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Survey of 154 scholars places 45th president behind even ‘historically calamitous chief executives’ linked to civil war

Donald Trump finished 45th and rock bottom of a list ranking US presidents by greatness, trailing even “historically calamitous chief executives” who failed to stop the civil war or botched its aftermath.

Worse for the likely Republican nominee this year, his probable opponent, Joe Biden, debuted at No 14.

“Biden’s most important achievements may be that he rescued the presidency from Trump, resumed a more traditional style of presidential leadership and is gearing up to keep the office out of his predecessor’s hands this fall,” Justin Vaughn and Brandon Rottinghaus, the political scientists behind the survey, wrote in the Los Angeles Times.

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[–] FireTower@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Pro slavery Franklin Pierce signed the Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854 which TLDR said Kansas would hold a vote of if they'll allow slavery or not. Then people started killing each other so their side would have more votes.

Woodrow Wilson famously said “It is like writing history with lightning, and my only regret is that it is all so terribly true." about the movie Birth of a Nation which was KKK propaganda. Leading to more lynching and the revitalization of the KKK. Also he did a whole bunch of other terrible things like violating the 1st Amendment.

[–] just_change_it@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

We have yet to see the full legacy of trump's actions. He's still the frontrunner for reelection of one of two parties and unfortunately it's looking like a very close race.

Inflation alone from massive corporate welfare with widespread corruption will cause vast human suffering.

The outcomes of supreme court decisions.

The lives lost to anti-science promotion during and after the covid response.

The attempted uprising and authoritarian attempts at retaining power. I suspect election denialism is going to stick around.

The plan to politicize a great majority of government positions in 2025 is particularly worrying.

At the same time things may swing back to being more liberal and moderate due to how extreme conservative views have gotten, we're already seeing it with the senate and the house. Trump is still alive but he's not going to live forever especially at 77 years old. His legacy will long outlast him though.

[–] asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Yeah trumps harm is so wide in scope it impacts not just the entire nation but other countries as well. It honestly baffles me that people don't see it as that bad