20th Century U.S. Presidents  
Pass
-Fail Grade Analysis

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Soldier Fatalities and Economic Growth are Most Important to editor.
Party Mr. A's
Grade
Passed Failed
TR B Involvement in the 1902 Coal Strike
 
began the Progressive Era
Spanish American War
was not
a US Moral High Ground
Taft C Expanded TR's Antitrust Activities  Unintended Consequences of Expanding Dollar Diplomacy

Wilson

B Advanced Progressive Agenda Failed League of Nations Policy
Harding B Strong Economy Emergency Quota Act
because of
Red Scare # 1
Coolidge C Restored Confidence after Harding's  Scandals Mishandled  Great
 Mississippi Flood
Hoover B- Economic Policies Helped Negate Depression Conservative Domestic Economic Policies
FDR B Redirected Government With First 100 Days Handling of the Holocaust
Truman A Recognized Israel Quickly
Ended WW 2 Quickly
Korean War expanded by allowing
General McCarthy to advance
beyond the 35th parallel.
Ike A-

Ended Korean War Quickly

Helped Britain Control Iranian Oil
by overthrowing Iran's
democratically elected Government.
JFK B    Cuban Missile Crisis Managed Well Mismanaged Bay of Pigs Invasion
initiated by the Eisenhower Administration.
LBJ F for Vietnam

A for Great Society

Great Society of
Medicare, Medicaid,
 
Civil Rights
Questionable Gulf of Tonkin Incident
substantially expanded
the Vietnam War.
Nixon D

Detente with Russia and China

Prolonged Vietnam War
 
for political gain
Ford C Pardoned Nixon to end Watergate

Struggles in Vietnam Continued

Carter B Camp David Accords fostered Middle East peace

Continued a Failed Iran Policy

Reagan A Accelerated the End of the Cold War Ignored Congress With
Iran Contra Arms Sale
Bush 1 B Successfully Managed Gulf War Continued U.S. Policy
of Bailing Out Banks
Clinton A 1993 Budget Act created surplus Clinton's Health Care Plan Failed
Bush 2 F Medicare Part D

Bush Family Business Oil Dynasty
Was the Bush Family Trump Without the Rough Edges?

Expanded Government Debt for Two Wars, added to
 Unfunded Safety Net While Cutting Taxes
Obama B. Obamacare Failure to Pass TPP
Killed too many In Middle East!
Trump C Economy Good Until COVID
Tax Cuts will work until they don't.
Knew what to do about COVID,
but unable to do it.
Biden B

Looked Good on Paper

Refused to accept a one-term Presidency until it was too late.
Trump 2 .0 B Tax Cut  I judge by economy and military fatalities, it's early

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Rating U.S. Presidents

4 Presidential Policies
That Are Destroying The Nation  

Military Decisions Adams to Obama

Historians Judge Our Presidents  
 

Scandals

Pardons

Crimes of Post WW 2 Presidents
 
Noam Chomsky

Assessing US Presidents
by
Editor's Note:
Frank has good history,
is conservative,
opinionated and
is very pro China.

Kennedy

Reagan

Clinton

The Clinton Myth

Obama   

Trump

 

 

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