Trump jumped a few rungs on the fascist ladder which was always the Republican agenda. The interesting thing to contemplate is who/what comes after him? Who will continue our descent into authoritarianism?

was the last legit republican president. ha ha ha well they were human i guess, not straight-out psychos like rump.

Lied about being in the CIA for the Bay of Pigs when we has becoming director of the CIA. Covered up Iran-Contra. Would do anything for power (much like Haig and other members of Raygun's cabinet)



But was a WW2 hero -- and initially was honest that supply side economics was voodoo economics. Also, appeared to love his kids -- no matter how dumb they were (Jeb and W).

I would say that since Ike, they were all people consumed by Machiavellian pursuits of power (or in the case of W, a dimwitted puppet of the real Machiavellian powers -- Cheney and others) .

But the poster is correct -- there is nothing in Mango Mussolini's life public, business, or private that would make you go -- but he has some good in him. Mango is a malignant narcissist with zero empathy and no redeeming human characteristic.

Tried hard to mitigate the oil embargo and rampant inflation of the day. Had a great wife and family. IMO he was the last Republican who cared about everyone, not just his followers. (FYI I voted for Carter in 76, my first vote ever).

Nixon went to China, a big deal at the time, and oversaw the formation of the EPA and OSHA. As a person Nixon was - pardon the pun - kind of a dick, with a Trumpish vindictive streak; his enemies list was infamous and he got the IRS to audit some of the "enemies." But that's as far as he went. He didn't mind a bit of conspiracy (Watergate) or some light treason (Anna Chennault as backchannel to quash Vietnam peace negotiations). But there were lines he wouldn't cross, including ignoring Supreme Court decisions.

Reagan's domestic policies were the standard GOP smash-the-poor ideas but on steroids. On the other hand he got a little detente going with the USSR and signed the INF treaty. He didn't go out of his way to punish opponents and he knew how to behave in public.

W can't be forgiven for the Iraq debacle, but he created PEPFAR, the AIDS relief program, which has saved millions of lives (and which Trump is terminating). He could be publicly embarrassing but he always seemed more oafish than mean, and since he left politics he's had the decency to lay low, stay in his basement and paint pictures of dogs. Speaking of which, all of the above had dogs and/or horses (W also had cats), which suggests they weren't 100% terrible. Trump, on the other hand...