0:00 George Washington 0:08 John Adams 0:12 Thomas Jefferson 0:36 James Madison 0:55 James Monroe 1:03 John Quincy Adams 1:09 Andrew Jackson 1:13 Martin Van Buren 1:21 William Henry Harrison 1:24 John Tyler 1:38 James K. Polk 2:02 Zachary Taylor 2:05 Millard Filmore 2:10 Franklin Pierce 2:34 James Buchanan 2:42 Abraham Lincoln 2:46 Andrew Johnson 2:54 Ulysses S. Grant 2:56 Rutherford B. Hayes 2:58 James Garfield 3:12 Chester A. Arthur 3:16 Grover Cleveland 3:36 Benjamin Harrison 3:39 Grover Cleveland 4:03 William McKinley 4:08 Theodore Roosevelt 4:12 William Howard Taft 4:14 Woodrow Wilson 4:18 Warren G. Harding 4:21 Calvin Coolidge 4:24 Herbert Hoover 4:33 Franklin D. Roosevelt 4:56 Harry S. Truman 5:16 Dwight D. Eisenhower 5:24 John F. Kennedy 5:26 Lyndon B. Johnson 5:34 Richard Nixon 5:37 Gerald Ford 5:41 Jimmy Carter 5:55 Ronald Reagan 5:58 George H. W. Bush 6:22 Bill Clinton 6:28 George W. Bush 6:37 Barack Obama 6:40 Donald Trump 6:45 Joe Biden
@@VendettaAS Now go watch Some More News' video, bub. Dude was literally caught on tape saying he intentionally downplayed covid as much as possible despite knowing about it way ahead of time causing millions of deaths and you're still like "nah he's alright"
Also glad to see John Adams Senior not being too badly ranked considering he kept us out of total war with France despite the war hawks at the time. And he was the first President to accept a defeated re election
I do not know if it is my favoritism towards the federalists or love for the HBO series, but I do like John Adams. He had flaws but was a great statesman.
The reactions to the good Presidents were my favorite. Lincoln, Teddy, FDR, Dwight, Reagan Can you believe Jimmy Carter is still alive? 98-years old and the lad is still kicking
Not gonna lie, Reagan is bottom 5 for me, due to his foreign policy that would destabilize many Central American countries, and Afghanistan, and his bullshit trickle down economics idea is just a way for his rich buddies to avoid paying taxes
Jimmy Carter is one of my favorite Human beings, his presidency is honestly the least impressive things about him. He and his wife have done such amazing work in helping the homeless and the disadvantaged. God bless him
I wish he survived his assassination. He would of been one of our greatest Presidents. Hell he already is one of our smartest Presidents, right next to John Quincy Adams
He was a great man already, he had the possibility to be a great president, I actually am more upset about his assassination than Lincoln’s. Lincoln had already achieved so much, we were just starting to see the beginning of Garfield’s potential
@@nerdtalk1789 Look up the funeral march that John Philip Sousa wrote for President Garfield. That sums up the whole sentiment as well as anything ever could.
I think you balanced it quite well!! Some I disagree with but the majority I do agree with!! Especially with the last one I think all of us are reacting that way now 😅
I like how Michael has something to say for all the presidents and once it gets to Joe Biden he just stares in silence with his face frozen in this "what the hell" look.
LOL, I thought the exact same thing, and I almost did it too! Thinking back maybe I should have for laughs, but I wanted it to be historically accurate, and tbh, Grover Cleveland’s second term was pretty bad.
@@nerdtalk1789 As someone who is also intrigued by US history, I wonder about your perception of George H.W Bush being the oil description. Out of genuine curiosity.
@@memecliparchives2254 gladly, in all honesty I don’t think he was that bad, the reason I chose that specific meme was because so many people were expecting him to live up to Reagan, which granted is a very hard thing to do, and on that front he failed miserably. Mostly do to his tax hike after promising no new taxes.
What I think is somewhat surreal and funny is that I once imagined they're being a video of Michael Rosen ranking US presidents and then I found that there is actually a video like this on RU-vid so I decided to watch it. What a coincidence.
@@kassandraofodyssey6475 it’s impossible to eliminate bias, but I did my best to focus on facts rather than opinions. Like I love Jimmy Carter, but I had to be honest about his presidency
The James Buchanan one I think was by far the funniest. Having Michael say "she" I think was perfect giving his rumored reputation. After watching this, I'll need to look into Rutherford B Hayes. Only things I know about him are that fantastic beard, and the Telephone was installed in the White House during his presidency. Only critique, I would have figured for FDR, Michael wouldn't say anything but just gesturing, as if saying "Do I need to say anything here?"
