Presidential Historian Reviews Presidents in Film & TV, from 'Lincoln' to 'The Comey Rule' 

Exactly!

I thought that was silly. Sociopath isn’t even an official diagnosis anymore but he contradicts that opinion too later on by what he says of Roosevelt for example.

@@sarasamaletdin4574 just because he said good of Teddy doesnt mean he only thinks good. To love a president unconditionally is silly

Even Obama? Not Obama!

@@amattu8347 Obama was a war criminal, so yes, even Obama.

Low key great film

Omg right 😂😂

@@erickallen3736 you could legitimately learn about Abraham Lincoln too by reading the book. It's sort of a biography with vampire hunting as the backdrop

😂😂😂

@@erickallen3736 oddly, the movie is fantastic

i read the first line of your comment and thought that there's a new conspiracy theory that says Lincoln was fake.

@@sidharthsr4312 ha. No. I mean I’m sure it’s out there somewhere, next to the lady trying to say that the Roman Empire never existed and the flat earth folks.

So True! Licoln was an incredible person; no less a president.

He also created the secret service, just one day too late

i read Lincolns Biography and then a year later went to the Smithsonian. I have never felt more emotional than when i saw his hat and the memorial. Just imagining what he sacrificed is unbelievable

Whichever character Williams touched during his craftsmanship, he became the best portrayer of it.

Tom Berenger

@@Bjjbhcoa86 Jakob the Liar?

Mr. Williams played Teddy as we hope he was, just as Howard daSilva played Benjamin Franklin in "1776"

Teddy was insane. He not only was a Rough Rider and held the presidency, was reknowned for his outdoor prowess and physical strength, survived being shot in an assassination attempt, but then ran the bull moose party. He really was an over-the-top kind of guy and I think you're probably right that Williams's portrayal was probably somewhere on point.

“The enemy of my enemy of my friend”

@@spiderodoom Thats just not true...

@@itb4255 not in every circumstance, but in that specific context, yes, it is correct.

The content was brilliant, but the cuts in this video are terribly placed. The Teddy Roosevelt portion was difficult to watch.

This is also oddly current, as it basically explains Joe Biden becoming president.

@@user-mo1tg1eb3u Lol shut up

@@user-mo1tg1eb3u stfu troll

@@zahaanhoosein6511 What did he say?

You fall in love with him lol?

for real. i want him to have his own YT telling interesting stories of presidents... I'd be all over that

Josh Brolin's too especially his body movements and how Dubya would walk stop and do his hands and arms gestures even not facing the person while doing it

@@thepubknight6144Josh Brolin’s laugh as W is scary accurate

Bruh i thought you were naming todays date, 4 weeks in advance lmao

Anywhere I can find a conservative history teacher?

Alabama.

@@badcornflakes6374 Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas....Florida....

@@Paragon231 In a Jr. High School.

I always wonder how historian can remember so many details about human history, dates, places etc. :O

@@01Natalcia01 right!? I can barely remember yesterday lol

@@01Natalcia01 As someone with an affinity for history (not nearly as knowledgeable as the guy in this video) I've found that when I need to recall a historical fact that I've previously known it just comes to me. I've slept through history lessons in highschool while still performing at the top of my class.

I have a history degree and live history. The way I remember it is like instead of reading a book I’m listening to an interesting story someone is telling me. I find it easy to remember that way. Also I love it so I reread stuff a lot for pleasure.

Didn't bother mentioning the bit about the Trump investigation barring no fruit, portraying him as sinister🤦...what a joke.

@VonAllen History ok trumpie

@VonAllen History you never denied it lmao

He's not very neutral is he?

Legit the most biased person I've ever seen on one of these videos. Gross.

He’s a terrible historian. You could tell how biased he was towards trump lol.... how can you trust a person like that ?

Whoa that’s an awesome element.

I also love that that scene contains someone catching a fish interspersed with Cheney luring in Bush. Implying that Cheney's got Bush "hook, line, and sinker"

Incorrect. The Day-Date is a Day-Date, The band on the watch is called the Presidential. The watch was available about 7 years before the band was so named.

@@zaeet3977 True but no one thinks about it that way. Through some weird sequence of events the president has now officially stuck as the nickname to the Day-Date.

@@thomaschristopherwhite9043 People who know Rolex think about it that way.

I think that’s true with exceptions. I think England America Australia and Canada all like each other quite a lot. I mean don’t get me wrong I think we don’t like some random details about each other’s governments… as well as our own but overall we will all gladly get behind the other. Which I think is awesome. I know all soldiers of those nations will gladly run into fire and support the others.

