Top 10 Most Overrated U.S. Presidents
Some presidents have legacies that outlast their actual actions. Here they are.Thank God he's number 1 on this list. Let's start with the fact that 138 members of his administration were indicted or convicted of crimes. Reaganomics obliterated the middle class, he completely ignored the AIDS crisis, made the war on drugs 10 times worse, and is responsible for the worst scandal in American foreign policy history. Took credit for an already collapsing Soviet Union, and flooded the White House with hyper conservative white supremacist evangelical conspiracy theorists. And the worst part is, we stop think he's a GREAT president!
If I'm not wrong, FDR may have exacerbated the Great Depression by 7 Years. He also oversaw the Internment camps of Japan, wanted to pack the Supreme Court in his favor (I don't think the Supreme Court should even be Partisan to begin with in any way), wanted to confiscate Gold to the Federal Reserve, stayed neutral when the Nazis were clearly committing inhumane aggression until it took Pearl Harbor to get us involved, and generally was among our more Authoritarian Presidents. I never liked his weird relationship with Stalin either. Not a very good president. His World War 2 Leadership was of course a big boost, I do not deny that, but to say his authoritarian tendencies were not there is wrong.
The most unqualified person to ever be elected to our nation's highest office, not even completing even one term as a senator, won that State Senate election without any opposition, and not having any personal accomplishments prior. He did have the distinction of being our country's first interracial black/white president, not fully black, which is probably why the racist democratic party, the founding party of the KKK tolerated him, just Google his vice president's description of him to verify! He seemed to hate America, and wanted to "Fundamentally Transform" America into a Socialist Nation. Did not even know how many states were in the USA while campaigning. Even his own wife stated that she was not proud to be American until her husbands election to president. He Had connections with several well known socialists/communists like Frank Marshal Thomas, Early mentor to Obama, who was rumored to be his real father, which was the real reason his birth certificate was highly desired, however the media deflected this narrative by successfully forwarding the false narrative that the reason for the certificate was to prove that he was not a citizen and thus could not legally hold office, but that was not the case. Other communists: Addie Wyatt; Vernon Jarrett father-in-law of Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett; and Socialist/communist organizations such as ACORN.
He is so bad. I don't like swearing and I don't like when people swear, but he had a parrot named Poll that repeated his swear words! And he swore when he's angry.
That doesn't necessarily mean he's bad, but I just think that's funny.
Not doubt he was the worst president we have ever had he did absolutely nothing all he did was kick natives out.
The only thing that this man did right or above average in the war was morale. He had this idealist view that the war would have this romantic ending in New York, and he could not get over the fact for years that it was not going to happen. He was a hubristic man because he preferred fighting in the traditional fighting style in which he was obviously losing, and even when his brilliant generals under him decided that he should adopt a war of posts, or a Fabian tactic, he was reluctant. He was impressive however at Valley Forge, even though he was not exceptional. People regarded him as this almost sort of a deity and this facade gave the militiamen something to believe in. At most, he was a mascot or a cheerleader of a football team.
There is no doubt that he is one of the most popular and well known Presidents. He was beloved by all the people . You know that he was a womanizer but still you can't help but excuse that because you are lured by his charm, yes he was handsome! But still you can't count him as a very great president.
Through his 3 years, JFK only had a shaky economy and the mishandling of the Cuban Missile Crisis. He didn't do much. He might not have had a lot of time to do anything, but the legacies of people should be considered based on their actions, not their potential.
He is not first because the topic is most overrated and not worst president. With the majority of Americans realizing he is the worst President in history he can only be overrated by the minority of racists.
This list is for actual presidents, not morons who think they're an actual president.
He said Nambia is a country... then he said said he meant Narnia. Both aren't countries. He is dumb like my teacher.
Woodrow Wilson was zero sugar Mussolini. His racial views were egregious, segregating the Federal Government and other general Jim Crow-ish measures, along with screening 'Birth of a Nation' at the White House when the Ku Klux Klan were at their peak. In the palmer raid, thousands of people were arrested and deported without so much as a warrant, understandably after the attempted assassinations but it was complete overkill. He helped establish the APL and CPI with the expressed purpose of monitoring and suppressing dissent, resulting in many Americans being intimidated, harassed and incarceration for simple free speech. Then there was the debauchery of the Sedition Act. It became a crime to so much as speak out against the Government, Constitution, Flag and Military. Can't forget the Espionage act either.