Rutherford B Hayes is in my opinion the most underrated president in history as he is seen as the reason reconstruction ended and segregation took the south. But this is wholly untrue. Reconstruction was on its way out, the north and the south were sick of it because it had caused the long depression( panic of 1873) the second largest recession in American history, and the south was once again threatening to succeed. So Rutherford made the decision to withdraw troops from the south. He was also able to turn the economy around in a single term and oversaw one of the fastest economic recoveries in America history. He also signed the Indian protection act, which recognized Native American Territory as sovereign land. he also signed an act that allowed women to be on the Supreme Court, which was huge back in the 1870s. He also vetoed a bill that would’ve restricted Chinese immigrants from coming to America, as California was becoming exceedingly xenophobic during that time, and Rutherford Hayes wasn’t having it. He was also in staunch opposition to corruption, and took out and destroyed corrupt super PACs that ran many elections.
6:39 honestly I thought that he was going to get the Soggy cake line lol, that one completely caught me off guard actually haven't heard him say that line yet.
@@nerdtalk1789 you should make a few more of these but use the newer generations of Poke'mon. Like starting from about the 3rd or 4th gen would be fun to watch! Just an idea is all friend!
@@tokyoticcat4346 William. "The weak ones just kill over and die." Referring to his month long presidency, even more appropriate that he died of illness, dark but funny af.
JFK was the only misfire here. As a Republican, JFK is what I so wish every Democrat could be. An upstanding, honorable man who put his family and his country first. Taken from us far too soon. Edit: NVM. Clinton was also a complete miss. That man is a total creep, through and through.
If you read through the comments of this video, you’ll see me explain why I picked JFK including the way I did. I also love how you called Clayton a complete creep, when JFK was sleeping around with a lot more women than Clinton was. Not to mention the fact that you call JFK an honorable man, when he had so many ties with the mafia, and turned a blind eye to their actions, because of their involvement and helping him win the election of 1960. Many people romanticize JFK, because he was an excellent speaker, which I will admit he was an excellent speaker, but if you look at his policies they were absolutely terrible, he had a lot of talk, but was very bad. where is Clinton, is not romanticized because all of his personal sins were put on live television for everybody to see, but his policies were very solid.
Definitely ended his second term on a sour note and good on you for knowing history! But even though the embargo act of 1807 sucked big time, Jefferson had such an accomplished presidency, that the massive positives outweigh the one negative. ( also nice pfp)
@@nerdtalk1789 thanks, and yeah I agree with you on that. I do generally view Thomas Jefferson fairly positively overall as a president and as a founding father despite his shortcomings.
@@nerdtalk1789 If you read Presidents of War by Michael Beschloss (terrific book, BTW), he talks about how the Embargo Act basically saved America from going to war with Britain after the Chesapeake incident. War Hawks like Henry Clay were all for it, but Jefferson didn't want to take America to war. Then James Madison came in...and we went to war completely unprepared and nearly snuffed out the nation right as it was getting started.
@@nerdtalk1789 The United States lost the War of 1812. The Madison administration was forced to abandon its demands over impressment & desperately hold out for a status quo ante peace. The army wasn't ready, the invasions of Canada were disasters, the navy blockaded by the British, the North West, Maine etc occupied, economy in the toilet- even though the British only deployed a fraction of their strength to North America for most of the war. Pro-Madison newspapers and publishers, keen to fend off legitimate Federalist criticisms, trumpeted the war as a "second war of independence" by ignoring _why_ the war started, America's actual objectives, & waxing lyrical about the fact America had avoided a harsh peace treaty.
Also, Being born on JFK's B-Day, Being born in a JFK hospital, Going to a JFK school, and having JFK as my fav president before I knew about the coincidences, his reaction to JFK hurt
@@ilovetallyhallalot of course! I love hearing different views from different people about history, we’ve all experienced history differently so we would make sense that we would have different views on it, if John F. Kennedy is your favorite president, that’s OK with me
@@nerdtalk1789 Just curious, why do you not like Kennedy?My understanding of US history is pretty middling, so I can't think of a substantial reason. He did kind of help stop the world from going back to the Stone Age in the ashes of nuclear Armageddon. That has to stand for something. Was there something I missed?