Kinda like the saying "The enemy of my enemy is my friend"

That is how we ended up with Stalin as an ally in WW2…

Same 😂 I’m not a history major tho could’ve been but I chose to be a paramedic

I just wish this guy’s political bias wasn’t so glaring

​@@SeniorJr815Exactly!! Read books instead

Woah, Brendan Fraser played Trump?

@@iwazhear77 did they say Brendan fraser

I read an interview where they said they had to "tone down" trump to make him fit the show. As in to make the show more realistic they had to misrepresent Trump

He did a good impression personally I do like trump and I can say his portrayal was great

@Cyber Explorer He is. Unfortunately.

Agreed, although the unnecessary cuts within sentences really annoyed me, so I hope they change that

aggreed!

Agreed!

I THOUGHT YOU PUT JEFFREY EPSTEIN OMFGG

@@lordbuddybear I thought I was the only bothered by that. I'm not an expert in editing by any stretch of the imagination but I was always under the impression that if you're consciously aware of every single cut that's made...it's not good editing.

Alexander Hamilton was never president

@@visassess8607 i'm talking about the broadway show hamilton, you got Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Madison, Burr in a kinda innacurate broadway musical, but is still hilarious

If anyone else feels the same way, go watch HBO's new doc "The Soul of America". It's based on Jon Meacham's book and he's hands down the greatest President Historian alive.

i could listen to him talk to this bussy BOO YAH!!!!!!!!!

I mean, you need to be a narcissistic sociopath to want to be the "leader of the free world" and think you can make all of it's most important decisions.

Not Washington, he outright refused to take office when offered and the first election campaign was essentially everyone trying to convince Washington to take the post

This one actually made me more upset because I know for a fact Garfield wasn't a psychopath Although, he was murdered by one.

You're pretty easy to manipulate them aren't you? Any smarmy moron would lead with such a glib truism.

except its not true

Agreed, one of the rare instances where the man was too good for the Presidency.

This alledged "historian" is glib and biasedly presumptive.

Grant is maybe my favorite historical figure because he is such a genuinely decent person. I find myself fascinated both by his world tour after the presidency, would I wouldn't give to be a fly on wall during his and Bismarck's conversation, and his tenacity in finishing his autobiography after losing most of his wealth and being diagnosed with cancer to insure his family had some money to depend on. He was a truly admirable person.

@@killgoretrout9000 I particularly appreciate Grant's affection for animals, especially horses

I think you could possibly put Jimmy Carter in that bracket too, as a man too decent to be president

I love me some John Adams

@John Conquest The Federalist Majority in Congress (basically ran by Hamilton) made and passed the act. Adams signed it only to compromise with his own party (Federalists) who at that point hated him because he strongly opposed the US going to war with France. John Adams was, of course, given all of the blame and that became his legacy despite him probably being the most moral man of the Founding Fathers (look it up). Jefferson and Adams' own party (orchestrated by Hamilton, who hated Adams the most) both worked against him during reelection. So after losing and serving one term, Adams just decided to be done with politics and retire. I encourage everyone to watch John Adams on HBO, it's REALLY good.

@John Conquest Highly recommend it! I knew nothing about Adams before I watched it in high school and was blown away by his story. He was basically the Forrest Gump of his time in that he was somehow involved in every major historical event of the Colonial revolt and Revolutionary Era. You also learn that he and his wife stayed massively in love with each other their entire lives. Abigail Adams is the GOAT First Lady (she pushed for women's rights in the 1700's!) and was so brilliant (despite growing up un-educated) that Jefferson was fascinated by her. The Adams were lawyers and farmers that opposed slavery so strongly that they employed paid workers at massive costs just because it was the right thing to do.

@@oldaccount9563 Thats always have been the case in American history, the president gets all the blame despite it was congress who makes the law and passes it to the cheif executive in the first place. With that aside, I loved the HBO series John Adams I binge watch the show up to the last episode, before I watched the show I used to think Adams was nothing more than just some another rich dude whos looking for power, but after watching the series, I learned hes not really rich but had a rough life, hes a man of principles, a hard working man, and a good servant to his country. Despite him being always the hot head of the founding fathers, at least hes not afraid to do the right thing when it has to be done, most presidents will just act like puppets to their respective parties and never came close to how Adams done the job.

