Top 10 Most Corrupt U.S. Presidents
The question of who are the most corrupt U.S. Presidents opens up a fascinating dialogue about the intertwining of political power and personal ethics. It allows us to explore the gray area between leadership and manipulation, between serving the nation and serving oneself.This isn't about clear-cut villainy; this is about shades of grey and questionable decisions. It's about understanding that power can sometimes lead even the best of us astray.
In this context, corruption is a multifaceted concept that encompasses a wide range of questionable actions and behaviors. It could be financial graft, political manipulation, abuse of power, or even actions that undermined the values and principles the U.S. holds dear.
Trump totally deserves this. When he was President, all the bad stuff happened: COVID hit, America went down, and so much more. When Biden became President, Trump was being childish and could not attend the ceremony because he had too much pride. He was probably throwing a fit in his room. None of the Presidents are perfect, but Trump is probably the most corrupt.
The only swamp that is draining is his own kingdom. Members of his staff who have morals are running from this President. Teflon Don surrounds himself with a pack of lawyers, and every day since he has been in office, there has been drama. No different than popular gangsters who exercise their power, legitimate or not, including tax evasion. The very same corruption Rudy fought against as prosecutor and mayor of NYC.
Republicans say they are picking on him since his election. They forgot the roadblocks they put President Obama through, beginning his first day in office. They forgot how President Clinton's poor discretion and lie was merely a "cleansing of the White House."
Trump lies every day but is smart enough never to testify, always finding a diversion. The way he addresses the nation, I often wonder if his dad paid to get him into college and adjust his SAT scores. If so, that would be "very, very bad."
Any government employee would be fired for less ethical infractions.
Money from programs he initiated went to ISIS via Saudi Arabia, and weapons purchased by American taxpayers from programs he initiated were sent to ISIS via Eastern Europe. At a time when ISIS was slaughtering and raping anybody who wasn't them, he and his government knowingly initiated programs to assist them, all because they wanted to be friendly to Saudi Arabia and Turkey, which countless government reports show have been allied to this terrorist network. He put his fingers deep into this attack on the civilized world. It makes the corruption in Chicago of rigged elections pale in comparison.
Biden has reached a new low. His corruption has become more blatantly obvious. He was caught on a tape discussing bombing Ukraine and magically deflected another major story that should have been taken seriously. Instead, he turned that around to target Trump once again, for no legitimate reason other than to generate negative press about his opponent. It is an abuse of power.
What an absolute disaster this guy has been. Our service members died during a hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan where they were only given 18 days to exit, leaving billions in military hardware to our enemies. Failed economic and energy policies. Rampant inflation.
He emptied our strategic oil reserves with no plan to refill them just to artificially keep gas prices low. Corrupt business deals overseas with his son. Hiding classified documents that he himself called 'irresponsible' when Trump had some declassified documents found in Florida.
Beginning with their allegiance to China's spy ring that facilitated nuclear secrets and embedded Chinese spies in every level of corporate and government agencies and Democrat senator offices.
Though he was found to be a promiscuous President, he was not found guilty of any financial mishandling. He was one of the greatest Presidents in terms of financial soundness, as he was the first to balance the national debt through bipartisan cooperation. Though promiscuous, he was only found guilty and impeached for lying to a Congressional Committee about inappropriate acts. By most Americans' counts, he profited from a global warming scandal.
A fool who lined his family's wealth following his dad's efforts as the chief spy of the CIA.
Too much into globalism and not American sovereignty. So sorry I ever voted for him.
Number 1 worst human being in the world. Number 1 mistake.
He makes the list for initiating a new level of corrupt abuse of governmental agencies. Those after him have since legitimized and exported these abuses to other countries.
Only found incompetent during the Watergate Scandal, which was an election spy operation that utilized government agencies. These agencies are still in use today by current presidents.
Really, the gold standard of corruption in office. Until Trump. In retrospect, Nixon was merely Trump Lite.
Reagan was responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands, personally extended and expanded the AIDS epidemic, and committed treason many times, the worst being arming Iran and replacing democratically elected governments with criminals all over the planet. He gets my vote.
More of a figurehead than a leader, Reagan's time in office was marked by repeated scandals, a corrupt Attorney General named Edwin Meese, and a domineering wife who based her decisions on US policy on the soothsaying of mediums.
The War on Drugs was a sham designed to privatize prisons and disproportionately incarcerate people of color. He was a hypocrite Doctor Demento.
He lied about Vietnam War involvement in the beginning to justify US involvement and had ties to companies that profited from construction work on military bases in-country.
This guy was the architect of the JFK assassination just so he could become President and pander to the military-industrial complex by vastly increasing the American presence in Vietnam. He was one of the least trustworthy people, after Trump, to ever sit in the Oval Office.
He pushed America into the Vietnam War and profited from the "War Machine," like many Presidents after him, killing almost millions of American and other national men and women during the conflict.
He was the first architect of the Conspiracy of the New World Order (NWO) and allegedly made billions, if not trillions, on arms deals and oil companies that he owned.
A fool played by neocon warmongers at the expense of Americans' rights and freedoms.
The fact that this guy isn't top 3 shows how biased we are both for and against recent leaders.
He got away with the Teapot Dome scandal, but others went to prison.
He was the swamp - selling business connections to enrich himself.
The Newcomers
The corruption is more on the part of Edith Wilson for acting as President by obfuscating the fact that Woodrow Wilson was incapacitated by a stroke, even to his close aides. This effectively denied Vice President Tom Marshall from becoming the president, as is the constitutional protocol. Woodrow's complicity extends to his hiding of his health issues, including a number of strokes prior to his presidency.
The worst political traitor to American principles of all time due to his support for the Federal Reserve and the wealthiest individuals.
A Democrat who worked to sabotage Lincoln's Reconstruction of the South and integration of Black Freedmen into American society. He opposed the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, which ended slavery, extended citizenship, and gave the vote to Black freedmen in the South. He looked the other way when early KKK terrorists murdered Black and White Republicans until Grant sent troops into the South to stop it.
Messed up African American rights for years to come. One of the main factors for segregation.
Sinks to #2 after Trump, who will easily be #1 as most corrupt.
Slaughtered Native American men, women, and children without remorse.
He literally did nothing to stop the Civil War.
This was a nice man, but he was not presidential in the least. He self-describes how he was just a family man and a good Christian.
An idiot who should never have been President. Double-digit inflation and high unemployment displayed his total incompetence as a leader.
Not really corrupt by comparison to most. It may be that his total incompetence is being confused with corruption. He was simply unable to do the job.
He is second, but incredibly better than number one.
Before Biden's term, this administration was historically seen as the most corrupt of all.
He was a supporter and president in charge of the Slave Trade. Not only did the Slave Trade hurt the Africans, but it also hurt the churches.
Father of the nation leads to father of enslavement.