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Originally Posted by oilfieldace
I didn’t include JKFK because he didn’t make a full term.
Since Trumanit has been one democrat nightmare after the other.
Of all Presidents the top 3
1. DJT
2RWR
3 HST
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Truman??? Well, his administration did lower the maximum tax rate from 94% to 91%. That's something for a Democrat. He cut taxes.
Other than that I'm not sure what he did that was all that great. I suspect he might have been able to keep us out of the Korean War, but don't know enough about that period to do anything but speculate.
I believe Bill Clinton in his second term did a pretty good job, thanks in part to Newt Gingrich and other free market Republicans who took control of the House. Clinton and Robert Rubin and Congress balanced the budget, reformed welfare, cut the capital gains tax, and promoted free trade. And Clinton didn't get us into any wars. Unfortunately, Democrats like Bill Clinton are few and far between these days. Kyrsten Sinema is the only one who comes to mind.
For the top presidents of the last 100 years, I nominate Ronald Reagan and Calvin Coolidge.
As to DJT, he had some great accomplishments, like deregulation and corporate tax cuts which helped lead to a booming economy and record low unemployment (before COVID anyway), good relations with Russia, an out-of-the-box foreign policy, and Operation Warp Speed. He could have left a solid legacy. Unfortunately the man's character and his attempt to steal an election will put him down there with Herbert Hoover and Ulysses S. Grant when historians compile lists of the worst Republican presidents.
The last great democrat President was Harry S Truman
