James Buchanan

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  5/26/2020
  

  We’ve Forgotten the Worst President in American History

  by Ted Widmer

  What is the legacy of bad presidents today? Do we need them to remind us of the perils of the job? If so, Americans should be grateful to James Buchanan.

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• SOURCE: Bloomberg
  5/3/2020
  

  Trump and Lincoln Are Opposite Kinds of Presidents

  When historians rank the worst presidents in American history, indecision and inaction in the face of crisis are common attributes. Until now, most of the worst served before or after the Civil War.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  3/3/2020
  

  The Coronavirus Test Is Too Hard for Trump

  by Jamelle Bouie

  The president joins Herbert Hoover and James Buchanan as a leader who failed when it mattered most.

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• SOURCE: WSJ
  9-12-18
  

  Edwin Stanton Was Part of the ‘Resistance’—in 1860

  by Adam Rowe

  If President Buchanan’s experience is a precedent, Trump’s internal critic may privately flatter him.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  1-20-18
  

  They Were Bad. He May Be Worse.

  by Sean Wilentz

  The best way to evaluate President Trump's first year in office is to compare him not with the great presidents but with the worst.