After sober and dispassionate deliberations I have something nice to say about Donald Trump

[DemocratSinceBirth]

On behalf of the progeny of James Buchanan I will state it is nice of Donald Trump that he has only taken a scant seven months to replace him as the worst president in the history of the republic.

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. I thought that Buchanan had no kids.

Good planning on his part. Sadly, herr drumpf foisted his offspring on an unsuspecting country.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. He must have had nieces or nephews

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. Doesn't "progeny" refer to someone's children?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. Duno

synonyms: offspring, young, babies, children, sons and daughters, family, brood

[NotASurfer]

10. I believe you're right. Some debate that he was gay

Would make him our 1st gay president, albeit kinda closeted. No way to conclusively make the case one way or the other.

But I guarantee, there will be no closeting next time next time somebody other than a hetero runs for the office.

[BigmanPigman]

2. I have noticed a positive thing about 45.

He correctly uses adverbs when he speaks. Such as, "He acted differently..." as opposed to , "He acted different...".

That is about the only "posiitive" I have observed since he came down the golden escalator.

[WhiteTara]

5. Well, he did go to Wharton AND

he got a bigly education there!

[Angry Dragon]

7. another positive

He is the first president in history to have shit come out of his fingers when he
does the morning toilet

[Lochloosa]

8. I'm trying....

Nope. Nothing.

[leftstreet]

9. People have learned correct usage of the term 'supremacists'

Prior to Trump, it wasn't unusual to see the improper use of white 'supremists'

[GallopingGhost]

11. Buchanan had better hair. n/t

[Plucketeer]

15. In this picture

he sports a Bernie Sanders doo!

[GallopingGhost]

18. I can see that!

Politicians with bad hair club. We can add Twitler's idol Andrew Jackson to the list.

[L. Coyote]

12. Buchanan is the only president to remain a lifelong bachelor. Who are his progeny?

Buchanan aspired to be a president who would rank in history with George Washington.[1] His inability to address the sharply divided pro-slavery and anti-slavery partisans with a unifying principle on the brink of the Civil War has led to his consistent ranking by historians as one of the worst presidents in American history. Historians who participated in a 2006 survey voted his failure to deal with secession the worst presidential mistake ever made.[2] wiki

[rurallib]

13. I believe the Bush family joins in that appreciation.

[GeoWilliam750]

14. We are not yet into full on civil war

So Buchanan may still be worse. Yet, it is still early days in the Trump presidency.

[Jim Lane]

17. I agree. We sometimes talk about Trump spurring "civil war" but it's a metaphor.

During Buchanan's administration, several states adopted resolutions of secession, leading to the Civil War with capital letters (and with 600,000 deaths). For my money, he's still the worst.

For damage done in the first eight months, however, I think Trump is the worst. At this point he's not the worst overall but he's easily won the Outstanding Rookie award. If he can stay in office for the rest of his term, he has a real chance to overtake Buchanan.

[orleans]

16. i almost didn't click on this thread due to the title. just sayin n/t

[NurseJackie]

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