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The Velveteen Ocelot

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3. I think most historians would reach that conclusion.

Sun Jan 31, 2021, 04:31 PM

Jan 2021

Whether someone is the worst or the best of anything is always a matter of opinion and therefore not provable in the scientific sense, but the damage he has done, not just wrt covid19, certainly provides enough evidence to beat out the previous generally-agreed worst president, James Buchanan. Buchanan's support of slavery and his refusal to take any action to prevent the Civil War is generally cited as the basis for giving him the Worst President award, but even he doesn't seem to have been deliberately and enthusiastically malicious about everything he did.

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Is Donald Trump the Worst President of all time?..And, Can that idea be proven? [View all] Stuart G Jan 2021 OP

The full extent of the damage he has done isn't yet known to us Rorey Jan 2021 #1

Well, there was also James Buchanan. raging moderate Jan 2021 #2

Thank You...I did not know that about Buchanan...Lots to learn here at DU. Stuart G Jan 2021 #4

There was no Mrs. Buchanan; he never married The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2021 #5

SORRY for this error of mine! It was Mrs. Jefferson Davis! raging moderate Feb 2021 #7

I think most historians would reach that conclusion. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2021 #3

Oh, okay, my bad. raging moderate Jan 2021 #6

Yes, now that information is coming out 6 full months after Trump left office, Yes Stuart G Jul 2021 #8