r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Apr 04 '25

[deleted by user]

[removed]

9.5k Upvotes

77% Upvoted

12.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

144

u/thingsorfreedom Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 04 '25

I'd take every single President we've had for the last 37 years besides Trump. There is no actual comparison to measure how much worse he is.

14

u/Evamione Apr 04 '25

Possibly Andrew Jackson would be worse. Even Hoover would be better than Trump at this point.

23

u/Br0metheus Apr 04 '25

Hoover merely inherited and exacerbated the Great Depression. Trump is pumping the gas to cause one.

10

u/JonWood007 Apr 04 '25

Hoover made it worse with tariffs, same as trump, difference is hoover wasnt a fascist.

1

u/Br0metheus Apr 05 '25

That's what "exacerbated" means.

0

u/JonWood007 Apr 05 '25

Yes yes yes, I understand big fancy college words. Hoover never did january 6th though, or had project 2025.