Washington Resistance Army wrote:Page wrote:After the turn of the 20th century, this question can really only be asked in the form: Who is the least despicable US President? To which I would answer Jimmy Carter.
P much this. Nearly every President post-1900 barring maybe Carter and Coolidge was awful in their own way, and the only reason those two really get exceptions is because they didn't do much.
Yeah this basically. The US's ascension to superpower status inevitably meant that it was gonna do a lot of messed up stuff.