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Trump – named America’s worst-ever president by panel of experts
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President Trump has shared a chart ranking the best U.S. presidents, and the Republican predictably put himself in the top spot, above such heavyweights as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. The president’s Thursday post was in response to a clip from CNN, whose recent poll found that 53 percent of GOPers named Trump as the Republican president they admire the most, beating out Lincoln and Ronald Reagan.
One historian said that the level of scholarship that went into the plaques, which the White House claims Trump partially wrote himself, is about as high as “drawing mustaches on other people's portraits. President Trump has long taken an interest in history, albeit a highly partisan one.
Commentators noted a variety of oddities with Trump’s self-created ranking , such as leaving out his recent Republican predecessors entirely. “The corruption and damage to long-term U.S. institutions and reputation are far beyond anything we’ve seen before,” Bailey said.
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- President Trump has shared a chart ranking the best U.S. presidents, and the Republican predictably put himself in the top spot, above such heavyweights as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
- The president’s Thursday post was in response to a clip from CNN, whose recent poll found that 53 percent of GOPers named Trump as the Republican president they admire the most, beating out Lincoln and Ronald Reagan.
- Commentators noted a variety of oddities with Trump’s self-created ranking , such as leaving out his recent Republican predecessors entirely.
- “The corruption and damage to long-term U.S. institutions and reputation are far beyond anything we’ve seen before,” Bailey said.
- President Trump has long taken an interest in history, albeit a highly partisan one.
- One historian said that the level of scholarship that went into the plaques, which the White House claims Trump partially wrote himself, is about as high as “drawing mustaches on other people's portraits.
Sources
- The Independentlink