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Is Trump the most vile American president in your lifetime? (Original Post) Doodley Yesterday OP
Easily CanonRay Yesterday #1
Easily Whyisthisstillclose Yesterday #2
And of any lifetime. ananda Yesterday #3
Hands down, and I survived Nixon, Reagan, and a couple of Bushes. Ocelot II Yesterday #4
Message auto-removed Name removed 10 hrs ago #40
More than that. I think he's the most destructive person since ... maybe Pol Pot? Scrivener7 Yesterday #5
Without doubt. In mine or anyone else's lifetime. hedda_foil Yesterday #6
In the lifetime of the United States. sinkingfeeling Yesterday #7
+1 Ars Longa 23 hrs ago #12
Ah, yah. a kennedy 23 hrs ago #8
Not just president. piddyprints 23 hrs ago #9
Yes! That is what I thought after I asked the question! Doodley 1 hr ago #45
No question. FalloutShelter 23 hrs ago #10
Hands down and Nixon drafted me for the Vietnam War surfered 23 hrs ago #11
And Captain Bone Spurs couldn't be drafted but became "the fittest president who ever lived." Doodley 1 hr ago #46
Yes. He is malevolent and truly evil. Onthefly 23 hrs ago #13
Trump is the most vile American in my lifetime RainCaster 23 hrs ago #14
Easily the most vile President ever LR3 23 hrs ago #15
Not just the Most Corrupt and Vile ThoughtCriminal 23 hrs ago #16
Yes and that's saying a lot since Reagan and GWB were very vile. totodeinhere 23 hrs ago #17
It's definitely something he excels at! And lying. Doodley 1 hr ago #47
Yes, and it's not close. 0rganism 23 hrs ago #18
Most vile and incompetent. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 23 hrs ago #19
Without QUESTION! some_of_us_are_sane 23 hrs ago #20
YES, as well as the LEAST LIKABLE--- Jack Valentino 23 hrs ago #21
But somehow the morons of America love him. Doodley 1 hr ago #48
Of my lifetime, yes. Andrew Jackson comes close in U.S. history. LoisB 22 hrs ago #22
Most. vile. American. president. EVER. He may not be the most vile American person in my lifetime, MIButterfly 22 hrs ago #23
I am sorry if you experienced worse. Doodley 1 hr ago #49
Oh no, I've never experienced worse (thank God!). That's just an expression I use from time to time. MIButterfly 47 min ago #58
Worst. pResident. Ever. Blue Owl 22 hrs ago #24
Absolutely! Someone on a parallel Earth wrote this as a dystopian novel - and we're living it. 😭 electric_blue68 19 hrs ago #25
No. The most vile PERSON. usonian 19 hrs ago #26
Worst ever!!!! sandyd921 19 hrs ago #27
Yea! LW1977 18 hrs ago #28
Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip was a fictional character and so was Tarzanrock 18 hrs ago #29
I'm with you there. Doodley 1 hr ago #52
Is that a rhetorical question? subterranean 18 hrs ago #30
Yes. I'm 81. FDR was presidentt when I was born. Ping Tung 18 hrs ago #31
Without a doubt. nt Ilsa 17 hrs ago #32
No edhopper 17 hrs ago #33
Yes, he is much worse than even Trump 45 thought crime 13 hrs ago #34
Without question. Paladin 12 hrs ago #35
Hands down. I remember being absolutely verklempt over Reagan and Dubya, but they look good compared to Trump. Vinca 12 hrs ago #36
Same here. Never though anyone could be worse than W. How I long for those days now! Doodley 1 hr ago #53
A big hell yeah! North Shore Chicago 11 hrs ago #37
Trump is by far the most vile U.S. president, period. yardwork 10 hrs ago #38
Trump is the most vile American P̶r̶e̶s̶i̶d̶e̶n̶t̶ in my lifetime. n/t Captain Stern 10 hrs ago #39
No contest. Worst ever in my lifetime, and I go back to Nixon... Wounded Bear 10 hrs ago #41
Crystal clearly. Prairie_Seagull 9 hrs ago #42
He's the most vile American president ever - having stolen the office twice with Russia's help. lark 8 hrs ago #43
No doubt! OLDMDDEM 5 hrs ago #44
Yup. Worse than Dubya by a mile sakabatou 1 hr ago #50
Yes claudette 1 hr ago #51
In ANYBODY'S lifetime! Including Methuselah! 11 Bravo 1 hr ago #54
Absolutely! Jilly_in_VA 1 hr ago #55
God, I hope so. Easterncedar 1 hr ago #56
100% the worst I_UndergroundPanther 1 hr ago #57
There have been plenty of losers and jerks but MuseRider 21 min ago #59

Response to Ocelot II (Reply #4)

a kennedy

(33,669 posts)
8. Ah, yah.
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 07:51 PM
23 hrs ago

Fawking despise the orange piece of shit, and I swear to gawd.....i’ve Said this about a gazillion times before…… I TOTALLY DESPISE THIS LIAR. 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬

Doodley

(11,011 posts)
46. And Captain Bone Spurs couldn't be drafted but became "the fittest president who ever lived."
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:08 PM
1 hr ago

Onthefly

(903 posts)
13. Yes. He is malevolent and truly evil.
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 08:01 PM
23 hrs ago

He loves to see others suffer and has an insatiable desire for riches. A malicious narcissist is destructive to our country as the resident in the big house.

