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Trump Crowns Himself The ‘Greatest’ President In Stunning Ranking Post

Donald Trump ranked himself the best-ever president in a Truth Social post.

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In a social media post that was unhinged even by his standards, Donald Trump posted a chart on Thursday ranking presidents throughout history, placing himself at the top as “The Greatest.”  This placed him ahead of the merely great presidents, such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Thomas Jefferson, and Andrew Jackson.

Under “failures,” Trump listed his two predecessors, Barack Obama and Joseph Biden, along with Ulysses S. Grant, Warren G. Harding, and Jimmy Carter.

Later that night, someone figured out what Trump did: He took a presidential ranking chart from 1948, assembled from a survey of historians by Arthur M Schlesinger, Sr., and simply added himself to the top, and his enemies, Obama and Biden, to the bottom. This might explain why several postwar presidents, including Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and both Bushes, are not included at all. William Henry Harrison and James A. Garfield are also missing, although Bill Clinton is included in the “average” category.

Social media users mocked Trump’s rankings.

Photo courtesy of an X screenshot.

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Stephen Silver

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Stephen Silver is an award-winning journalist, essayist and film critic, and contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Stephen has authored thousands of articles that focus on politics, technology, and the economy.

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