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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

The Five Worst

In honor of President's Day yesterday Ben Shapiro, one of the brightest young conservative minds on the contemporary scene, gave us thumbnail sketches of the five presidencies he believes to be the worst in American history.

The five honorees are:

5. Jimmy Carter
4. Barack Obama
3. James Buchanan
2. Lyndon Johnson
1. Woodrow Wilson

You can read his rationale at the link or watch him lay out his case below. You can also read why he thinks it's absurd to include George W. Bush and Donald Trump on this list, as many academics feel the need to do lest they incur the opprobrium of their peers.

I assume he omitted Joe Biden's presidency from the list because Biden's tenure is not yet over. It's hard to imagine Biden not making this select group otherwise.