President Trump has sparked an online firestorm after revealing his ranking of the best and worst presidents in American history.
On Thursday night, Trump took to Truth Social and compiled an intriguing list of presidential rankings across six specific categories. The categories used were “The Greatest,” “Great,” “Near Great,” “Average,” “Below Average,” and “Failures.”
Unsurprisingly, Trump rated himself as the greatest of them all, but many of the other rankings are surprising.
For example, he ranks the notoriously racist and infamous big government globalist Woodrow Wilson as “Great” along with FDR, who interned Japanese-Americans during World War II and prolonged the Great Depression.
He also ranks James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, as “Average” and arguably the last true small government conservative president, Calvin Coolidge, as “Below Average.”
As one would expect, Trump lists Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Jimmy Carter as three of the five failures. But James Buchanan, who is considered by many to be the absolute worst president, is merely listed as “Below Average.”
Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, JFK, both Bushes, LBJ, and Harry Truman are missing completely. One assumes these were mere oversights.
While Trump is not necessarily wrong (it’s his opinion, after all), this departs from how a typical conservative would rank our presidents.
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🚨 THE OFFICIAL RANKING HAS BEEN RELEASED
President Trump just posted the only presidential chart that actually matches reality.
THE GREATEST — all by himself.
Not second. Not “tied.” Alone at the top.
Then the real ones: Lincoln. Washington. Jackson.
And at the bottom… pic.twitter.com/U5bVIYJtzd
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) August 27, 2026
Americans, including many strong Trump supporters, were split on the rankings. Some praised Trump for putting together the list, sparking debate, and trolling the left again.
Others were confused by some of the omissions, including Reagan, and stunned at his rankings of Wilson and FDR in particular.
Best trolling President we’ve ever had.
— General LeMay (@GenCurtLeMay) August 27, 2026
I would add Reagan at the top and also Coolidge near the top. Remove Wilson and FDR. Just my opinion.
— MOMof DataRepublican (@data_republican) August 28, 2026
Classic Trump persuasion masterclass
Gets people talking, pre rec one for persuasion
Has rankings, so people have to debate them, specifically if he’s the greatest President ever
Gets his accomplishments discussed, compared to Washington, Lincoln, etc
He’s the best to ever… https://t.co/mCk8g3Ll2z
— BowTiedKong | Criminal Defense & Family Law Atty (@BowTiedKong) August 27, 2026
Where’s Nixon, Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Reagan, both Bushes, Truman, etc…?
— Kenneth Overturf 🇺🇸 (@xlblackopslx) August 27, 2026
He ain’t lying ❤️ 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/DjlmXjBfjL
— Shellie Marie (@smsmith416) August 27, 2026
It is telling that Trump puts Calvin Coolidge at “below average”, and Woodrow Wilson and FDR as “great”.
— Bob Good (@RepBobGood) August 28, 2026
Trump didn’t put this list together he talks about William McKinley all the time and clearly sees himself as McKinley. Coolidge being on the below average list is a stunning display of historical ignorance. FDR and Woodrow Wilson were terrible leftist presidents who went a long…
— Lone Star Patriot (@LoneStarPat1776) August 27, 2026
What are your thoughts on President Trump’s rankings?
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