Into the Night
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I couldn't care less what "historians" consider "greatest". It solely depends on their particular bias.
But here's my unbiased ranking of presidents in my lifetime:
The best:
1. Clinton. He managed to raise taxes while cutting spending with a democratic congress. Unheard of. Negtive: A real scalawag but I'll forgive him for that. Didn't affect his job. Plus who could blame him married to HRC?
2 Reagan. Unparalleled leadership.
3. Ford. Steady hand after Watergate. Worked with democrats congenially.
Unranked:
JFK. 3 years not enough, Bay of Pigs (negative), steered us through Cuban Missile Crisis (great).
Biden. Too soon. He could well pull himself out of the hole he dug for himself, but too soon. So far, not good with his stupid woke BS and War on Energy.
Mediocre:
Bush I. He was just kinda there. Good - leadership in the Gulf military action freeing Kuwait. Bad - his advocacy of globalization, New World Order and Agenda 21.
The worst, with the worst ranked #1:
1. Johnson. Lied us into Vietnam (Gulf of Tonkin "incident") His saving grace - he didn't run for re-election. Should have been tried at The Hague as a war criminal and shot.
2. Bush II. Lied us into Iraq. Then gloated and trivialized it. What a dick. Should have been tried at The Hague as a war criminal and shot.
3. - 6. tied Nixon - foreign policy genius was good, Watergate, expansion of Vietnam War, bad.
Obama - militarized the EPA and used federal agencies to circumvent Congress to make "laws" which he called rules.
Trump - exceptionally bad personality, couldn't control his mouth or texting, disorganized, couldn't maintain cabinet positions.
Carter - exceptionally poor leadership, horrible foreign and domestic policies. Examples: Allowed foreign fishermen to wipe out the bluefish population off Florida coast, allowed Cuban prisoners asylum into the U.S., to name two.
Clinton didn't cut spending.
Don't forget that JFK launched NASA to the Moon in his great speech on that subject.
Also don't forget Carter's price controls on gasoline, resulting in long gas lines.