idk man, Andrew Johnson is why we’re here suffering today imo
kiwiboy22 on
with the Gallup approval ratings ending, Trump will always be the worst
protomanEXE1995 on
Wilson isn’t even in Trump’s league if we’re having a “worst POTUS” contest
Scottz0rz on
I thought James Buchanan was considered the worst due to being a wimp who let the Civil War break out.
And then maybe Andrew Johnson for fumbling Reconstruction shit and not helping black people after Lincoln died.
And Andrew Jackson for being a populist racist asshole and causing recessions with shortsighted one-off policy?
DJT probably goes down as the worst of all time past, present, and future, but it’s hard to compare historical figures to contemporary ones while you’re still living through his bullshit.
Lumbergo on
Wilson made some very questionable policy decisions, but I don’t know if he’s on par with Trump….
hornwort on
10 Worst Presidents in Order, ranked by a non-American with Masters Degrees in International Relations and Social Psychology:
1. Donald J. Trump (47) (by an enormous margin)
2. Donald J. Trump (45) (by a vastly more more enormous margin)
3. Harry S. Truman
4. Ronald Reagan
5. Woodrow Wilson
6. George W. Bush
7. Warren G. Harding
8. Richard S. Nixon
9. Andrew Johnson
10. James Buchanan
jewfishcartel on
I mean, you had a borderline dead guy dragged around in nappies…. Hard to overlook that disaster…
snakemakery on
Howard Taft?
TheSaltyseal90 on
Bro this should be between Reagan and Trump. Battle of the heavyweight failures.
notsure500 on
The competition for worst president is definitely between Trump’s first term and Trump’s second term
A_Trash_Homosapien on
I thought it was between Trump (first term) and Trump (second term)
forrestdw on
Andrew Jackson existed.
BleedingHeart1996 on
Remember when the worst president was Bush Jr.?
welltherewasthisbear on
I personally think Andrew Johnson should be the worst. He completely botched reconstruction which lead directly into Jim Crowe. Thanks to him it was basically like the South won the Civil War. We wouldn’t have Wilson or Trump without Johnson.
AdeptnessLiving1799 on
I’m amazed no one has mentioned Richard Nixon for the loss of the Gold standard, which is one of the biggest events financially that were still feeling the consequences of today’s inflation and poverty.
Another would be Ronald Reagan for encouraging trickle economics and The drug war, and the rampant taxing of social security up to 50%. Not to mention his cutting of people with disabilities benefits controversy. Honorable mention that even though Reagan pushed up taxes, it was Bush who borrowed trillions to pay for Iraq And never paid it back.
Woodrow Wilson allowed the creation of the Federal Reserve in the IRS. That alone is worth mentioning.
These are some of the worst decisions that have consequences throughout the generations, let’s be honest, these are way worse and everyone feels this all the time.
_Levitated_Shield_ on
Quentin Trembley.
Nah, just kidding, I’d rather have Quentin atp.
Creamy-Sundae-9991 on
The current one is the worst, no question at all boyo
KingsMen2004 on
Then you have Herbert Hoover, wrong place wrong time.
moondog385 on
Trump is competing with Buchanan and Andrew Johnson, who served on opposite ends of the Civil War, not Wilson who is actually a very good president despite personal failings and internet reductionism.
Spiney09 on
The Johnson right after Lincoln is up there. First president to have a veto overwritten, and he did everything in his power to throttle laws blocking racism in the south because he was from there himself.
But there are a lot of options for worst
Squidmaster129 on
I wouldn’t say its Wilson. He at least did some useful shit, like helping found the predecessor to the UN. I’d say the worst besides Trump are probably either Hoover or Reagan. The former almost collapsed the country and the latter has led to lasting socio-economic problems that still greatly harm the country.
Sensei_of_Philosophy on
Wilson wasn’t anywhere near as bad as men like James Buchanan and Andrew Johnson.
sparduck117 on
Replace Wilson with Andrew Johnson, James Buchanan or Franklin Pierce.
Wrong_Revolution_679 on
I want to throw in Andrew Jackson as a candidate, The trail of tears was so fucking awful
Glaucoon on
I thought Johnson was the unanimous worst president? Dude did a lot of nothing after Lincoln
BabiiixxPretty9 on
buchanan is definitely in the running, that whole situation was a disaster.
plsobeytrafficlights on
I would take 10 wilsons over another trump.
THEREALOFFICALCAFE on
Trump is in a category all his own. We can rank all the other presidents, but trump can’t compare to the worst action of all of them, because he finds a way to lower the bar every single day. It would be funny if it wasn’t terrifying
Hyperversum on
Can someone educate me about how Trump manages to not be considered *THE* worst by some people?
Slipping the country into an explicit oligarchy of corruption and cooperating with foreign powers that are explicitely against the common interests of the US and just randomly throw threats to long standing allies in a post 9/11 world?
Without mentioning him being involved in one (several?) of the largest scandal in the history of the country and somehow not being affected by it yet?
Or the selling the country to wannabe techno feudal lords?
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More so between Trump and Buchanan. Wilson was an awful racist but at least he helped (more so his wife towards the end) the country get through a war whereas Buchanan did nothing to stop one that was coming
Andrew Jackson
Trump and Wilson are both equal contenders when it comes to having utter contempt for the First Amendment.
Trump yes, but many consider Woodrow Wilson to be like an above-average, sometimes top fifteen U.S. president lol
Woodrow Wilson is a weird one, as he is in both my top 5 and bottom 5 favorite presidents. Foreign policy was incredible, albeit in Mexico, and domestic was dogshit, albeit the 19th Amendment.