ThoughtCriminal

(14,567 posts)
16. Not just the Most Corrupt and Vile
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 08:30 PM
23 hrs ago

More corrupt and vile than all others combined. And that includes some real scumbags.

totodeinhere

(13,621 posts)
17. Yes and that's saying a lot since Reagan and GWB were very vile.
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 08:31 PM
23 hrs ago

So for Trump to be even worse than them is really something.,

0rganism

(25,115 posts)
18. Yes, and it's not close.
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 08:40 PM
23 hrs ago

F47's done more to damage a functioning republic than anyone since Julius Caesar, and he's nowhere near as respectable as Julius Caesar. Hitler's up there too, but the Weimar republic was exceedingly weak.

F47 isn't just vile, he's historically vile.

Jack Valentino

(2,191 posts)
21. YES, as well as the LEAST LIKABLE---
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 08:44 PM
23 hrs ago

Even Shrub was more likable in his "gosh aw shucks" stupid fake Texan accent manner......


(Never thought I'd be saying this !!!)

MIButterfly

(518 posts)
23. Most. vile. American. president. EVER. He may not be the most vile American person in my lifetime,
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 09:14 PM
22 hrs ago

but he's definitely in the top two.

MIButterfly

(518 posts)
58. Oh no, I've never experienced worse (thank God!). That's just an expression I use from time to time.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 07:04 PM
47 min ago

"He may not be the worst in the world, but he's definitely in the top two."

"He may not be the biggest jerk in the world but he's definitely in the top two."

Just my silly little way of trying to be clever! 🤪

electric_blue68

(21,647 posts)
25. Absolutely! Someone on a parallel Earth wrote this as a dystopian novel - and we're living it. 😭
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 12:37 AM
19 hrs ago

Not quite sure if Andrew Jackson was worse. But other than that!

As far as most vile American?
🤔 Not sure, though even w/o the power of The Presidency Joe McCarthy /or Roy Cohen are close.

Tarzanrock

(986 posts)
29. Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip was a fictional character and so was
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 12:57 AM
18 hrs ago

the bloated pig, Napoleon, in Animal Farm. The Turd is all too fucking real and he is, without doubt, the most despicable American who ever lived. The Turd will be remembered for all of history for as long as the American Democratic experiment exists as the most evil and infamous American of all time on par with the likes of Caligula, Nero and many other despicable assholes of human civilization.

subterranean

(3,629 posts)
30. Is that a rhetorical question?
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 01:04 AM
18 hrs ago

The most vile, grotesque, vulgar, foul, malevolent, idiotic, incompetent, repulsive, corrupt...

thought crime

(313 posts)
34. Yes, he is much worse than even Trump 45
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:41 AM
13 hrs ago

All of Democrats' warnings about the danger to democracy, etc., often dismissed as hyperbole, were correct, or perhaps even understated.

Vinca

(52,148 posts)
36. Hands down. I remember being absolutely verklempt over Reagan and Dubya, but they look good compared to Trump.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 07:28 AM
12 hrs ago

Doodley

(11,011 posts)
53. Same here. Never though anyone could be worse than W. How I long for those days now!
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:21 PM
1 hr ago

yardwork

(66,867 posts)
38. Trump is by far the most vile U.S. president, period.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 09:32 AM
10 hrs ago

Andrew Jackson is now a distant second. Nixon, Reagan, W seem reasonable by comparison.

Wounded Bear

(62,095 posts)
41. No contest. Worst ever in my lifetime, and I go back to Nixon...
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 09:49 AM
10 hrs ago

And to clarify, I was old enough to vote for Nixon.

lark

(25,106 posts)
43. He's the most vile American president ever - having stolen the office twice with Russia's help.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 10:55 AM
8 hrs ago

Of course, Musk was also a big factor in 2024.

Jilly_in_VA

(12,049 posts)
55. Absolutely!
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:28 PM
1 hr ago

I thought Shrub was bad, but he was just stupid, although Cheney was evil and deserves much of the opprobrium heaped on Shrub. But the orange slime is MUCH worse than any other president I've ever seen, and I've seen my share, having been born in 1943.

MuseRider

(34,695 posts)
59. There have been plenty of losers and jerks but
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 07:30 PM
21 min ago

this takes the cake. I have been scared before but not like this. Nixon was no fun. Wars are no fun. Trump is easily the biggest liar, the most ill prepared to do anything. He is so wrong about everything since it is all filtered through him and only about what he wants that will make him something. It has to be Trump, the other losers were not good but this guy will see all of us who are just here doing our part die. Those remaining will remain to kiss his feet and whatever else he thinks he wants. No good will in Trump at all.

I never felt hated for who I am before, really hated and I never quite felt that my difference made me a target like I do now.

To me Trump is the most vile in every single way there is to be vile. He is one person that seems to be ALL bad.

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