Historians rank Trump among worst presidents in US history....

"Out of 44 presidents reviewed for the survey by 142 historians and professional observers of the presidency, Trump landed at 41st, the lowest ranking of any president in the past 150 years. The only presidents who ranked lower than Trump were Franklin Pierce, Andrew Johnson, and James Buchanan."

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OggggO · 36-40, M

Andrew Johnson or Andrew Jackson? Because Jackson would make a lot more sense, at least in my opinion.

ImperialAerosolKidFromEP · 51-55, M

@OggggO that the fella that appears on a bill?

OggggO · 36-40, M

@ImperialAerosolKidFromEP Unfortunately.

LeopoldBloom · M

@OggggO Jackson perpetrated the genocide of the southeastern native tribes, and by opening more land for farming, allowed slavery to expand, making the Civil War inevitable. Johnson sabotaged reconstruction, allowing de facto slavery to persist in the former Confederacy, a legacy whose effects persist to this day. So it's a tossup which one was worse.

Buchanan is often regarded as the worst president for his inaction leading to the Civil War, but given what happened up to that point, it's unlikely that any president could have done anything other than delaying the inevitable.

OggggO · 36-40, M

@LeopoldBloom Did he actually sabotage it? Presidential history is not my area of expertise by a long shot, and I thought he just half-assed it.

LeopoldBloom · M

@OggggO It definitely would have gone differently if Lincoln had lived. Buchanan was a southern sympathizer.