Other trash, worst presidents
Reagan: Iran-Contra, AIDS epidemic, Reaganomics, War on Drugs, the list goes on
Jefferson: Embargo Act, dismantling the Navy at the height of the Napoleonic Wars, Sally Hemmings
Buchanan: caved to safe face with the South, making Civil War inevitable, and supported Dred Scott
Polk: While there were successes, they are built on the genocide of Native Americans and the Unjust War waged on Mexico.
Reagan: I’m putting him again because fuck him.
Jackson and Van Buren: Trail of Tears, War on the banks crippled the economy.
Hayes: Ended Reconstruction way too soon, which led to the Jim Crow Laws ruling the south after the grueling effort of Grant used to create an election where more black Americans were elected to office than we have seen to this day.
Andrew Johnson: For essentially allowing the oligarchy to return to the South after the Civil War, failed to support the Freedman’s Bureau, Veto Civil Rights Act. Some how more racist than Wilson.
Before Trump the bottom five were very clearly Andrew Johnson, James Buchanan, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Pierce, and John Tyler. Which one is Trump going to move out of this group?
For your consideration. Herbert Hoover did nothing to stop the great depression, the dust bowl, or violence brought on by prohibition. What little he DID do did even less to solve those issues. He also had his first political position be the president. Trump and Hoover are fuckin’ awful.
Idk man, Andrew Johnson is why we’re here suffering today imo
with the Gallup approval ratings ending, Trump will always be the worst
Wilson isn’t even in Trump’s league if we’re having a “worst POTUS” contest
I thought James Buchanan was considered the worst due to being a wimp who let the Civil War break out.
And then maybe Andrew Johnson for fumbling Reconstruction shit and not helping black people after Lincoln died.
And Andrew Jackson for being a populist racist asshole and causing recessions with shortsighted one-off policy?
DJT probably goes down as the worst of all time past, present, and future, but it’s hard to compare historical figures to contemporary ones while you’re still living through his bullshit.
Wilson made some very questionable policy decisions, but I don’t know if he’s on par with Trump….
10 Worst Presidents in Order, ranked by a non-American with Masters Degrees in International Relations and Social Psychology:
1. Donald J. Trump (47) (by an enormous margin)
2. Donald J. Trump (45) (by a vastly more more enormous margin)
3. Harry S. Truman
4. Ronald Reagan
5. Woodrow Wilson
6. George W. Bush
7. Warren G. Harding
8. Richard S. Nixon
9. Andrew Johnson
10. James Buchanan
I mean, you had a borderline dead guy dragged around in nappies…. Hard to overlook that disaster…
Howard Taft?
Bro this should be between Reagan and Trump. Battle of the heavyweight failures.
The competition for worst president is definitely between Trump’s first term and Trump’s second term
I thought it was between Trump (first term) and Trump (second term)
Andrew Jackson existed.
Remember when the worst president was Bush Jr.?
I personally think Andrew Johnson should be the worst. He completely botched reconstruction which lead directly into Jim Crowe. Thanks to him it was basically like the South won the Civil War. We wouldn’t have Wilson or Trump without Johnson.
I’m amazed no one has mentioned Richard Nixon for the loss of the Gold standard, which is one of the biggest events financially that were still feeling the consequences of today’s inflation and poverty.
Another would be Ronald Reagan for encouraging trickle economics and The drug war, and the rampant taxing of social security up to 50%. Not to mention his cutting of people with disabilities benefits controversy. Honorable mention that even though Reagan pushed up taxes, it was Bush who borrowed trillions to pay for Iraq And never paid it back.
Woodrow Wilson allowed the creation of the Federal Reserve in the IRS. That alone is worth mentioning.
These are some of the worst decisions that have consequences throughout the generations, let’s be honest, these are way worse and everyone feels this all the time.
Quentin Trembley.
Nah, just kidding, I’d rather have Quentin atp.
The current one is the worst, no question at all boyo
Then you have Herbert Hoover, wrong place wrong time.
Trump is competing with Buchanan and Andrew Johnson, who served on opposite ends of the Civil War, not Wilson who is actually a very good president despite personal failings and internet reductionism.
The Johnson right after Lincoln is up there. First president to have a veto overwritten, and he did everything in his power to throttle laws blocking racism in the south because he was from there himself.
But there are a lot of options for worst
I wouldn’t say its Wilson. He at least did some useful shit, like helping found the predecessor to the UN. I’d say the worst besides Trump are probably either Hoover or Reagan. The former almost collapsed the country and the latter has led to lasting socio-economic problems that still greatly harm the country.
Wilson wasn’t anywhere near as bad as men like James Buchanan and Andrew Johnson.
Replace Wilson with Andrew Johnson, James Buchanan or Franklin Pierce.
I want to throw in Andrew Jackson as a candidate, The trail of tears was so fucking awful
I thought Johnson was the unanimous worst president? Dude did a lot of nothing after Lincoln
buchanan is definitely in the running, that whole situation was a disaster.
I would take 10 wilsons over another trump.
Trump is in a category all his own. We can rank all the other presidents, but trump can’t compare to the worst action of all of them, because he finds a way to lower the bar every single day. It would be funny if it wasn’t terrifying
Can someone educate me about how Trump manages to not be considered *THE* worst by some people?
Slipping the country into an explicit oligarchy of corruption and cooperating with foreign powers that are explicitely against the common interests of the US and just randomly throw threats to long standing allies in a post 9/11 world?
Without mentioning him being involved in one (several?) of the largest scandal in the history of the country and somehow not being affected by it yet?
Or the selling the country to wannabe techno feudal lords?
Or shitting himself in public?