Trump Releases His Ranking Of U.S. Presidents … And You’ll Never Guess Who’s At The Top
President Donald Trump released his ranking of United States presidents on Thursday, with himself at the top of the list.
The president posted the graphic to Truth Social, referring to a CNN news segment reporting that a majority of Republicans admire Trump over leaders such as Ronald Reagan and Abraham Lincoln. According to the poll, 53% of Republicans said they admire Trump most while 18% chose Reagan and just 8% favor Lincoln.
Trump place himself in a tier of his own labeled “The Greatest.”
Founding fathers George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were ranked below Trump as “Great,” along with Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Andrew Jackson.
Theodore Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, John Adams and James K. Polk were all labeled “Near Great.”
One X user indicated that the image shared by Trump closely resembles a 1948 ranking of United States presidents according to 55 scholars posted in Life Magazine. If so, it would explain the absence of the majority of presidents from the second half of the 20th century, including Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and both Bushes.
Either Trump or his intern copied Arthur M Schlesinger Sr’s 1948 Life Magazine Presidential Ratings article from November 1st 1948.
Based on 55 historians, journalists, and political scientist averages. So you’re looking at mid century modern liberalism ranking. Plus Carter,… https://t.co/49KauTy0gd pic.twitter.com/uQ5MGJBW6N
— Tyler Boliver (@TylerBoliver) August 28, 2026
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