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In reply to the discussion: I have painstakingly compiled a list of presidents worse than Donald Trump. Please click to see. [View all]Pope George Ringo II
(1,896 posts)23. Buchanan's weakness has always been his defining characteristic.
Trump is certainly setting the Presidential standard for incompetence and corruption, but 8 months in I don't think he's passed Buchanan. And I want to be clear that Trump started by undermining the foundations of the democratic process in a way Buchanan didn't.
Let's put it this way: If Trump falls over dead with a heart attack tomorrow, I'm not convinced the damage he's done would be more than the damage Buchanan wrought in four years. He's on track for it, but I don't think we can genuinely say he's there yet. And if he does die or resign tomorrow, Pence will start his own quest to zoom past Buchanan, but that's another question.
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I have painstakingly compiled a list of presidents worse than Donald Trump. Please click to see. [View all]
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2017
OP
Yes, he treated Arab/Muslim nations/people so well, and the torture was for their own good.
AtheistCrusader
Sep 2017
#58
He was awful but his crime was to ignore the conditions leading up to the Civil War.
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2017
#11
A lot of leaders of that era were kicking the can down the road with their compromises.
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2017
#18
Trump carries himself more like a Mafia Don than an actual civil servant.
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2017
#41
Believe me.I know more about tent cities than anyone.I'm the smartest about tent cities. Believe me.
Alice11111
Sep 2017
#65
Even Nixon had redeeming qualities. He was a doting father in a real sense.
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2017
#44
The Checkers Speech really humanizes Nixon like nothing else. It's quite touching.
Pope George Ringo II
Sep 2017
#48
The irony of that era is that Nixon did have a kind of a slush fund.
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2017
#67
Surprising that he's already surpassed baby bush as the worst in only seven months.
George II
Sep 2017
#21
This list will become the "must have" for all serious list collectors. Kudos. nt
NCjack
Sep 2017
#24