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gopiscrap

(23,760 posts)
Mon Mar 20, 2017, 02:09 PM Mar 2017

Most corrupt president ever?


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Most corrupt president ever? (Original Post) gopiscrap Mar 2017 OP
Reagan still holds the record underpants Mar 2017 #1
Presidency vs president... loyalsister Mar 2017 #2
the other options all had corruption, some accumulated quite a bit 0rganism Mar 2017 #3

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
2. Presidency vs president...
Mon Mar 20, 2017, 02:28 PM
Mar 2017

I think Nixon's corrpution during his presidency was so far reaching and had so many players, that I would say his for now. We are a long way from knowing the depth and breadth corruption of this presidency, but it will probably win out eventually.

As far as presidents themselves, John Tyler was truly a traitor. During his post presidential years, he posed as a diplomat between the Union and the confederacy, and eventually served in the confederate congress.

0rganism

(23,953 posts)
3. the other options all had corruption, some accumulated quite a bit
Mon Mar 20, 2017, 02:44 PM
Mar 2017

but as with Reagan and Nixon it took them years to do so.
Trump has gone full-on perfidy from day 1, inserted complete villains in key cabinet positions, and generally behaved like Snidely Whiplash throughout his cursed presidency. just going DPS, Trump wins hands down.
President Grant's administration was famously corrupt and scandal-ridden. Hell, it has its own wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant_presidential_administration_scandals
take a look. Trump is on pace to completely dust that guy's record. the shit he's done and openly intends to do makes Grant seem like a caring upstanding civil servant.

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