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Is Trump the most vile American president in your lifetime? (Original Post) Doodley Jun 2025 OP
Easily CanonRay Jun 2025 #1
Easily Whyisthisstillclose Jun 2025 #2
And of any lifetime. ananda Jun 2025 #3
Hands down, and I survived Nixon, Reagan, and a couple of Bushes. Ocelot II Jun 2025 #4
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2025 #40
More than that. I think he's the most destructive person since ... maybe Pol Pot? Scrivener7 Jun 2025 #5
Without doubt. In mine or anyone else's lifetime. hedda_foil Jun 2025 #6
In the lifetime of the United States. sinkingfeeling Jun 2025 #7
+1 Ars Longa Jun 2025 #12
Bazinga! Norrrm Jun 2025 #64
Ah, yah. a kennedy Jun 2025 #8
Not just president. piddyprints Jun 2025 #9
Yes! That is what I thought after I asked the question! Doodley Jun 2025 #45
No question. FalloutShelter Jun 2025 #10
Hands down and Nixon drafted me for the Vietnam War surfered Jun 2025 #11
And Captain Bone Spurs couldn't be drafted but became "the fittest president who ever lived." Doodley Jun 2025 #46
Yes. He is malevolent and truly evil. Onthefly Jun 2025 #13
Trump is the most vile American in my lifetime RainCaster Jun 2025 #14
Easily the most vile President ever LR3 Jun 2025 #15
Not just the Most Corrupt and Vile ThoughtCriminal Jun 2025 #16
Yes and that's saying a lot since Reagan and GWB were very vile. totodeinhere Jun 2025 #17
It's definitely something he excels at! And lying. Doodley Jun 2025 #47
Yes, and it's not close. 0rganism Jun 2025 #18
Most vile and incompetent. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2025 #19
Without QUESTION! some_of_us_are_sane Jun 2025 #20
YES, as well as the LEAST LIKABLE--- Jack Valentino Jun 2025 #21
But somehow the morons of America love him. Doodley Jun 2025 #48
Of my lifetime, yes. Andrew Jackson comes close in U.S. history. LoisB Jun 2025 #22
Most. vile. American. president. EVER. He may not be the most vile American person in my lifetime, MIButterfly Jun 2025 #23
I am sorry if you experienced worse. Doodley Jun 2025 #49
Oh no, I've never experienced worse (thank God!). That's just an expression I use from time to time. MIButterfly Jun 2025 #58
Worst. pResident. Ever. Blue Owl Jun 2025 #24
Absolutely! Someone on a parallel Earth wrote this as a dystopian novel - and we're living it. 😭 electric_blue68 Jun 2025 #25
No. The most vile PERSON. usonian Jun 2025 #26
Worst ever!!!! sandyd921 Jun 2025 #27
Yea! LW1977 Jun 2025 #28
Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip was a fictional character and so was Tarzanrock Jun 2025 #29
I'm with you there. Doodley Jun 2025 #52
Is that a rhetorical question? subterranean Jun 2025 #30
Yes. I'm 81. FDR was presidentt when I was born. Ping Tung Jun 2025 #31
Without a doubt. nt Ilsa Jun 2025 #32
No edhopper Jun 2025 #33
Yes, he is much worse than even Trump 45 thought crime Jun 2025 #34
Without question. Paladin Jun 2025 #35
Hands down. I remember being absolutely verklempt over Reagan and Dubya, but they look good compared to Trump. Vinca Jun 2025 #36
Same here. Never though anyone could be worse than W. How I long for those days now! Doodley Jun 2025 #53
A big hell yeah! North Shore Chicago Jun 2025 #37
Trump is by far the most vile U.S. president, period. yardwork Jun 2025 #38
Trump is the most vile American P̶r̶e̶s̶i̶d̶e̶n̶t̶ in my lifetime. n/t Captain Stern Jun 2025 #39
No contest. Worst ever in my lifetime, and I go back to Nixon... Wounded Bear Jun 2025 #41
Crystal clearly. Prairie_Seagull Jun 2025 #42
He's the most vile American president ever - having stolen the office twice with Russia's help. lark Jun 2025 #43
No doubt! OLDMDDEM Jun 2025 #44
Yup. Worse than Dubya by a mile sakabatou Jun 2025 #50
Yes claudette Jun 2025 #51
In ANYBODY'S lifetime! Including Methuselah! 11 Bravo Jun 2025 #54
Absolutely! Jilly_in_VA Jun 2025 #55
God, I hope so. Easterncedar Jun 2025 #56
100% the worst I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2025 #57
There have been plenty of losers and jerks but MuseRider Jun 2025 #59
Yes !!!! Denis 11 Jun 2025 #60
This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer Jun 2025 #61
Worse than Nixon. Oopsie Daisy Jun 2025 #62
Absolutely. Straw Man Jun 2025 #63
Yes. LudwigPastorius Jun 2025 #65

Response to Ocelot II (Reply #4)

a kennedy

(35,191 posts)
8. Ah, yah.
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 06:51 PM
Jun 2025

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

(11,573 posts)
46. And Captain Bone Spurs couldn't be drafted but became "the fittest president who ever lived."
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 05:08 PM
Jun 2025

Onthefly

(1,140 posts)
13. Yes. He is malevolent and truly evil.
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 07:01 PM
Jun 2025

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

(14,702 posts)
16. Not just the Most Corrupt and Vile
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 07:30 PM
Jun 2025

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

totodeinhere

(13,686 posts)
17. Yes and that's saying a lot since Reagan and GWB were very vile.
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 07:31 PM
Jun 2025

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

0rganism

(25,453 posts)
18. Yes, and it's not close.
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 07:40 PM
Jun 2025

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

(4,251 posts)
21. YES, as well as the LEAST LIKABLE---
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 07:44 PM
Jun 2025

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


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

MIButterfly

(1,876 posts)
23. Most. vile. American. president. EVER. He may not be the most vile American person in my lifetime,
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 08:14 PM
Jun 2025

but he's definitely in the top two.

MIButterfly

(1,876 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, 06:04 PM
Jun 2025

"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

(25,615 posts)
25. Absolutely! Someone on a parallel Earth wrote this as a dystopian novel - and we're living it. 😭
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 11:37 PM
Jun 2025

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

(1,250 posts)
29. Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip was a fictional character and so was
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 11:57 PM
Jun 2025

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

(3,739 posts)
30. Is that a rhetorical question?
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 12:04 AM
Jun 2025

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

thought crime

(1,145 posts)
34. Yes, he is much worse than even Trump 45
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 05:41 AM
Jun 2025

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

Vinca

(53,220 posts)
36. Hands down. I remember being absolutely verklempt over Reagan and Dubya, but they look good compared to Trump.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:28 AM
Jun 2025

Doodley

(11,573 posts)
53. Same here. Never though anyone could be worse than W. How I long for those days now!
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 05:21 PM
Jun 2025

yardwork

(68,884 posts)
38. Trump is by far the most vile U.S. president, period.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 08:32 AM
Jun 2025

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

Wounded Bear

(63,767 posts)
41. No contest. Worst ever in my lifetime, and I go back to Nixon...
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 08:49 AM
Jun 2025

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

lark

(25,850 posts)
43. He's the most vile American president ever - having stolen the office twice with Russia's help.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 09:55 AM
Jun 2025

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

Jilly_in_VA

(13,783 posts)
55. Absolutely!
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 05:28 PM
Jun 2025

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

(35,090 posts)
59. There have been plenty of losers and jerks but
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:30 PM
Jun 2025

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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