Perhaps the worst aspect of Wilson is how his geopolitical policies played out, it potentially set the stage for World War 2. He helped set the conditions for the Treaty of Versailles that Hitler rallied against later on down the line. He left territorial and economic problems unsolved that Communists and Fascists capitalized on. His isolationist legacy allowed the rise of totalitarianism in Europe and Asia and allowed them to go unchecked.
Wilson was a horrid president, to say the least.
Most of his policies were disaterous, and even his successes required others to carry the heavy load for him.
While FDR and (especially) Truman wanted/achieved Federal Benefits and Federal Aid... This man absolutely knowingly opened the floodgates to absolute Federal DEPENDENCE, too many people abuse every help GIVEN to them and still expect more. His tombstone should read "the taxpayer will pick up the bill"
Yes his racial/domestic progress is wonderful but he's the president that started this snowball turned avalanche we call a debt.
By the way Reagan doesn't belong on any overrated list with at least 20 candidates. He did inherit jimmy carter's pathetic tenure. But it was more than that, the transparency, the assurance only he could deliver, and the fact that the man won... And won every single deal was premeditated.
I don't think the man did 9/11 or anything like that, but he and Obama destroyed our image on the world stage and set in the era of populist authoritarian politics and the beginning of it really started with him. Lying about Iraq, getting rid of Saddam (who was a horrible despot who needed to go regardless I think) with no plan after and attempted to force Liberal Democratic values on an area that didn't agree with it. He botched the response to Katrina and was particularly soft on leaders like Vladimir Putin.
Bill Clinton's bombing of the Al Shifa hospital in Sudan helped exacerbate the many diseases that ravaged Africa and destroyed the pharmaceutical industry in Sudan. It also decreased stability in Sudan, who were already under the reign of the brutal dictatorship of Omar Al-Bashir.
He also pushed for Chinese industry and trade, harming the American middle class in the process and helping legitamize the oppressive authoritarian rule of the Chinese Communist Party.
I think the most underlooked, but infuriating aspect about his presidency is the fact he was briefed on an Al Qaeda terrorist plot he brushed off even after the embassy bombings of 98. That plot would come to fruition 3 years later on September 11 2001 and 2,977 Americans would die, dragging us into war and helping destroy our public image on the world stage.
Also, why the hell did he hang out with Epstein even after he was a known child diddler? Really Bill?
Declared Martial law without consent of congress, drafted thousands of men to their deaths without consent and to top it off he seems to get credit for the freeing of slaves even though he didn't care at all about freeing them.
Worshipped in the media to condition the people into accepting tyrants like Bush and Wilson.
Belongs #1 on this list. He didn't free a single slave, was actually against abolition and believed in the inferiority of blacks. Suspended habeas corpus, illegally invaded the southern states, refused peaceful alternatives to emancipation, had newspapers shut down and had people arrested, deported, and even executed who criticized him.
Although changing around the way the government handled big business, TR was not the best when it came to actual legislation and solving problems. His greatest achievement might be the Meat Inspection Act and that was spurred because of Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle".
Awful presidency. He may have had an energy policy, but much of his presidency was dominated by foreign affairs and he actually escalated the Cold War.
Carter had huge indecision with the economy, switching his platform several times. He had no real authority or confidence in his presidency.
But also, China fell to Mao under his tenure, he fired MacArthur and scapegoated him for his own failures, he also passed the anti-Lynching bill, which is not a problem on it's own, but because of how mild the punishment was. The fine was 1-5k and 5 years in prison for lynching. That is incredibly mild for actual murder. His handling of Israel-Palestine during Israel's birth and the early conflicts weren't great.
It depends what you're opinion of a "good" president is. Polk did get a great amount of land from Mexico. However, he did so forcefully and was a very poor act of imperialism. Although the ends were good, the means weren't as much.
Stole Mexican land by starting an unecessary war. Bottom 10 in my opinion
"Read my lips. No new taxes."
Taxes are raised.
Garbage president, and even a worse human-being.
Gosh, it's John QUINCY Adams that should be here, not John Adams. He saved this nation from a war that was unnecessary. And that is why he served only one term.
Nothing that good really went on during his presidency. He abused the power of his role and didn't have a real exit strategy to Vietnam. Some people believe that Watergate overshadows his accomplishments as president, but there weren't many in the first place.