As a fan of US History I agree with most of these. I’d say the ones I dislike with are: Andrew Jackson (absolutely hate him) Rutherford B. Hayes (Not a fan of him) William McKinley (I know a lot of ppl like him but I think he’s one of the most overrated presidents we had) William Howard Taft (tbh he is really good. Trust busting, creation of the Children’s Bureau & the 4 Supreme Court Justices he picked are some of my favorite things about him. It’s easy to dislike him because he’s not Theodore Roosevelt but I think that’s actually a positive thing. I’m glad he wasn’t Roosevelt, Taft wanted to do his own thing and I admire that) John F. Kennedy (Honestly I was surprised you didn’t like him, most ppl do. To be fair I don’t know what you look for in a President but for me he checks a lot of my boxes. The Equal Pay Act, rejection of Operation Northwoods and his handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis were great. To me he was a good President but I like how you thought outside of the box with some of your picks. I respect that). Lyndon B. Johnson (I wouldn’t say he was horrible but his handling of Vietnam was pretty bad. What he did for civil rights was really good though. So overall I don’t think he was bad but definitely not that good). George H. W. Bush (After learning about some of the stuff he did in office I think he’s a little underrated. He was a nice guy and he definitely cared a lot about the elderly with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Labor Standards Amendments. However, his Vice President (Dan Quail) was probably one of our worst VPs in history and I do admit he was somewhat of a war criminal and the whole thing with the Gulf War is a can of worms I’m not touching with a 50 foot poll). And that’s about it. Overall I’m glad you said Presidents like Martian Van Buren, John Tyler, Benjamin Harrison and especially Woodrow Wilson were bad. I hate Wilson with a burning passion so when you showed the “QUICK GET OUT! GET OUT OF HERE” clip I was delighted. The Inspector was delighted. And I’m glad you said that Grover Cleveland’s 2nd term in office was awful. I’m not a fan of Cleveland but his 2nd term was a waste. Idk what the hell the doctors gave him during his surgery when he got a tumor removed from his mouth but I guess that must of fucked him up. Anyway, great list. Now do Supreme Court Justices next. Actually don’t do that. That would take forever and I only know a handful of Justices anyway.
I would love to respond to all of these great points! I guess the only one I will talk about is Jackson, because he obviously did some terrible things, but people tend to just look at the bad sometimes. His handling of the nullification crisis quite literally saved the country and he is the only president in US history to pay off all the national debt. Not to mention new trade routes and strong foreign policy. And for the bad, you have the Indian removal act, bank war, and spoils system. so I would say he has a mix of great and terrible things. and some of our greatest presidents did terrible things. FDR? Japanese internment camps. Ronald Reagan? Iran contra. George Washington? sent financial aid to Haiti to help suppress a slave rebellion. It's just that the Bad of Jackson has been more popularized then the good, unlike the former 3. I think it's fair to hate him, but also fair to recognize his accomplishments and the time he was in. Thank you for the response! I loved reading it!
Lyndon B Johnson sure did a great job with civil rights. My favorite quote from him is from around the time the first civil rights act was signed into law. He said "I'll have these n[word]s voting Democrat for 200 years." A prophetic quote that showed the motives of the movement and still holds true to this day.
These are not really political opinions, more like historical ones. I plan on keeping my political views completely obscure. As I want my channel to be a place for liberals and conservatives.
HAHA, I thought the same thing, but so far criticism has been respectful and insightful aside from the occasional trolls, tried not to be too controversial, especially with the last three.
Should have done the bit from “no breathing” where he goes “oh no, it’s melony, that’s a shame, she was really nice” that would have worked well for Lincoln
Yes, this is one that many people have been confused about, JFK is often seen as one of the greatest presidents of the United States, but as a historian I feel that he is grossly overrated. There are many comments on this video in which I explain it to people but I’d love to do it one more time. John F Kennedy had a lot of talk, and albeit he was a very inspirational president with his words. But his policies nearly ended the world. The Bay of Pigs invasion was the worst military upset in American history, and he was the one that ordered it, we got slaughtered. When diplomatic solutions with the Cuban missile crisis didn’t seem to be going well, John F Kennedy started drawing up plans to invade Cuba again. This would’ve most definitely started World War III, diplomatic relations didn’t soon get better. Then there was him marching tanks up to the Berlin wall, for no other reason but to show strength in a time where strength not need to be shown. he got us closer to nuclear Armageddon, then any other president. not to mention the fact that it was him that got us into the Vietnam war, war that many think today we should not have been in at all. in terms of economics, he spent over $100 billion in federal spending and was the first president to do so, he also started the war on poverty, we just wasted billions of dollars of taxpayer money. not to mention his scandals, Kennedy was very corrupt and I had many ties with the mafia, who were involved in helping him with the election of 1960, throughout his presidency he turned a blind eye to their actions. He was also a womanizer and might’ve been involved in the death of Marilyn Monroe but that’s more of speculation, but it’s not speculation that he had been with way more women during his presidency.
