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President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
Historians and academic surveys most often place James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, and (in modern polls) Donald Trump among the presidents judged most harmful or least effective; common reasons given in...
Modern polling aggregates (post‑World War II through present) show wide variation in average presidential approval; Gallup’s historical tables cite Jimmy Carter averaging about 45.5% — “essentially ti...
Former US presidents and prominent former officials have publicly criticized President Donald Trump on multiple fronts, focusing on competence, rhetoric, and policy impacts; the available analyses hig...
Barack Obama did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize before taking office; the Nobel Committee awarded him the 2009 prize while he was President, roughly nine months into his first term. Other U.S. pres...
Barack Obama gave away portions of his presidential compensation—about of his total $3.2 million salary across his terms—and donated his $1.4 million Nobel Peace Prize to charities; there is that Geor...
At comparable points in their presidencies — notably around year-end points in re‑election cycles and first‑term benchmarks like the first 100 days — available sources show wide variation: Reagan and ...
Joe Biden is not objectively "the worst president" on the record of U.S. presidencies, but public sentiment toward his term is predominantly negative: his average job approval ranks among the lowest i...
Historians’ surveys repeatedly place James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson and — more recently — Donald J. Trump among the lowest-ranked U.S. presidents; multiple expert polls show Buchanan consistently dead...
Most presidents since the War Powers Resolution’s passage in 1973 have resisted or tested it; Congress passed the law over President Richard Nixon’s veto in 1973 . Major modern presidents — including ...
Historic practice: nearly every U.S. president since James Madison has attended at least one service at St. John’s Episcopal — dubbed the “Church of the Presidents” — and many presidents are recorded ...
There is that any Nobel Peace Prize laureate has formally dedicated their award to a U.S. president. The provided materials recount Nobel winners and the committee’s independence but repeatedly omit a...
There is no standardized, publicized battery of cognitive assessments required for U.S. presidents; instead physicians typically report brief screening tests (like the MoCA or Mini‑Cog) or general neu...
Gallup records show Donald Trump holds the lowest presidential average in Gallup’s history, with his term average below Joe Biden’s 42.2% and prior lows such as Jimmy Carter’s 45.5% (Gallup reporting ...
Gallup’s compiled presidential approval data show wide variation since 1945: John F. Kennedy has one of the highest retrospective peak approvals while recent presidents such as Jimmy Carter and Joe Bi...
President Trump has repeatedly asserted he ended six, then seven, then eight wars during his recent term; independent fact-checks show the number and the characterization are disputed and . Multiple o...
Reporting and compilations from multiple outlets document a string of verbal miscues by Donald Trump at 2024 campaign rallies, including confusing world leaders and places, misnaming political figures...
The key fact: the is Joe Biden, who is 82 years old and was at his 2021 inauguration; the was surpassed in 2025 by Donald J. Trump, who was when sworn in for his later term. Reporting also separates f...
Historic ranking polls of U.S. presidents differ by methodology and timing, but recent expert surveys converge on a clear pattern: , while rankings for others like George W. Bush, Richard Nixon, Jimmy...
Gallup maintains a presidential approval dataset that lets researchers compute average annual approval for presidents from Truman through Biden; Gallup’s interactive center covers Truman–Biden and Gal...
Donald Trump’s reported net worth has moved sharply during and after his presidential terms, with public estimates ranging from about $2.3 billion to as high as $10 billion depending on the outlet and...