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 The bar is so low. Trump is 100% in the top quarter, at a minimum. 
 I got trump at number 6 on the all time list.

1. Washington 
2. Jefferson 
3. Lincoln
4. Teddy Roosevelt 
5. JFK
6. Trump 
 Damn you typed this as I was saying he's all of them bundled together 😆 
 I haven't given it enough thought to have a good list but I like yours.

Although I'm not a big Lincoln fan. Personally I think he's overrated. First president to manipulate the currency (greenbacks), and the Civil War resulted in way more centralized federal power.

I like Andrew Jackson. Some people hate him and some things he did are highly unethical but his style was unmatched and he at least preserved the nation and prevented central banks. 
 What did JFK do that was great? He tried and failed to invade Cuba. He set off the Cuban missile crisis and nearly started a nuclear war. Other than that, being charismatic, and getting assassinated….. 

 And Teddy Roosevelt…. Mostly he invaded other countries and made the US in to a colonial power. To his credit, his invasion of Cuba worked when JFKs didn’t. 

Trump got almost no legislation passed. Trump did fund lots of vaccine research and funding. He deserves some credit for that. But mostly it’s substance-less bluster. He’s got a very short attention span and seems like a narcissist. Now I don’t like his politics, so I’m glad he’s no Orban or Erdoğan, right wing leaders who are actually good at governing. I fear he will have the same permanent and dysfunctional effect on American politics that Perón had on Argentina. Through nationalism and strong man politics took a wealthy first world country and destroyed it. 

I honestly don’t get why people support Trump. Even if you’re right wing, loving his policies, don’t you want someone who’s honest or at least competent?  
 JFK set this thing in motion called the Apollo missions. Kind of a big deal. You may have heard of it.

I love trump not for who he is, but the effect he has as a singular figure. 

He’s a lighting rod exposing deep state corruption everywhere he goes. 
 Landing on the moon was cool, but wasn’t it essentially just propaganda against the Soviet Union? How does that help Americans?  
 America is wherever we look. Wherever we’re going to be. I’m not sure I can explain manifest destiny to you if it’s not obvious at first glance. 
 social media (thousands of people being truthful—oriented towards the light of honest, good truth—not lies & bluster) exposed corruption.

…not trump & never the maga’s who believe hurricanes are man-made by the democrats.  lol.  😂😂😂😂

yeah.  trump is the best at everything, right?  🤣🤣🤣🤣

incredible fools. 🥲 
 no politician is honest but it seems he's more competent than kamala, im not american but would like to see america great again  
 It’s actually shocking how bad Kamala is. She’s the worst political candidate since Sarah palin, and quite possibly dumber. 
 Lincoln was a terrible president.

And Calvin Coolidge was excellent.