@@nerdtalk1789 Yeah ok lets just ignore his establishment of the peace corps, the fact he was essentially forced into invading Cuba by military advisors (not all that different than the people who forces Johnson to escalate Vietnam) his fulfilled promise of getting a man on the moon by the end of the decade, the increased size and competition with the soviet union (NASA was a joke before Kennedy), The countless inspirational speeches, the beautiful maneuvering of the cuban missile crisis where for whatever reason I get the impression you believe was entirely his fault when there is two sides lol, he did what had to be done soviet nuclear weapons couldn’t be kept in Cuba that would have been unacceptable he stood his ground and he did it damn well and the way it should have been done (albeit we shouldn’t have had missiles in turkey either) His forward thinking and pushing for civil right advancements if he had not been assassinated it 100% would have been him who put the Civil Rights Act of 1965 into law not Johnson (assuming he would have been re elected which I believe he would have), His naval service in WWII in which he saved the lives of 10 of his fellow crewmates and lead them to nearby shore despite being injured himself, during his short presidency GDP growth was 5.5% due to the recession IKE left it in at only a small 2.2% growth and inflation was at only 1% with industrial production up 15% and he gave us the equal pay act in june 1963 which abolished wage discrimination based on sex. (He also proposed an immigration policy overhaul which later went on to be the Immigration and Nationality act of 1965), so while yes he’s had his flaws most notably his ties to the mafia and womanizing (tbf most men at the time were so you have to look at it from a historical perspective as well) and he could have stood his ground better to avoid the bay of pigs fiasco, but to even merely suggest he was a bad president is wrong (but I do agree he is a bit glorified and while I think it’s more than earned I don’t think he’d be as popular as he is had he not been assassinated unfortunately)
@@nerdtalk1789 And while he did put the first military advisors in Vietnam which was necessary for the time and said that if attacked they would fight back, there is very little evidence to support he wanted it to become a whole huge thing, it’s like blaming George Lucas for the awful sequel trilogy like just cause he started it doesn’t mean you can blame him for where it went once it wasn’t his anymore, all in all I think jfk is an A tier president the scale being Wilson, F, D,C,B,A,S
That trump one is perfect! I was expecting either "she looked like she had never seen anything do horrible" or "and everything was lovely once again," I think hes "a bit rich but okay."
If Joe Biden gained immortality and was made permanent supreme leader of Earth, I'd jump off a cliff with a note saying: "Don't get someone the age of my dead great grandfather to be president again."
Well I gave both him and Regan high marks since they are both the darlings of their respective parties, and I want to mask my political views. I disagree the he prolonged the depression and I think both him and Regan did great things for the country. But your opinion is valid.
@@nerdtalk1789 Yeah. He was a great Wartime leader, but there have been studies conducted that show he (or rather his economic policies) probably prolonged the depression. I respect your neutrality.
Thank you, I'm not afraid of sharing my opinion, I just want to keep my views a secret so that both Liberals and conservatives can feel comfortable here and learn something, perhaps even from one another.
Well has terrible as the Indian removal act was, he was honored on history for a while for a reason. I mean his handling of the nullification crisis quite literally saved the nation. And he was the only president to pay off all of the national debt and split the surplus among the states. I’d actually want to make a full length video on Jackson because though he used to be overrated, recant backlash I feel has made him grossly underrated.
@@nerdtalk1789 well My mind just was slowly expanded till my mind Completely burned out by Michael and is Just Never stop talking and keeping it together without laughing
As a democrat, I appreciate your based opinions like on Reagan and Eisenhower, though I think you should have called JFK alright, and LBJ “”””okay”””””. I especially liked the later presidents’ descriptions The Joe Biden one is exactly my reaction. Maybe you could rate each American decade, considering how young this country is.
First off welcome! I hear you loud and clear, it would make sense that you want to see those presidents ranked higher as their policies still reflect the core values of the Democratic Party. I have a video that’s in the works on why I don’t think JFK was a good president. I admit I may be a little harsh on him but it’s simply how I feel. With LBJ, hey I get it. But I feel that the civil rights act is just the only good thing he did. Unless you are a fan of the expansion of the welfare state, which is a controversial topic in general. But Vietnam and the war on poverty, as well as the spiking unemployment within the African American community at the time is just too much for me to ignore. But I totally understand where you are coming from! And we are all entitled to our opinions. Thank you for the appreciative comment!
