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Tanuki

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18. Trump has repeatedly been rated by scholars as the worst president
Sat Feb 8, 2025, 06:20 AM
Feb 2025

in US history, so let's make sure he's on the list.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/20/presidents-ranking-trump-biden-list

"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.

Rottinghaus, of the University of Houston, and Vaughn, from Coastal Carolina University, considered responses from 154 scholars, most connected to the American Political Science Association."...(more)

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But the eggs are too high..... Lovie777 Feb 2025 #1
Can we start with the Executive Branch of government, sire? Vinca Feb 2025 #2
This is the other shoe to the resign-or-else two step. Hugin Feb 2025 #3
Having been a supervisor during my federal career BumRushDaShow Feb 2025 #6
Maybe they actually did get the AI to work once in ever... Hugin Feb 2025 #7
LOL BumRushDaShow Feb 2025 #8
We have a Performance Appraisal Quality Level (PAQL) COL Mustard Feb 2025 #20
Ours changed multiple times over the years BumRushDaShow Feb 2025 #23
We're in pay bands COL Mustard Feb 2025 #25
Memories Betty Boom Feb 2025 #29
I'd start with Donald Trump. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2025 #4
Especially those who promised to bring down grocery prices and end wars in one day. ZZenith Feb 2025 #5
Maybe Trump will get a late night email from DOGE with a prancing Musk GIF for good measure. dgauss Feb 2025 #26
We should send them a real list of under-performing federal employees starting with Trump. waterwatcher123 Feb 2025 #9
Dirty little secret of lazy managers pfitz59 Feb 2025 #10
Half of eveyone is below average. Just remove all those people, and then ... eppur_se_muova Feb 2025 #11
I'm willing to bet the significant majority of employees have received Wiz Imp Feb 2025 #13
They can't just get rid of the people with the worst evaluations. Wiz Imp Feb 2025 #12
I posted the below in another thread (variations of it in other threads) - this was the last time they had a big reorg BumRushDaShow Feb 2025 #14
Trump should be number one on that list liberalgunwilltravel Feb 2025 #15
Will Trump AverageOldGuy Feb 2025 #16
Trump will be expensive. Turbineguy Feb 2025 #17
Trump has repeatedly been rated by scholars as the worst president Tanuki Feb 2025 #18
I would believe it if he were ranked COL Mustard Feb 2025 #21
They should all send in just one name: Donald J. Trump. n/t malthaussen Feb 2025 #19
Every agency should submit a list with one name on it for underperforming government employees: Martin68 Feb 2025 #22
Let's start at the top Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2025 #24
I know one iemanja Feb 2025 #27
How about the one in the White House? pandr32 Feb 2025 #28
The worst president this country has ever had is worried about everyone else's performance rating. milestogo Feb 2025 #30
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