Top 10 Worst Acts by U.S. Presidents

These are some of the darker moments in American history.

1. The 2003 Invasion of Iraq

   Bush, along with Congress, decided to invade Iraq based on the assumptions that Iraq was involved with 9/11 and that they were hiding nuclear warheads. Both turned out to be false, but it was too late.

   Bush then decided to justify the invasion by claiming that Hussein was a danger to world security and needed to be overthrown. While Hussein was an evil dictator, most found it hard to believe that a country like Iraq could be a national threat. Bush also conveniently forgot that the U.S. supported Hussein during his war with Iran.

   Since the execution of Hussein, the Middle East has become even more unstable, and thousands of civilians have died in the war.

2. The Vietnam War

   President Kennedy declared war on North Vietnam to stop the spread of communism. During the war, all sides, including the U.S., engaged in war crimes.

   While the U.S. claimed that communism was evil because it is undemocratic and oppressive, the U.S. supported South Vietnam, whose leader oppressed his people until he was assassinated. In the end, the war was for nothing because North Vietnamese forces eventually unified the country anyway.

3. The Creation of the CIA

   Truman created the CIA, an organization that has used its powers to overthrow democratically elected governments across the world, train rebel groups, intimidate civil rights leaders, and conduct mind control experiments.

4. Supporting Islamic Extremists

   The Reagan administration helped fund Islamic rebels to help kick the USSR out of Afghanistan. While the rebels were successful, an unintended consequence occurred. One of the rebels had a name that would later become the most infamous in the world. His name was Osama bin Laden.

   Yes, the CIA may have inadvertently caused 9/11.

5. The Trail of Tears

   President Jackson ordered the removal of thousands of Native Americans, which resulted in a massive number of deaths.

6. Japanese Internment Camps

   During WWII, Roosevelt had thousands of Japanese-Americans locked up without a trial just because of their ethnicity.

7. Watergate Scandal

   

   The Nixon administration committed several illegal acts throughout his presidency, which ultimately led to his downfall and resignation.

8. The Creation of the Federal Reserve

   President Wilson has the unfortunate privilege of being the person who created the Fed, an unaccountable undemocratic organization that can completely alter the economy without having to seek approval. The Fed has done a terrible job of preventing recessions or high inflation and often makes the problem worse. President Wilson even regretted the decision on his deathbed.

9. The Bay of Pigs Invasion

   President Kennedy authorized an invasion of Cuba, which completely failed and led to the Cuban Missile Crisis, which could have destroyed the world.

10. The TikTok U.S. Sale Deadline/Ban Executive Orders

    This was so dumb. President Trump was worried about the people who own TikTok taking most of the users' data. That isn't such a bad thing to worry about, but all social media sites, websites that use cookies, etc., all take users' data. It is idiotic to ban one site when the rest are still taking data.

    Not only this, but Trump definitely had more important things to worry about, like the COVID-19 pandemic, than an app where teenagers dance. Overall, it was stupid.

    I realized how stupid this was a month ago when Facebook and Google do the same thing TikTok does. The app even allows you to link to Facebook, Instagram, and Google, which already take your data.

The Newcomers
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    Embargo Act of 1807

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    The Alien and Sedition Acts

    They suppressed the freedom of speech. This was by far President Adams' worst decision as president.

The Contenders

13. The Creation of the PATRIOT Act

    Bush created one of the most, if not the most, unconstitutional organizations ever to exist. The act allows the government to wiretap, search houses without the owner's consent, and track people without a warrant, etc.

14. Dropping Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

15. Doing Nothing about the Secession Crisis

16. Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

17. The War on Drugs

18. Clinton Not Intervening in Rwanda during the 1994 Genocide

19. Attempts to Overturn the 2020 Election Results

20. The Family Separation Policy

21. Covering Up the Watergate Break‑In

22. Executive Order 9066

23. Reagan's Tax Cuts

24. No Child Left Behind Act

25. 1913 Federal Reserve Act