That’s the unfortunate thing about being #2. He’s the second president and gets sandwiched between Washington and Jefferson

As an English person, I feel the same about US history haha

As an American, I also find our history confusing and stomach-churning. You're not alone!

Chinese resident/immigrant of America here, I feel *exactly* the same lol

Me too, excellent video

What country? And I'm going to disagree about them holding relevance in Europe. At least after '41

No relevance to Europe? Check out 28:57....

Lol what. You realize that Europe and America have always had involvement with each other.................

"Presidents aren't kings or tyrants, atleast not yet." God I love this dude

I like what he said about allies: you aren't allies because you like each other, you're allies because you dislike something else more

other than the vampire stuff....it was pretty dead on....

😂😂😂

He also thinks that people were crazy for being afraid of China bombing the west coast so he’s not very smart. I wouldn’t let it bother you to much.

@@Savitar-dk6gw japan not china i think

Broooo

Same thought it was about ten minutes

He's an idiot. Bring someone in who isn't.

@@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat I think we watched two different videos

@@appa1230 Well you must have seen it through the goggles they administered to you. Whereas I went in commando.

imagine using Reddit

Lmao reddit alert

what is this comment even trying to say

@@ALotOfCancer Idk it's been a year let me rewatch this video and I'll get back to you.

That was me...let me tell you...his spit was the worst of it

lmao right?? i had no idea he was like that too

I was *so jacked* when they got there. Bruce Greenwood kills that role.

Still no season 3

@@frederickdavid629 looks like it isn't coming back. Sad

I remember that line.

I can recite the entire Manson scene. I may have a problem.

@@olivierkepo I'm pretty sure they didn't cancel it. It's in sort of a weird limbo, but it might still come back.

Call me jaded, but that might be a bit too idealistic lol

You’re very Idealist their jobs have existed for a very long time and they love the power they love it enough to lie it’s been like that for a very long time

@@corystegall3583 I like to think some politicians do genuinely care about helping people. Money and power can corrupt anyone though.

@@joelcastro-reyes1667 I think they start that way but I think the job itself and what it requires causes people to eventually give up their values to keep the job or they just quit

This. I like this. I second the motion lol.

lmbao

And Joe Biden doesn't have press conferences or answers questions. Unless of course his handlers let him

@@BigFootTheRealOne ur joking right Please tell me ur joking and aren't this ignorant

@@bradenculver7457 is Joe biden conducting interviews then ? Hmmm interesting

@@NG-dc2pk what does this even mean lmao yea he's done interviews Are y'all so dumb you can't even see how dumb your blatant strawman is Like how is Biden at all relevant to what trump did lmao

♥️♥️♥️♥️ #Hamilfan

Your opening statement was a real stretch. To diagnose, a priori, all presidents as sociopaths is akin to saying all historians are neurotic anxiety prone individuals who lack the self confidence to join the game in the arena. Your POV provides food for thought. (If you have formal training in clinical psychology...my apologies.)

No

@@debrahsinger5856 I think you commented on a comment and meant to comment directly on the video

Delcapstock...you are so right...my comment was intended toward “Presidential Historian ....” my apologies to Adam Easton.

ALOT of issues..

He ended slavery to weaken the south, not for any moral reasons.

@@WouldntULikeToKnow. i think he went to war cuz he wanted the unified country, thats what he cared for. It doesnt care about black people. As said he wanted them back to the África and thats how liberia was created

@@Rukhasu The evolution of Lincoln‘a thoughts on Black people and slavery in general are much more complicated than that throughout his life and tenure in office.

Abe was a great guy but he was still human

And Steven Culp as Bobby is just as excellent

Greenwood didn’t even try to do the accent, which threw me off a bit.

@@brandontaylor8957 he tried a bit. It’s better not to overcook a Boston accent. Otherwise it sounds like an impression like the Simpsons Diamond Joe Quimby

Fact check : Kenneth Patrick O'Donnell (played my Kevin Costner) was an American political consultant and the special assistant and appointments secretary to President John F. Kennedy They up played O'Donnell's role but he was definitely a real person

A great movie...

He was also an imperialist responsible for so much death

@@msjkramey His father was going to join the Union (as an officer, of course, due to his wealth), but his southern wife begged him not to go. Teddy's shame that his father paid someone to go in his stead (common in the 19th century) is why he ended up wanting to go to battle. His easy win in Cuba gave him a twisted sense of what war is really like. He definitely had his faults, but he actually cared about people less fortunate and started anti-trust laws, worker rights, it's crazy all the good he did, as an imperialist death bringer. Lincoln was responsible for a lot of death, I don't hold it against him that he kept going when the south gave in on all except slavery and he was begged by many. He is responsible for more dead Americans than any other single president, and I thank him for his forbearance. Just a thought. Have a nice day.

