C-SPAN has released a survey of leading historians and presidential scholars and the grades are in. Donald J. tRUMP is nearly last in his class. There have been 44 men who have served as the nation's Chief Magistrate. Grover Cleveland, who was elected to two non-consecutive terms, is normally counted twice. In a brutal evaluation of our Caesar Disgustus clocks in at number 41. One must go back to the early and mid nineteenth century to plumb such depths for only Franklin Pierce, Andrew Johnson and James Buchanan have been given lower grades.
Indeed, it is difficult to imagine how it is that Franklin Pierce, Andrew Johnson and James Buchanan finished below our Caesar Disgustus in the historical rankings. What, after all, did Franklin Pierce ever do to deserve such ignominy? Johnson, who fought the radical Republicans and insulted the congress, was impeached only once. Buchanan, who presided over the collapse of the unions, nevertheless never conspired with a foreign adversary to gain the office, never used the office to line his own pockets, never refused to honor election results and never organized and led a coup attempt.
What is interesting here is that the numbers belie the incessant braggadocio constantly spewing from the mouth of Disgustus. Here our intrepid 'billionaire', master of the 'deal' and self proclaimed most competent person is ranked dead last in administrative skills and earns a wholly undeserved ranking of 34th in economic management given that he inherited the longest economic recover in U.S. history and soon enough made a pig's breakfast of it. How he comes in at number 42 in relations with congress baffles the observer, for he was impeached twice and what little he accomplished was done by congressional leadership while keeping the White House at arms length.
Then there is the “Sienna College Research Institute, Presidential Expert Poll of 2018” which ranks the I.Q. Of our 'stable genius' at number 44, again dead last. (1)
I observed in the summer of 2017(2) that, in terms of management style, our Caesar Disgustus would sooner or later be blind sided by a coming crisis; that he was emotionally and psychologically unfit for the job, that his presidency would lead to disaster. This alone was troubling enough, but one must also factor in inspired stupidity and willful ignorance. Together they produced a perfect storm.
I agree with one of the participants in the C-SPAN evaluation who, appearing on MSNBC, said that he voted tRUMP to be the worst president in U.S. history. No other has stooped so low to go so high; no other has put himself ahead of the nation; no other has so egregiously overestimated his own inflated prowess. At least Warren Harding had an appreciation that he was not up to the job. A little humility might have saved us a lot of grief.
But no, our intrepid Disgustus continues on, bellowing, crying and wailing, always the victim, always plotting ways to do more damage to the republic as he struggles to get free of this presidential hell. For the grades are now in and he is justly judge one of the worst. Wherever history books are read, his name will live in infamy for though he cannot come to terms with the fact that the nation has always despised him, the nation will.
An' Br'er Putin, he jus' laugh and laugh
Indict, convict, imprison
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