@@jdice6868 I also love Teddy, in my book one of the only presidents who looked out for the betterment of America and it’s citizens rather than this weird “idea” of America everyone’s fighting over. That being said, native Americans and as you mentioned Cubans may disagree, Teddy gave us the best but that doesn’t mean he didn’t also have his own interests.

@@msjkramey Well yeah, no president did everything great according to our modern views.

@@sebastiansebastian5270 I'll look for the titles of the documentaries I watched, books read, and good videos. I'll be happy to, but I'm swamped prepping for Thanksgiving. So give me some time and have a lovely week.

Agreed!

That movie had a lot of historical inaccuracies though

@@CarlosMartinez-vk4nd about the presidents themselves?

You also have to take in to account that average male life expectancy in the 1940's was in the mid 60's , while now days its closer to 80.

@@alexsummers778 I know haha it's just one of those gaps I had where none of my teachers said his age so I assumed he was older than he was because of more modern presidents

@@alexsummers778 but it's still interesting that both our candidates are near or past average life expectancy

Well the average life expectancy was the 60s back then. Not to mention he was very ill by the time of his 3rd term, and didn't get to finish his 4th term because of a stroke.

@@joelcastro-reyes1667 yeah i know the life expectancy was early 60s back then, it's just one of those things where none of my teachers brought up his age during class and I just always associated the presidency with being older ig, and if someone like biden or trump got elected four times they would be corpses.

T speaks only in incoherent word salads to distract and dominate his cult followers.

@ALSO-RAN ! my friend I think you're the mistaken one here.. Biden can form a sentence that's understandable while Trump can't even answer a direct question, pivots and panders to his lunatic followers

@fuck2016 im not saying I support Trump, but I don't believe Trump hates Mexicans or immigrants. Obama had part in the current camps they have for immigrants as well.

@@FinnTheBee Woah I wouldn't call all of his followers lunatics. That's a pretty big generalization.

@ALSO-RAN ! lmao, life must be hard being this stupid.

This guy was insanely interesting to listen to

Everybody forgets the non-famous Presidents, even though Quincy Adams was literally the son of John Adams himself, and even lived long enough to have his photograph taken lol

@@Nebulasecura can you explain the joke to me?

@@aguywithacreativename6458 dude could speak six different languages

@@hotshot8135 thanks

He sounds JUST like Josh Lucas!

The dude is an uniformed partisan hack.

That was always my feeling on her. She was so broken by the loss of her sons. However, she was a sympathetic figure.

*GAS GAS GAS*

AAAA-

I absolutely love Daniel Day Lewis!! He is such a great actor. I think he did a beautiful job playing Lincoln.

Sandburg's is the best though, and more likely the most accurate. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Id3Uq7tlwTc.html

Why?

@@Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper If you have seen Anthony Hopkins' performance, you would not need to ask.

Stop spamming this comment.

I know... Biden is terrible

You do know kings have even less power these days.

This is actually incorrect because their power and influence had reached the point where they can be and it all started with Lincoln.

See David Frye for the best LBJ, Nixon, and Wm.F.Buckley, Jr.

I was worried it'd be the opposite, demonizing all of America's conservative cultural icons, but I was no less pleasantly surprised

Do Americans fawn over past presidents, really?

@@ClickBeetleTV maybe old ones lol. Not quite sure what this person is talking about

@@jpryan90 it's kind of weird though because I feel like Reagan did a lot of things that conservatives wouldn't like today

Uhh, we hate our presidents lol

I was about to say that

Oh god. Trump will leave Office on either January 20th 2021 or January 20th 2025. It was a joke

Most men on the left have these massive inferiority complexes, I mean they just look like these Neil west guys

I had a chuckle on that one.

One will cross the Rubicon

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August 6, George W. Bush received a presidential daily brief that stated that Osama Bin Laden was going to hijack aeroplanes in order to strike key targets in the United States. They knew it was going to happen. This was no surprise. Proof: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bin_Ladin_Determined_To_Strike_in_US

@@nath-wp7xp source?

The first bombing in the 90s was a dry run really.testing the systems he was evil but a genius none the less.